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


George!, He never swOre; he never drank;
he never played cards; he did smoke cigars
occasionally. At times he was thoughtful,
and calm end serene expression would
creep over his face, as he no doubt some
times thought of the old folks at home
and his childhood hours. Oae morning the
driver of his stage to Henderson came into
the Office with very sad face, and address
ing Mr.. Brown, who was quietly writing at
our elbow said: "The horses have run away,
Mr.. Brown, and ons-one-one-of-t
-is-deadw Mr.. Brown quietly turned
round and looking up into the face of the
distressed man, in pleasant but by no
means excited manner, inquired how it all
happened, and when the driver had con-
cluded his story, Brown simply
remarked "Well, by George! John,
if those horses hadn't run away, it is prob
able both of them would be alive row.
Well, must get another horse, by George"
The effect upon the poor driver was instan-
taneous; his eye Eghtened up, his counte-
nance assumed different shape, and
great sigh came from his heart, as he then
and there no doubt resolved never TO do
anything in the future that would lose him
the respect and the friendship of SO good
man.
BILL TO SUPPRESS IMMoRALITY.
We entered the Office one morning about
G:30 O'clock, and found Mr.. Brown at his
table writing. 'Well, Mr.. Brown, you are
pretty early this morning." We remarked,
when he quietly said-"Yes, by George!
pretty early in view OF the fact that
have not yet been to bed" ''Why, Brown,
is that SO? What's up?" ooh! nothing,
only am getting UP a bill for the sup
preston of immortality, and knew would
not be able to conclude it unless l took the
night to do it in, and I have just finished
it," The reader should bear in mind that
Mr.. Brown was then territorial printer,
and that bills were considered STAT takes"
inasmuch as large slugs were placed be-
tween each line, and the printer was allow
ed 81 per 1000. The next day MIR. Brown
arose in the senate, as he was then mem
Der of that body, and in his peculiar grave
and honest manner, desired to introduce
bill for the suppression of immortality land
moved that it be read by it's title and print
ed, which motion prevailed. The next day
the bill came up and was read. 1t first
made provision for the suppression of
liquor on the bars of steamboats,
Brown was temperance man-lt
then picked out all the other elements
of immortality in the catalogue,
and finally resolved, that to further advance
the moral character of the community, no
woman shall be permitted to hang the
under garments OF either sex on public
clothes line, as such an got is dstriment
to the good morals eff the people" o.
course the senate sew tks joke, and the bill
was Immediately Indefinitely postponed;
but Brown had carried his point, the bill
mad been ordered printed, and this one
nights labor On it had Noted him just
500.
HOME BURNED-NARRow ESCAPE ACROSS THE
RIVER.
It was Sunday morning when We saun-
tered up to the Office, and there we met
Mr.. Brown, who was exercising peculiar
habit which he had of scratching the palm
of his left hand with the nails of the
fingers of the right, and look
ing very serious. "Good
morning, Mr. Brown; thought you were
IN Henderson" "By George! wish was
across the river" he replied. "Why SO
Mr.. Brown?' we inquired. swell, my
house has been burned down and am get
ting a little anxious about my family"
How do you know your house is burned?"
"Well, by George! saw it, and don't you
see the smoker" and looking in the di-
1ection in which he pointed, which was
then on the bluff in West st. Paul, sure
enough, there was the smoke of his ruined
home. The river at this time was full of
ice, and it was impossible for the ferry
boat to run, and it was very dangerous for
anybody to attempt to cross. Brown
walked up and down along the bluff for some
time, when all of sudden we missed hirn,
and casting our eyes down the river, there
he was, jumping from one cake of floating
ice to the other at the imminent
risk of his life; now gliding
down the stream; now caught in a
gorge; now struggling to gain the shore;
now safe! Several days passed before we
were able to follow him, which we did, and
found him cody scratching his bare limb,
with the remnant of his household goods
which he had saved, and his wife and fam
lily about him. "By George! it was mar
row escape; but we are all here" said the
affectionate father and husband, and we
thought we saw tear glisten in his eye as
his children gathered about him and heard
him tell us of the narrow escape of his
family from the devouring elements. With
brave spirit and a light heart, he went
to work, and in few days another home
arose on the ruins of the old.
AN APPROPRIATE REPLY.
In the winter of 1853 Mr.. Brown rushed
into the Office just as the forms of the paper
were going to press, and ordered halt, as
he wanted to reply to an article written
by j. A. Wheeloek, now of the Pioneer
Press. He seemed to be considerably ex-
ercised over the affair, and wrote the fol
lowing:
Joseph A. Wheeloek, Esq.
Dear Sir-In reply to your article have
to say:
x + S -. -; 7 81
|T - - -? - |!
X 800
Yours, j. Z. b.
Brown wore very sober face through
out the whole transaction, but when the
paper came from the press We remarked