St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-07
WHAT ODELL SAW.
Interview With a Travelled United
States Commissioner.


r. r. Odell has returned from his trip
to Europe with Prof. Geo. Ciprico. He
came back Saturday. He seems just as
patriotic as when he went away. While
in London he tried to twist the lions
tail, but the government had the lion
penned up to watch the Russian bear
Just at that time, and he could not get
at the brute. Odell refuses to be inter-
viewed on the question of whether there
is going to be war in the old world
soon. He says that he promised Vic
toria that he would be very dis
Greet and not give away any of
the important state secrets that
were confided to him in his official ca
pacity as United States commissioner.
He is confident of one thing, and that
is that the relations between the United
States government will be much more
cordial since his return. United States
commissioners are highly esteemed
abroad, and he took great pains to i'm
press upon her majesty that he
would speak good word for her to
Ben Harrison. He offered to bring her
distinguished grandson, Prince Kollars
water fountain clerk of him but the
poor lady said that he thought his
talents were more in line with the prince
business. She feared that the poor boys
brain would not stand the strain
of saying "NVhat flavor?" several times
a day. Odell's Republicanism was Sc
verely shocked several times by foreign
ers asking, ''How did you Americans
come to elect dwarf for PRESIDENT"
They had been reading the American
comic papers. England, Ireland and
France were thoroughly "done" by
Odell.
"Why, stayed four days and nights
in Paris. went every place. l went as
went up the Seine, down the Seine
and insane, all in four days and four
nights. l went up the Eiffel tower and
down into the Sewers. l visited the
Grand opera and the Pallais Royal and
several other places. They were play
ing something in Dutch the night was
in the Grand opera and l couldn't I'M
derstand it very well.
"How long did stay in London? Ten
days. l went all over that place. too.
There was not a spot of consequence
that did not visit. Then | took trip
through the country and went over to
Ireland for eight days. One Of the most
striking things | saw while away was
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Killarney. There one can see vine
that is over a foot through at the base
growing out of the solid wall twenty
feet from the ground. In the center of
the ruin is beech tree several feet in
diameter that has grown up since the
abbey fell into decay. That is an indi
cation of the age of the ruin. l enjoyed
my trip to Ireland Immensely. The
most striking thing l saw while abroad
was the hundreds of acres of former
palaces and former hives of industry
that are crumbling to dust in the city
of Limerick"
Odell went abroad with Prof. George
Ciprico, of Minneapolis, to act as the
professors attorney in closing up big
business deal. He did his part of the
work in day or so, and devoted the
rest of the time to sight seeing. He
will say nothing about the nature of the
deal they were at work upon. That
cannot be learned until the professor
returns, and he is still in Europe.
Odell enjoyed exceptional advantages
for seeing all sorts of life in the