St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-23
SHORT STORIES.

W. W. Erwin is a delightful relator of
incidents and stories, and very often
relates good ones as to himself. Not
long since he related an incident of the
days when he was youth and sowing
his wild oats" He said: L was impe-
cuniouS, and had been drinking to some
extent at least and wanted money to
buy the wherewithal to get something
to eat. | met one evening well-known
merchant on the street who was known
to be well off, and also to be very
close-fisted ''skinflint." Nothing daunted
| asked him for So, but was met with
refusal of the money but prOffer of
prayers. | knew that the man was very
piouS, and believed he meant what he
said. He informed me that he was GO
ing to prayer meeting, and my offer to
go with him was accepted. The prayer
meeting was held i'll a private house,
where a number of neighbOrs were as
sembled. AT the proper time the afore
said merchant offered an eloquent
prayer, in which he referred fer
vently to the case of a brilliant
young man who was throwing himself
away and asked that he be made to see
the errors of his way. When he con-
cluded, said Mr.. Erwin, asked leave to
offer a prayer also; and permission
being given by the cloSe-fiSted merchant,
/ prayed as earnestly as | could for the
redemption of close-fsted, miserly old
man who would not open his pocket
book to save starving man from per-
dition or any other place. Mr.. Erwin
added that he was given $40 by the
aforesaid merchant before he left the
house.
TIT
Charles l. Mccarthy was summoned as
talesman in the Burns case, and was
put to the test usually required to re-
lease exempt Jurors. When called up
by the clerk Mr.. Mccarthy claimed eX-
emption on the theory that he is an
undertaken. Judge Egan WAS on the
bench, and may have been in humor-
Gus vein, but his cOuntenance did not
betray the fact. He is very Intimate
with Mr.. Mccarthy. and frequently Wis
its the establishment Of Mccarthy &
Donnelly; but, acting on the theory that
the Judge does not know as much
as court as he does as
private individual, when the excuse
sOf exemption from duty was made the
court said tersly: Mr.. Clerk, swear
this man. Mr.. Mccarthy was then
asked to repeat his former statements
as to his business, and the court wanted
to know if exemption was claimed be-
CAUSE OI DelnR al unu6rtdk6r. An
| affirmative reply was given, and Mr..
Mccarthy was allowed to depart. That
evening when Judge Egan went into
the place of business of Mr.. Mccarthy
he was asked why he was so particular
about the legal form. His honor replied
that he was under the Impression that
Mr.. Mccarthy sold vestmelts. Bibles.
ETC., and that his partner was the un-
| dertaker of the firm.
TT
Some time since, the story goes,
rugged farmer went into the store of
Mccarthy & Donnelly, and going up to
| the senior partner asked If he had
Moore's complete works. The dealer in
church supplies, vestments and church
| books knew he did not have such works,
but did not want to loose an opportunity
of making sale, land givig the customer
something that would be food for
| thought, so he went to shelf and TAX
ing down book containing selections
| from the bard named, adjusted his spec
tacles and offered the book for sale.