St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-15


ameeting of the board yesterday laid the
foundation for a rather amusing Incl
dent. Mr.. Folwell had. in the course OF
"a milling discussion of the East side
PARK matter. been called upon 10 give
his views. He admitted that the East
side, being cut up into sections by the
railrOads.Was hard to unite on anything
as each section had its own interests TO
look after: but he thought that small
neighbOThOOd or nursery parks were
much needed in various parts of the
First, Second and Ninth wards but
thought also that Minneapolis should
Rave 5000 acres of outside parks more
than it now has. and that they would be
needed by the great city which is TO
grow up here. He thought the East
side should have thousand acre
breathing place, and urged the adYlSa-
bility of retaining the banks OF the
Mississippi for parkways. He finished,
and Commissioner BOardman arose TO
move that the president be authorized
to negotiate loan of 50 900 for tie pay
ment of current expenses. 1t was a
good deal like Col. Sellers discussing on
finances. and then having TO stand-of
the bar tender.
When the newspaper men adjourned
from the formal banquet at the EXPO
SitiOn building to the more unconven-
tiOnal merry-making at ElkS hall. which
wound up the festivities of their day at
the Exposition, one of the older men,
beers of the party insisted with some
severity that his son and heir, aged
twenty-five, should return Immediately
TO the shelter of the parental roof. while
he, himself, remained to assist in the
entertainment of visiting members of
the press. Several of the people pres
ent were somewhat surprised. and one
or two were inclined to think that the
gentleman must consider them poor
company for his son, but later in the
evening, or. rather, in the morning,
winkS of a peculiarly suggestive and
expressive character accompanied side
remarks regarding the event above re-
ferred to. as the editors listened to the
racy stories that the old gentleman told
with great gustO, after company had
gotten into jolly and sociable frame of
mind. They understood it then.
There have been a great many country
people in the city the past week. and
their expressions of surprise and Won
der have caused a good deal of aDUse-
ment and pleasure as well, for it does
seem good to see some one tickled with
a nOYalty in these blase days, when
there is nothing new under the sun. A
lady vOuches for this: Father and son
were standing on Sixth street, and the
son. gawky specimen of a step-ladder-
style of architecture, was trying TO tell
what lie had seen at the Grand opera
house the night before. 80 paw" he
exclaimed. ''you ought to see the opeTy.
l. II, IL 1srrR,4 l.
was so dark at first, and they lit ii so
fast it scarf me. so l felt like running
out. And | saw such funny wagons
running in the middle of the street on a
track" Referring to the manhOles in
the street, he told Paw that he saw
a man take key and wind up the city.
This caused an explosion of laughter
from the bystanders, and the boy re-
lated his experiences in a lower tone OF
voice after that.
'What do you charge?'' asked another
rural visitor at the Harris theater box
office.
Fifty and 25 cents up stairs; 70 cents
and dollar down stairs.''
Gosh, We amt got two shows in one
house, be ye?
Col. c. Z. Carpenter is installing his
electrical cooking plant at TaylOr's res
tauTant, and the man who wouldn't
eat anything cooked on that darned
electrical continuance; no sir, not fer a
millyun dollars" has already been there
III large numbers and given his opinion
of the apparatus. There has been a
good deal of skeDticism regarding the
new invention, even among some sup
pOsedly intelligent men who are more
or less connected with the working of
electric plants here, but the colonel
says he'll show 'em few things next
week.
The menu electrique, so far as de-
cided upon, Will be as follows:
Stewed Currents,
Fried Electric Plants,
Roast Ampere, Alternating Sauce. a la
Edison.
Volt Pudding,
FricasSeed OhmS.
All meals will be served on carbon
plates at alternating rates.
c. H. Benton and Judson n. Cross
once opposed each other as counsel in a
law suit. Mr.. Cross had the short end
of it. and tried 10 make mp for a lack
winded argument. He quoted from
decisions by the score; he reviewed the
case in several different lights. lie
argued and argued. The afternoon was
passing into evening. when he finally
dropped into his chair after arguing
about two bours.
Then Benton slowly untangled his
legs ana rose to his feet. He glanced
at the WORKOUT jury and judge, and
then said in his cold and deliberate
way:
I see you are much fatigued. gentle
men. and l will follow my brother
! Cross example and submit the case
without argument"
This delicate manner of referring to
poor Cross elaborate effort TO win his
case on talk probably helped as much as
anything TO bring in the verdict in favor
of Benton without delay.
The GLOBE is accused of neglecting
to make mention OF the fact that Mai.
! L. NJ. NewsOn made a speech at the
! editorial banquet at the Exposition
| Thursday night, OF course he made a
speech. and a good one. too. No one
should suppose that he would let the
opportunity escape, and that the news
| paper men would allow the Nestor of
Northwestern journalism TO get away
without telling the stories of pioneer
newspaper work for which he is noted.
o.
One of the few acts which can be
| placed on the credit side of the account,
which good citizens are keeping with
that superduous body, the police COM
mission Is the recent dismissal from the
force of Capt. r. r. Harvey. There is
l,oA 40 los
was a detriment to the service through
! the constant internal strife which he
| directly and indirectly stirred up from
tir,an tiIlna hut This act Of 1I-iSdnlr,