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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-29
DOyNELLY LONDON.
The Effect on Pork and Bacon
Strange Happenings.

The Effect on Pork and Bacon
Strange Happenings.
The arrival of Ignatius Donnelly in
London was, | hear, the occasion of
much excitement. From the pig and
bacon shops OF Dublin to the smoke
houses of Yorkshire, profound shud-
der thrilled the expectant empire. A
delegation of sausage-makerS and pork
piemen met Mr.. Donnelly at the rail-
way station, and escorted him to the Pig
and Whistle, in Sow alley, where the
Bacon society had arranged to banquet
him. Lamps of lard oil shed their soft
served by the hogShead. Hon. B. /. q.
Hogg, Nj. p. for Great PorkingtOn. pre-
sided, ably supported by Hon. /. Sgueal
Grnnter. younger son of the Earl of
Gatherings. Mr.. Donnelly, ina speech
delivered in his best style, remarked
that, though he had been charged with
coming to England to save his Bacon, it
was false. Bacon was too we'll cured to
require saving. He had pigs
foot in pickle for the ribald critics
who had been deriding him in adj
vance OF his coming. But be would not
bore his audience at time when the
sound of dear old st. Swinethin's bells
called them to the devotion of the table.
MY tail swill keep" cried Mr.. Don
nelly, winding up an eloquent perora-
ton with Roman shower of scintillat-
ing wit. ''As Hamlet said, Toby or
not Toby land he had no doubt that
the greatest creation of the greatest
poet ever smoked into the concrete per-
lection necessary for table consumption,
had reference, in that speech, to the
celebrated learned pig of that name.
Indeed, it was his belief that in the
name of his great hero, Bacon had i'm
planted the whole key of this dread
cipher. Was not ham part of the same
flesh as bacon?-and in old POlOniuS
could not one trace direct reference
to the humble but ever savOry pOlony?
Mr.. Donnelly's speech was greeted with
acclamations, and the Bacon society pro-
ceeded to make hogs of themselves in
fashion that proved their eligibility to
the privileges of the association.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-29
Men in Petticoats.

C1nclnndu Enquirer.
Men wore pettlcOats before women
usurped this prerogative. When Henry
VIII. went to see Anne of CleveS he
was habited, we read. Sin a coat of vel
vet somewhat made like frOck, en-
broidered all over with fiattened gold of
damaske. with small lace mixed be-
tween, of the same gold, and other laces
of the same going traverseWiSe, that the
ground little appeared" and in de-
scriptiOn of similar garment belonging
to his father, Henry VII, we read of its
being decorated with bows of ribbon
would adorn her ball dress. 1t is we'll
known that the garment was at first not
alone skirt, but, as the name denotes,
a little coat. How it came to lose it's up
per half or body we do not know, unless
the ''petticoat" was made with
long skirts for the sake
of warmth, and in each
case it was as much petticoat, as we I'M
derstand it, as anything else. Easily
enough petticoats, as the possession of
man, are traced through the ages. In
the inventory of Henry V. appears "a
petticoat of red damask, with open
Sleeves" and although it was ques-
ton whether this had been fashioned
for man or for woman, it would If
woman's be the only instance known
before Elizabeths time of woman
using such garment. Thus we hear
nothing of woman's petticoats before
the Tudor periods. "Good Queen
Bess," with all her learning. which was
essentially masculine in her age and
time, had the true inStinct Of wOmanli-
ness as regards personal adornment.
and women have to thank her tor their
stockings and petticoats, and many
other Injuries which have become ne
cessities, and which they now appro-
pirate with as true belief in their sole
possession as though the legacy had
fallen to them from Mother Eve, instead
of maiden Elizabeth.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-29
He Liked a Good Tenant.

Detroit Free Press.
MADAM" said the landlord of Park
street house, as he called the other
morning, 81 have come to tell you that
that"
"That'you are going to lift the rent S.
per month";" she interrupted.
swell, yes. Rents have sharply adj
vanced, you know"
''Well, we won't pay it,"
No, suppose not; and you will move
on the LIST of May?"
eyes, sir, and meanwhile you can put
a sign on the house. / shall be only too
happy to show people through"
''Indeed, but you are very kind"
.Oh, no, amt. Our cat died this
morning, and I'll chuck her body into a
barrel down cellar and tell everybody
that we are going to move on account OF
sewer gas.''
"Eh! What?"
sAnd if one cat isn't enough, I'll get
another, and also add an old Goldfish"
MADAM, do you like the house?"
"Fairly WE'LL"
"And is the present rent salts
factory?"
Perfectly So"
"Then stay another year. prefer to
keep good tenant, even if l don't get
quite so much rent. Good day, madam,
and if you want any repairs made please
send me word"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-29

who are welded to the law, not so much
for the money there is in it, but for the
reason that they like it. These
are high compliments. to be sure,
but the bar of ST. Paul is worthy of
everything good that may be said OF it.
No class of men are more deserving OF
unstinted praise, because no class of
men come in for so much undeServed
censure and rebuke. Indeed, so COM
mon has this disgraceful business of
heaping ridicule on the legal fraternity
become, and so often are lawyers made
the butt of SenSeleSS jest and minstrel
gag, that it will almost seem like an in
nOvatiOn to speak other than Slightingly
of the profession.
The members of the St. Paul bar are,
without exception, upright, honorable
gentlemen, who are above resOrting to
petty tricks and deceitful practices to
further their ends. The utmost good
feeling prevails among local disciples
of Coke and Blackstone, and courtesy
and fair play mark the relation between
them. Occasionally little spatS are had
by opposing counsel during the progress
of trial, but these little differences
only tend to spur them on to renewed
eXertions for their clients, and usually
end with the trial.
In point of age there may be said to be
THREE SCHOOLS OF PRACTITIONERS
in st. Paul, which for convenience may
be termed the old, the middle, and
the new. The old school of attorneys is
made up of those who came here in the
sos and ZOOS. These are the old-timers.
There are few of them left, Death hav-
ing carried some of them to higher
/. court. Among those still living are
John B. Brisbine, A. r. Capehart,
Greenleaf Clark, H. R. Bigelow, w. K.
CASTOR, j. NJ. Gilman, I. V. d. Heard,
81. j. Horn, Uri Lamprey, w. P. Muir
ray, John b. Sanborn, and John B. Oil
svier.
The middle school, or school!composed
of middle-aged men, is made up OF those
attorneys who began the practice of law
here on or about the year 1870. Il. u.
Eller, w. d. Cornish, j. j. Egan, w. w.
Erwin, G. D. O'Brien, John D. O'Brien,
G. E. Otis, Harvey Officer, G. N. Bell, +.
G. Rogers, and J.W. White are notable
examples of thi sschool.
The new school Is made up OF those
who came to st. Paul during the past
six or seven years. They are the young
blood of the profession, and hope some
day to graduate into the middle school.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-29
HE is ABSENT-MINDED.
Gen. Lew Wallace, Author of Ben
Hur, Doesn't Keep Track of

Gen. Lew Wallace, Author of Ben
Hur, Doesn't Keep Track of
Things.
ST. Louis Globe Democrat.
Gen. Wallace's Observation-Disclosures is
a prOverb in his family, which brings
down many gibe on his head, and be-
fore the laughter at his putting sugar in
his soft-boiled egg two heaping spoon
fuls) had died down he might be seen
deliberately sailing his coffee. This
quality might be one of heredity, if GER
tain wild legends pointing toward his
maternal grandfather are true.
He is peculiarly man of reserved
force. He lives in the background of
himself, and the casual observer fails
to see the big heart buttOned up within,
the laughter carried in his sleeve and
the inexhaustible industry in his pockets.
Read the record of what he has accom-
plished in the fields of battle, diplomacy,
art and literature, and you see how
great his energy is, though every trace
of it is suppressed somehow as he goes
about his duties with less buster and
hurry-skurry than the ordinary man
takes to get his one talent buried in the
ground.
So he always had time for household
UldUtcIS, dlitt COulu pIlI ulti lulilloUCl w
them as we'll as he could and did minis
ter plenipotentiate. His wife said
one day; ''Lew, the little bantam hen
has Matched her family" HAS she?"
said he, GLOW many?" with as much in
terest as if they were American eagles.
And when she asked him to $50 and
take her off," he went, and could be seen
stopping down before the nest, handling
the tiny hairspring chickens tenderly
enough to suit even the fussy bit of a
mother. If these chicks knew who it
was that set them up housekeeping they
would have all grown up peacocks.
Gen. Wallace is fond of writing out
under the forest trees that surround his
house, and the bantams used to settle
on his shoulder and knee and eat out
of his hand as he sat there alone
with his own creations.
Through all that visit fun carried the
day and part of the night, too; for each
evening brought a party in some friends
house, and Ben-Hur was ruthleSSly
dragged from his chariot and carried off
to every one of them. He went not ''as
school boy toward his books" more
ever-nay, he flOcked with the magpies
and jaybirds as If he had been of their
feather, and many time (Mr. Beecher
to the contrary notwithstanding the
eagle was heard to cackle. To be sure,
he would often forget the sport, and we
could see he was sailing the ether of
1880 years agone, but somebody would
bring him down with a jocular lasso,
and he never failed to fall with his smile
on tOr1
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-29
and later on into the old school. TIKI

and later on into the old school. The
most prominent of the youthful and am
bilious ones are II. H. Cleveland, G. A.
Severance, T.. T. Fauntleroy, Frank
Ford, S, E. Hall, D. w. Lawler, w. ID.
Mum and j. W. Willis. /
The question IS often asked, Who is
the best all-around attorney in st. Paul?
1t is one difficult to answer, for the rea-
son that the profession of law here IS
running to specialties, and the lawyer
who is pre-eminent in one branch OF the
profession may know little OF nothing
about the other branches.
For example. take the criminal branch
of the law. w. w. Erwin has made
speciality of this department to the eX-
clusion of all others. According to the
opinions of his fellows he stands at the
HEAD OF THE CRIMINAL BAR.
He makes no pretentions to knoWl-
edge of civil law, being content to do
one thing and do that well.
There are specialists in the civil law,
some men being particularly strong IN
one department, some in another. One
man finds his force in the trial of insur-
ance cases, another in real estate, an
other in titles, another in commercial,
another in personal injury cases, an;
other in corporation cases, and so on.
A GLOBE reporter called on several of
the attorneys during the week and pro-
pounded to each of them the question:
"Whom do you consider the best all
around attorney in st. Paul?'' They
were all unanimous on one point, that
the question was difficult, if not impos-
sible, to answer correctly.
Some answered uEhesitat!ngly, while
many refused to put themselves on
record at all. Either through modeSty
or delicacy; through modeSty because
they wouldn't wish to answer with their
own names; through delicacy, because
they didn't like to pass on the Quallfica7
tons of their confreres. Hcwever1
there were few who spoke freely in
answer to the questions. Their opinions
are herewith presented:
SIZED UP BY THEIR PEERS.
R. B. Galusha-H. Il. BigeloW | con-
slider the best all-around attorney in the
city of st. Paul.
Z. S. ThompsOn-To my mind Gordon
E. Cole is the best legal mind i'll the
city. Erwin is by all odds the ablest
criminal lawyer and John B. Brisbine
the most scholarly mind before the bar.
G. Tyson Butcher consider the
O'Briens to be the ablest attorneys
here, but must giye.the preference to
John ID. II
Ambrose Tighe-I should consider
Horace r. Bigelow the best all-around
lawyer in st. Paul. Judge Lusk stands
high in the profession. [ am a great
admirer of Senator Davis. He is very
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-29

about a wear and PETITE AND PLEASING.
half, when we heard from the Relief
society in Minneapolis that the child
was there and had been deserted by
those folks. The man, it seems, had
commenced drinking and gone from bad
to worse. Finally, they had cleared out
and left Annie to the mercy of anybody.
Weg had her sent back to us, and
] guess she was here six months before
she was adopted again. This time 1t
was by rich woman from Winnipeg,
and this time the poor child got a good
home and one she will always have, l
guess, from the reports we hear of her."
"Do people hesitate to take illegiti-
mate childTenW
Hardly ever, and some prefer them.
They know their parents will never be
heard from, and some have the notion
that such children, if they are bright at
all, are brighter than the common run.
There was one woman in this town who
had that notion, and when she came
here to adopt baby she wanted to
know positively that she was adopting
the child of an unmarried woman. The
result was that she took her own hus-
bands child, for the mother when she
brought her baby here to leave it told
us that man was its father. There is a
strong resemblance between the two
that gives credit to the girls story"
al suppose you have some queer ex-
periences with your foundlings?"
mot so many as one might imagine.
The child's history before it is picked
ND and sent to us almost always remains
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-29

! fine in the trial of corporation cases.
Of course Erwin stands at the head of
the criminal bar. John d. O'Brien is
the best read lawyer in the city.
w. c. Goforth-There are a great
many able men in the profession in st.
Paul. Some are good at one thing,
some good at another. l consider
Walter Sanborn fine attorney. Think
Homer c. Eller has the best legal mind.
G. K. Davis is probably the ablest man
in the state of Minnesota.
Uri Lamprey-That is hard question
to answer. The practice is now running
to specialties., If | wanted a good,
strong, powerful legal argument before
the court should prefer John NJ. Gill
man.
w. II. Sanborn-The O'Briens, Chris
and John D., are as lgood all-aronnd at
tOrneyS as there are III the city.
T. T. Fauntleroy-Judge Lusk is the
best all-arOund attorneyin the city. He
is a most reliable man, careful and
pains taking. Homer c. Eller has the
greatest legal research.
Mr.. Kneffner was of the same opinion
as Mr. Fauntleroy.
A. B. OvittrIn real estate cases I
would prefer Williams, Stevens and
Eller; for safe counsel, Gilman, Heard,
Bigelow and Horn.
Mr.. Cutcheon-That is difficult ques-
ton to answer. If they were not out of
practice l should consider Mr.. Bigelow
or Mr.. Clark the best attorneys. My
next choice is Judge Young.
John Ives-Judge Flandrau I con-
slider the best all-around attorney.
F. w. Zollman-Judge Lusk has the
reputation of being one Of st. Pauls
very best attorneys.
C. A. Severance-l wouldn't like to
express an opinion. / could name a
dozen men from whom it would be diff
cult to pick choice.
George Walsh. V. d. Heard; Harry
Horn second choice.
Joseph T. Avery-Chris O'Brien I
consider the best all-ar0und attorney.
Lusk is very good in insurance cases.
J.F. George. Z. Davis is the best
all-around attorney in the city. S. L..
Pierce is one of the very best attorneys
in personal injury cases. because he has
made speciality of them. II. G. Eller
is the best real estate lawyer, and w.
P. Warner the best commercial lawyer.
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a few of the crowd that tend to make up
Kaleidoscope scene daily around a
leading botel, but the picture would be
incomplete without a member of the
dramatic profession, who can always be
found hanging around the counter, lean
ing upon his elbow and talking about
dates, stars. managers, long and short
jumps, on the road and similar express
sionS, to the manifest disgust, not only
of the neatly dressed, dapper gentleman
visitor who comes to scan the register,
in seal CHI of friend, and who cannot
fail to hear the mouthings of the actor,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-29

mined or paneled in oak, so
long as he can fix his feet com.
fortably and to his satisfaction. Frowns,
mods and winks have no effect upon
him. but he sits in apparent ignorance
of the fact that he is loathed and de-
tested even by those forced to converse
with him, for oftentimes the feet would
be improved by dip in bath-tub, and
the effect upon the olfactory nerves is
the reverse of pleasant. But the most
amusing loungeris the fat fellow who has
put in pretty hard days work, and be-
takes himself to the rotunda for rest
and quiet nap. Conversation has no
effect other than to soothe him, and the
buzzing of multitude acts like sapOr
ifc upon his nerves. His hands are
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-29

: ETTERHEAD FIEND. hotel, and when
finished the missive will be inclosed in
hotel envelope, even if the writer has
to borrow stamp to insure its trans
mission. This type of humanity can be
seen any evening in hotel rotunda,
and he is one of the most vOciferous at
the counter in demanding an envelope
and few sheets of paper. After he has
finished his letter he will fold up all the
stray sheets of paper in reach and put
them in his pocket for future emer ISa
usually fare the same fate, and find
their way to the same receptacle.
Ask any hotel man who is the most
pestiferous lobby lounger, and the re-
ply will certainly be that he is the fell
low who persists in putting his feet
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-29
IN THE SPRING.

The sun sped down the Western sky
When on The street there hurried by
A man who uttered that strange cry
1.-THE stove is DOWN.
His coat was off, his hands were sore,
He sweat aloud at evero pore,
And still his cry was evermore-
1.-THE stove is down.!
The years may com e, the years may go,
But no more plaintive sound, ! trow,
Than this the ear of man will know
1.-The stove is DOWN.
-Colum bus Dispatch.
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tel that he fire.
q uen t S for a
toothpick. There
is a great dis
play of timber
and teeth while
this lounger is
making himself
preSentable, and
with one hand
thrust into the
pocket 0 f h i S
sack coat, he af-
fects a jaunty
air and thinks
all who see him
will that
he is a regular
guest at the hO-
tel.
Tboca a,.o Int
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-29

at the smile playing over the face of
cheerful. good-natured fellow who has
evidently just received a pleasant letter
from his home or the firm with which he
is connected. 1t is not difficult to pick
out this class of men, for, from the time
that the clerk has found and delivered
the much-sought letter up to the period
when cigar has been purchased and
lighted at the stand, every lineament of
the face shows that the contents of the
letter were agreeable. Probably it is
from a sweetheart, maybe a low
ing wife. and in many instances
investigation has shown that the pride
of the family, boy or girl, as the case
may be, has sent its first letter to father
in some distant city, detailing some of
the many incident in home life, which
often prove such relief to the tired and
exhausted traveller, and is better than
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-29

Mark this shabby
gen t e l. looking
specimen, whose
untrimmed beard
and generally UNI
It'd y appearance
show that life is not
moving in very
pleasant lines for
him. He has seated
himself at the table
and is writing a let
ter to some old
crony, probably a
tramp. on paper
which bears the
imprint of the big
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-29

crossed over his
chest, hat we'll
drawn down over
his eyes to exclude
the glare of the cleo
trio light, and he
Slumbers on Oblivi-
Gus to all surround
ings. Such sleepers
always SnOre and
whistle on the re-
turn trip, and those
who are forced in to
their company may
grunt and grumble
as much as they
want to, no atten-
ton is paid to them
by the 81 e eper.
Even if aroused
l-NA
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-29

the truth of the assertion. On the list
will be found men of wide experience,
deep thought and keen legal acumen;
men who combine rare natural talent
for the profession with the ability of
making the best of their reading and
research; men Of rare tact and skill in
the management OF cases entrusted to
their care; men whose honor and integ-
rity have never been questioned, and
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-29

woman jumping SURE OF ADOPTION.
off the train short distance down the
road. 1t was believed she was the
mother of the child, because handker-
chief tied around the baby's head was
marked with the same name that was on
her clothes. The. baby was brought to
us. 1t was just as cute and sweet as it
could be, and if it had been girl we
would not have kept it any time. When
it was little over four months
old, nice-looking, middle-aged man
came here one morning and wanted to
see the children. He took wonderful
fancy to this one, and l told him its his
tory. He seemed greatly interested
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-29

THE LOUNGER. temporarily by some
disturbance in the rotunda, as soon as
the excitement dies out he relapses into
his old attitude, and calmly proceeds to
make up for lost time. Here comes the
star of the assembly, however, one of
most inveterate loungers, the young
man who lives in lodgings in remote
portion of the city, but who honors the
hotel entrance with his presence
and Ogles the ladies as they
enter. His dinner may have been
eaten at some cheap saloon where
the viands were served at one time,
but he hastily swallows what is put be-
fore him and then hurries off to the no
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=
against the wall
and fitting himself
back in his chair
and Eliminating. =
would be impossi-
bic for him to exist,
while sitting down,
if his heels were
not elevated above
his head, and it is q
matter Of indiffer-
Nence to him whether
the walls are kals0r
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tute the throng. By hotel guests the
rotunda is esteemed in higher degree
than the immense saloon parlOr or the
apartments, no matter how well fur
niShed, as essentially place of recrea-
ton and rest, especially after late din
ner in the evening.
No sooner is the small cup of black
coffee, which usually completes the re-
past. swallowed than there is a craving
for post-prandlal cigar, and the posi-
bility Of chat with coterie OF old
chumS, VINO are sure to be found en-
sconced in the comfortable chairs
usually provided by indulgent and lux
uriously disposed landlords. TO the
regular guest it becomes daily occur
renee to note the eccentricities and
habits OF the transients, and in most in
stances they are well worthy of consd-
Grafton. All stiffness and f0rmality dis
appears when guest, after registering
at the desk, scans the crowd in the
rotunda to catch sight of a ia
smiliar face, or, failing in that,
even of chance acquaint
ance, probably met few days
before on Pullman palace car. Inva-
riably the person least used to the COM
forts of civilization and up in the Ell
Uiette of good society is the one who
endeavors to impress the behOlder
with the the idea that he has been there
before and with equal regularity fails
to make the impression good one.