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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-20

ed, with the result that in a very short
time l had acquired sufficient knowl-
edge of their language to get along
nicely with them in their trade. Com
petition in the fur business was great
in those days. 1 had not been long in
the country before it became necessary
One day "Techna," Old Bets brother,
came into the store, and being quite
a way, from some act of mine, he bap-
tiZed me "Wamduska," the Serpent,
and by that name l have been known
from st. Paul to the British line and
wherever there was a Dakota Indian.
Il remember one of my employers,
about the Christmas holidays, thought
he would take a trip I'D among the
old traders, because, having sold more
goods for cash than was desirable,
and having no use for the money until
spring, he wished to invest it in buy
ing some of their furs for cash. TAX
ing a friend along he remained away
for about ten days, returning without
either furS or money. My employer
explained that on their way home, just
little above Anoka, while they were
on the river, the ice gave way and
they were precipitated into the water,
and lost their saddle EagS containing
the money, and came near to losing
found out that their money had got
ten into a hole before it reached that
in the Mississippi river. Oh, these old
traders were a jolly set, and whenever
you came in contact with them they
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HENRY l.. MOSS.

or the Mexican war, was all right also;
but the others of the crew wanted
guarantees that. in case of a freeze-up,
they would be returned to their homes
free of expense.
Heroic Measures Win.
"Here was a dilemma. The captain
wished to reach St. Paul with his boat
so as to lay her up there all winter.
1t was then about the 1st of Novem-
Der, and something had to be done.
Outside of the parties above named,
only one cabin boy and the chamber
maid remained. She called the boy to
her, saying: Tom, go up town, tell
Mike to come down at once and be
steward of this boat, and, if he refuses,
tell him the first time I meet him I
will cut his throat from ear to ear
The result was that Mike came down,
and, with what we could pick up for
a crew, we started for st. Paul. The
crew getting pretty well used up the
second morning out found us on a bar
about five miles below Winona. There
we lay until about o'clock in the aft
ernoon, and I began to believe and
think that we were planted on that bar
for the winter.
Picking up courage, stepped up to
the captain and addressed him thus:
Captain, you are sick and need help.
Give me your Overshoes and overcoat
and command of this boat and I will
see her through to st. Paul The cap
tain made complete resignation, and
said: LarpeNeur, take her The
man, as well as his crew, was ex-
hausted, and had lost self-controL L
put the captain to bed, took charge
of the boat. set my spars, kept what
l got, and with Capstan and a few
revolutions on the starboard wheel,
she yielded, and, from the time I took
the boat, in half an hour I was at Wi
nona- From this point until we reach
ed Saltwater things went fairly we'll,
and when we arrived at Saltwater an
idea struck me that / could take my
horse, which was on board, and get to
St. Paul quicker than the boat could
take me. I awoke the captain and,
after delivering my charge back into
his hands, struck out overland and
reached st. Paul by sunset the same
evening.
A Wonderful Flute. "a.
D. One. thing I had almost forgotten,
and that was Capt. Monfort, renowned
for the Indian flute. Did anyone
board his boat and possess the least
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A. /. LARP ENTEUR.
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sensitive. would not fare SO well. But
there was scarcely trip in which the
Indian flute of Capt Monforts failed
to get in it's work. i
"Our climates. is: unsurpassed any
where, and our winters are becoming
milder every year. :. Those Of us who
passed our early days in the Middle
states remember only too we'll the
mud of early spring, and late aurumns,
and icicles three. feet long hanging
from the roofs of our houses We
have none of that here. Our roads are
simply perfect all the time. / look
with regret at the loss of the good
sleigh rides we had here in the days
of Aud Lang Syne,' which recollec-
ton at times makes us old men almost
wish we were boys again"
Veteran of Three Wars.
Simeon p. Folsom, for number Of
years an attorney of the Great North
ern leal department, came to st. Paul
in July, 1847, from Wisconsin, Mr.
Folsom is one of the oldest settlers
in st. Paul, living today, having serv-
ed in the Mexican war, the Indian war
and the War of the Rebellion. Mr..
Folsom also served in the Northeast
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sides rise. The cabinet, which is made
to hang in the dining room, is long
and narrow, with places inside for
bottles and glasses of various shapes
and sizes. Cordial cabinets, that stand
on the floor are popular articles of
furniture for a bachelor apartment.
These cabinets are made in all kinds
of hard wood. Some of them are elab-
orately carved. Others are quite plain.
The vogue of the colonial and mis-
sion furniture is nowhere better DEM
onstrated than in the bureaus and
dressing tables that are now displayed
in the furniture stores. Instead of the
small toilet table, with it's spindle legs
and dainty top, the twentieth century
girl dresses before a long and very
broad table, with solid looking mir
-ror that is as broad and as high as
the table itself. The bureau and chif-
fonier are of the same substantial style
and all are in keeping with the big
four-poster bed.
H. Best Is Made at Home.
The Middle West never has to go
East for furniture, for nearly all the
furniture of this country is manufac-
tured in the states that border on
Lakes Superior and Michigan. The
world, of course, is ransacked for de-
signs, but the designs are carried out
in the big factories located in the Mid
die West.
While the big furniture stores of ST.
Paul satisfy all the legitimate desires
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no such awkward contrivance, but in
stead pair of finely woven wire
springs.
y. Everything Is Colonial.
But the four-poster is not the only
relic of a colonial past that has been
rescued and copied by the modern gem
Grafton. To be fashionable nowadays
is to be colonial, not only in the mat
ter of four-poster bed, but in the
matter Of all other pieces Of furniture.
Doubtless Morris has had something to
do with this revival of the colonial.
He has advocated straight lines, beau
ty only when combined with utility,
and substantial effects. All this the
colonial embodies, which doubtless is
the reason for it's present popularity
A fad of the moment is the colonial
slipper chair" This is a tiny rocker
built on plain but substantial lines and
just high enough from the floor to en-
able milady when she is sitting on it
to draw the slippers on her small feet.
No colonial boudoir is considered sat
isfactorily equipped without it. The
massive buffet destitute of carving but
imposing because of it's very plainness
and it's solidity. has taken the place of
the more frivolous sideboard that was
so plentifully supplied with mirrors
and SO luxuriantly carved.
A woman writer not long ago con-
tended that it was impossible to rear
and educate children as they should be
reared and educated in a home where
they were surrounded by furniture of
that represented a depraved French
period. The Louis Quatorze," the
Louis Quinze" and the Louis Seize"
furniture, she claimed, should find no
place in well regulated home. Doubt
less the lady was extreme in her views
but it is a fact that the fragile furni-
0f n fY-1cr tod -
popular today. Occasionally draw
ing room is so furnished, but the living
rooms of the house, the sitting room,
bedrooms and library, have the palmer
furniture.
Genuine American Style.
Strictly speaking, the colonial is not
an American style. Colonial
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-20

OF the men who settled in st. Paul
over fifty years ago, when what is now
a large city was mostly timber land
on which were scattered the few cab
ms of the early pioneer settlers, only
a few are alive today, and the stories
told by some of these men who braYed
hardship to come as far north as ST.
Paul and vicinity in the '40s are full
of many interesting incidents. Among
the most interesting "reminiscences of
the early days are those told by Au-
gust LaPpenteur, who landed at St.
Paul in September, 1S43, when there
were less than a dozen families here.
Mr.. Larpenteur is the oldest settler in
Minnesota. with the exception of Fa-
Their RavouX, who is still alive. Mrs.
Larpenteur is still living.
Nearly Sixty Years Ago.
Mr.. Larpenteur came to st. Paul
from st. Louis in 1843, landing at st.
Paul on Sept Is of the same year,
after rather eventful trip. In speak
ing of the early days spent in this
section of the country Mr.. Larpenteur
said yesterday: L came here to take
position as clerk with the firm of
HartshOrn q Jackson, dealers in fur.
1 came as far as Galena, one of the
most important points between st.
Louis and Fort Smelling, on the steam
er Iowa. Arriving at Galena we were
transferred to a smaller boat, the
steamer Otter. The Otter was a small
side-wheeI steamer, propelled by a sim
gle engine. Arriving at ST. Paul, !
found Mr.. Henry Jackson, one of the
firm by which I was employed, who
with his estimable wife, soon made me
to feel at home. Society was crude,
but pure and devoid of affectation.
The white population, taken all to-
gether at that date, in the vast terri
tory that now includes the great state
of Minnesota, the two Dakotas, parts
of Wisconsin and Iowa, and all the
country across the Missouri river to
the coast did not exceed 300."
Receives Indian Baptism.
Our trade was with the natives, and
in them L became exceedingly interest
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to the city in order to bargain for any
pieces Of brass or bits of china that
the newcomers may chance to bring
with them from the old country. Ev-
erybody remembers Eugene Fields
funny poem that begins:
'Meynhheer Hans Won Der Bloom has
got
A Magazin in KaIverstaat
Where one may buy for sordid gold
Wares quaint and curious, new and old.
Here are antiquities galore
The jewels which Dutch monarchs WORE
Bright Dresden jars, dull Holland crooks
And all those joys might rehearse
That please the eye, but wreck the
purse"
Perhaps no curio shop in st. Paul
possesses such a variety as Mr.. Field
mentions, but once in a while some
relic of a distant country is washed up
in this Western city by the tide of en-
migration, and if one has imagination
he can weave around the relic some
interesting stories. Not long ago there
was exhibited in one Of the furniture
stores of st. Paul an old English we'd
ding chest, made of brass chased in
quaint designs. A dragon was coiled
about each Of the four legs, and lions
and dragons ornamented the top Of the
chest. Other relics as valuable and
as interesting are often discovered,
and If the curiosity seeker cannot af-
ford to purchase them, he can at least
feast his eyes on them for a time at
least
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Boundary war in 1889, when a mere
boy.
Mr.. Folsom, in speaking of the time
when he landed in st. Paul, stated to
Tn G o b yesterday: II came to
St. Paul from Wisconsin on the Steam
er Lynx on July %, 1847. The steam
er was large river boa. and we ar
rived in st. Paul on Sunday even
ing. l well remember the evening.
1t was the same Sunday that Miss
Harriet E. Bishop opened the first
Sunday schol in st. Paul. There were
about a dozen log cabins when 1 came
here, and Louis Robert was building
the first frame house built in this vi
entity. There was an excursion par
ty on the boat from ST. Louis that
came up here to see the surroundings
and visit Fort Smelling. The same
evening that I arrived here I stood
outside of the cabin where 1 had Sc
cured lodging and could see the lights
in the windows of most of the cabins
A man by the name of James Clewit
lived in a cabin on top of the Wa
basha hill, just back of the new state
capitol, and I could easily distinguish
the twinkling lights from the windows
of his cabin. 1t was a magnificent
sight, and one that I will never forget.
Several bands Of Indians were en-
camped about us in the near vicinity
now stands the ground was covered
with large oak trees.
My opinion of st. Paul when I first
came here was that it would become
the principal city some day, as it was
virtually at the head of navigation
Shortly after I arrived here I bought
a cabin where the Merchants hotel
now stands and opened it as a board
ing house and hotel but I sold, it the
same fall and went to work at ST.
Anthony on the first dam ever built
there"
Mr.. Folsom was the first county
surveyor of Ramsey county, the first
city surveyor of st. Paul, has twice
held the office of chief clerk of the
city council and has held numerous
other public offices.
First Attorney General.
Another man who came to Mime
sofa over fifty years ago was Henry
L. Moss, who located at Saltwater in
April, 1848, and is the only man with
the exception of Gov. Ramsey who
was appointed and held a federal of
fee under President Taylor in 1849
and is still alive. Mr.. Moss was born
in Oneida county, New York, and came
to Plattville, Wis, in June, 1845. In
speaking of his early days spent in
Minnesota to T he Globe yesterday,
Mr.. Moss said:
Il came to Saltwater from Wiscon-
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sin in April, 1S4S. I arrived there in
the morning on the steamer Dr.F'rank-
lin, which came from Galena, Ill.
There was a number of tourists on
board the boat, and Saltwater was a
town of about 800 inhabitants. I was
attracted to Saltwater in anticipation
of new territory being organized,
and the only lawyer there at the time
was the late Morton S. Wilkinson. I
Immediately began to practice law,
and did considerable business. I at
tended the first sale of public lands
within the limits of Minnesota, which
was held in August, 1849, at st. Croix
Falls, shortly after Minnesota had be-
come a territory. I was appointed
United States district attorney on the
organization of the territory ,@S Min
nesota, and my official duties were
such that I removed to st. Paul in
1850. At that time there was only
one frame dwelling here, and all the
rest were log cabins. The only hotel
here at that time was the old ST.
Paul hotel, which was located in a
log cabin where the Merchants hotel
now stands. In 1853 I built a brick
dwelling house on South Exchange
street, in which I am still living"
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= :, Pioneers Who Laid St Paurs FOUNDATIONS = n
Hair-raisina Incident.

always left you something to remem-
Der them by. .----
Hair-raisins Incident.
"The pioneer settlers here at that time
had number of things to contend
with, and l want to say right now that
l am indebted to my wife for being
alive today.
1T was a dark and dismal night. My
wife had retired. 1 was about closing
up. There were yet few embers
aglow in the Fireplace, when a knock
was heard at the door. We were alone,
and opened the door, when an Indian
came and seated himself by the fire.
Il was in hopes that after he had
warmed himself he would get up and
go away. l entertained him as well as
| could, but he became very abusive,
and before 1 could think he drew his
knife and was in the act of making
a plunge at me when my wife, in her
white sleeping gown, appeared at the
| door, thus diverting the Indians at
tention, which gave me the opportunity
of grabbing his hand, in which he held
the knife, and disarming him. 1 was
his equal then, and / left him a fit
subject for the cemetery and threw
| him over the bluff. The next morning
| he crawled up and came into the house,
and assisted him to perform his ablu-
tons and gave him hearty breakfast,
| after which we parted trends and re-
manned friends thereafter. Such scenes
| as these were not infrequent to wives
| and mothers of the pioneers of Min
nesota.
mot having any railroad communica-
! ton in those days when all traffic de-
pended upon the river, we sometimes
| ran down to Galena or Dubuque in the
| autumn to stock up because once
the navigation closed we were in for
all winter Getting goods by sleighs
was rather expensive. In the fall Of
1856 l found 1 needed a few more goods
to carry me through the winter. Con-
sequently ran down to Galena, bought
what l needed, and found Capt. Louis
Robert in port, on his way up from
St Louis with his boat. The
| Greek Slave I had shipped
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not at all in outward appearance from
the four poster that was such an i'm
posing piece of furniture in the New
England bedrooms during the colonial
times. The modern bed is just as sub
stantial looking, just as imposing.
However, in many minor details it diff
fers from it's colonial ancestor. That
ancestor did not boast of pair of
springs. Most people can remember
the holes bored in the sides of the bed
through which the rope was stretched
to hold the mattress or rather the
feather bed. The new four poster has
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-20
Present FadS and Fashions in Furniture

Fashion in furniture may not vary
as often as fashion in hats, but 1t va
ries as decidedly. Time was-and not
so very long ago either-When the
brass bed was the housewives pride.
But the brass bed has had it's day.
Doubtless it's popularity will some day
be revived. Doubtless, too, there are
any number of housewives who now
will have nothing else. Nevertheless it
cannot be denied that the great ma
hogany four-poster is far more fash
ionable today than the bed of solid
brass. This new four poster differs
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-20

bit of curiosity, he was sure to re-
member his Indian flute. 1t was an
instrument about one foot long, dec
GRATED with Indian hieroglyphics and
filled with flour, and when played upon
it would fill the operators eyes and
face full, to his utter amazement, and
to the qualification of the initiated.
Some would take the joke philisoph-
tcally, and settle the question at the
bar. Others, however, a little more
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-20
SIMEON p. FOLSOM.

my goods upon his boat and was
all ready for home when, behold, the
crew struck. His engineer, Bill Davis,
who was his nephew, was all right;
his pilot, George Nicholas, one of the
oldest and best on the river, was all
right. Monti, the mate, an old veteran
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-20

and cabinet for liquors, both of which
are of the mission" design. They are
built of the cathedral oak, and are des-
titute of carving. The row of big
drawers in the buffet is topped by a
heavy piece, above which the back and
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-20

of their customers, those customers,
provided they have big bump of Curl
osity, may find much amusement and
profit also, perhaps, by visiting some
of the curio shops of the town. Their
proprfetors. as a rule, make ii BUSH
ness to visit the emigrants who come
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-20

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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-20

furniture was the furniture brought
over to this country by the early coll
onists. Since England at the time of
that early emigration was Puritan,
those articles as rule were severely
plain. However, there is such thing
as genuine American furniture-the
original design for which was made in
America by Americans. Just at pres
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-20

ent this furniture has a great vogue.
1t is called mission furniture" for it Is
patterned exactly after the furniture
made by the early mission fathers of
California. The makers follow straight
lines, using no turning and but little
ornament
In one Of ST. Paul's furniture stores
there is exhibited an immense buffet
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-20

always left you something to remem-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-20

of the Mexican war, was all right also;
but the others of the crew wanted
guarantees that, in case of a freeze-up,
they would be returned to their homes
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-02-20
SAFE BLOWING AT AVILLA
Five Burglars Did the Work and Drove
:. Away With 5000.

FIT WAYNE, Ind; Feb. II
The large general store of S. X.
Randall. at Avil,a, north of here
was entered by burglars yester-
day. The safe was clown open
with dynamite, and 5000 in cash
and large amount of notes were
taken. : David Shanline, a barber,
returned from a slelgh-ride with
a young woman while the rob-
bers were at work and discover
ed them in the store He was
captured and bound in the store
until tire job was completed. A
hotel keeper across the street
saw the cracksmen at work and
got his rifle, but. being without
assistance, he forebore to inter
fere. The safe, massive affair,
was wrecked by the explosion.
There were five of the ROBBERS.
What direction they took in their
flight is not yet known.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-02-20
Saved Him Ernn Inrfure

There is no more agon'zing trou BILE
han piles. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
cures piles at once. Unequalled for skin
diseases, cuts. burns, bruises. wounds.
j. S Gsrsll. ST. Paul. ARK. suffered
for years with protrudiDg, bleeding piles
and could find no relief UniIl few boxes
Of DeWitt'e Witch Haz4l Salve com plete-
~ cured me. None are genuine dut DE
Wits. J. W. He's.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-02-20

KNOX, Ind, Feb. 49, Mrs.
Lottie Shaw committed suicide
here yesterday by taking NOR
phine. She retired to her bed
room and locked the door and an
hour later her heavy breathing
attracted the attention OF the fam
lily, who broke the door open and
found her in a dying condition.
She rallied under heroic treat
ment and told the attendants she
wanted to die, giving as the rea-
son that her husbands people
mistreated her. She died at II
o'clock. She was married to W.
B. Shaw in November last at
Chicago.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-02-20

public officials because this speech
of Representative Wheeler is not
a criticism of something happen
ing in Europe, which might be a
proper subject of comment It
is not an argument drawn from
foreign methods IN any way, but
is nothing more nor less than a
violent attack upon a foreign
prince. who is coming to this
country as the guest of the peo--
pie of America.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-02-20
BATTLE OVER MISS STONE
Rival Brisands Try to Secure the Mis-
sionary.

PARIS. Feb. 13-Referring 20
the reported engagement between
brigands for the possession of
Miss Stone, the Constantinople
correspondent of the Echo de
Paris says:
THE captors of Miss Stone
and Nine. Tsilka have been at
tackled by another band of bri-
gands, seeking TO secure the
prisoners ia order to get the
ransom. Twenty men OH both
sides were killed during the
fight. but the original captors Of
the missionary were victorious.
Miss Stone was not hurt "
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-02-20
DISGRUNTLED.
Men Who Manufacture Misery.

The disgruntled man, the man who is
sulky and dissatisfied under all condi-
tons and circumstances, is to be found
everywhere. Even at the sea side where
he has gone for rest and recreation
you'll find him surly and sulky, grum-
bling at the weather, the people, the
hotel accommodations, the board, and
everything else. His scowling, sullen
visage checks the flow of talk at the
table, and bushes the prattle of playing
children. Now and again one gossip
says to another uThe old chaps liver
must be out of order" Somebody else
says, uPerhaps he's suffering from kid
ney trouble" And majority incline to
the opinion, ii that it's njust dyspepsia"