The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-20
EPiSTLES TO ST. PAUL,

1t Is evident to me-" said DR.. Stewart
yesterday. that the qualities of Col, Ira
WestoVer are not properly known to this
puoilc. he is one of the few men who con.
tribute to keeping the sport that is to he had
from rod and gun from falling into despa-
tude. l see that You told something Of his
war experience in the newspaper Well. let
me tell you that his record as soldier ia
not to be compared to the things he has done
for ms country IN the more peaceful pursuit
OF killing things that cannot make resistance
The colonel once told me about how h.
came to give himself UP to hunting. He wa,
hving at that time in the southern part OF
the state|TYe forgotten just where. He
told me about 1t this way:
You see, sub there was q fellow came
here from the East with very fine s,,pnIv
OF guns and ammunition and a reputation of
Killing whatever he shot at. He came to nv
place ana asked me If din't know all about
the roosting place Of most game In nv part
OF the country. and / told him that / did.
He thought that he could shoot some ana
ne made me proposition to the effect that
he should do all the shooting when we FIRST
went out and that as soon as he missed a
shot was to take the gun and to do III,
rest OF the shooting to give I'D the gun
when l missed. Well, of course I agreed tn
that and we went out
Well. sub. there never came off such
shooting as there was that day. 1 really
thought he never would miss, and I lust fol-
lowed him along sheepishly and hoped some
thlng would happen. But nothing happened
and we pretty nearly broke out backs carry.
ing home the game The next day we wenf
out again. and l was sore enough at NV
bargain when I saw that fellow knock down
all sorts OF game. Along about 5 o'clock in
the afternoon, when I thought 1t was all
OH, there got up a plover that there was no
earthly chance of killing. and my friend from
the East fell down. He fired a couple Of
shots and then turned around and said to
me: Colonel. the gun belongs to you."
took the gun and he followed me. and
do you know, sub, I have got that gun yet?' -
IL seems that there Is a fat man ont at
New Brighton who is sight to behold and
continual source Of JOY to the men who
take sheep Into that place to feed The r,nor
of his fatness came to this town n veal,
ago. and Joe Wagner, tho cigar man made
some OF his fat friends a proposition to 90
OUT TO New Brighton and see the good
thing If one goes by the train to New
Brighton the round trip is only little
shorter than that involved in trip TO tbs
PhHippines. so that my FAT friends were CON-
strained to find some other method of pettlno
out to the cattle yards. There were four 90
them in it and they weighed in the aggreeafe
some l,Ne pounds They wanted to go out
together and they wanted single vehicle.
They got up early Sunday morning and sent
Wagner-as the smallest in the bunch be
only weighing 3Oe pounds-to get the vehicle.
He got two-horse affair at Fourth street
livery stable and told the keeper of tha
stable that he would be back In theNvening
The rest of the push were waiting at an
adjacent dispensary and they got in and went
to New Brighton. The carriage rode on the
axles all the way out and came back the
same way. When 1t got back to the livery
man there was about quarter OF an inch
OF body left in that portion of the carriage
that was just over the axles. They had
absorbed a few kegs Of beer at New Brigham
and drove faster than walk on The return
trip. And now. the livery man don't know
whether to sue them for defacing h.s property
or for not hiring dray. The Philistine.