St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-07
THE REAL MAN.

GUS enterprises.
THE real. MAN.
Men are misjudged motives are misiudged;
actions are misiudged; and we find
this truism all along the path
ner man brings to the surface grand quail
ties which are unseen, and of course, I'M
appreciated by the public. The finest da-
monds are hid beneath the sub
bish of nature; the purest heart lies encased
in a rough covering; che brightest intellect
is trammeled.. by circumstances; even
genius itself is cramped for want of money,
or opportunity, or appreciation. The devel-
opement of the true man is not the outer
growth, due to material causes, or wealth.
or position, but the inherent qualities of the
invisible essence of all life, of all man
hood. So, in estimating character, let US bt
sure that we know the real man, rather than
the gross garment of gross world, made up
of component parts of all the elements Of
imperfect nature, and which is only the
material form of that which is better within.
LOUIS NJ. OLIVIER.
Mr.. Olivier was born at Berthier, province
of Quebec, Canada, in 1919; received com
plete classical education, and pre-
pared himself for the priesthood, but
ON the eve of admission, declined;
came to St. Paul in 1850; was employed by
Rice g. Haney until elected Register of
Deeds in the fall of 1853; was reelected in
1855; dealt largely in real estate, and worked
up set of abstract books for this county,
which have been used ever since; returned
to Canada in the spring of 1858; died in mis-
native place July, 1862, aged only 43 years.
SOME OF HIS REAL ESTATE.
He bought the block adjoining st. Joseph
Hospital, on the east except two lots front
ing ST. Peter street, for $500; worth now $50,
900; six lots on Minnesota street, between
Fifth and Sixth streets, for which he paid
81, 500; worth now $50, 900; 300 feet on
jackson street, between Sth and 9th, for
IS, O00 worth s150,000.
AS WE REMEMBER HIM.
'Louie Olivier,' as he was called, possessed
the natural trait of his own country-polite-
ness. He was tall, slender, social, full of
life and vivacity, a good accountant, and a
man of very generous nature. He haG
great influence with the French, was power
among them, while his affability with the
Americans won him many friends. We re-
member him well and pleasantly, for he was
genial companion and kind friend.
WILLIAM CONSTANCE.
Mr. Constance was born in France in 1929
received common school education came
to st. Paul in 1850; clerked for time in an
old log store which stood upon the hill near
lower jackson street, the front part being
used for groceries and provisions, and the
back part, in the shape of 4 shed, being used
as tailor shop. At this early day he could
not see how a clerk could be paid for his ser
vices out of the profits of legitimate business,
but he soon learned how it was DONE and
with about $500 went into business for him
self He continued in trade one year, when
the firm became Constance IL Burbank, and
in addition to their commission transac-
tions, they started the first express in Min
nesota. Atthe end of year they were $3.50
out of pocket from their express enterprise
Constance paying his half of the loss, or
$50. Burbank then went out of the concern,
and made thereafter the express business a
specially.
THIRTY-FoUR YEARS IN CONTINUOUS BUSI-
NESS.
Mr.. Constance continued in business at
old and new place, he has been in business
continuously in the city, thirty-four years,
and now that Mr.. Presley is dead, he is the
oldest continuous merchant in the city or
state. He purchased his present property
on the upper. of jackson street, in 1852,
built in 1858, and has lived there ever since
He erected brick house on Seventh street
in 1858, and Burbank built wooden house
the same year on what was known as Baptist
Hill, about where the Manitoba Railroad
office now stands. Trade had been good
that year and the firm ''branched outl''
QUEER FREAKS OF STEAMBOAT.
Mr.. Constance informs US that in the
spring of one year the steamer Nominee
poked her nose into the back window of his
warehouse, near the present Bethel home, on