St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-16

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With all this hideous music they approach the
/ openings in the ice, and OF course the
fish are frightened and rush along until they
come 10 the holes, when, seeing the light
they make pause aud become huddled up
! together in a mass Now Is the time for the
| squaws, and they take advantage Of the OPP
portunity and whip them out as rapidly as a
Chinaman win throw rice into his mouth
with his chop sticks. The fish that escape
! the squaws' hooks az the first set OF holes, are
/ again driven on by the same musical band
that come stamping after them, 20 the next
set OF holes, where they meet the same fate
as their predecessors, and so on until they
have run the entire gauntlet and become
quite decimated. Sometimes over fifty fish
are taken at one passing at each hole. When
all the holes are passed, and the Indians are
not satisfied with their success. they proceed
around by land, head the fish OF, drive them
back and compel item 10 run the gauntlet
the second time. Some OF these fish weighed
as much as eighteen pounds. Who thinks Of
fishing now in West ST. Paul, except for lotsl
The Indian did not seem 10 appreciate the
value OF money. The captain has seen a
party Of Indians al payment receive over
500 each, and then come 10 50 Paul and
spend every cent Of il in less than two hours
They would buy blankets and strings OF
sleigh bells, with which they would cover their
| horses back with one aud string
his neck fun with the other,
and then gallop around town in grand
triumph, and by night they possessed neither
horse, nor blanket and not even a bell.
They invariably spent their money foolishly
and came into town, hundreds at a time, on
horseback, single file, bells iingling, fantasti-
cally dressed aud painted, whOOping, yelling,
sation. Their purchases were generally trad
ed of for whisky, and that's where the bells,
blankets and horses went.
THE CHARACTERS OF THE DAY, IL 1851,
were Lot Moffet Judge Kennedy, Louis
Roberts, c. P. Lun, Charlie Cave, Joe Ro-
lette, Bon syphers, Ned West, Ike Markley,
John p. Owens, Jim Vincent, Bill Shelly,
Seisholtz, Col. McKenty, Of "Broad Acres
Col. Goodhue, Sam Sargent, Col. Burton, Of
the Central house; Jackson, the postmaster;
Bill Taylor, the barber, who PLAYED al all the
dances; Frank Collins and French, the auc-
tioneers; Nat. Spcer, the matchmaker; Geo.
Reisdorff, the drayman; Old Napoleon Heitz,
Jim Thompson, the Ferryman; Tom Odell,
with a squaw wife; Parson Willough-
by, Of the Eolian church,; Old BetZ
and WOoden-legged jim, her brother;
age, who always wore plug hat, fun OF rib
bons and pieces Of calico, who was a public
pensioner; Julia, the pretty squaw; Popcorn
johnson, the pop corn vendor. Among the
prisoners taken at Camp Release, was ''Old
Betz's' mother, who afterwards died in the
squaw pen at Fort Smelling, in the winter of
1923.
MEMORY OF THE FIRST FURNITURE STORE.
w. NJ. stees' furniture store, where Charlie
first went to work, was situated on a French
Catholic burial ground, and small picket
fence was placed around each grave.
On corner Third and Minnesota streets,
where the present brick block now stands,
was erected a shanty, about 2Ox4O feet, one
story high; the sides were upright boards,
with board roof, and the rear OF the build
ing set on stills, the front resting on Third
street. The surroundings were hazel bushes.
there being no building between II and the
top Of the hill, near Cedar street Two
dozen chairs, as many bedsteads and tables
were deemed a considerable stock Of furni-
ture. Six chairs, bedstead and table was
quite bill OF sale in those days. Selling a
bureau was an event worthy 10 be talked
about Then they made most OF their furni-
ture, aud the bed posts were turned by a
turning lathe, which was a liberal perspira-
ton generator and human legs the motive
powerf He speaks Of taking a piece OF furu-
iture 10 deliver at Louis Olivier's house, some
where west OF Wabashaw and north OF Fifth
streets, and came near getting his horse
mired in the bog. At another time he was
sent 10 put up bedstead for A. L Larpen-
tucr and the presence OF n pretty lady so en-
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tirely too short and had 10 20 back after new
ones. He speaks of making ''gable end''
coffin, with "split roof and working all
night in order 10 have il finished in time.
Tile idea of keeping ready made collins on
hand In those DAYS, would have been deemed
a saerilege, and the party doing so liable TO a
lynching.
THE OLDEST UNDERTAKEN ~ MINNESOTA.
Capt. stees is the oldest undertaken in the
business in the state. He has seen young
ladies Of st. Paul marry, become mothers and
grandmothers and then bury some OF their
children and grandchildren. His FIRST case
was at Mendoza aud the person Mr.. Frank
Steele's child. After making the casket
Wash and he took the same up in buggy
aud half way between here and Fort Smelling
their pony stuck in a swamp and the mos
quitoes liked 20 eat them up, drawing blood
every time they presented their bills. The
second case was that OF young man who
froze to death in his cabin, two and half
miles from town. He was found with his
knees on the floor. his arms on the bed aud
his head resting on his arms in a prayipg
posture, frozen as hard Is a rock In this
position the body was brought TO an old car
penter shop at the bridge, corner Fourth and
Jackson streets, where Gilfllan block now
stands. Here an old scow was procured and
filed half full Of water; then a fire was built
on the ground floor, some stones heated red
hos and thrown into the water 10 heat II and
thaw out the body. Prior to this word was
sent up TO come and take the measure for
coffin. Tom Reed was coroner. Cant
Stees went down and asked where the body
was. One OF the men pointed 10 a corner
where an object was concealed under a
blanket; he raised the blanket and there laid
the man in a reversed position from that In
which be was found; knees doubled up and
his arms crossed over his forehead and ewes
wide open. II was a horrible sight. and
Charlie was frightened and went home
telling his brother, Wash, he had better 90
down and measure that body. the rpcel-
lection Of which time can never efTace
The deceased was an eccentric genius who
planted cedar posts around his claim and
then dug two foot hole in front OF each
post, which be called witness. lie had a
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