The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-19
Epistles to St. Paul.

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sne' OF course. mounted her wheel Now al
tunes the streets in the village of White
Bar are not the real thing for wheeling and
the town authorities know the same With
view to having the streets pressed out fla,
py bicycists they have passed an ordinanc.
1orDlddlng anyone riding On the sidewalks
MIS- b. either did not know of this or Sc
aid not care; she took to the walk ard rode
down town. She left her wheel outside and
went into store and when she came ont sbe
found herself confronted by the dignitary
VINO Is the whole thing in police circles-the
man who is to the police department what
Inc lone mariner was to the Nancy brig
He said to the lady: y
You are under arrest" She looked az
him and made dash for her wheel which
he had captured. He retired before the on
slaught in disorder and she got the wheel
Il am what" she demanded
You are under arrest for riding On ths
walk.
But l won't be under arrest" she said.
But you are" he sad.
Il am rot anything of the kind You mind
your own business"
But, mum. it is my business and you
must go to the Justices Office with me, or
promise that you will be there at o'clock in
the morning."
"oh w dHylH Oh the klnQ.
But tell you 1 arrest you"
"And l tell you l won't be arrested. Tbera
you are. Now what are you going to "a
about it?''
"Oh, come on now. come to the Justices
Office"
Il won't do 1T. I'll pay fine if that's what
you want. How much is it?"
Il don't take the fine. You must 90 In
the justice" said the unfortunate copper.
Where is the justice them"
Hes down on the bridge fshin'. guess.
Won't you promise to be On hand in the
morning?"
mo won't"
''Then I'll have to arrest you."
And l tell you l won't be arrested, and
I'm going home" The copper scratched his
head and looked as though he was going to
make another sally on the bike. Mrs. B. got
aboard of the wheel.
You're a nasty, mean thing, and I'm going,
to tell my husband that you said l was ar
rested she said. and she rode off and the
copper went down the bridge and helped
the justice fish. and the crowd that had gath
cred gave him the laugh.
'Col. Westover be bowed" said 'Dolph
Schiffmann, 81 had an experience the other
day that puts him out of it,
How was it?' 1 asked.
''Well," said 'Dolph, cart White and went
out fishing the first part of the week. We
didn't have much time so we just drove out
to Bass lake. They were not biting to any
extent that day, and we just punted around
in a boat trying the different grounds. Art
was rowing and was doing the fishing. We
turned around bend in the shore and about
fifty feet or so from / saw bird sitting in
the water. 1 called Arts attention to It:
:" Diver said he.
"'Not on your life said 1, its wild duck
We pulled UP pretty close to the bird and it
was sure enough ma.lard drake. 1t did not
try to fly and l told Art to row up and see
if We could get close to it. The duck swan
away from us as fast it could. and when 2
we got too close it dove and came up in
other part of the lake. We followed it and
l picked up the landing net. Every time we
got too close the bird would dive. but we
kept chasing it until Art covered with
perspiration and l expect that the duck was
just about he was. At last we
got up very close and Mr.. Duck dove again.
1 could sea the ripple on the surface it
was making off and got Art to pull hard ?
We got alongside of the bird and l tried for
it with the dip net. l missed the first time,
but the second trial 1 made landed him ard
brought him into the boat in the net. We
found that the bird had been wounded and
the end of one wing was gone entirely The
poor beggar had evidently been shot early in
the spring and will have to spend the rest
of his life in the lake. for we let him go
again. think it is the first case on record
where wild duck captured in DIP
net"
when l wuz up in the Lake the
Woods" said Col Ike Westover, Il got out
uv ammunition an putty nigh starved to
death. You know I've a remarkable stock Of
patience Well, suh l give yo' ma word I'd
have shorely starved if it wusn't for pos
sessing this quality. 1 wuz out NV powder
for thirty-six days an in that time L lived
ducks. How? Why, sub, l used to go
into a swamp an lay down in the water.
cover mahse'f over with reeds, lay there until
a duck swum up within reach an grab him.
1 got as high as forty-three ducks in one
day that way, an since that time l never
care for gun when 1 feel that 1 duck
hungry"
The details of real good thing in the way
OF fish story will arrive here Monday MORN
Ing Last night Billy CARING received by
express, a thirty-two pound muscalonge.
Packed in with the fish was a card bearing !
the legend:
Shot by Put, caught by Dud and landed
by Joe and AL, Hayward. Wis. June H."
Put" is Ed Putnam, ''Dud" is Dudley
Finch, Joe and AL are the appellations of ice
Henry ana Al tlScner. Iney III DrlnS III lne
story tomorrow.
While the circus procession was passing
the Metropolitan opera house the other day
horse attached to a buggy. in which a lady
was sitting, became frightened by the IN
wonted sight of the elephants. The lady
scrambled out of the buggy and ran TO the
horses head colored man standing
on the walk quite handy and as the lady
grabbed the bridal OF the horse with one
hand she caught the man and brother with
the other and shouted:
''Nigger, niger, hold my horse
The colroed man turned his big eyes on
her and said:
white woman, yo' look out yo're runnin'
two chances of gittfn' hurt here"
Goodhue county's delegation were assigned
seats at the rear of the convention. Seems
to me you've put GooGhue county a mighty
Icing ways back" expostulated enc OF the de e. =
gates to the son of Erin who was officiating
as master of ceremonies. 'Bedad. you're
right" he retorted Il notshed that Good
hue county was nightly fur behind in tie
lasht election" And the protest was with
drawn.
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