St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-02


looking woman, Jolly, winsome, and both
the utmost respect.
THE WOODEN HAM.
On New Years day a great free spread
was made for the guests of the house and
for others who might come ina and
among the eatableS on the table was a1arge
ham. This ham was made of wood and
the skin of a regular ham was drawn over
II and the outside was beautifully deco
rated, and it was arranged that young
man who had great pretenSions as carver
should dish it out; so Mr.. Rauch rugged him
up with an apron, a jaunty cap
and a sharp knife and fork, and while some
nifty hungry mouths were arranged around
the table to receive precious morSel of the
inviting meat, the warrior of the knife
commenced his battle. He tugged, he
sWeated, he SwOre, he grew red
in the face. OF course it
was ham-he knew q ham
when he saw it, but it was the d-est
toughest hog he had ever stuck! ''Give it
up? Neverw So while the crowd waited.
and the knowing ones winked and smiled.
the young man toiled on over his task until
he had succeeded in getting a small portion
of the skin OFF, when he grew pale. dropped
his knife and fork, tore off his apron. dashed
down his cap. gave one piercing look at the
mutilated meat and exclaimed: ''All bone,
by Cd" and dashed out of the door,
Mrs. Rauch had effected her purpose. for
the young man never came back again, but
some real, genuine hams were brought on,
and the new year was toasted gayly away
into the wee hours of the morning.
WHEN AND WHERE BORN.
Mr.. Rauch was born in Germany in 1912;
learned the trade of tailor; came to Amer
lea in 1S49 and opened a clothing establish
ment in New York, where lie remained two
years; was burned out; lost everything;
carried on a clothing establishment at La
fayette, Ind; was burned out there and
saved only $500 out of IS, 900; came to St.
Paul in 1852 and opened saloon and res
taurant, where he remained some six years
and cleared $40. 900; invested the amount
in what is now known as Banholzer'S
brewery; lost nearly all; started
again in his restaurant. in the
old place; ran it seven years;
sold out and bought real estate-a lot for
5000; sold for 81, 200; worth S25, coo; lots OH
st. Anthony hill. for which he paid $50;
worth So 600 and So, 900; paid $500 for
three lots in. Leech's addition; worth
5000; gave $3.50 for eight acres on Day
died he opened a grocery store on the cor
ner of Forbes and Fort streets. In 1856 he
was member of the city council. and in
tiyes.
BAD LUCK!
Just in the midst of prosperous brewing
beer business, after he left the restaurant,
one of his workmen accidentally fell into q
t,- Lodi
his body, and notwithstanding Rauch drew
off his beer and let itrun into the Mississippi
river, vet the prejudice was so great Oh the
part of the people that his sale of beer
came to positive stop, aud his loss was
immense, reaching rs high as $50, 900.
Who will deny the power of luck, bad,
good or Indifferent. i'll mans life? Twice
burned out and lost everything; made S45,-
600; it slipped out of his hands, because
one of his workmen fell into vat and
was boiled; went back to his restaurant;
made money again; invested it il real es-
tate-now he is dead, real estate is valua-
bic! And this is lifeI What old settler
does not remember Apollo hall and the
pleasant face of Charles Rauch?
CHARLES A. b. wEIDE.
Very few men in this city have turned
the corner so happily and been so thor
oughly Tejuvenated and blessed with good
luck as has Charles A. b. Weide.
Now is the winter of our discomfort
Made glorious summer by the son of York,
And all the dark spots that lowered about his
pathway
Are in the deep bosom of the ocean buried.
The hard times, the depression in prop
erty. the struggle, the loss. the anxiety.
incident to all tine old settlers, are only
things of history in Mr.. Weides case, for
he now is on the top wave and is marching
forward to complete success. He is slender
III person, energetic i'll his movements. yet
quiet in his ways. Born in Germany in
1898. he emigrlted with his parents to this
country in 1884, and removed TO place
called Egypt in Illinois; and from thence
to Cincinnati, o.. and thence to Madi-
son. Ind; thence to indianapolis
in 1850. where he opened a store
and remained in business there some two
years and halt: came TO st. Paul in 1853
and was employed with his father IN a store
up to 1857, when the latter turned his bus
mess over TO himself and his brother,
Joseph, giving them 81, 600 to work on.
The brothers built up a large trade ON
Third street. where theywer burned out in
1861. and following came a long and hotly
contested lawsuit for the insurance money.
which was finally Won by the Weides after
the case had gone to the United States
court. Then they did little or nothing
up to 1871, and from that year began deal
ing in real estate and continued up to
1876, when Charles was taken sick and re-
manned SO up to 1882. and then he returned
to ST. Paul and again tackled real estate
and has done exceedingly well. He sells
his own land. and on Arlington hills and
Nelson's EaStville heights addition he has
sold over 700 lots. He has recently donated
two lots to the Swedish and Norwegian
Methodist churches. He was married in
1860 to Louise, daughter of Casper II.
Schumacher, and has one son and daughter,
and in his own language lis the happiest
man in the state and feels as young as any
one Of 80 years"
JAMES DILLON.
Who Of the old settlers does not know
James Dillon, the intelligent and industri-
Gus blacksmith. who, for years has been q
prominent figure in the Democratic partyf
And who does not know him as at the head
OF one of the most prominent temper
ance societies of this city? Who
does not know him as the active
pushing, wide-awake business man, who
has accumulated fine property
bv the sweat of his brow? In the older
times some of the best Democratic speeches
made on the stump, when Gov. German was
in mis- vigor, were made by Dillon, sharp,
crisp, incisive, full of common sense, anC
no man was more active or more Influential
in the ranks of the party than he. He is {
small gentleman, very energetic, quick
to comprehend and like a polar bear
always on the go-but he is better
than the bear, in that he ma:
a kind and sympathetic heart. He wa:
born in Ireland in 1925; educated in the ole
| country. learned the trade of blacksmith
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