St. Paul daily globe., 1888-03-27
MINNEAPOLIS ODDS AND ENDS.

A man who refused to state his name
had most miraculous escape from
death yesterday afternoon at the corner
of Hennepin avenue and Fourth street.
As he was going across the street at
that point spanking team driven
by man in a buggy knocked him
clean down in front of them.
TO onlookers the horses seemed
to trample all over him and they stood
Mortified at the sight. but no sooner had
the team got beyond him, than the sup
pOseA corpse promptly arose-lacon-
nonehalantly started down the street,
to the astonishment of every body who
saw the little incident.
2 a roaring farce was enacted one night
slast week in a city hotel, which came
near ending in terrible commOtiOn.
Among the permanent guests of the
house is private family consisting OF
father, mother and two daughters. The
..lady is distinguished as a generous
ehearted, refined Christian person,
and - of course the girls are
the same. The old gentleman, al
though generally staid business man,
is given to getting on glorious drunks,
and ON the night in question met some
of the boys and proceeded to get hilarl-
Gus. Returning in the early morning
he was very gay, and to the horror, OF
his sanctimonious wife, told her
and the girls that they were
little chippies, and had better go to bed
OF take walk. He then made night
sigh and the boarders howl with ms
ribald songs and groans and curses. At
this point the lady rushed out to find a
reseuer from her own husband, and fell
into the arms of some of the rest OF the
tipplers. They Immediately sailed down
on the room and squelched the Old man
with bucket of water. Quiet being
restored in about fifteen minutes. the
lady ventured to return, only to find TO
her horror the whole crowd of drunk
ards in her bed, with their boots and
hats on, and snoring away. Lit took
half of the force of the hotel to dislodge
them from their position, and there was
a terrible fuss made all around next
morning; but peace reignS once again
and all is quiet.
About the last place in the world
where one would expect to find genu-
inc Old-faShioned Bohemian is in one OF
those vast buildings given up to archl-
tects, real estate huStlerS, lawyers and
private detectives, such as the Boston
block, Kasota, or Temple Court. Never
theless, in the Kasota block at present
there is a remarkable man by the name
of r. FL. Chittenden. In person broad
Shouldered, with a massive head and
striking face, Surmounted by wealth
of beautiful hair, which is in that chang
ing time when the silvery locks are
merging from dark tintS into gray, his
is a face that would attract atten-
ton anywhere. Seated yesterday
in a nook of his brothers office,
he chatted pleasantly and quietly
of his eventful life and present projects.
Gentle in all his ways, it is very charm
ing to listen to his pleasant babble.
''Like Rip Van Winkle [ have come
back to life again as it were,' he said,
s'fOr have been out in the Rocky Noun
tainS for many years. Just l. and my
bundle of books of astronomy. Lonely
out there? No! not to man
like me. Those were glorious nights
communing with the planets and
the spheres, glorious days in which |
hunted and cooked my own victuals."
Poet, philosopher, musician and astr0n-
Omer, there are few men more interest
ing than the subject of these few lines
in the city. In his student days in Ger
scism, which appeared in book
form, on Goethe, and his innumer
able publications on all kinds
of Subjects gave Mr.. Chittenden
a celebrated publicity many years ago,
aere he voluntarily went to Colorado. to
study his favOrite science, and lost him
self in the wilds out there to effect his
purpose in peace. Failing health com
pelIed him lately to come to where he
Can have home comforts. and he is at
present making his home with his
brother, an old resident here.
TO him the world may wag
along and noise and excitement be all
around him. he cares not Jot. In his
books he finds consolation and peace,
and surrounded by them and Immersed
in them the old, genuine Bohemian can
be found any day happy and contented,
in the handsome block that ornaments
the corner of Fourth and Hennepin ave-
nueS.
The Tribune seems to take considera-
bic pleasure in making a casual refer
ence to the fact that II. B. LangdOn was
a defeated candidate for the state sen
ate in the last election whenever it has
AN opportunity. 1t is a well-known
fact that his defeat was brought about
by the treachery OF some OF his Repub-
lican trethern, who distributed among
the voters of the Thirtieth district, in
which he was running, large number
of straight Republican tickets which
were intended for the Twenty
ninth district, and which of course
had on them the name of Lars SwensOn,
the Republican candidate in that dis
trict. These tickets were so skillfully
manipulated by ticket peddlers, who
were hired for the occasion, that over
500 of them were voted, and Mr.. Lang
don was, in consequence, defeated, the
opposing candidate receiving majority
of less than 100 votes. From the way
the Tribune has continually referred to
his defeat, one would suppose it consid-
cred it as great victory for some one,
and one which it enjoyed hugely.