St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-20
CUT OUT WITH AN AXE.
Pertinent Mention Of People You Are
Apt to Meet, and Some Of Their
Peculiarities.
Chunks Of Breezy Gossip Carved ou'
for the Edihcation of GioDe
Readers.
Sheet lightning That Swimmers oO'
Does Not Burn--Notes ADou'
Everything.

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Are lacking in poetic ring, ira, Ia ,oos
And the sentiment, too, of the loVe-DuroeHeu
lay,
Ia usually rank and very passe, =, 49,,
or what the dear FOUNDERS would call oeuceo
jay; 900 o,,a T
And that's what 1 mean when say aIu
~, ,,or;st he verses that bloom in the spring.
Aid Petscn SAYS the railroad war hash
reached here vet. but that it may dow III
with the next blizzard.
General Passenger Agent Littel OF Inc
Minnesota d Northwestern returned from
Chicago Thursday. and while his coat tails
were horizontally inclined no cut-rate
magnate dared tread on them.
Tbe father OF Mr. Leonard Leigh OF TINS
CITY. whose death was recently announced
in This ,aDer. was an eminent scholar ana
for many years he was engaged III transiaV-
ing the classics for Oxford university.
When 5. s. Eaton, the well-khowh III
surance man, was in Philadelphia q couple
of weeks ago. he was invited by the Union
Teagne club 10 attend a supper in his honor.
1be Union League club is the biggest ne
Sublican organization in the country ana as
: s. has been a dyad-in-the-woo! Demo
crat ali his life he don't see the point yet
CITY ATTORNEY Murray. or 1.-THE chancel-
Ior.n has a wonderful capacity Tor business
aud he can evolve order out OF the most
chaotic legal questions in jiffy. BY way
of recreation he enjoys seeing goOd inca
trical performance and nothing catches MN
sooner than clever comedy With lots OF
chances 10 catchnate in 1t.
Eddie Pruden went over 10 the conduc-
tors ball at the West the other night ana ne
carried his No laugh with him. i ne
1oor was tribe crowded and Ed didn't
stay long.
rs this Mr.. Strickland?" queried tall.
thin man with long hair and hooked nose
and wearing a last summer newmarket. OF
viii Strickland. the insurance man, and
former manager of the st. Paul Ideals, one
day this week.
you have called the turn, sonny; what
can l DO for you?" was the reply.
y am pretty well known in the bust
ness" the stranger continued. You see,
1 have worked all around Chicago, Fargo
and other big cities and thought"
oh L see, you have been adjusting
and
well, not exactly that; you see have
been doing the leading heavies and once IN
a while l doubled up on Juvenile parts
and"
Leading heayies! juvenile parts! Why,
great Scott, man, what do you take me for?"
light commencing TO dawn on the situation.
why l took you for the manager OF the
st. Paul Ideals, and as l struck this burg
OH my uppers thought I'd tackle you for
date. ooh, I'm lal la-and-."
He didn't finish the sentence as the
famshed crow bait was unclaimed and he
vanished.
Col. j. j. O'Leary is steady patron of
the Grand and when anything funny Occu-
pies the boards he is always to be found in
front seats, accompanied by his interesting
family. The colonel invariably carries
fan with him and he wields it with such
grace as to unconsciously keep time with
the tempo of the orchestra.
EX-Manager Thompson of the defunct
base ball team states that he is not i'll the
ring this year.
On second thought John Dodge, chief
clerk at the Merchants, says that it wont
always do to stand pat on four aces. A
fellow might draw one and fool them.
Gov. Hubbard is an interchangeable worker
and he remains at his desk all day long. He
is very unassuming in his dress, but wears
a silk hat all the year round.
Prof. Barnes is meeting with good sue
cess with his Crib club. He states that St.
Paul can boast of more young athletes than
any other city of its size in the country.
1. V. D. Heard, Esq, delights to read a
good novel, and he is a fine descriptive
writer himself.
Jim Goodhue remarks that he wont go to
Minneapolis next Sunday anyhow. What's
the matter with working the Mahomet
chestnut, James?
As an evidence Of the degeneracy of the
times. Col. Platt Walker laments the
tendency of young men to take rye in
theirs while Kentucky bourbon is given
The go-by. He states that steady applica-
tiOns of rye will turn the Staunchest Demo-
crat into a Republican, while the man who
sticks TO corn juice never goes back on his
principles. The colonel is from Kentucky
himself.
1--WE had everything to learn about the
ice palace scheme this year." said General
Manager Van Slyke Yesterday. land of
course only had to pay pretty high for the
experience. This time it was in the nature
OF an experiment, but next year we eX-
pect TO profit by our knowledge and con-
duct the carnival better and cheaper.
The public hasn't any idea Of the obstacles
we had to overcome. and now that we have
demonstrated the beauty and success of the
thing, | think the legislature ought to ar
range to help us out annually. This could
be done by providing a levy of fraction of
a mill, and then the whole thing might be
thrown open to the public free of charge"
THAT was a funny visitor | had the
other day." said Manager Lou Scott in re-
feTTtng to his episode with the crank. At
first blush took him for an escaped actor
III search OF an engagement, and / was
about to spring the oates all filled etc,
chestnut on him when he made the break.
After that didn't feel like discussing mat
tiers with him. Yes, it was funny, but l
don't want any more OF it,
Jimmie Sharon, the accomplished clerk
at the Merchants hotel, had a billet doux
the other day from his old classmate, Jim
KittsOn, who is wintering in Los Angeles
for his health. The latter is delighted
both with the climate and ladies of Cali
fornia, and he says he has the girls pat.
Maj. Frost OF tine gas company wears
lonesome and far-away look since his old
classmate, Crawford Livingston, went
east.
Maurice Lyons says it is mistake to
think that he has sold out and that he
doesn't propose to quit the field for some
time yet.
William Lindeke is the prince of good
-Sllows, and when not hurried in his bic
dry goods emporium he drops over to see
now the bank is getting along.
II met crazy man on Fourth street YES
}srday," remarked Ehle Allen, the versatile
and AdOnis-like clerk at the Merchants
hotel, land if you wont give it away I'll
tell YOU how it happened"
With the assurance that we never gave
anything away that we could realize on at
our uncle's, we told him u fire away.
GU see" he continued, u was ont for
stroll and was feeling very much elated.
Just as L reached Sibley street man rushed