St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-17


and stories filled the time. White Bear
was reached at s o'clock and brief stop
was made. A large number of the boys
left the train here, and their peculiar wells
and whoop awoke the echoes of the lake as
they had never been disturbed since the
war-whoop Of the Sioux rent the air in that
locality. An attempt was made to bounce
DR.. Macdonald by the ST. Georges club,
but the ceiling of the car checked his up
ward flight, and this pleasantly was aban-
doned. The clubs represented on the train
were:
st. Georges snowshoe club, DR.. Macdonald
captain, IS members; Wakouta TOboggan'
club, 80 members, Capt Adams: North Star
Toboggan club. 20 members, Robert Wright,
captain; Windsor Toboggan club 20 members
Capt. Underwood; j. S. Bryant, lieutenant;
Nushka Toboggan club, 3 members; Crescent
Ioooggan club, 10 members, Capt. Warner;
Excelsior Toboggan club, members, Capt.
Moore; High School club. II members, Capt
s. W. Burr; Carnival Skating club, /;
II members, Capt Ammir Eaton
Little Crow Toboggan, members, Charles
Hamilton, captain, and Lester Mabou. George
Bookstarer, BERTHE Chase, ULYSSES Alexan-
dra; Ryan Toboggan club, Harry Richie,
captain; George c. Finch, Bash Plummett,
a. Il. Warner, William Finch, Richard
Warner, Theodore Griggs, A. Lindeke.
on THE TRIP.
Hardly had the train started when DR..
Mcdonald passed round the cigars at the
expense of the st. Georges club, and every
body availed themselves of the opportunity
to enjoy free smoke. 1t was s:45 when
the train pulled up at the Saltwater station.
where the military company and Saltwater
band was waiting. Hon Z. w. Durant was
there and several other prominent citizens
The boys poured from the train like sheep
and in a twinkling they had started
up town, keeping step to the
music by the band. The march was short
being around three blocks to the Sawyer
house. The sidewalks were filled with
men and women who cheered the boys en-
Enthusiastically as they sped by at double
quick. They marched single file and the
| line was several blocks in length. Now
and then some liberal-hearted citizen would
| illumine the front of his store with cOlored
! fire. When the boys broke ranks at the
/ Sawyer house, there followed scene of
confusion. The hotel was appropriated and
the bouncing committees did good work.
Some of the st. George men stole Z. w.
| Durant from his friends, and in less than a
minute he was bObbing up and down in
the air, fur coat, hat and all. He took the
medicine as though he enjoyed it, and when
/ the fun was concluded declared that it was
the first time he was ever bounced in hotel,
and he kindly thanked the boys for the eX-
perience. Editor CowS.. of the Gazette
was the next victim, and he was tossed up
/ till his nose nearly came in conjunction
with the ceiling. Castle was enjoying the
! sport hugely. and the first thing he knew
he was being tossed about like a cookie
shell, but The wasn't saying a word -
One of the funniest features of
the evening was the bouncing
of Northumberland ty-pOund police
man, who stood in the door of the hotel,
with wide open mouth and distended eyes,
looking at the upward flights of the differ
ent men. The bouncing committee soon
| got on to him and in the twinkling of an
eye he was ''in the hands of his attorney
and his ponderous body. made abnOrmally
cumbersome by great fur coat, was flying
through the air. He
STRUGGLED AGAINST THE BOYS
at first, but the odds were too great for him
TO battle against and he was tossed around
| like a WORKOUT pair of pants in a gale
of wind. The Office desk was appropriated
by the boys and was converted into a stage
from which songs were sung. Ehle Allen
giving an Ethiopian speciality that brought
down the house. Senator Castle addressed
the assembly, welcoming them to the city
and paying them a high compliment on
their appearance. G. X. Finch also took
the stand and extended a cordial invitation
To the citizens to form clubs and participate
in the carnival sports. The train had not
arrived in the city as soon as was expected.
and the stay was shortened to one hour. AT
10 o'clock the order to fall in was
given, and forming in line the clubs
were escorted 10 the train by the military
company and band. Every window in the
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ladies. who waved their handkerchiefs
gayly at the departing men. A little later
the train was speeding toward ST. Paul,
where it arrived at 11:45. and marching to
the Ryan the clubs broke ranks and pro-
ceeded to wreck an elaborate lunch that
had been set for them.
TRIPLETs.
The Wakouta club went into a car to
capture a Windsor club man and a
pleasant tussle followed, in which the
Wakoutas had TO take water They did il
good naturally, however.
Capt. Adams of the Wakoutas is one OF
the finest built men in the winter clubs.
He's an all-arOund athelete of no mean
value and carries a firSt-class appetite with
him.
A. S. Tallmadge's tall form, draped in q
long white ulster, topped off with tas-
seled toque, gave him the appearance of a
Constantinople chief of police.
Albert II. Merrick was in the ranks and
proudly said: Il am the father of eight
cen boys. and they all belong to carnival
clubs and wear uniforms"
The blue uniforms trimmed with gray
fur and brass buttons, worn by the Ores
cent club, attracted considerable attention
last night.
II. A. Castle tied a silk handkerchief
over his ears. and thrusting his hands in
his pockets, kept steps to the music like q
walter.
Judge Chandler of the Milwaukee road
TOOK the trip and traded his felt hat for q
toque, which he wore with becoming dig.
nifty.
If there had been ladies' reception com.
mlttee TO entertain the visiting ladies al
saltwater everything would have been per.
feet.
Drum Major Trezulmy of the Sons Of
Veterans drum corps looks like Siberian
king when he gets his shaggy majors car
on.
Major Postlethwaite of the Northern Pa,
cihc. by sharp scheming and lodging, Is
capped the bouncing committee.
William Kemp OF the Manitoba road
tramped along in the procession like gay
and giddy youth.
w. j. Footner of the Northern Pacific ex.
press yelled as loud as anybody when Du.
rant was bounced.
why don't you call your ice palace 9
saltwater AFFAIR."" inquired a Saltwater
citizen.
The Nushkas will turn out heavier the
next time. Their suits are very striking in
effect.
Albert Shaeffer said the excursion dis