The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-08-05
On the Curb.


Sunday morning was s.sleeping
solndly in his seat in one of the day
coaches. After awhile he awakened
and began to search saround the car
and under the seats in his vicinity.
He did not find what he was looking
for, and after searching for few mo-
ments sat down and began to think.
Then he burst out laughing, and told
the object of his search to those who
had been wondering what he had
lost. He had dreamed that he had a
white crash hat, and the dream was
so vivid that it appeared real to him
and he was searching for the hat,
which he thought must have fallen
off of his head while sleeping, 1t was
fully ten minutes before she discover
ed his mistake by seeing his own hat
in the hat rack above.
when the man on the train who
sells electric chewing gum that you
just have to start and'it chews it.
self" heard Of the above incident, he
related that few nights ago a man
was sleeping in seat in one Of the
cars and started ito walk around the
car, being somnambulist. He trip
ped over several grips and.stepped on
a travelling mans foot, asked his par
don, and did all sorts ofsthings with
out being aware of it. The travelling
man thought heswas awake and par
doned him for his mistake. When
the man woke up, the matter was ex-
planned.
In the union depot at Minneapolis
that evening was a man who would
make his fortune in dime museum,
but who, like scores of others in the
depot, was going out west to work in
the harvest fields. He was giant in
proportions, and a crowd followed
him around wherever he went. He
lowered above the tallest men in the
depot, and was broad shouldered in
proportion to his height. In order to
talk with the ticket agent, he leaned
against the window at IAN angle OF
forty-6ve degrees. When he passed
out of the depot, he stopped as he
went under the storm doorway at the
main entrance of the depot, and even
then his hat struck the top of the
doorway. People on the streets and
in carriages turned to watch him
stride up the street, covering yard
at each step. The young man claimed
that he had never been measured or
weighed. and smiled at the interest
which he created.
When the Omaha train pulled out
for the twin cities Wednesday after
noon, it was ascertained that lady
had boarded the wrong train, having
desired to take the Chicago & North
western, which leaves five minutes
after the Omaha. The train was &C.
cordingly stopped before the rear of it
had passed Main street, and the lady
alighted. A negro was stealing a ride
on the blind baggage, and, thinking
the train was being stopped to arrest
him, he jumped off and ran away as
fast as he was able to, much to the
amusement of those of the spectators
why knew why the train had stopped.
No one followed the fellow, and he
has probably been congratulating
himself on his narrow escape.
Labor is very scarce at present, and
contractors are finding difficulty in
securing enough men, even at advanc.
ed wages. The farmers are paying
more for harvest hands, and have
drawn large number of men tenn
porarily from the cities. This week,
Mankato firm wanted men to dig in
an excavation, but could not find
them. The railroads are short of
Iaborers. The Free Press has been
running an advertisement for men
wanted at LIE Sueur to work on a
sewer at advanced wages. Every man
who wants work and is willing to do
an honest days labor, can find all he
wants to do without hunting for it.
1t has been several years since such
condition Of affairs has existed.