The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-10
RONON NANFOUNDAN|FE
TRAVELLED ALL THE WAY FROM
DAKOTA TO NEW
YORK
LOOKED IN CASTLE GARDEN
Finally Found What He Wanted ON
Ellis Island and WOoed and
Won Her Through an
Interpreter.

Since the Aquarium became one of the
recognized sights of the city, says the
New York correspondent of the Cincin-
natl Enquirer, the presence of gaping,
bewildered strangers in the ancient build
ing has become so common that they at
tract no attention. Early this week a
man, evidently of the rustic type wan
dered along the alleys between the tanks,
looking about with Impotence. Now and
again some particularly ugly specimen of
the fnny tribe led him to pause and stare
at the sea monster, but it was only for a
moment. He always turned away with a
movement suggestive of irritation and re-
Suned his wanderingS. Apparently he
was looking for something he did not
find, and it would have been a reasonable
guess that he had read of some strange
specimens that he wanted to see with his
own eyes. After time he accosted an
empioye. will there be a boat in before
long?" he asked. The attendant heard
him plainly enough, but did not under
stand the question. Il thought boats
came most every day, and somebody's
that there were several, added the man
by way of explanation. What kind of a
boat are you looking for?" asked the at
tendant; there are ferry houses at the
other side of the park" The stranger
froWned I'm not looking after a ferry
boat said he, unless you call an ocean
steamship a ferry. I believe I've heard
EN- spoken of that way but ANYHOW.
that's what I'm after A ship with pas
sengers on it." The attendant told him
that no such boats came there. s.This
is the Aquarium he said 81 allow that
1t does look like an aquarium respond
ed the stranger, ''but it's Castle Garden.
am II! / know it used to be Castle
Garden twenty-five years ago, when |
was last in the city" Then it dawned
on the attendants mind that the stranger
thought he was in the immigration office
which several years ago was transferred
from Castle Garden to Ellis Island. near
the Jersey shore of the bay. Tnforma-
ton to this effect was impaired, and the
stranger, with an expression of great re-
lief. inquired the way over
An hour or Sc later he presented him
self at Ellis Island and speedily got tha
attention Of the officials there.
HAD MONEY IN THE BANK
L m from Dakota he said, giving his
name. I've got a good farm out there
free from mortgage, and I've got money
IN the bank. If hadn't couldn't come
as Iar as this for what I want to get.
Gu see, it's just this way: I'm kind OF
lonesome out there, and after thinking
1t all over, I've decided to hitch I'D to a
woman. That's it. I'm looking for q
Wife,
The Official told him that the United
States government could hardly be con-
sldered as matrimonial agency.
Like enough" replied the Dakotan
Ina pashed, but one of my neighbors
some time ago, wrote on here for a wife
He named the kind of a woman who
would suit him, and don't pretend to
know just how the matter was managed.
put in time the woman came along.
Now, it looked first off as if it was .
pretty good bargain on both sides. bur
later 1T proved that the woman wasn't
quite up to the specifications, and like
enough she found that the man was
snort in some respects That lust shows
That people ought not to go into the mar
rylng business without seeing each other.
mat s why I've come on. If the woman
don't like the looks of me she can saw
SO and no offense will be taken, and both
parties will be satisfied that no mistake
was made before it was too late 7 reckon
there isn't a boat from Europe that
ooesh bring over some woman who S
used TO hard work and anxious to 5iBd a
home That's it. I'm not Offering a soft
snap, you understand, but I do stand
ready to supply good home if the
woman VIII do her proper stint"
mere was more of this ingenious talk,
and the official good naturedly made if
clear that the government could not enter
INTO the matter. Among other things he
pointed out that there was danger in
recommending immigrants to the care of
unknown persons, but on that score the
Oakotan was fully prepared.
HE MEANT BUSINESS.
He had papers with him that certified
~ ms Iaehtlty' and he offered to get an
acquaintance somewhere in the city to
Vouch for him. Then a kind of angel
appeared. This was a person. not an
o1hclal, who had heard part of the con-
Versatlon, This persons sympathies had
peen aroused by the plight Of a midIe-
aged Swedish woman who had been de-
tanned on the ground that she had no
FUNDS and no friends in this country who
"oulo guarantee that she would not be-
come a public charge within year. She
was widow who had spent her last
money TO pay for her passage to this
country on the familiar belief that here
was the paradise for the poor. 1t looked
as though she would have to be deported
as pauper, though the merest look at
her seemed sufficient to guarantee that
she would be competent to make her
way. But there she was, not permitted
TO lana, to use the technical phrase Of
the immigration commission, and her
that it was regarded as substantially set
tied that she must be taken back to
Sweden. The angel managed without
difficulty and without official connivance
OF the direct kind to bring the Swede
and the Dakotan together. An interpre-
ter supplied the means of communication,
| and in half an hour the decision was
reached that if the man was really
| what he represented himself to be the
woman would take her chances with him.
| The Dakotan hurried away to the city
! where he hunted up his acquaintance,
who returned with him to the island
and helped to clinch the matter of the
Westerner's Responsibility. While he
was gone on this errand the Dakotan
bought an Ollendorff conversation book,
which he gave to his prospective bride.
| We've got to get on speaking terms
as soon as possible" he said, "and the
| book may help
He then gave the assurance required
as to detained immigrants, and before
the day was over he was a married man.
There wasn't half the difficulty about
1t that I thought there'd be" he said,
triumphantly
Good Times at Brainerd.
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