St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-22
PROMINENT SWEDES.
CAPT. JOHN ERICSSON.

CAPT. JOHN ERICSSON.
Capt. John Ericsson, the world re-
nowned inventor and engineer, still
clings to his old fashioned residence in
Beach street, New York City, with the
tenacity which has so often won success
in the perfection of complex machinery
and mechanical problems. His home is
hardly pictureSque-grea tenement
houses and stores surrounding his old
fashioned, brick, stOOp house on three
sides, while directly opposite is the i'm
menSe, noisy freight depot of the Hud-
son River railroad. When John Flies
son came to New York in 1889 the fash
ionable New York was then in this
vicinity, now he alone islands by the
old ship" for as he says, he looks on his
old house as friend that has long shell
tered and protected him.
Some time ago visited his house in
the hope that 1 might meet him person.
ally. l was ushered into large front
parl0r filled with models of his different
inventions and most honoring testimO-
malls. Among the latter was one from
the state of New York, granting to John
Ericsson the freedom of the city of
New York. This is, l think, the great
est honor ever conferred upon a Swede
in this country, and an honor that has
indeed been seldom granted.
l sent up my card, and soon Capt.
Ericsson's secretary appeared. He in
formed me that Capt. Ericsson never re-
ceived visitors, and even while he was
| speaking l heard the resOunding of
| hammer and file, more like some boiler
| factory.
The secretary informed me that the
| grand old man was even now working
| out the model of a great invention
| which he hopes soon to have completed.
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| outer world, lives very abStemiouS
| life, rises and retires early, and works as
long as daylight lasts.
Capt. John Ericsson will soon be
! eighty-five years Old-a man whose
| name will live in posterity as one who
| worked for all humanity. Such fruit
| full, honorable and busy career deserves
the title, lone ofiGod's noblemen." 2e
~ ~
| BARON OSCAR DICKSON. ~
! That Swedish Cresus, Baron Oscar
Dickson, of Vega fame, was recently
the guest of the Prince of Wales. The
baron is justly famed as a philanthro-
pist, good, jolly fellow and splendid
shot, but there is no reason to believe
him to be nihilist or Fenian. While
hunting at Sandringham, it seem that
he mistOOk the royal lion for partridge
or other bird, and, accidentally of course,
shot from his gun hit the future
king of England on the nose. Not even
the Irish, much less the English, want
noseless king. Baron Dickson, some
years since, was the subject of an at
tempt at assassination, but we hope the
baron did not mean to give H. r. H. an
idea of chow the thing worked
| ANOTHER BARON.
Apropos of royalty and their dOings.
| have often wondered what became of
the Swedish 'hokar," ''stjernor" and
''skOldar" who came to this land Of the
brave and the free. l have been able
at length to trace one. In the Gilsey
house, On Broadway, this city. among
| the dish-washers is to be found one of
these ''blue bloods." Until three years
ago he was at the head of one of the
largest lumber concerns in Sweden. He
is said to carry the hOnors of his new
and useful position very badly, always
wears melancholy expression upon
his face, and, they say, he washes
dishes very badly. CANUTE.