St. Paul daily globe., 1893-03-24
MINNEAPOLIS.
NOTE AND'COMMENT.


the gold" YhiSkerS stood on the corner
in front of the Bank of Minneapolis
building. Apparently, he had nothing
to 90 but watch the people ''SlOshing"
up and down the street and invariably
stepping into the deepest pools on The
sluSheSt crossing in the whole city. He
seemed TO know almost everybody. ana
was continually exchanging salutatlonS
with paSSerS-by.
Awful. amt it?" said heavy man,
stamping his feet to clear himself OF
load OF SluSh and composite mud.
Worst l ever saw"
The man Onpthe corner looked the
other way and began to talk politics.
"Well, this is the worst | ever saw"
calculated a bOw-legged man, casting q
look Of deep disgust upon an OverShOe
once his, now part of the refuse of the
street.
The original man on the corner set
tied a little further into his shoes and
began to discuss presidential appoint
mentS.
This Is, l believe, the worst weather
ever turned loose on a suffering COM
munity." 1t was a man in maekln-
tOSh who looked as if he wore chest
protector who said this, as he Joined the
niue group OH lilS COIueI.
SO il went on until the corner stag
party numbered seven, and each addl-
ton to il had a similar remark to make
about the weather or the condition OF
the streets. The original man on the
corner made no outward mantle stations
of feeling until the seventh conner,
little, nervous, Ted-eyed man with a
sQueaky voice, arrived with:
This is the worst weather l ever
saw. The streets never were in such
condition before, and they get worse all
the time"
The original N. o. t. c.. who had been
anxious TO discuss the Hawaiian situa-
tiOn. the new court house and the coun-
ell reorganization, turned at this and
calmly surveyed the group. But his
eyes blaZed.
You are the d-dest set of liars ]
ever met" and he snapped the words
off short. Il didn't believe l had SIX
friends who could so unbluShingly pro-
claim themselves bold, StereOtyped
liars. You've all lived in this town
longer than [ have. and I've been here
ten years, and you've all Seen worse
weather than This. You've gone through
this same thing every spring since you
came to the town, and you've seen 1t
mighty sight worse. And yetyOu stand
up boldly and perjure yourselves.
believe the spirit of AnaniaS has taken
possession of the town. | won't assOci-
ate with you until you can tell the
truth"
The party broke up and each of the
six acknowledged the corn"
One Minneapolis woman is suing for
damages because man sat in her lap,
and others are willing to pay biz
bonus for such boon. The perVer-
sity of the sex again.
The managers OF the Jumbo" and
the Casino think it no wonder that
"the stage is degenerating' when the
powers of government combine against
its "elevating" influences.
The number OF missing men reported
at police headquarters recently is aston
iShing. The police are of the opinion
that the Mills meetings have something
TO do with it. Judge Steele, of the pro-
bate court, however, denies that any OF
the mi: sing ones have passed through
his hands.
There is some talk Of having the w.
c. L. L. coffee cart, which was built for
the purpose of sending to fires for the
benefit Of tiremen, placed on exhibition
! at the worlds fair. By so doing the
people of Minneapolis will have an Op-
portunity of seeing it. Up to date not
single citizen or fireman has laid eyes
on that precious cart. 1t has stood as
parlor ornament in the w. e. L. u.
headquarters ever since it came from
the shop.
It's too bad \. }. Boardman is no
longer a member of the park board, since
the board is to have under its wing fish
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