The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-23
Epist1es to St. Paul.

Your worship called me- said Mr. Ham
mer, pushing his way through the green
door into the sanctum
Il did," said the colonel. "It occurs to
me, Freddie, that the time has arrived when
we should put into practice those ideas which
we had concealed about us when our good
people elected us mayor, by heavenly decree.
We promised them, Freddie that we would
practice economy, and I have had an idea
for some time that we must see to it that
those ideas are carried out at once.
There are many things that are not
right" continued the colonel. land I scarce
ly know where to start to save the money
OF the people. 1 have ordered stone paving
to be put in in place of a couple Of grass
plots down in front of the palace-I mean
the city hall-and they VIII save the taxpay-
er something, for it will not be necessary to
spend money to have the grass mown. But
teere other and more important things
to be DONE
at has occurred to me that there is a
great waste of time and things in the court
house clock. You will give orders. Freddie
that hereafter the clock in the steeple is to
be stopped at midnight. There is not one
on the street after that hour who cares any
thing about time, and the clock might as
we'll stop for six hours. 1 have calculated
that In STA years the saving to the city by
stopping the clock would amount to $S37
Let 1t be stopped. We will not have those
wheels wearing themselves out grinding time
for people who are sleeping and don't want
to know the time" 4
1t was at Camp RAMSEY
do you KNOW commented the old maid,
almost effusvely. 81 think these brave young
men are the salt Of the earth?"
Salt? Oh, don't know" replied her
prettier and younger companion. 81 think
some of them are1pretty fresh''
This has been a year of great changes for
Wabasha street, and when future archaeolo-
gists examine the vaulted tombs that were
buried in the eruption of Merriam hill, la
Pompeii and PAINS spectacIes, there will be
some curious geological formations for the
scientists Of those days to study.
Early in the spring Mr.. Butler ard Mr.
Ryan began hauling heavy blocks of marble
to the new capitol site. After they left the
asphalt pavement, the drivers took to the
cedar block, but found that this was cavir Q
beneath their wheels, SO Trey balanced one
wheel on the outer rail of the right hand
car track, aDd:sthe other side of the wagon
bore on the granite, half way between the
| two tracks AS the frost went out of the
I
| canons Of precipitous ,ruggedness not to be
beaten in the grand gorge of the Co, ora DO
Then the heavy haulers went around by St
Peter street, after several four-ton blocks
had slid off the wagons into the Canon
The telephone company came next, and tore
up what little there was left of the cedar
paving the left hand west side of the
street to string lot Of pretty fire clay or
gan pipes along the gutter to whistle through
Then they put the paving back, If the whis
tie did not blow too early. Some PAGES
they lavished a little money on new cedar
block and real gravel but these are GASES
to the nomadic bicycllst who, by the time
he gets to them, is almost paralyzed by
| molecular vibration.
Now Mr.. Lowry has "a nightly carnival Of
merry making with sledge hammers, fire
axes and Bessemert process melting pots which
makes the vicinage of the rails look like the
cross section of shad,, viewed by the X-rays
and Typographical chart of the right of way
like a stethoscopic record of tobacco heart
on a weeks fishing trip.
All that is needed HOW is to have Gsne
Fingers advertising fence blow into the
thoroughfare some windy night and the high
way will present picturesque variety of
scenery that will draw state fair visitors to
st. Paul in spite Of the tricks of the Mill
City gentry to get the country visitors into
their bailiwick. u