The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-22
THE NoNPAREIL MAN
A Wild Night at Badger, Minn.-census
. Rports Affected and Or. Murphy Nearly
Crippled by overwork-our Usually
s Quiet Village Thrown into Fever Of
Excitement.

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Badger, Mimi, sometimes referred to
as "our usually quiet village was thrown
into fever of excitement Sunday night
by "a horseless carriage dashng madly
thru the streets. Three or four bare
headed men in their shirt sleeves were
pulling it and in it sat stern figure in
all the glory Of the strenuous life. A re-
port was spread around at first that J. J.
Hill was locating depot site between the
bank and the drug store, but this was
quickly denied.
Ihen It was rumored that the bank had
been robbed and that Colonel Swenson
had been shot in the left leg. This was
also found to be without foundation.
Finally Major Budd, the artist, was
ascertained to have made a ''f1ashlight'
of the affair and an excited crowd Of
Badgerians surged to his gallery. In ten
or fifteen minutes Major Budd appeared
from the darkroom and exhibited a Mega
tive on which appeared the sturdy out
lines of DR.. Murphy, seated in the car
riage. The foremost of the horses
proved to be little Iver supported by his
faithful clerks, Ole and John. So it all
came out. There was a daughter at Iver's
day old and there were unlimited cigars
for the populace at Iver's place. But
there was more to it than this. There were
twins at the furniture store. And all this
in one night! No wonder DR.. Murphy
was nearly crippled by trying to keep up
with the procession! Such a night Bad
ger Mimi, has not seen since Halloween,
when bad boys changed all the signs in
town and tipped over the Methodist
church.
Laddonia Mo-, boasts newspaper
called ''The Joyful Noise" Contemporary
les, when it comes to hand, wear ear
muffs. Es
Flirting" says Dean Tufts Of the Uni
versity of Chicago, "tends to the develop
me,lt of both soul and intellect How
would you like to have your son take a
course in the philosophy and science of
the higher Goo -Gooistics at Chicago?
When, oh when, will the straw hat
chase the overcoat into the closets musty
seclusion. $3.50. .-
A fourth ward amateur gardener buried
one dozen files just below the surface of
the ground where his cucumbers were
planted and the neighbours hens coming
| in as usual in his absence Wore their feet
nearly off before they discovered why they
made no progress downward. Ingenuity
will always win, for now the biddies' feet
are SO tender that they cannot scratch.
Lieutenant Ernest D. Peek, corps of
engineers. U. S. A, and native Of Wis
| consin, is one of the tallest officers III
| the service. He stands 6 feet AZ inches
in his shoes At West Point he was known
as Pixies Peek. He gave especial atten-
| ton to road construction, and built E
military road which is still known as
Peek's Pike. Such are the possibilities OF
the language.
The Boston Herald reports scene il
the gallery at Memorial hail. Harvard tho
other day at the dining hour that nearly
| put the dining hall out of business. Abou
6 o'clock, the busiest part of the Dime
hour, young woman, stunningly dressed
and unattended, appeared in the gallery
She marched boldly TO the railing. OF
which she placed her foot, and removing
her crimson garter from it's accustomed
resting place, threw it into the midst of :
crowded table below her. All eyes ha,
been watching her, but such an un
precedented proceeding for the momen
stunned even the Harvard boys. 1t wa
only for moment, however, and then /
looked for while as tho there was goin,
to be a wrecked dining hall to tell of tn
visitation. There was cheering and veil
ing and gathering of dishes, and finall
half hundred Of the students made
rush for the door thru which it was nee
essary to pass in order to gain the stree
l from the gallery. They were too late
however, and all that the first one
reach the outer door was able to see wa
the young woman dashing into q carriag
which was in waiting outside Of Memoris
hall, and which clattered down Quinc
street SO rapidly as to afford no encour
agement Of pursuit.
My, but isn't that an incident to sti
the blood of an undergraduate? If 70
had been there, wouldn't your little ye
have been heard from the campus t
Bunker Hill monument?
Who says the higher education is Who'll
ly a failure?
| The Big Fork Compass, published a
/ Ripple, Itasca county, says that the home
steader who is toiing away on his claim
subduing the earth, gets but little fam
for his fierce struggle with wild nature
In considering this hero Of the wild, tn
i Compass bursts into song as follows:
Kind words for the hero, in papers 1 find
T Who fights to depopulate earth's all mankind
Big praise for the shrewd politician who reign
And sells out his country for personal gains;
The magnate is toasted who masters finance
And cheats all his rivals clean out of the
pants,
But never word Of approval shame,
| Is spent for the worker subduing his claim
One Of the boys went down to the bust
ness office yesterday to get a dollar on h
, next weeks salary, but the business OF
flee being run on business principles, tn
gentlemanly clerk handed him out
!, coarse brazen nit The ill-used workc
, returned to his desk snorting with indie
l nation.
t II know how I'll get even with ZEN
! ding 'em. won't draw my next week
salary at all. "A. J. r.
: ROBERTSON IN "HAMLET"