St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-15
MIDST THE MADDING THRONG.

MIDST THE MADDING THRONG.
"Say mister, will yer please give me SOM
thin to buy me meal, I'm about starvin;
Amt had anythin' to eat for over two days?"
asked tramp of a traveller who had just
stepped off the depot at a small station in the
midst Of an agricultural country.
Cant you get any work. exclaimed the
traveller, as he surveyed the applicant for
money and the neighborhood farms rich with
their nodding golden grain.
lit strikes me there ought to be plenty of
work up here continued the traveller.
There is no excuse for a man being hungry
up in this country. Why don't you go to
work."
Cause" said the tramp. ''They wants me
to work for me board and wont do it. I'd
sooner starve''
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George H. Walsh, one Of the pioneers of
Grand Forks, Oak, was recently narrating
his experience IN the early days of the frontier
settlement along in the seventies. Accord
ing to his narration his frontier experience
caused him to have an aversion for fish that
time has never effaced and probably never
will completely obliterate.
by railroad and everything which its resi-
dents enjoyed was carted from St. Paul. Dur
ing certain seasons of the year the roads
were impossible and freighting was temper
arily abandoned. On one occasion the pro-
visions at Grand Forks were about exhausted
and it was found impossible to forward stuff
from st. Paul. The blockade continued and
everything Of an edible character was con-
sumed and still the supply from St. Paul was
not forthcoming.
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This lasted for over three weeks, two weeks
of which the people lived on fish which they
caught in the streams round about the settle
ment. Fish was served for dinner, breakfast
and supper. 1t was cooked in all sorts of
styles, but there was sameness about the
diet that tired out the most devoted lovers of
fish.
At last the fresh stock of provisions arrived
and the disguised fish-eaters turned their at
tention to more varied bills OF fare than had
been afforded during the blockade.
From that day TO this the people of Grand
Forks who survived that blockade have never
eaten fish in any shape. They were disgusted
with the diet at that time and have never ex-
perienced desire for the most dainty morsel
of the most palatable fish. They know when
they get enough of good thing and entertain
the belief that they have had their share of
fish
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1.-THE surprise will kill me' said st. Paul
matron to her husband as she reclined upon
couch, having just recovered consciousness
after severe fainting spell.
Horse ran away with your asked her has
band as he bathed her alabaster brow with
decoction put up expressly for taking the
grease spots out of clothing.
NO. said she, 1.-The horse acted beauti-
fully. Oh, dear! I fell so queer"
How did it happen? Tell me all about
it,
''Well, you know, put on my new dress
and went down town. drove the horse very
slowly, as / knew it was a hot day and you
told me not to hurry him. When got down
on Third street 1 saw a new pattern of
splasher hanging up in one of the show win
dows and concluded would go in and price
it. So turned the horse in, and, after driv-
up to the sidewalk, got out, and
''Well, what happened then?' asked her
husband
81 started to hitch the horse, got the halter
out and was just about to tie it. when gen.
teman stepped up and asked me if be could
".
l never had anything of that kind happen to
me in ST. Paul and 1 have lived here thirty
five years. 1 pinched myself to see if l was
asleep but found that was awake and down
town looking aimlessly at stranger. L for
got all about the new splasher; felt so queer
that / got right back in the buggy. l don't
know what the stranger thought, but came
right back home
Every strange" unused the husband. ''You,
of course, don't know his name?''
''Never saw him before
81 felt quite sure that he had not been long
in St. Paul. If he stays here he'll get over
such little attentions. So you II be in no dam
ger Of a second surprise from him.
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Two girls were playing ''grown I'D ladies'"
They each had a full-grown skirt, which they
wore over their dresses. The outer garment
was arranged so as to form train which
swept the floor behind them. They had been
making 'play" calls, and the '.play" hostess
had about run out of topics for conversation
when she bethought herself of the dancing
season at Lake Minnetonka, where she had
but recently enjoyed herself and witnessed
several balls and germans.
Are you fond OF dancing?" asked the little
play" hostess of the "rlay" caller
Yes" replied the latter who, as matter
of fact, knew nothing about dancing
Have You ever danced the german"
Yes replied the little caller, land the
Frenchman, too"
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George Washington Sprague, the president
of the Minnesota Farmers alliance, has ex-
cited the opposition of several members of
the executive committee, so l am credtabiy
informed, and as a result OF that opposition
an effort viii be made to depose him from
that position ct the next meeting of the COM
mittee which will be held early in September.
1t is a well-known fact that Sprague is an
enthusiastic advocate for Gilman in the lat
ters race for the governorship. The majority
of the executive committee favors Gen. Bar
rett over Speaker Gibbs for that position ror
the reason that they being farmers, are more
closely allied with the interests of the alli-
ance. The Gibbs and Barrett committeeman
sought TO have the alliance indorse one or
both of these candidates, but were unsuc-
cessful on account OF the opposition of
Sprague. The latter, while not being able to
get the alliance to indorse Gilman as its can
didate for governor, has prevented the alli-
ance from indorslng any candidate.
Hence the trouble in the camp of the
alliance people.
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This is town of great promise" said the
sight-seer as, Just arriving in Kansas City, he
viewed for the first time the hills and valleys
of that uneven municipality"
You're right, my friend, remarked by
stander. who had heard the original asser-
ton. ''rhis is town chock full of promises.
Nearly everybody whom have seen so far
has promised to pay his bills at some future