The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-27
EPISTLES TO ST. PAUL.

SHELLS puISt, IL was Lieut.. Col. Sidney A.
Bean, of the Fourth regiment of Wisconsin
infantry volunteers. No, taller than the ma
Jor the latter has breadth of beam enough
to make three Of his brother the lieutenant
colonel. Ed got all the volubility of the fam
ily Sidney was a very quiet reserved man.
1t took the boys of the Fourth a couple
OF years to get acquainted with him and
learn the stuff the quiet little man was made
Of. At first they were DISPOSED to guy him,
for he did not cut very imposing figure
mounted on his big bay and his diminutive
figure was In striking contrast to the tall,
erect form Of Col. Halbert E. Paine.
There was some doubt whether Bean would
stand fire or not. When the three Western
regiments. asked for by Butler to mix with
MS New England troops for his New Orleans
expedition, were packed like sardines in a
poX' on the steamer Constitution, and she
steamed out of Newport News on March 6.
1867 one OF the boys Of the Fourth, thigh
private sat on the upper forward deck,
as the steamer swept out into the roads,
scanning Sewall's point off to the south, with
us earthworks and Dixie's flag floating over
them.
presently puff of smoke rose and a mo-
ment later a shot dropped on the smooth
SURFACE OF the water and, after ricochetting
little distance, sank. Another followed,
coming little nearer, but falling short.
inls baptism OF fire. impressed the high
private as being interesting and amusing.
presently there rolled up a very much
larger cloud Of smoke from the ramparts and
Inc private looked, eagerly for the messenger.
LOOKING upward he saw a great black ball
IN Inc SKY coming directly for the place
where he was sitting. Without much copstd-
Grafton he moved. The foremast offered its
friendly bulk as safe Mace NJ ahalter
ana the invitation was promptly accepted.
Inc Dall or iron passed over the vessel amid
shlps with a voice that made the shiyers
chase each other along every nerve and mus
cie Oh the pr1Vate's anatomy. Hearing a.
movement behind him he looked around and
1ound mis- lieutenant colonel sharing with
MIN the friendly, but dangerous shelter Of
the mast. Had that ball hit that mast it
would nave filled both fuller of splinters
than was ever martyred Christian.
Inc hlgh private had a long argument
Will hlnnseH as to; whether he had showed
the white feather or not, but finally reached
the conclusion that 1t was merely case NJ
nerves not yet properly disciplined. and he
extended his diagnosis to the case of his SUI
perior officer II.
But Col. Bean got HIS nerves under sub.
lection long before that high private did his.
Inc boys found that. theTquiet little man had
tne right stur in him. Too much of It in
fact. M - Al
1t was In June, 1853. Two assaults on the
ioftihcatlons OF Port Hudson had failed, and
lhey naa settled down to making regular ap-
pioacnes ana starving the Johnnies out. The
ourth' what the two murderous charges
hao lett OF 1t, was out in the rifle nit.
fha To1,a~
the advantage. They were posted in the high
trees inside the works, while our bows had to
shoot from the pits.
Col Bean went out one night to the nits to
spend the day. Tired of sitting around in the
treHch' ne told the boys he would like to try
shoe at the fellows in the trees Against
thelr protests he took a musket, climbed IN
OUT OF the hole. and had the boys hand IN
musKets, which he fired. But not for long
one OF the Johnnies got his range, and Col
Bean fell back into the pit dead. with a hui.
let through his right breast.
IL was nervy thing to do. but It was O
reckless exposure and needless one for tho
boys had found out long before that their
4i''ie lieutenant colonel would fight. -:-~-'-
2 The street sweepers of ST. Paul have, ZOO,
furnished with canvas sacks in wbicb n -
pace their accumulated sweepings to thu
end that the dust may not be blown away nv
the Wlnd. The sacks are new and ratbar
eauoy. Ihey look for all the world 1i1x :,
wheat SACKS, and there is pickering STING
to draw the mouth together.
me sweeper on Wabasha street. between
Ihird and Fourth, filled one of the nav
sacks yesterday afternoon and left # besida
the walk in front of Dampier's to await the
coming OF the collector. 1t had not lain
there for more than three minutes before
tnere came along rural person from some
where III washington county, driving pair
OF mules to farm wagon. He saw +bo
new sack lying in the street and stopped the
mules. He looked along the street and could
not see the wagon that that sack of wheat
mad fallen out of. He got out of the wagon
and picked up the sack. 1t was not an easy
1oo, for 1t takes a couple Of men to handle
one OF the: receptacles when it is full. But
ne made a struggle and got it into the
wagon Then he drove off, trying to look I'M
concerned, and the policeman, who saw /.
al come off, hid around the corner to eniov
himself. .,;a~t
The rural person drove up to the rear of
the market house and proceeded to invest
gate his find He exhibited no sort of sur
Prise at the contents of the sack He dunn ID
the dirt into the alley next to the market
cushion and took it back into Washing;o
county, or wherever he came from.
There arrived at the union depot yeste day
o'e Peter Jorgensen, lately out of Norv ay
more recently of K!ttson county. He came on
5 train from the nor:h. He wore the home
spun garments that he brought from Norway
with him and he spoke nothing but fis
mother tongue, He saw C,ffcer Andy Cal
nd lid If
a person in authority. He attempted to
establish the entente cordial with Andy. blu.
the policeman knows less about Norwegian
than he does about anyth ng en- earth Mr..
Jorgensen carried . runCeo hung On a st ok.
thn turkey" of G6a v.yfarer. He Looked
very yerdant indeed AID Andy took o.,
granted that he was licking for son ebod~f
to meet him He planted him in sc g: ans.
made signs for him TO wait. The Norwegian
waited EOS four h0iTs and then he ap-
preached the policeman again
What. haven't they come yet?" said the
copper.
The Norwegian looked at him tlankIy, and
il occurred to the policeman that it might b,
a gooc hing to find someone who could talk
to The ;,:rar ger. 1t is not difficult TO find
GONE ena to talk Norwegian at the depot
sl1 ~ rYe=antly had an Interpreter.
1t traIspred that the fore gn-lcck.ng ma?
had left his claim up in Kittsor county and
lad nought himself a ticket to ST Paul, us'ng
all the money be had in the world, and that
the purpose Of his coming was to vou to II
for service with the militia. The fellow
not want for friends and something TO cat
VIXEN his story Became known. He S t aroun
the depot until nocnsfandt the employees took
their friends to havs' look at him. Then
a lot of them got together and passed The
hat and that Norwegian was fuTn sh with
the wherewithal to buy as good meal as
there was in the town., He, could not be made
to believe that he would met be accepted TO,