St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-08


this. Hot enough to pop corn on the shell.
amt it? Well, zee you printed what l
told you about the grain gamblin' in them
days. You got it a little mixed up. but
then 1expected you would. l don't expect
newspapers to get anything straight nova
days. They print so dogoned much. |
see old Elder Stewart is rakin' an editor
over the Goals for lyin about him.
That's right only the editor needn't waste
so much time. I've knowed the elder
good many years. and. while he's rather
tight-fsted. l DON'T believe he ever cheated
anybody out of a nickel. He aim, no tax
title sharp at any event, as the newspaper
tries to make him out. | see George
Bracket had an Irish wilder arrested for
aSsaultln' him the other day. Times have
changed with George. I've seen the time
when George would have cleaned out the
hull neighb"rhood before he'd have gone
into court Why, he used to be able to
whip
HIS WEIGHT IN WILDCATS.
He was one of the toughest men we had
when he once struck these parts. Now
he's got religion and changed his ways.
and | 'spose it would take heap of provo
cation to get him to fight. Before, he'd
knock the top of your head off for insultn'
wait an get even after awhile in
more civilized fashion. l see somebody
was surprised to know that George A.
Brackett was once butcher. Nothing
astonishing about that. Lots of folks can
remember when he kept meat market on
Bridge square, which was about all there
was to the town in them days. III tell
you story about something that happened
at his shop one day. Ole Peter Wolford
had his office across the way and was
ioanin' money then just as he is now. He
looked about the same. too. and wore the
same clothes. I'll swear he's got on the
same hat that was old then. Oysters in
them days was mighty scarce article, and
came high. | tell you. One afternoon Pc
Ter yelled out to George Bracket. Come
over and have some oysters" George kim
der had his doubts about Peters paying out
his money for high-priced food, but he
went. Peter had a can Of oysters. sure
enough. but when it was opened George
saw that the oysters were spilled. They
were.
ALL PUFFED UP
like plzened pups and look sour as swill. Pc
ter says pitch in and help Yourself These
oysters are little sour. but then you have
TO put vinegar on 'em anyhow. 1 got the
hull can for 10 cents. so what's the differ
ence' Old Peter had money in them early
days and reckon he's worth couple of
of million now. There's lots of these old
timers that used to hustle for the dollar
then just like anybody else. Some of 'em
have got high toned. and some of 'em are
just the same as they always was. Tell
you what some of 'em used to do for a
Twin. Well. don't care; don't want to
go out in the sun yet awhile. and might
as we'll set here and gas awhile longer
That mOter train gcin' by the door makes
Inc think of Sanford Small. l see he's got
to be president of the road.
He used to be a great trader, and
was one of the few NEIL | ever knew
that could make livin' out of it. He'd
trade secondhand stoves for wheebarrows
and make money somehow. He finally
went out to Dakota and plated the town
of Hope, and made considerable out of the
spec. Hope was a good name for the
town. L guess the people there are still
livin on hope. N. F. Griswold. president
of the Citizens bank. used to sell fannn'
mills and milk safes. What are milk-safeS?
Why, these wire cubbards the wimmen
folks use. Sam Gale used to practice law
and was a great hand at the Liberal league
meetins. He used to be great on Darwinism
and thought we
ALL CAME FROM MONKEYS.
Peter McKernan is captain of police now.
isn't he? Well, [ knew Pete when he
drove express wagon. Drivin' express in
them days wasn't a bad job. They used to
make IS or Sc a day on the average. | re-
member SEEM Pete mowin grass in the
park where the city hall stands now. Once
Gales cistern run dry and he hired Pete to
haul water to fill it up at 35 cents load.
The cistern had hole in it, and the water
run out as fast as Peter poured it in.
Gale had told him to keep haulin' until he
TILED the cistern, SO Peter kept right on
Finally he brought in a bill for about S35.
Gale said there wasn't any water in the
cistern. and didn't believe Pete hauled any
water. They had quite rumpus over it,
but finally they discovered the leak in the
cistern, and Gale paid the bill. John T.
West came here conductor from the East
and bought out Jake Barge's saloon, where
Henry Hanschilds is now, Oh the corner of
Second and Washington avenues SOUTH
Jake went next door and opened up
fancy grocery, the first one Minneapolis
ever had. 1t didn't pay, so he went back
into the saloon business again, on the
corner where he is now, only he was in a
little twO-story frame building then.
Speaking of grocers. ii. NJ. Carpenter used
to be one. and a green grocer at that. ..
NJ. Laraway, who has just given up the
postotfice. used to be a grocer too, and j.
c. Oswald did too. Anthony Kelly used
to be in partnership
WITH PAT KELLY
in the grocery business too at Second av-
enue south and Washington. Loren ,
Fletcher and G. M. Loring used to keep
dry goods store on Bridge square. A. B. |
Barton, secretary of the Lakewood ceme- |
terry, and to be in that dry goods business.
Gov. Pillsbury used to be in the hardware |
business. II. 0. Hamblin. who died worth
100000 little while ago, was dry |
goods dealer Uncle Dick Huntington
used t. be millwright, and was boss at
tile lumber mills then. Mace Eustis used
to be considered rich. 1t mas him that
built the Nicolet. Joe Hoffln, the drug
started in for himself lie opened up
store at the corner OF
Washington and Tenth avenues south.
1t seems kind of funny that Mayor Ames
used to be city editor of the Tribune that's
abuSin' him so now; but he was. and made
good 'un. too He was an awful nice
loohin' young fellow, and was bright as a
dollar n. f. Warner, the undertaken, used
to be Snowman, and [ remember seein,
him dom the leap for life with Rentfrow
Bros show. A good many people don't
know Harlan Gale used to be county aud
itor r. j. Baldwin of the park commits
sion used to be cashier OF the state bank
under the Nicolet house. j. E. Bell, who's
cashier of the Hennepin bank, used to
dicker in lumber, and S. A. Harris of the
Northwestern bank used to be clerk. Oh.
there's been lots of changes, and could
keep on all day. but this will do for the
time bein'.
EuIogiZinG the Turks.
CHAUTAUQUA, n, Y, Aug, 7.-Gen.