St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-20

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discovered. Strange as it may appear, be is
trying to do a commercial business in Wash
ington. d. c.
The Atchison Globe says that mo man is as
good as he looks when he has his wedding
suit on" Too true, but brides temper
sometimes fades away with the orange bios
SONS.
Men may die, and men may relapse. but
DR.. Kelley confidently hopes that his So, 900
week may go on forever.
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In view of prospective water famine the
New York Telegram advises people to stop
bathing. This introduction will not mate
rally affect the anarchists, but the Telegram
would surely allow the average New York
citizen to wash himself before breakfast.
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That staid, conservative journal, the New
York Times, has an editorial on Tine Thin
Crust at Chicago" Does the Times refer to
the upper crust residing on Michigan and
Prairie avenues, or more particularly to the
denizens of South HalStead street?
The report is waited over from Sunny Italy
on perfume-laden zephyr that Minister
Porter says King Humbert and his subjects
will be satisfied with small money indem-
nifty for the Italians killed in New Orleans.
They should have it, but any amount over
p cents a head would be e large indemnity.
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The Chicago anarchists have gone so far
as to call his honor Mayor Washburne, "a
dude" lie may, possibly. possess the re-
fined. spirituelle, tittering- go-,eetering in
stincts of the dude, but physically Mayor
Washburne is the pudgiest dude in seven
states.
Just at the beginning of a rainfall in New
York the people began firing bombs into the
air, la Dyrenfurth but Jupiter Pluvius
went right on as though nothing had hap
pened. 1t takes mighty big bomb to scare
old Pluve
A valuable historical relic is the St. Paul
Daily Times, copy OF which is to hand
dated Monday morning, Aug. II, 1857"
The publishers are T. NJ. Newson & Co. 1t
IS mine of wealth to the antiquarian. Let
us delye for space in its principal veins of
stratifed history. First we are attracted to
the fact that one Fonseca was, in 1857, doing
fancy and staple dry goods business in St.
Paul, being member of the firm of Fonseca
q Crawford, No. ,, Empire block, a few
one should hastily jump at conclusion. we
will say right here that this is not Da Fon-
SEGA now trying to cut the lining out of the
republic of Brazil. Among the city items
the following will awaken the interest of
lovers OF the drama:
SCoTT's THEATER-This evening the enter
talnment Will commence with the domestic
drama OF Temptation. or the st. Paul Dray-
man, and conclude with the fairy spectacle
Of Forty Thieves
This has homespun flavor, truly local in
incidental detail, but how much more truth
full TO nature would it be today were the lines
reeast and the title changed to Temptation
or the St Paul Hickman" Aerial nayfga-
ton reached the climax in this city along in
1857, if we can judge from this:
GONG UP-We are informed bv Mr.. Markoe
that MS balloon is nearly ready for yoyage
among the clouds. He has had ten or twelve
seams:resseS at WORK for weeks and the
carpenters have nearly completed the boat.
so that hardly anything is lacking except the
gas. More anon.
1t appears from this yellow tear-stained
copy of the St Paul Daily Times, of the
vintage of Aug. II. 1851 that in those DAYS
John Wanamaker had not begun to snatch
the mail bags of the country from Dan to
Beersheba. In fact, to judge from this PEN
sive complaint under the head of Territorial
Items. no one was snatching them in par
uculRrly hurried or energetic manner:
WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH THE MAms?-
Thislquestlon is getting to be Il serious one
again We complain Indignantly because we
90 not get our exchanges. and our suDScrib-
erS grumble with double Indignation be-
cause they do not get the Times We re-
ceiyed one day last week. the Pitssburg Ca
zette for April Fit having been ''bobbing
around" between the keystone state" and
our sanctum long enough to make a cir
. cult of the globe. The following note from
. Wolverine subscriber explains itself; we
condole with him, and-thats all we can do!
SOMERSET ST. CroiX Co. Wis, August 49,
lS0I-Dear Slrs; You will please discontinue
our paper when the year is up, as we cannot
get 1t until It is too ola foC wrapping paper.
We received your paper today announcing
the startling intelligence that boats had sue
ceeded i'll breaking through the ice at Lake
Pepin; also that the ice had broken through
boat below Hastings Such cool intelli-
gence is refreshing this hot weather, but il is
luxury that we can dispense with in these
days OF greedy grasshOppers and sanguinary
Walker in Kansas. We remain yours, truly,
H d. R
Really. a crisp, sparkling letter from a lit
erary point of view. Walker in Kansas
That too, carries us away back 1t is Just
possible that genial Maj Newsou meant
Badger when he wrote Wolverine sub
scriber," as Wolverine now applies directly
to Michigan people. Possibly Michigan had
not been sliced off at that time, but we have
not the historical data at hand, so we will let
it go at that. But after all. reading this old
paper of 1857. awakens melancholy thoughts.
We are aging fast, us old pioneers, and some
of the Junior Pioneers are not exactly as
frisky as CotswOld lamb in the golden light
of sunrise. About the only thing that offers
any consolation to the ST. Paul vets is the
factshat good Maj. NewSol, the editor of the
st. Paul Daily Times in 1857 is still eating
fresh, luscious grapes at Malaga. This fact
really makes US feel Juvenile and volatile
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New York has water famine, aud Chfca-
go. not to be outdOne in the famine industry.
springs into the ring with soft coal famine.
Perhaps Chicago would be willing to trade
water with New York for soft coal. Come 10
think of it. however the Windy City can al
most burn Chicago river water in the shape
of peat.
around in the streets of New York disguised
as a newspaper man, says that Parnell de
spised and fought God to the utmost of his
puny strength" and that the few Kisses be-
slowed upon Chauneey NJ. Depew's eulogy
of the dead Irish leader were deserved >
These words, employed by the New York
World in speaking of John L. Sullivan.
could well be applied to Elliott r. Shepard:
surely this man has troubled a placid world
too long" Certainly i'll modern. fair-mind-
ed, respectable journalism there is no niche
for Shepard.
BABY RUTH.