St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-22
SUNDAY SCENES.
How Some People Spent the
Peaceful Sabbath Day.

The up town bridge is nearing COM
pletion. In about two weeks, in all
probability, it will be open for both foot
travel and teams. All yesterday after
noon large throngs crowded around the
Smith avenue approach, and discussed
the structure pro and con. Old-time
settlers, who have lived here so long
that they can remember ''when there
wasn't any bridge at ALL" were there,
whiting sticks. chewing tobacco, COM
menting as TO whether the bridge was
necessity or not, and kicking about the
additional tax it would entail, the kick
ing being more or less vigorous accord
ing TO the amount of taxes each one had
to pay, or whether he had to pay any.
Young ladies who were out walking
with their 'beSt young man." strOlled
down and said silly things about how
the bridge was built, and show
awfully high it was.'' Nurses.
whose duty it was to take the
baby out for an airing wandered along
with the crowd and tried to keep the
little one quiet by having it see the peo-
pie and listen to the noise. Small boys
who had probably forgotten their par
entS injunction to be sure and attend
Sunday school were present, climbing
up the iron supports and daring one an
other to walk out upon the unfinished
trestle till one wondered that no acct
dents happened. Altogether, it was
quite an animated Sunday scene, eS-
pecially in section of the city where
only few weeks ago there was nothing
but a bare bluff, with yaWning gap of
nearly a quarter of a mile to the other
shore.
The clear. bright atmosphere and
braeiHg breeze caused every one who
either owned horse or could afford to
hire one to take an afternoon drive.
Throughout the whole city and suburbs
could be seen vehicles of every deScrip-
ton. Some were out riding with their
families, and every row and then could
be seen open wagons with imprOviSed
seats for the children, containing from
eight to dozen persons, all enjoying
themselves Just as much as those who
occupied the fashionable turnout, with
sllyer-m0unted harness, cOachman and
cushioned seats that drove past them.
Again one would see a single buggy
driving past containing two people, one
OF whom was in mourning, probably a
poor, lone mother who was returning
from the graveyard after having
planted flowers on the grave of their
poor little darling, or possibly an Or
phaned daughter, who, with brother,
was paying tribute to father and
mother who had died and left them to
battle with the world alone.
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Owing to the street car strike the
choice of directions for cheap riding
was limited. A large number availed
themselves of the motor line and took a
ride to South Park, South st. Paul.
lnver Grove and other stations along
the line. Some went to the amateur
ball game, others to visit friends, while
still others took the opportunity of day
off to look up eligible sites for homes
and speculation in real estate in this
rapidly growing section of the city.
Among the crowd could be seen work
1ngmen who. with their wives, were on
the lookout trying to secure some cheap
and pleasant home on the inStalIment
plan; business men who, with their
companions were discussing the chances
af an increase in prices and the proba-
BILE location of future stations, and a
host of others with no other aim or OBJ
Ject than to pass pleasant afternoon.
The cable line. which still continues
to ding-domg along the street, came in
for larger share of Sunday travel than
usual. Here could be seen mothers
with two or three children whose father
was probably prevented from accom-
panying them by Sunday work taking
them out for a ride to the power house
and showing them how the cable
worked, and probably filling their little
minds with wonder and awe as they
came down the steep grade at Selby
avenue, with the explanation of why
the cable car did not jump the track.
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Last Of all, but not least in number,
came the pedestrians. Those who COM
pose the Clover million.' and who have
not got the bright round nickel to drop
in the slot or pass to the conductor.
They could be seen in large throngs on
every thoroughfare, some with wife and
children, some with children only {;
some walked along alone, taken up
by their own thoughts, while others
came along in groups of twos and
threes, probably fellow-workmen.
Among these one could observe occa-
sionaliy some staid old citizen, with
cane in hand, walking along as though
he disdained any other mode of travel,
while across the street would be seen
the invalid. who. with crutch and cane,
was taking his first airing after a long
Illness.