St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-11
Tom Pugh's Fine Distinction
in Legal Lore as to Law
and Equity.
Fort Smelling Greatly Agi-
tated Over a Thrilling
Foot Race.
A Train Robbery That Never
Took Place Because Of
Mother.
Col. Judson Proposes to Util-
iZe Sheep in Making Dairy
Butter.

A good story, good drink and
pretty woman are three good things es-
sentlal to enjoymentin August weather.
1t is to be hoped that granting here is
the first. the other two may be pos
sessed by the gentle reader.
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Red-haired Tom Pugh. once grand
impressario of the Fargo land office, and
Window satellite of no mean proper
tions, was, before his advent into poll
tics, WEIGH farmer in the sandy town
ship of Cambria, Blue Earth county,
state of restitution. On his arrival at
Fargo and assumption of the duties OF
land officer, Mr.. Pugh, despite the au-
burn color of his hair, found that he
didn't know one Aristidean iota of land
law. Nevertheless. with the ardor of
true son of Wales ap Wales. he tried all
disputed cases and acted as if he knew
all about it. When a technical case
came up involving the title to land in
Fargo, Mr.. Pugh promptly heard beth
sides and filed his decision. At st. Paul
attorney, who was present at the trial,
on his way homeWard was asked as to
who Pugh was.
"a Mankato farmer"
Does he know anything about the
law?"
mot a id bit; but he's hell on
equity"
And that remained as Tom Pugh's
reputation for his entire term of service.
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Among a certain jovial set of railroad
men there is disposition to make sport
of bird dog which Dave Hasey, of the
Omaha road has recently purchased.
No one has yet aScertained for what
purpose the dog was secured, but it is
correctly reported by Bill Martin and A.
L. Cox brother of Mr.. Cox, of LIE Sueur)
that Mr.. Hasey intends to use the AMI
NAL with new patent invention of his.
designed for the chicken season. Once
year Mr.. Hasey descends upon the
neighborhood of Madela with shotgun
and proceeds to perforate prairie hens.
To assist him in this arduouS labor he
has invented an umbrella combination
which is firmly strapped to the back of
the dog. The dome of the umbrella is
smeared with tar, over which is strewn
corn. Tho idea is that the dog thus
equipped when passing through the
stubble will attract to him a large mum
Der of corn epicures of the chicken
tribe. Once on the tar, Mr.. Hasey will
have them. He will calmly and heroic
ally walk up to the fiutterlng birds.
place the muzzle of the gun against
their boSOmS and usher their inWardS
into space. The remains will be for
warded to his admirng friends in st.
Paul and Minneapolis.
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Fort Smelling is all agog over a recen Mt
sporting event which involved two of
l., ~ hn
United Statesmen to whom Gettys-
burg and Marengo are familiar names.
The event was nothing more nor less
than foot race. 100 yard dash, be-
tween Capt. Stopch, U. s. A., and Capt.
Wilkinson, q. S. A.. Col. Mason acting
as referee. Great interest was aroused
before the match, owing to the dis
parity between Capt. StOuch and Capt.
Wilkinson in size. Nature has lavished
upon the former wealth of girth and
ham bone, a symmetrical rotundity,
such as history has only preserved for
US in the inimitable picture, of Pick
wick's fat boy. On the other hand,
while nature declined to make mar
melade of Capt. Wilkinson, she gave
him a length and leanness. a solid
boniness, such as fell to the lot of the
late Abraham LinCon. 1t was of COM
mon expectation that Capt. Wilkinson
would win the race. But, alas. for fond
expectations. Capt. Stouch's girt, his
expansive lungs, his deer-like agility,
was extraordinary. Lieut.. Freeland,
who acted as his running mate. was
forced to succumb. SO did Capt.
Wilkinson. The victory went to the
hero of Mora and Mile Laos and
hundred other CORY fields. Agricul-
tural societies desiring firSt-claSS
sprinter any time before Sept. 10 will
make application through the COM
handing officer at Fort Smelling.
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The recent Wisconsin Central train
robbery brings to memory a we'll
planned attempt in 1878 to rob passen-
ger train on the old St. Paul & Sioux
City road, but which failed through the
courage of one man. Three farmers
sons living between st. Peter and Lake
Crystal, grown tired of their humdrum
lives, decided to vary the monotony of
their surroundings by robbing pas
senger train and then leaving the cOun-
try. Acting cautiously, they selected a
gorge on the line of the Sioux City
| road, near Minneopa Falls. The train
was to be wrecked there, and in the con-
| fusion the cOnSplratOrS to secure their
booty. They acted slowly in the matter,
so that fortnight elapsed before their
! scheme was brought to head and the
night selected for the deed. One of
| the boys had a mother who knew boys
a little better than some mothers do.
She had noticed for some time that he
was troubled and worried. The day
! before the train Wrecking was to take
| place, she called him to her room,
asked him as only mother can as
| to the trouble, and in a short
time had the entire story. She was
shocked, but did not lose her head. I'm
der her directions, the boy gave his
pledge that he would prevent the rob-
berry, She. on her part, vowed that
what had been planned should always
remain a secret with her. The boy
warned his companions that night, but
| him down and bound him and then and
there INSTRUCTED the track. Despite their
| threats that they would kill him, he
kept trying to dissuade them. They
| struck him, and once did carry him to
| the edge of the old Minneopa trestle
and prepare to throw him over. But at
| last he succeeded. They cleared the
track, left him bound in the woods and
ran away. Neither of them was heard
from in ten years. The one left behind
was released by his mother, and shortly
| after left home. He is now merchant
| in La Crosse and an honored man. OF
the other two, one became Baptist
| preacher and is now located somewhere
| in Oregon, and the other is a station
| agent on the Sante Fe road. Both bear
| good regulations. And the train was
never robbed. AS for the story,it never
| leaked out until some two years ago.and
then only by one of those accidents that
! it is found hard to prevent.
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Col. Judson, having discovered that
butter-making machines can be operated
| by dog power, now proposes to utilize
that of sheep. He is now in search of
muscular Jersey ram, with which he
proposes to give a practical test in har-
| ness. He has not decided who will hold
the ram nor who the machine, but the
honor will probably be divided between
Gen. Flower and Ignatius Donnelly.
The Grocery Clerks Picnic.