The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-11
GOALS FROM THE FIELD

THERE'S going to be ecclesiastical war
to the knife, and the knife to 1.-The hilt
when St. Johns Voice. (cfr ohIation Loco,
guaranteeO reaches the desk of the
Hon. Rev.. G. L. Morrill,, The. Hon. Nor
rill is a doer Of literary turns himself,
and when this paragraph from the Voice
is digested by him he is likely to take his
pen in hand. The Voice says:
cit was certainly a unique service that
was held at the Peoples church
Thanksgiving morning. Each and every
theater in town sent a performer to do
a stunt. eve hope they did not appear
in their stage costumes.) A solo was
sung (by courtesy entitled Mrs. Ha,
Ha, Ha. The climax was reached !: as
nearly as we can judge from the pro-
gram, when the offertory was sung (also
by courtesy entitled Johnny Get Up
from the Fire and Let Mr.. Mcguire Sit
Down AS each show in town contrib
uted it's quota it was no more than right
that the chief clown Of the Minneapolis
Weekly Circus should preside over the
whole business '..'#
When the author of IA Musical Minis
ter" gets up from the fire tho editor Of
the Voice will not want to sit down for a.
week. D.. o.
Aldred Gwin vanderbilt's entertain
ment of the Growers club this year
came very near wrecking the club He
collected the members in autos and car
ried them on air cushions to special
car which transported them to his coun-
try home, where they were entertained az
a luncheon which was served with every
thing but a flaw. A horseshow was then
arranged for Them at which each of the
guests secured blue ribbon for dr1v-
ing. Then he took them on a tour over
beautiful roads in a perfectly appointed
coach, and brought them back with an
appetite whetted to a razor edge and set
them down before a dinner which con-
tanned everything but an opening for a
kick. Bridge whist, at which each play
er won, was next, and after passing the
cigarets Mr.. Vanderbilt babe his guests
farewell with an expression which said,
'Well, haven't heard a. single growl.,'
Eyes, confound you," roared the guests
in chorus, ''You have done us out Of our
annual growl and broken UP the club
The man Kaufman, a former Partisan
chemist, who committed suicide by swal-
lowing prussic acid, >. has revealed to
would be suicides a route which is alb
solutely sure. Strychnine, opium, car
bolic acid and Rough on-Rats involve
long contests with the doctors, and the
victim ordinarily thrashes around so as
to muss5up the place and injure the fur
niture. But with prussic acid it is diff
ferent. You are dead as soon as you
take it into your mouth, and you pass
away beautifully, with nothing coming
in the way of stomach pumps.
One of the questions asked at a recent
state medical examinations was concern
ing the 'antdotes for prussic, acid, Only
one answer received 10. It was, 'the
undertaken" 5 IL
Fortunately. however, prussic acid cam
not be had from the ordinary druggist,
as he has it only in diluted form, and
he would be an extraordinary druggist
who would sell it to the casual customer
many form
As we understand 1t William Henry
Eustfs had no interest in the post
office site except the fear that II some
body did not take q hand in the matter
there would be no sites offered and the
department might conclude that Mime
apolis refused a new postoffice. He does
not admit that he Is checkmated; only
blocked James Gray. 81