Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-01-24
Letter from St. Paul.
ST. PAUL, MINI.


| Dear imericdH
| Some Of the street scenes of this city
| may be of interest. This Is the Sth Of De
| cembci, yet there has not yet been a day
! this fall but what the vender of apples
| grapes, oranges, etc, has not had his goods
exposed out OF doors, all day, with no dan
| ger OF frost. This is not a city of broad
| streets and wide sidewalks--but the re
verse. Seventh street is one of the prin-
| ciral business streets, and ii is often the
| case that half uf the narrow sidewalks are
/ pre- cmpted by boxes, etc, and the natural
| result follow shat three persons make
| crowd. In the evening the popcorn man.
| the hot peanut and chestnut man the man
| who cooks YOU an egg omclette, and others
| Of thu, ilk are out in force. Every sa-
| loon il blaze Of light and inside may be
| heard the music of an orchestra, a band or
an accordion at least varied with songs
good or bad sung by women who are not
| like CT>ar'> wife. above suspicion
Some of these places have cost many hun
drcd- of dollars for decorations others are
| dirty and dIney All however. are en-
gagged in the same Internal hu>iuc>>-mak
in. drunkarl- All have curtains and
screens SO arranged that the inmates NAV
| not be exposed 10 public gaze. even il the
doors are open. Pawnorokers' shops are
very plentiful, els, the rumscllcr would
not 10 80 hourlshing a business The
| man VINO will write your name on one hun
lrcd cards for 81 cents i, on hand until the
cool air drives him to seek shelter indoors.
At about - We hear the sound OF sing
| iug 10 the streets with the Clang OF tam
BOURNE and drum--tis the Salvation
Army" drumming up crowd for their
meeting iii the barracks" After few
prayers follow more songs few remarks.
not remarkable for elegance of diCtion,
and they start for their barracks. followed
hy hootiug crowd
Passing along the street we come 10 the
Getty >burg Panorama building" and en-.
term. T. chat moment with the attend
ant. wr are invited to 20 Up and scc what
Is intended to represent the rcpul>c Of
"Pickctts charge" To an old vet. it looks
realistic save that in oar experience we
don't remember Of ever seeing the forge
OF battery in the very forefront Of the
battle, n it is here. The point wc arc now
looking at j. " here the gallant ticn Arm
i>tcaI was Killed, at the very muzflc OF
the Union guns In the picture before II,
he j. represented A. bein. mounted, which
l. not historically correct just IN rear Of
the cannon al whose muLzlc be j.. j. the
boIy of Lieut. Gushing. who has just been
mprtaiiy wounded; iu his rear is tn" 18th
Maine coming NJ on a charge and IN their
rear j. tile 1T MINI also Fastening up
t1 thcIr left i Hancock and his stali while
20 their RIGHT and rear are several pieces
~ artillery coming upthe horses on a dead
run. Gen. Hunt chief Of artillery h,
watching The battle with his glasses
while the smoke half hide, the desperate
h4htru. thar j. going on in the distance
We are shown the battle nag OF the 2oth
Virginia Infantry but somehow 1t doesn't
rive H. tile same frelin. 70 look at it nnw
a. y "oh1' nave gwen u t"rnt! -hFc years
ago. II was captured, IT j. said, BY
member Of the l>l Minnesota at ticttSs
nnrI lhe drad ana wounded arr nlI
around broken ihuHhf-N NhatteFth thlN'
sons wrecked lHfrr~' "hrr!N' rtc-. are
every where the ~trctchcr-bvarcr> are at
work, SO We VIII have mercy anu n't
undertake 70 describe The whole
Sifoiilug down street alter We leave
ti'i~ PLACE "" hud every ihlnI NJ lui bIa>t
among The saloons. People ar" coming
ont and going IN Many of the former
need tlc whole OF the sidewalk, and not
uufrcqucntly we ind one who j. ssd-Stck -
At least IN seems - te trying % say Nf'r
l-"-rt. Dnc Of the ir>t things IN the
morning Will BE- for every saloon proprietor
~ have the sidewalk washed on -cl>r there
would b. an advertisement there, not pleas
ant for respectable people 10 see,
Many Of the business houses on sth
street are well lighted with electric lights.
both indoors and on the street the same
j. true Of Sd street, next to the river bank.
The principal hotels arr also lighted by
electricity. and some business places other
than those mentioned, and there are three
ma>tS perhaps 90 feet III height which have
several light, upon them, but as a rule aside
from TN and 3d streets the streets are
not so we'll lighted as tho streets in your
and the lights often seem lonesome The
capitol building !. on Wabash street.
which runs from the river, while 3D.. 4th,
9TH etc. streets. run nearly parallel with
the river.
January sth. After an interval OF
month resume, Cold weather is remark
able for absence so far In few rare IN
stances has the mercury got down To 10
deg. above zero during the night, but the
days have been warm and remarkably
pleasant. Bright, clear, sunshiny days
have been our portion for the past month,
with but one stormy day in it. NO snow,
and no signs of any We were to have
had all ice palace, to be opened Jan. 23d
but unless we send south for ice we can
not have it, 80 owing to circumstances
over which we have no control, the ice