St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-17
VALUABLE STATISTICS
where Were You Bern, What
Size Hat, Collar and
Shoe?''
The Answers the Aldermen
Gave to These Reportorial
Interrogations.
Some Curious Bits Of Infor-
nation About Our Local
congressman.
New England Ahead AS a Place
Of Nativity Minnesota
Last.

that an inquisltive reporter conceived
the idea of discovering the size of each,
with the nativity and age of the wearer.
Aid. Woodward was the first victim.
He confessed that he, was born in
Maine, in Augusta, the home of James
q. The dear boy is thirty-two years
pretty little feet, that are easily covered
by five and half shoe, and a fifteen
and half collar adornS his sWan-like
neck.
Fred Barrows is Maineite, too. He
was born at Crono. has passed his
fifty-siXth birthday, and requires ~
hat. usually Derby, though he some
times blossoms out in shining tile.
His collar is 1615 land strong, No. Sshoes
keep his feet off the ground.
Vermont has furnished several alder
men for Minneapolis. Aid. Bradish
was born in Cabot, VT, forty-three
years ago. He always wears top boots
that are numbered 81. His collar is
Is inches and his hat is m.
Big Aid. Smith, who, in spite of a
distinguished looking member of the
body, is another Green Mountain boy.
Stowe is his birthplace. He doesn't
look fOrty-seven years old, but lays
claim to that amount of antiquity. His
shoe is an eight, but his collar is an
eighteen. Mr.. Smith wears 7115 hat.
Aid. Lowell, of the Fifth ward, sprung
from Vermont. He is fifty-one years
old, wears "a hat, a sixteen collar and
No. s shoe. Farnsworth, of the Thir-
teenth ward, halls from Windsor and
sports ais hat. a fifteen collar and a
small shoe. only six.
New Hampshire has done very we'll
in the way of originating aldermen for
the Flour City. Aid. Billings. who wears
a No. shoe, a No. hat, and a 151%
Cole, whose signature is naturally fitted
for c0untersigning bank notes, was born
in Coos county. He has breathed
the sinful air of this world just half a
century and wears the smallest collar
and one of the biggest hats in the coun-
Gil, the former being 14I and the latter
~. His shoe is a six. President john
son was also born in New Hampshire in
1850, and is consequently thirty-uine
years old. He has always been able to
wear a No. hat even since he became
president of the council, while an
eighteen-inch collar surrounds his deli
cate throat.
Minneapolis herself can claim the
honor of mothering but two of the men
who are supposed to govern her people.
only couneilmen who were born here.
The latter is the youngest man in the
council, being but twenty-four years of
age. He wears a No. z hat, l515 col
lar, and ~ shoe. Grimes is seven
years older than the other Mime
aDOliS man. but wears the same size
hat and collar. with an shoe.
Aid. Sterling, the Eighth ward re-
trencher, honored Chester by Sc
lecting it as his birthplace some forty
two years ago. His skull is encircled
by a rs Cady and Z shoe confines his
pedal extremity. His collar which lies
just beneath and is illumined by his
whiSkers, is 15-inch ''turn-down."
Aid. Vandewaker, who.is very sensi-
tive about his age, but admitted that it
was between twenty-seven and forty
eight, first saw the light in Oneida
county, New York. He wears IA hat,
a 1619 collar and a Z shoe.
An attempt to make man down in
Chatham, n. B., resulted in the produc-
ton of Aid. Loye. That was fifty-three
years ago. He now wears a No. n
hat, No. shoe and closely cropped
whiSkers. Around his neck is l61a-
inch collar, through which he emits ora
torical discourseS against the ball park.
Tom Downs, one of the most typical
Western Americans in the city, is not
an American at all, having been born
in Nottinghamshire, England. He is
forty-Seven years old, and his measure
ments are: Hat u, collar 16, and
shoe 9.
Aid. Gray is another "bloody.
bleedn' Britisher. We KNOW" and was
born in the same vicinity where Downs
originated. He is forty-four years old,
finds No. l515 collar very comfortable,
and usually wears hat and 10 shoe.
Aid. Reeves is another Englishman.
Salisbury is his native town. He is
tfty-cight years old and seemed to take
considerable pleasure in conveying the
information that he couldn't answer
the collar question, as he had worn
flannel shirts with rolling collar of the
same material for over thirty years.
His shoe is solid and his hat a Z.
Aid. Hunter is 4 bonnie Scot. He
was born in Glasgow fifty-four years
ago. He is one of the thirteen alder
men who wear Il No. shoe, and his hat
bears the same numeral; his collar is a
1515.
E. G. Potter is New York boy and
was born at Adams in that state in SO.
His collar is of the popular 15% size.
his shoe 6 and his hat rs.
Harrerstield, O.. is the birthplace of
Aid. Philips, and it is 'thirty-four years
since he first visited that town. A No.
6 shoe, a ~ hat and 1515 collar suit
him exactly.
Aid. Ellingson, who looks after the
fire department, is thirty-four-year-
old Wisconsin man. He wears a good
sized hat-714, a II collar and good,
honest No. 10 shoe.
DR.. BraZie is one of the three men in
the council who can I'LL a ~ hat. He
IS forty-seven years old, was born in
Ohio, and wears fifteen-inch collar and
No. shoe.
Aid. Adams is the sole representative
OF Puritan Massachusetts. He was born
in Townsend, is forty years old. wears
a 65S hat, l6 collar and an shoe.
Aid. Warren comes from Oakfield. n.
H., where he was born forty-three wears
ago. He wears a soft felt hat labeled
rs, walks i'll 4 No. shoe and breathes
through 1519-inch collar.
The Canadian provinces have been
the early homes of several men who
GREER sewers and award contracts here.
Aid. Meloy is thirty-nine years old and
claims to remember the time that he
was born down in Ontario. He is an
other of the men with Webster heads
and cages his brains in IL hat. His
shoe is a 6, and his collar is.
Rev. DR.. Bursell sprouted in the
eastern townships forty-nine years
since: His collar is 1515, shoe and
hat IL.
Aid. FUltz has been to Halifax: in
fact, he was born there. He is fiftv
years old, wears 161a collar. His head
was made to fit No. 61l hat, and No.
s shoes can be made 10 ct his feet.
Scandinavia is the home of four alder