St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-16

NOTE AND COMMENT.

A Minneapolis nan is sometimes
brought to realize that, nc matter how
well known IN the city IN which he re-
sides and swears by, when he gets
to st. Paul, ten miles away, he is a
stranger in a strange land. In Mime
apoliS every 0ne knows (. w. Murphy,
of Geesaman q Murphy, the printers
known more lately as Papa" Murphy,
because OF a recent accession to his
family. Mr.. Murphy'S rOtund figure,
topped off with a little dinky hat, is
familiar on the venue and he has the
entree to about any place he cares to 90.
The other day, however, he was sitting
in the union depot at st. Paul, waiting
for a train, when a depot detective came
up to him and, flashing his star, said
grufly:
See here. Pm on to you. and you
can't stay around here: so get out"
To Murphy'S amazemeit and disgust
it dawned upon him that he had been
taken for a confidence man, he had
to look for some II to introduce him
self to himself before he could believe
he was not dreaming.
A few days ago he again VISITED st.
Paul, this time In company with Z. A.
Parker, of the Graud opera house, as a
body guard. They were running for a
train, and neither happened to have a
watch with him. Murphy accordingly
ran up to well-dressed man, and asked:
What time is it, please?"
Instead of complying with this SIM
pie request the stranger clapped both
hands over his watch, and asked sus-
piciOuSly, What do you want to know
for?"
Il want to know if l have time to
catch the Manitoba short line" gasped
Murph, beginning to get red in the face;
'Oh, you keep on running. and L
guess you'll make it all right" an
swered the man, as he buttoned up his
Oyercoat and turned away.
No less a parsonage than Uncle
Loren Fletcher also found oct last week
that St. Paul knows him not. He Wis
tied The house Of representatives at the
capitol last Thursday and started to
walk right in. A rule had Just gone
into force that no one could be admitted
without a card, and he was accordingly
notified of that fact in a manner that
was neither too gentle nor too polite by
the Cerberus who had charge Of the
door.
Il am Loren Fletcher, of Minneapolis.
SAID the statesman with some dignity,
evidently thinking that his name meant
open sesame.
He was informed that it didn't matter
who he was; he could not get in on the
floor of the house. He could 90 to the
gallery or send in his card for whom he
wanted to see. Uncle Loren fairly
choked with rage at this. An aequain-
lance came up at this iunctnre and
offered to adjust matters, but Mr..
Fletcher waived him aside with the re-
mark that if he could not be admitted to
the floor of the house, over which he
had presided as speaker for three terms,
without a special permit, that he would
go yer to the senate, where he expected
to find gentlemen.
Mrs. Sadie E. Martin. of Minneapolis,
is at work on a biography of the late
Emma Abbott. The work will soon be
ready for the printers. Mrs. Martin was
an intimate friend of the distinguished
vocalist. and began this work nnder
Miss Abbott's supervision. This fact,
taken in connection with Mrs. Martins
we'll known ability as a writer, insures
an accurate and interesting biography.
The work will be a history Of Miss Abb
bolts wonderful professional career,
and will include a review of her prl-
Vate life that will doubtless set at
rest many of the absurd stories con
corning the singers ~girlhood which
have appeared from time TO time in the
newspapers.
The Eighth ward people are becom-
ing really gIddy and worldly. A dance
is to be given at the Relief hall during
Lent-in that sanctimoniouS cOmmu-
nifty, the home of the immortal John
Day Smith. Just think of it!