The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-24
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Story Of One Of the Historic friendships Of Newspaper
Row-How the Sight Of "Doc' and Alb on Street
Car Affected a Minor Poet
THE friendship of Abbott Blunt and R, G. Bowman, the
cartoonst was probably as strong any that
listed Newspaper Row of think Of itwlt-
out recalling Whtmans lines:
plant companonshp along all the rivers
Of America and along shores of the Great Lakes
will make nseparabe cities with their arms about each
By the love of comrades,
:. BY the manly love of comrades
wonder if Doc was not the first of his old friends to
slap Abbott the shoulder welcome him safely across the
divide and remark: l@.s s
s'Come on Alb I'll show you all round.
One other friend in this group certain well-known
"mnor poet whose poems would praise hlghy IL ne
were dead still living of there nothing Tor
it but to shake our sadly them It wasn friendship
existed between the three They just loved one anoer
First witnessed joyous expression OF II one oay
''Ab'' and "Doc street They caught slght
the street. of Larry Ho thru the window and were pound
ing glass gesticuating wildly to show their
for the poet When Larry them, he couldn't think OF
any way this affection properly so ne just sraooeo
the cigar from his mouth and threw 1t at the street car
Wash that Just like poet, wasting good cigar on mere
friendship! ...-
When 'Doc'' first bought his house the hill overlook
ing Lake of the Isles couldn't do much work Tor looking
at the glorious He stood around hours at e
and felt good He could hardly wait to get Aooot OUT 10
see When they stood together In the rear OF the mouse
overlooking the beautiful lake, Doc didn't say word
He waiting for it to soak into Abbott.
''Ths is fine you've got here Doc said Ab sobery
but you don't to mind that slough down there; tne
city is bound to fill it in before long,
Then the situation exploded
All the fuss and feathers Of the Roosevelt wedding
avoided by the Rev. Charles S. Carroll Of Homer Neb and
late of Bloomington, S. D. He carried off Miss Blanche
Kngery Sioux City without ripple That 49, so lar as
could There nothing strange about the event.
and the only snguay connected with twas that the court
ship couple but single day. and the honeymoon
was cut out bride Immediately after the wedding re-
turned to her missionary work in Illinois while the groom the
same returned Homer and resumed his pastoral
However, they propose to remain separated tor all
time but that they will be at home at Homer arter
March 49, better acquainted and to receive friends
This saves great deal Of trouble What do few days
lust now mean when you going to live together all the
rest Of your life?
You would hardly believe it, but the tEmob in the Bern
hardt engagement is furnished by the university About
of the University Daily staff to nothing Of
rooers around and CRATE their teeth hercey
the chief signal Tor woe C grea
sport you get the divine Sara things doing
behind the scenes and watch the head explode in
French when things 60 wrong
Editor Pease of the Apoka Union says that are all
killing ourselves off by overwor There is something In this
Mr.. Pease says:
There's whole lot Of folks who actually believe
that is easy task, genuine to grind out
editorials day by day for the great city daily, and
the work is as easy as falling off log Dismiss that
idea right straight off. call to mind two Of the
brightest of Minnesota journalists who have fallen
victims to the ceaseess, unrelentng grind. l refer
to Blanchard and Abbott Blunt These, two men
died in the harness Their work killed them. Edi-
toral courtesy will not permit to some OF
the living who today resting from their labors by
order Of physicians, who, had they not obeyed,
would have answered the last summons The United
States from end to the other is srewn with VIC
tins of death general breakdown, from the de-
mands of the editorial chair, and indeed those who
weather the storms and gales must have constltu-
ons of IRON nerves steel and hides of rhinocerous
thickness. y e"- ~ ..-..s.. =. e. ~.
If it wasn't for the farm work the side, few Of US
would keep up But watch the cattle chewing their gun
and to the hens and tuck them in their little nests
for the night furnishes agreeable variety that rests boE
brain and body. :-~--: a. a. II.