The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-09
EPIsTLEs TO ST. PAUL.

OF winning Il TeputdllOH N'oHiS ho"i
Leech lake with the eXclrsionists recent
Iy, the talk turned. to the primitive
method of hunting with bow and arrow
When | was a boy remarked the
colonel, II colfld hit scent piece at
hundred yards with my bow and arrow
The crowd was visibly impressed.
At the PiIlager village a small Indian
appeared with a long bow and bunch oil
arrows. There were cries for Lowry I'M
mediately. The colonel came up at once,
smiling his handest When he caught
sight of the Warlille weapons, the smile
died out in very peculiar 'lost my last
friend expression The din was ire
mendous An immense crowd gathered 10
see the shooting. The indian boy put up
stake al fifty wards with a scent piece
contributed by President Shonts, OF the
Il. L.. l." railroad.
isn't that a little far?' f2ltered the
Western railroad magnate.
'Whan [ was a boy began Mr..
Shonts.
That's all right about your boyhood,
bring Il nearer and watch me-
The stake was placed at twelve feet
and the exhibition began. Seventeen
shots and the scent piece remained. Then
the colonel dropped his bcW accidentally
and before he could recover II ali indian
boy of about four summers picked II UP,
ran about forty feet then turned quick
as a flash and slipped his bow Ihere
was a whiz and shout which could
have been heard i'll ST. Paul lie mao
dislodged the scent piece the first shot.
That bow ard arrow story cost MI
Lowry about. S., which he dilninutive
savage eventually deposited in the deep
recesses of a greasy pair CT jeans.
From the first night there was an ui-
written law that at the hour of midnight
there should be mastering OF the clans
in the buffet car. These gatherings were
the spice Of the trip, rounding up all the
sportsmen, story tellers, smokers, drlnE-
ers and liars on board. Chief on these
occasions was Congressman John Al'eh,
of Mississippi, alias Private John.
Where did he get his name? He tells the
story in his Own inimitable way.
when I was first up for congress my
rival in my Mississippi district had occa-
sion to speak in a school house upon the
same evening with ME. He vas an ex-
colonel of the Cenfederacy, a gallant gen
tleman and a thorough and skillful poi
tician, I was green. He called for sup
port from his-nly constituents as fol:
lows:
SO Ny friends, this occasion brings back
many "reminiscences to my mind. Upon
yonder hill occurred one of the decisive
conflicts of the late war. Upon that hill
side I formed my tattered forces in line
of battle and over yonder field my worn
and almost barefoot men charged in
gallant effort to drive the foe from their
position. Cold and hunger, privations
and har6ships we endured. On yonder
meadow we had our camp where night
sentries from our gallant ranks silently
paced through the rain and mud, keep
ing guard over the sleeping warriors.
Those We're our days of trial. We have
risen lglin as phoenix
About that time T got impatient. /
rose to my feet and addressed the meet
ing:
Gentleman, said 7, my opponent has
called to your minds the scenes Of long
ago. He has re,rirded you of the events
which transp1red near here, of the gal
liant charge where orr barefoot boys
made then grand effort of the s'eaples,s
sentries in the cold ard rain and mud.
He has called back a me Inc rable occa-
sion.
But, gentlemen, and about there L git
excited, what if these things be. Ny
friend the colo mel, did not go barefoot
over that blocd-soaked field. He was an
officer a::d rode 4 horse Many nights as
a private I have paced the lonely sentry
ing him as ne lay In his comfortable tent
fast asleep.
my fri md the colonel lost the game. I
won on an easy majority"
Chauncey M Depew, known to the
railroad world as the man who rides
in the presidents private car, to the po-
litical world as the Chesterfieldian and
cosmopolitan exponent of simon-pure
Republicanism, to the literau as DR..
Depew, and to the transatlantic tourists
as Our Chauncey," has decided that
his name shall be a household word IN
Minnesota. too. At least, he intends
that his influence shall be fell, II the
preservation Of his best thoughts in a
political way can achieve that result
Chauncey has had a copy of his latest.
volume of speeches made up and has sent
one to the State Historical society. ri
reached the table just a day or to ago.
and Assistant Secretary Kin:gsl dry gave
it a label and listening, be It has not
been shelved yet. Chau ,.ceys book IS
one of the popular bits on the NV book
table. 1t Is hes IS book, not only
materially speak1n.h but iguratively, all
or eulogistic, There is. of course, an oc-
casloilai ST .fy interloped, as DR.. Depew
loves to e IN the center Of a set speech
On me tafiG on tin, or such, but the
only &.eal humorous effu ion is the ad-
"" So to the ''Spellbings' club" o. which
OCCASION Chauncey had 200 ators Of
more or less fame, and more Or less
! loaded, for a speech where he could
infiict his own deliberations on the m.
| This speech is so far the opposite of
| heavy that it relieves the tedium of the
book immensely and can afford ev>n the
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