St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-10

didn't think he would make a lawyer and
gave it up;-clerked for 8. B Lowry at
Watab in the winter of 1873; went to Penn
bina in 1853; wintered in 1915 at st.
Joseph thirty miles west of Pembina; hunted
Buffalo in the summer Of 1855; in that fall
was elected member of the Territorial Leg
islature, representing more counties than
people; in 1856 went into the general trad
ing business at Watab; the crash
came and wiped him out;
entered the service of Mr..
Kittson; took charge Of his Red River
wooden carts, and continued with him up to
1862; came down from the Fort Garry
country with company of eight, only three
of whom are living; entered the services of
the Stage company in 1853 and continued
up to 1865; that year engaged with the Hud-
son Bay company; continued with them five
years; ran a store in Winnipeg; was there
when the Rebellion broke out in 1S69-7O:
was imprisoned by the order Of Riel; but was
so well acquainted with the French half
breeds, and spoke their language so accu-
rately, that Riel couldn't get them to hold
him, and he was released; had charge OF
men in 1870 to build a U. S. fort at Pembina;
in 1871 was in the employ Of II. Z. Burbank,
shipping goods under contract OF Hudson
Bay Company was in the employ of the st.
Paul and Pacific Elevator company in 1872;
moved to Willmar in 1873; was
with Commodore Davidson in 1877,
as general utility'' man; was employed by
the Millers' association at Minneapolis in
1879 and remained with them up to 1881;
then was employed by A. B. Stickney to
take charge of body of men to explore and
survey pass in the Rocky mountains, 900
miles west from Winnipeg; two years after
this he went to the same place in Pullman
car; and was finally in the employ Of the
Canadian Pacific Railroad companyas supply
agent Mr. Burdick has had six children,
five of whom still live.
AN INDIAN MURDER.
! Mr.. Burdick says that in the winter of
| 1855 the Indians were very troublesome in
the settlement of St. Joseph, where he was
then living, making frequent raids upon the
settlers, stealing horses and killing such of
the inhabitants as could be found away from
the village. Mrs. Spencer, wife of mission
airy, was killed by them that summer, and
when discovered she was lying upon the floor
dead, with two children three and five years
old, sitting on each side of her body,
and babe upon her bosom, whose face was
all bloody from its efforts to secure nourish
ment The citizens got track of party Of
! Indians that summer and followed the trail;
met and killed four out of seven, and two
If oin claim nv
hunters on the plains, so Mrs. Spencer's
death was avenged, but it did not bring back
the dead mother to the poor little children.
A CLOSE CALL.
In the winter of 1865, Burdick made a
trip from Pemb ina to Crow Wing, with dogs
and on snow shoes The first day out the dogs
broke into their provisions and devoured all
there was, leaving them to exist on tea and
rotten fish the rest Of the trip, but they came
out alive though considerably emacated.
BURDICK AS A MAN.
Although so years of age, yet Mr. Burdick
! is as vigorous and as active as a person of
30 years. He has been great roamer; is
bubbling all over with fun; is full of magnet
ism, with well developed physical organi-
! cation capable of enduring almost any
amount of exposure and fatigue. He is an
on-hand, humorous, kind-hearted gentle
man, and can show record Of experiences
in the northwest that can discount any other
traveller He now resides in this city.
SHERWOOD HoUGE-FIRsT CITY CLERK OF
ST. PAUL.
! Mr.. Hough was born in New York in 1927 !;
came to st. Paul in 1851; was appointed
Dept. Clerk of the District Court of Ramsey
county, which office he held until 1860,
when he was elected Register of Deed for
two years; in 1854 was elected the first
city clerk of st. Paul, for two years; elected
city comptroller in 1857, which Office ne soon
resigned; was again appointed deputy clerk
Of district court of Ramsey county, from 1868
! to 1865: in 1866 was elected clerk OF the SUI
prcme court OF the state, holding that office
! by reelection three terms; has been grand
secretary and grand treasurer of the |. o. o.
! +. OF the state of Minnesota for some ten
years; has been a director In the st. Paul
| Building association, the first organization OF
! the kind in this state: also one OF the incor-
porators and n member OF the board of trus-
! tees Of the Minnesota O. F. NJ. B. society,
! from its organization in 1870, for many years
thereafter; in 1876 commenced the book and
stationery business and has been engaged
! in it ever since.
HoUGH PERSONALLY.
| Mr.. Houeh has been great Odd Fellow
all his life, and has filled
many offices of honor and of trust in that
society. He is a man of ordinary size, quiet
/ in his manners, very attentive to business,
and much devoted to his family. An unfor-
tunate disability in the use Of one limb, pre-
vents him from mingling much with his fell
| owmeu, and yet he is social and pleasant to
all who know him.
L. Z. REED.
Born in Massachusetts in 1880;
removed to Ohio when three years
old; came to st. Paul in 1851; went to Long
! Prairie with missionary, where he worked
on the government farm; in the fall of 1851
walked the whole distance from Long Prairie
to st. Paul, or 40 miles; taught school
about fifteen miles north of Freeport; re-
turned to st. Paul 1852; hired out to car
| penter TO do rough work.
GOV. RAMSEY DRIVING NAILS.
His first duty was to build fence around
Gov Ramsey's lot. He went ut it, but
in driving the nails broke every other one,
which attracted the attention of the governor,
who, on appearing before young Reed, told
him that he was destroying more nails than
his days wages came to.
Well" said Reed, ''these nails are not
| good.'
YES they are" said the Governor, shut
you don't know how to drive them
''But these nails came from Pittsburgh,
and they are not worth tinkers snap
''Oh-hol young man." said the Governor,
these nails are good, but you don't strike
them right. Give me the hammer; I'm an
old cabinet maker, and I'll show you how to
drive nails,n and the Governor drove every
nail without u break, to the utter astonish-
It Dad