The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-30
TOLD FOR PASTIME,

He stepped into a Wabasha street
cigar store last evening and ap-
! preached the proprietor with a petit
tlonary air. He looked like a man
who had a favor to ask. Producing
from his pocket a two-ounce package
OF tobacco, with seal unbroken, he told
his story:
I need another nickel to get to Min
neapolis, and 1 came in to see if you
would let me have it for this package
| of tobacco. 1t cost me a dime"
The proprietor, an accommodating
Individual, merely glanced at the label
on the package to assure himself that
it was a ten-cent article, and handed
over the nickel without a word The
stranger said, 'thank you SIR and
departed, while the cigar man placed
his new purchase alongside other
packages bearing the same label.
Did the young man who had thus
acquired a nickel, board an interurban
car? Not just then. He dropped into
another cigar store, sold another pack
age, came out with another nickel.
Did he then take a car? Not he. A
Sixth street saloonkeeper saw him
next. He called the saIoonkeeper
aside and exhibited a package of the
weed. a moment later it reposed on
the shelf behind the bar while the con-
tents of glass of beer reposed in the
young mans stomach. Then he went
out.
When the saloonkeeper took it into
MS head to examine his purchase he
found that he had exchanged a
schooner of beer for package of saw
dust. Then he inspected the package
itself, and more particularly the rev
enue stamp he thought he saw when
he negotiated the deal He found it
was nothing but strip of green paper
absolutely plain and devoid of any
stamp or lettering.
In addition to the name of the to-
oacco, 1t was supposed to contain the
package bore the enticing inscription:
"A cool and mellow smoke
There little incident quite out of the
ordinary in the military life of Lieut. Col
Lacey who was was retired last week. re-
marked Col Page to a reporter for the
b e. who called on him at Fort Smelling
few nights ago. Lacey was then a lieu
tenant in the Second infantry and | held a
similar rank in the Third, both of which reg
i i'm nj were CHARTERED, during the winter Of
1854 at Cattletts Station, Va guarding the
orange & Alexandria railroad
Not far from the quarters lived a rebel
family, which included several handsome and
talented young ladies' and they were the OBJ
Jects of considerable attention from us Young
officers; the boys of the Second would call
to pay their respects on one evening and by
have clear field and no favor the next
night
The country was overrun with guerrilias.
and one dcrk night some of the officers in
the Second were ambuShed while making
their call, and Lacey's captain-I forget his
name at this late day-was killed. The boys
put up gallant fight, but there was mourn
ing when they returned to camp.
of course the matter was reported to the
department and Secretary Stanton, for some
reason, promptly dismissed Lieut. Lacey from
the service. This a shock to us all
and we felt pretty badly about it, so we sent
in petition. signed by every officer in the
fVun OepIT1 ao11fS 70 have h Cd
this was finally done some months later; he
also being restored to his former rank. The
records show that Lieut.. Lacey was out of
the service from April u, 1864. to July o.
1864, and this was The reason. AS remark
ed before it is an occurrence remarkable by
reason of its rarity. In those days the sec
rotary of war could summarily dismiss
man from the service; now he must be tried
by court-martial
Two young women, members Of promi-
nent st. Paul family, started out to Como to
witness the road races Saturday, Aug o.
intending to return before dark. When the
rendered HIM a ffty-cent piece, which
all the change they had. He took it and
said he would give them the change as soon
as he could get It, but he did not return the
change and before leaving the car at Como
the young women asked for their change
The conductor told them that he had had
that game worked on him before They did
not argue the matter with the conductor but
appealed to the starter. who after a consul
dies that they could not bluff him, and they
had better move along. They proceeded to
the pavilion. and from there by telephone
informed their parents of their predicament
They were not able to do this, however until
shortly after O'Clock. Soon after O'Clock
brother of the ladies arrived on the scene
and he made things decidedly lively for the
official of the city railway company. who
styles himself Inspector" The brother
who is wefl-known business man. said that
he was going to cali on the city railway COM
pany, and he would either get some satisfac-
ton or they would have a damage suit on
their hands. This explains the advertisement
seen in one of the daily papers last week.
At a recent session of the board of control
a middle-aged man walked tim:dly into tho
Office and requested that he be given note
to the street commissioner of the Eighth ward
asking that the bearer be given work on the
streets for couple of weeks. He was in,
formed that the board of control had nothing
to do with securing places on the street force
and could not comply with his request. One of
the members of the board suggested that the
applicant go out in the country and work in
the harvest fields if there was no work to do
in the city.
well, I tell you how 1 do said the
Eighth ward resident. 81 go out by the coun-
try and when 1 am gone the city takes caro-
of my wife and family. You give me no
work, so I make the city expense
With this threat the man who was looking
for work stalked out.