Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-10
FARIBAULT.
Roads are improving.

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Joe Cleary, of Grafton, and M. Leahey,
of Minneapolis, are visiting friends here.
Fish Commissioner Watkins placed 800,
600 eggs of whitefsh in Cannon and
Roberts lakes.
The Celtic club will celebrate Robert
Emmet's birthday, March 4, by an enter
tainment in the evening at Hills Opera
house.
The old fellows dance was too much
for Sheriff Barton. He is laid up with
sprained knee, and thinks fall on stair
| way is the cause.
A small frame house on North Elm
street owned by L. Plants was destroyed
| by fire yesterday. Loss small. One life
lost-that of dog.
The fish in Cannon lake are suffering for
air and crowd to breathing holes to such
an extent that they are taken out with
pitchforks and by the sleigh-load.
VIM. Wollett was sent to jail for thirty
days for drawing and swapping loaded
revolver in the face Of one of the boarders
of M. B. Scott, whose house he was trying
to get in at $50 p. IN. Too much fire
water.
A fire broke out yesterday morning at
$50 in the one and one-half story building
on Third street owned by G. Fleckenstein,
and occupied by g. Weir as meat market,
and was we'll under way when discovered.
The department turned out promptly and
succeeded in putting it out, leaving the
building in damaged condition. Loss
small.
THE OLD SETTLERS.
The old settlers met in annual session
at Kyllo's hall yesterday at l p. M, and
after partaking of the sumptuous feast
prepared by the ladies of the society, as
only they can, speech making was the Or
der of the day. Bishop Whipple
was the first speaker, and spoke
OF the early days and thinly settled
country, of Alex. Faribault, of our institu-
tions the brave men we had sent to the
war. He had seen them in the battle field,
and General Mcclellan had told him they
were 'the bravest men in the world" And
how he (the bishop announced from dry
goods box in front of the old Natioual no.
tel, many years ago, to the assemblage
gathered by small boy ringing bell, the
Indian outbreak, and concluded by hoping
the last days Of the 'old settlers would be
their best days, and their hoary heads
crown of righteousness.
Hon. R. A. Mott followed and read reso-
lutions eulogistic OF the deceased old set
tiers, Alex FaribauIt and Luke Hulett, as
follows:
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revered names of Alexander FaribauIt and
Luke Hulett added since our last meeting
to the yet brief but solemn list Of the dead;
therefore,
Resolved, That the memory of Alexan-
der Faribault, the founder of our city,
shall remain green with us so long as we
are permitted to survive him, as the mem
DRY of man Of princely generosity, stand
ing between two races, with open helping
hand ever extended to the one and words
of welcome and offices of encouragement
extended to the other. A man of such
unique and romantic type as is now rarely
to be found, reminding US in the days of
his prosperity Of some feudal baron, sur
rounded by his retainers, who lived upon
his hospitality. His virtues we're those
brightest and choicest flowers, blossoming
only upon the frontier, his faults only
those graceful thorns which environ the
fairest roses of the wilderness.
Resolved That upon the death of our
president, the Hon. Luke Rulett the old
settlers of Faribault desire to make record
Of their appreciation of his character as a
man truly great, wise and good; the pio-
ueer Of three states, gathering wisdom and
power from his observation and experience,
he brought tc this, his last and beet loved
earthly home, the ripest fruits of a full,
studious, thoughtful, active life. His zeal
for the improvement and best good OF this
community was unsleeping and embraces
all classes of men and every department
of life, whether social, religious, education
al or political A man of prodigious read
ing and of wonderful memory, ne was to
us lesser men an oracle in all that pertain |
ed to the organic life of the common |
wealth or the larger life of the republic. |
We mourn his loss but rejoice in his mem |
DRY, for "They that be wise shall shine as
the brightness of the armament"
He then gave an interesting history of |
the early days of Faribault, particularly |
dwelling on the connection of the deceased |
old settlers, Faribault and Hulett there
with On motion of Bishop Whipple the |
resolutions were adopted by standing
vote, and ordered spread on the minutes.
Old Settler Barton was called for. He
wanted to be excused. The chairman, Hon.
Il. N. Matteson, promised to excuse him
after he had made speech. Barton didn't
want to play second fiddle to the bishop
and Mr. Mott. But he would say ne came
to Rice county to stay! It was good
enough for any man! The water powers,
timber, quarries, good soil, educational in
stitutions and its intelligent men and beau
tiful women made 1t all any one could de-
sire. He, too, had well known Luke HUI
lett. His Cartons seat had been contested
in the legislature in an early day Hulett
voted to keep him in, shut there wern't
enough of honest Republicans who voted
the same way. So now you old SETTLERS
don't give your children a section of land
out West. Give them forty or an eighty
right here and let them grow up here. L
have three boys and intend to keep them
here" young ladies of Faribault N. b.
"And have a grandchild now running
through the hall here and we all intend to
stayr'
Ara was enthusiastically cheered, and
several beautiful evergreen bouquets were
nresented tn him nv his admirers