The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-03-19
EPIsTLES TO ST. PAUL.

One of the most noteworthy charac-
teristics of the house of representatives
at the capitol is it's disposition to adj
iourn sharp on the stroke of IL. The
Philistine dropped in the other day just
as one of the members made his usual
noon hour motion for a recess.
Regular" renldfKed a bystander
Most regular Legislative. body on earth.
Just like lot of mules on a railroad
dump. Kick the scrapers over behind
'em and trot off to the crib
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The destruction of the market sheds
has resulted in some revelations. Those
whose necessity 1t has been to come down
town nights will vrerlember' the inky
blackness of those Jengs tunnels, not only
on the Seventh street face of the old mar
ket but on both sides of the area north
west of 1t. NowJthe city lamp-lighter
did not get any official notification of the
tearing down of these Sheds, so the next
night he went right ON, his, usual rounds,
the result being that there shone out ON
the night air the rays of two lamps that
had long since been forgotten save by
the officer on the, beat and the lighter.
They could not be seen from the street,
but they used up five feet per hour, and
that helped littlei OF late years, at.
least. the travel through that north mar
ket passage after nightfall has hardly
been heavy enough. to, average one to
the dollar paid for the illumination of the
two tips in the lonesome place.
John l.. Townley.ts, telling a story OF an
experience he had, recently at Hastings,
where he went to try a case. 1t was
during the intricacies of a legal struggle,
and Mr.. Townley noticed strong smell
of burning sulphur. Soon after the court
remarked 80 80 $50,
gentlemen and produced from under the
judicial desk an eight-day match in full
blaze, with which he proceeded to light
his pipe. - $50 -'4' 49, -'.
Patrolman Ben Morris was presented,
the other day. with several good sized
fish, neatly wrapped up in a brown paper
AS he could not very well carry the iish
around with him he dropped in at En-
CINE House No. and asked if he might
leave them until he went home. The
permission was readily granted and
Morris found his bundle waiting for him
when he called on his way home.
Upon opening the bundle, with visions
of fried fish floating in his mind, Morris
was surprised to find that he had nothing
but some blocks of wood, with the tails
of the original fish neatly tackled on so
that they would stick out at the end of
the bundle.
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Yesterday Bailiff Parrish looked out
from the municipal court room, and no
ticed two small boys, beating a third,
who was smaller than either and howl
ing Justify. Assuming the role of peace
maker, the officer jerked the boys apart
and demanded to know what the trouble
was. C Sc
1--WE were all right to lick him." said
the biggest Of the aggressors. "Why,
he's got the smallpox
And the excitement proved to have
arisen from the fact that the youngster' $
vaccination was taking.
Little Frank Farrell was up for more
good advice from Judge Orr yesterday.
80 this is the boy whole stole Pioneer
Presses, is it?' asked his honor.
'It is, sir"
The court thought minute.
81 continued the case yesterday to have
time to think" he said at last. land I
have thought long and industriously.
have searched the records for precedent
and none appears. This is not a probate
court. In case the boy is insane let him
go to Judge BaZille. But as for me, I
have no power to inflict punishment upon
person who will deliberately steal, ap-
propriate. secrete and carry away copies
of the Pioneer Press.