St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-30
CHAT OF THE TOWN.
Where Is The directors of the
winter carnival may
Borealis? find it necessary to adj


instead of an ice palace if the weather
keeps on as it has. Weather Prophet
Kellogg refuses to hold out any hopes
Tor severe winter, or even carnival
winter. George r. Finch thinks it
woald be most capital advertisement
for the Northwest and st. Paul to an
nounce throughout the East that owing
to the mildnesS of the Minnesota winter
st. Paul was unable to secure ice for
the erection Of her palace. but that in
lieu of such attraction the Carnival as
ISOLATION would exhibit flowers in bloom
in the fields. banks where the wild
thyme grows in midwinter and ripen-
ing fields of winter wheat. He thinks
that it would be highly proper for the
linen buster and straw hat brigade to
have charge of the festivities.
<k
Harry Horns Harry Horn. the law
yer, is one of the dry
Joke. est jokers in st. Paul.
1t is$ his pleasure to
utter funny thing in much the same
manner that mummy suddenly
brought to life again might inquire:
''Is Faro still king?" When Gov. Ram
sey first took the reins of state he issued
a message pointing out how prosperous
the state was under Republican rule,
and how financially poor it had Deen
when controlled by Democrats. He
painted in glowing colorS all the great
benefits that had Injured, or were to, to
the treasury through the benefcence of
Republican administration. Harry
Horn heard the message read. On his
way down town from the old capitol
some one asked him what he thought
of it.
"Well," he replied, 81 think in about
another year that the state will declare
dividend"
The idea of a state paying dividend
to its citizens was so drOll that for
long time afterwards one of the queS-
lions frequently turned on Gov. Ram
"Say. Aleck, when will the state de-
clare dividend?'
A Good 1t Is one of the stock
arguments of cayilerS
Climate. that the climate of the
Northwest ShOrtenS
life and dwarfS the race. While Ion
gevity data scientifically compiled are
not at hand to disproye this, 1.-The number
of old, yet Staiwart men. residing in st.
Paul ought to be sufficient answer.
Men, too, who faced all the hardships
of earlier years and endured depriva-
tons never to be experienced by the
generations succeeding them. Mime
sofas first territorial governor June l,
1S49) and known as Alexander Ramsey,
counts thirty-nlne years of re Sidence
in the state. and has never
been sick day in his life.
Charles E. Flandrau, of her SUI
preme court in 1857, is one OF the live
Hest members of the present Ramsey
county bar. James K. Humphrey, clerk
of the territorial supreme court in 1850.
is vigorous real estate dealer and cap
italist to-day. John B. Brisbin, court
reporter in 1854, came into the Mer-
chants hotel Friday last with a step as
quick as that of the young girl who
walked by his side. Henry FL. Sibley,
first territorial delegate to congress
the Office of the gas company, bust
ness man yet. Henry NJ. Rice, sec
ond territorial delegate December, 1859
walked down the Third street hill
Christmas morning. an upright, active
citizen. David Day, speaker of the
legislature of 1858, and w. 2. Murray,
president of the legislature of 1855, are
able-bodied hustlerS of the st. Paul of
to-day. A. T. G. Pierson, secretary of
the council of 1858. can still say that
life is good. Morton S. Wilkinson,
member of the house from the Second
senatorial district in 1S49, ran for con-
gress in the Second congressional dis
trict last fall. William r. MARSHALL,
member Of the house in 1S49, governor
in 1866, and railroad commissioner in
1874, rides his horse to-day as well as
boy of fifteen. Edmund Rice, j. B.
Hubbell, c. p. Adams and Francis Baa-
sen, all members of the territorial legiS-
lature, are men of activity in business
and professional life now, despite more
than thirtyfive years. inhalation of
Minnesota ozone. And these gentle
men are by no means physical wrecks.
Their faces are still turned toward life,
and they bear living testimony TO the
preserving qualities of Northwestern
air. Could they be grouped together
and sent EaStas an illustration of OZOnic
preservation, there would be a sudden
cessation of silly criticisms of the eli
mate of the North Star state.
~
State Capitol In the planning and
preparation of mid
Schemers. way residents to swoop
down upon the state
capitol and convey it by force to their
territory. the fact is lost sight of that
a dozen or more towns in Minnesota for
thirty years have carefully preserved
tracts of land for capitol site. When
it became necessary in 1857 to locate
the capitol, nearly every point of any
size in the state made a bid for 1t.
Nininger, Mankato. St. Peter, South
squares were promptly laid out and the
nd lArnfTarnd IN fha CtQtn nf
st. Paul took the prize from them; but,
like the state land in Kandiyohi
county, the squares have lain unused all
of these years, awaiting some miracu-
lous dispensatiou by which the capitol
should settle down upon them. At
Nininger, where once there were
hopes centered of its being a COM
mercial and political hub of the state,
Ignatius DOnnelly holds out of the |
wreck that overwhelmed it 1000 lots,
cheap at s. lot. The avenues and |
bOulevards have been cut up by the |
pillow, garden truck prOspers where |
real estate dealers once planned for |
palaces, quarry has destroyed the |
beautiful face of the bluffs; thick with |
neglected, lonely place. |
Capitol square there is awaiting the |
crack O. doom.
Call 1t Montanans will hard |
ly take kindly to Con-
Biedler. gresham Springer'sin
tentiOn of having the
territory retain its present name. There |
is not an old resident of the territory, |
nor a tourist who ever entered the Vel |
lowstone, nor an Indian buck of any |
degree of intelligence, nor a wit from
Bill Nye to M. Quad, who would not |
prefer to have Montana as state called |
Biedler. 1t would preserve forever the
of the indomitable x. Y. Bed
Ter, who has done more to make Mon
tana famous as the home or refuge of