St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-21

Mr.. OGorman is a son of Capt. John
O'Gorman (now dead, )and was born in Bos-
ton in 1s47, where he received a common
school education. He subsequently attended
the Cathedral and Adams schools at st. Paul,
and came to this city with his parents in
1852. He was for time in the military
headquarters of General sibley, in 1861, as
clerk, and continued there during the war,
and we remember him as a quiet, pleasant
young man, and an excellent penman
He removed to St. Louis in 1868, and was
employed as clerk in an abstract Office, and
during this time be attended the ST. Louis
law school, and graduated in the senior class
of 1872. Returning to st. Paul that year be
engaged In the practice of his profession, and
continued so up to 1877, when he served as
Judge of Probate of Ramsey county, 70
which he was elected with considerable
unanimity, and which he filed with
very general acceptsbility. In 1882 he
ran for Sheriff Of Ramsey county, and after
legal contest with Mr. Richter as 10 who re-
ceived the greatest number Of votes, he was
declared elected, and has held the Office for
two years.
THE MAN HIMSELF.
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size, with round face, well developed phys
ical organization, and very undemonstrative
He is quite even in his temperament, gentle
manly in his manners, and destitute of os-
teDtation. He married Ellen NJ. Dicks, Of
st. Louis, in 1868.
WILLIAM o'GoRMAN.
This is another son Of Capt. John O'Gor-
hor sv.n
in 1916. He came 10 ST. Paul in 1852, and
here he received his education. In 1862 he
enlisted in company K, Tenth regiment, but
was on detail duty in the com missary depart
ment, under Captain Newson, for q year or
so, and then joined his regiment in the Six
teenth army corps under General A. j.
Smith. He served three years in the army,
and after being honorably discharged, ac-
companied a party to yermillion lake
in search of gold, and subsequently
became clerk in the postofice
for one year; was three years in the real
estate business in St. Louis; returned to St.
Paul; clerked for different firms some ten
years; then engaged in the cigar and tobacco
business for himself, and is now secretary of
the Central Firemens' association.
LITTLE DIFFERENT.
Sergent "Bfly," as we used to call him,
is a little different in general makeup to his
brother Henry. He is a lively, active,
stirring man, full Of vigor and
manhood and yet all this energy
does but little good towards bringing him
fortune, however much he may deserve it.
He is honest, capable and trustworthy, but
like many others was no doubt born under
nv, 80 ha &c phflnen~,har nd
proposes to trudge on to the end. He has
this advantage, he is in the prime of man
hood, aud has thirty-two years of solid expe-
rience in the ups and downs of western life,
so he is much better prepared for the ills in
cident to living, than the ''old codgers" who
have nothing to hope for, but-DEATHl-
"Sergent Billy r'-move to the front!
JOSEPH vILLAUME.
An old straggler has just come into head
quarters and reports that he was born in
France in 1912; that he was in the employ Of
the French government as police officer for
fourteen years; that in 164S he emigrated TO
this country and landed in New Orleans;
that he arrived at st. Paul in 1S49, or 35
years ago; that he embarked in the Indian
trade, as at that early period there were
only a few houses where now stands
st. Paul, and the balance of the population
was made up Of red men, who occupied a
good many tepees. He states that then there
were hills and valleys, and running streams,
and brush, and trees, and rocks, where this
city now rises into greatness and into gran
deur, and that nobody could even imagine at
that early day that st. Paul could by any
possibility grow into respectable sized viii
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peoplei And yet, he says, here it is. And
look at
THE CONTRAST
There, nesting in modesty on Fifth street,
and meditating on the past, is little one
story and half French building, the oldest
house in the city of ST. Paul, while just to
the right of it, fronting on Robert street, is
the elegant seven story edlfce of the chamber
of commerce, and diagonally across from
this fine specimen of architecture, rises into
majesty and into beauty, the new 81, 600, 900
hotel The little brown house, now forty-six
years old, looks out upon the scene with WON
dermentl When it first reared its head into
civilization, how proud and grand 1t wasl
How it doomed up against the board shanties
and wigwams OF decaying barbarism! How
the owner and his wife-both gone into the
land of dreams-praised, and petted, and
admired it! How visitors snugged down in
its COW parlor and laughed at the beating
storm that howled on the outside. How the
green vines twined their loving arms about
its broad square, good-natured face and
peeked in at the windows! And how little
children gazed up in awe at its massive
heighthl Poor, little, humble nobody now !
You live only in the shadows Of the great
buildings that frown down upon you'll They
hardly know you by reputation, and II they
did know you. they would care less for you!
To them the past is nothing! What Of to-
day! What of next year. and so time
comes and goes, and by and by, and very
soon too, the little old brown house will be
missed from its accustomed place; its old
tired and wearied timbers will be carried to
their long home, and only history will drop a
tear over its memory
''Just So" said the aged Frenchman -
lust so" and we saw red handkerchief in
his hand, and little black speck in his eye,
and tear upon his cheek, and turning he
gazed for a moment upon the little unpre-
tending brown house, and then upon the
great mass of brick that lowered heavenward
on the opposite corner, and moving away
with lettering steps, we heard him muttering
Yes, the contrastl--I see itl-iust SOL
just sop And his form faded, faded, faded
and was-gone!