St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-09
BY t. VI. NEwsoN.
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SOMEWHAT REMARKABLE

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It is somewhat remarkable, that st.
Paul, originally situated two hundred
miles from any other important point, away
from railroads and struggling for existence
amid Indians and half-breeds, had no out
bursts Of violence of any character, up to
1848, nor since; that is, there has been no
great shock of border ruffianism, which re-
quired the interposition Of a vigilance COM
mittee, as is now and has been the case in
other frontier towns. We have had
no riots; no wanton destruction
of property; no public grievances
which required the people to redress; no loss
of life, except few murders; no burdens OF
men in power nor the imposition of rich men
upon us, but society has gradually moulded
itself silently into the better forms of civil
ization, without those deleterous influences
incident to the growth of other places. This
Is really remarkable, and due credit should be
given to the Catholic religion and which
early prevailed in this section and which
held in check the rougher elements of life.
It's very true, whisky was sold and drank,
and vet we hear of no damaging results from
it, except to the parties indulging so that
st. Paul can very justly point to her past his
tory with great pride and admiration. 1t is
also remarkable that of about thirty old set
tiers, most of whom have taken prominent
part in our affairs, more than twenty-five came
from Prairie du Chem; that is, they emigrat
ed to that town, remained there a short time,
and then pushed on to st. Paul, and have
ever since been identified with our interests.
NATHAN MYRICK.
That tall man, who has been travelling our
streets for quarter of a century and over,
and who, to use a border expression, has
been a ''rustler,' - is the well known Nathan
Myrick, who was born in New York state,
1922, and who at the age of eighteen years,
came to La Crosse and laid out that town, a
good slice of which he still owns. Mr. Myrick
entered largely into numbering in Wisconsin,
in the years 1S41, up to 1S48, when The came
to st. Paul and engaged quite extensively
in the Indian trade, having at
one time stores at ST. Peter, Traverse de
Sioux, Winnebago Agency, Yellow Medicine,
Red Wood Agency, Big Stone Lake, and at
Lake Traverse. Mr.. Myrick was also at one
period largely interested in property at Lake
Superior. At the time of the Indian out
break, all his stores at the above named
places, were destroyed by the savages, and
while Mr.. Myrick received some recompense
of the governmental for his losses, he has other
claims which he has been pressing at Washing
ton about every winter, for several years past
OF late he has been connected with various
enterprises, which required brains, money,
pluck, but just now what he is doing, we do
not know.
HIS PERSONALITY.
Mr.. Myrick is a marked character on the
street, in consequence of his heighth In
one respect he is like Hiawatha, 'for at
each stride q mile he Measures
while like his prototype, he used to deal
largely in Indian trinkets He is somewhat
nervous, yet has a good deal of nerve, and
when he sets out to do a thing, he does it,
if it can be done. He is Yenturesome;
man Of great energy; reaches out into the
future; goes in on his judgment, and if he
gets tripped, he don't 'kick," as the boys
say, but "picks his flint and tries again.
His head is round, his eyes
small and piercing, nose
denoting courage, with a full, flowing beard
and well put up body, mark him as an adj
vanced guard in the wave of civilization.
He married Miss Rebecca Ismon, OF Yer
mont, in 1S43, who is still living. Of eight
children, three survive.
ABRAM A. LAVENDER.
Mr.. Lavender still clings to life, although
doctors said he could not remain with US but
short time, and then he Immediately dis
carded all medicine and all physicians and
began to improve rapidly, and is now quite
we'll. He was born in New Hampshire in
1915; came to st. Paul in 1S4S; commenced
blacksmithing and wagon-making on Robert
street, having purchased the establishment of
Vim. H. Mobiles; married Miss Elvira,
do, of oil
in business for many years, when he sold
out to Quimby 81 Hallowell.
DEACON LAVENDER,
as he is more generally known-ha wing been
prominent deacon in the Baptist church
for several years past-is thin, spare man,
with sharp features and bright, twinkling
eyes, a long grey beard, and always wears
pleasant smile. He is quiet, good citizen,
interested in religious matters, and has a
happy faculty of minding his own business,
and thus, with pleasant word for every
body, glides smoothly along down the hill of
life.
DON'T GRUMBLE-IT IS A LAW.
The old settler, ffty-fve or sixty years of
age, with grown up family about him, begins
to feel that he is being pushed out of the way
by the younger elements which surround him.
The old places where he used to keep his
books, and his papers, and his hat, and his
boots, have been appropriated to other pur-
poses, and even the old rocking chair, in
which he has sat for so many years,
he is daily in fear of being removed out of
his reach forever, and in its place to find
new anG stylish double and twisted back
breaking modern institution, in keeping
with the new-fangled notions of this modern
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what it used to be, for the children have got
possession of the mother and are moulding
her to their ideas of 'tstyle.''
And then again, ''papa doesn't keep
up with the age! What is pleasant to him,
isn't pleasant to us. He wants to sit by the
fire and read his paper; we want to dance;
he is sober and thoughtful, and likes to talk
of the past; we like fun; he is too cautious
and holds us back, but we guess we know
what we are about; he is a little old
fashioned in his notions, but then we have to
humor him. 1t is so strange that
people as they grow DID, have such peculiar
ideas of life! Wonder if we will ever be like
that good, kind, old father? Hope not" And
the young, and thoughtless, and buoyant,
and gay, and ambitious, and loving children,
thus imperceptibly and unknowingly, gradu-
ally push ''the old man. along to the end OF
the log, where he sits musing upon the past.
Now, my friend, look at the matter
philosophically. The tree grows and
sends out its branches Its grand limbs have
stood the storms of many winters, and under
its cooling shade hundreds have gathered to
shield themselves from the piercing rays of the
MONDAY sun. In course of time new
shoots are visible just below the old limbs,
and as these new shoots put forth their vigor
thav draw yitaliZinp pOWer from .thn roots
and the old limbs begin to droop, and then
in their growth the younger shoots,
under law of nature, commence quietly to
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