St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-07
1T TELLS OF WAR.
Something About an Interesting
Relic the Library Will Receive.


Relic the Library Will Receive.
Early in March, 1862, the men in the
ranks of the First Minnesota were
struggling with Virginia. mud and loads
Of ennui. They had but little oppor-
tunity to vary the monotony of carrying
war into the heart OF the country of the
enemy. One day they struck town called
Berryvjlle, little hamlet not far from
the historic HaTper's Ferry. There they
found newspaper office. tho Office of
the Berryville Conservation. Owing TO
a pressure of untOward circumstances
the COnservatOr had suspended publ
cation. That was the opportunity
sought by the men of the First Mime
sofa. They set out TO print a pa
per. They named it The First Min
nesota, and announced that it
was published by a detachment
of the typographical fraternity of the
First Minnesota regiment" Another
announcement said that it was pub
ished in the office of the NOW defunct
Berryville Conservator" by Ed \.
Stevens, O. Nelson, Frank j. Mead,
Thomas ii. Pressnell, Charles G. Drake,
Julian J. Kendall and Henry w. Lin
dergreen.
A chiefs among We takTn' notes,
All lditn. ne ii pIcul EN-.
Frank Mead and Ed \. Stevens, our
own Ed, were the editors of the paper,
and the others mentioned as being con-
cerned in the publication set the type
and turned the press. In the first paper
an apology took the place of the famil-
lar salutatOry. 1t reads:
Our short residence in Bcrryville and the
sudden disqualification of the local editor is
our apology for the meager variety in the
local column. Our enterprising and pro-
grcsSlve nature forbids that this state of
things shall long be suffered 10 exist and as
soon as we can find a young man OF salts
factory qualifications, we promise our read
ers a local department. instructive, enter
tanning. ard faithful mirror of men and
thing" in and around Berryville.
Ed Stevens contributed some para
graphs written in his well known style.
none of which were exactly compli-
mentary 10 the former occupants of the
office and his friends. The paper aid
not state who was the circulation liar,
but he was there, as the following Will
witness:
We have the pleasure 10 announce to our
readers that with this issue of the Conserv-
ator we have largely increased our cireula-
ton; and we do not hesitate TO announce
that our importance as a journal VIII in the
immediate future be second 10 none in the
Union. III addition to our previous circula-
ZION among the ''Secesh" of BerryviIle and
its vicinity, the Boys of the First Minnesota
have ordered 10000 copies for circulation
among their friends in tn the great North
| west.
There were but four editions CT the
paper, and then it died. as so many
more have done. A few copies of the
sheet were sent to the Northwest. One
OF them was sent by Capt. c. b. TIrrell
to the lady who is now his wife. Next
week that one paper. old and worn and
faded. will De deposited in the public
library as Que Of the city's most priced
relies. 1t has been framed and covered
with glass, secure from vandal touch.
In the years TO come it will serve to
| tell the children of those who now live
how the men of the old First Minnesota
| enjoyed themselves even while engaged
! in all the horrors of war.