The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-01-16
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. Z.
Editor Free Press.
The DAILY FREE PRESS has resumed
its regular visits. Do you know, am
rather :'stuck" on the Daily? 1t pre-
SCENTS all the general, state and local
news of the day in compact and reada-
BILE style, and is creditable and faith
full index and reflex of the material
growth and prosperity, not only of the
city where it ls published, but of south
western Minnesota and all Minnesota.
1t IS as large in proportion to Its con-
stituency, and fills its chosen field as
we'll as any daily paper in the country.
This may sound like claiming good
deal; but figure it out and you will find
that 1t is true. The Mankato business
man who doesn't appreciate and pat
ronize the Daily doesn't know good
thing when he sees it.
The only fault have to find with the
appearance of my Photographed letter in
the Daily ofFriday last. is the shape of
the separating lines of stars. 1t would
make Ed Paradis wild if he were to
have them set that way for him. He
would think / was an as-ter-isk their
falling down when arrayed this way,
*x*, because body standing on its
apex Qike boy standing on his head)
will fall easily; while if set thus, x*x, it
will stand, because its base Unsupported;
strong on it's legs, so to speak. Ed ex-
planned this to me some time ago.
The most pleasant and hearty saluta-
ton I received when / was home last
fall was from Ed, whom l met in St.
Paul. He said: "Why, you old sinner"
1t reminded me of the young man who
was congratulating himself on the fact
that his best girl came very near calling
him Honey" When asked how near
it was, he said she called him sold Bees
wax"
I first made Paradis' acquaintance in
1876, when we were serving sentence
at Stillwater-in the Lumberman office,
then run by Hold Taylor and Steve
Clewell, of Hudson wis., and Ed Full
som, of Saltwater, now of the Taylors
Falls Journal. Later, turned oyer my
job with Frank Wilson, on the Plain
view NeWs, to Paradis, who afterward
bought and made success of it.
At Plainview, Ed not only made the
.NeDs one of the best local papers in the
State. but he found time for a great
deal of reading, and made special stu
dy of political economy and allied sub
/ iects, the results Of which were seen in
the Word, a politico-literary journal, I'M
ique in appearance and scintiliating
with originality and ability, which Par
ads published for a short time in st.
Paul. But The Word, deserving as il
was, was way foyer the heads" of its
readers. After a short career, the plant
! Zone of the best in the Vest was re-
moved to Merriam Park; and the name
was changed to the MidaCay Nears, which
is now recognized as one of the best and
ablest papers in Minnesota.
Way back in the 70's traded silk
stovepipe hat to Paradis for straw one
of the previous years vintage. He has
worn silk hat ever since, and I havn't
had one from that day to this. Now,
want to trade back. Size, II.
Ed. not only runs the Neacs for all
there is in it; but he has an Office in st.
Paul, where he finds time, also, to edit
periodical for the Odd Fellows, in
dangerous proximity to q very pretty
girl who runs the typewriter, or keeps
the books, or does something. At all
events, she was there when l called.
Everything is going Eds way now-the
"old sinner"
am shocked beyond expression at