The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-21
With the Long Bo1U

Is Shown the Error of His Ways-several Changes
Noticed in Fourth Street in the Last Thousand Years
= Climate Said to Be Changing
POET in Cleveland Leader asks sleep for thou
a sand years and then awake in this old world in
the glad sprigtime of 29O6 AD with the robins coming
from the SOUTH but with the dust storms Of filthy streets
things of the long forgotten past
If sleep thousand years.
Too deep for dreams unreasoning fears,
Too deep for noise to wake--too deep
For breath to stir or pulse to leap
Not knowing bitterness tears,
Not caring when the 3:, day y; app pei, &c.,.
If I could sleep!
After thousand years of sleep how would Minneap-
Oils after decade Of centuries passed. look to us? Not
that today would be left upon another
unless had fallen been taken down and replaced again
and again. An authority has figured the life of strong
est steel and buildings 100 years. Give the best
Of them 200 years. and in 1906 they would all have been
gone for 800 years Pictures Of them might remain thanks
books, photography and the historical society," But even
these might have been swept away by fire. cyclone or
seismic disturbances vaster than contemplate.
How would it walk out Hennepn avenue thou
sand years from today to stand on Fourth street and
view scene entirely unfamiliar? What mighty buildings
and new varieties Of architectural What strange unfa
miar people, with accents and remarkable words!
Imagine the value then placed set OF Bromeys
negatives Of 1850 showing the first suspension BRIDGE
Huson Dictionary of Minneapolis accurately locating
the postoce and the East Side and telling exactly where
Nicollet
Nothing would be left but the circle Of hills and the
Mississippi river. and cannot be of them. The
hills may be dug and the river covered over like
other Bassett's creek.
A man who awoke from m]1enums repose might make
a good living by ecturns 'The Minneapolis Knew
minnesota in the Old Days. and what authority
weather he might be- with his eternal: ''Oh yes; the
climate has changed very materially since 1900. WHY,
remember in the winter Of 1003'' ETC.. ETC.
But a man would look in vain for his old friends. Not
Got lot a finoernalI!
And what's the world without your friends? On the WHOLE
perhaps it is better to 90 with the crowd and let the
Mnneapolans of 20G6 their and kick about
the park board and their tax statements.
A little boy on Knox avenue found pieces of glue
that suggested to him the bright idea He dropped them
i'll the candy box and little sister and several Of her friends
stuck this variety of candy
Speaking of eating, in which all feel less
interested did You hear Of Spanish sweet potato pone
the colorcd soul for joy, and there
is no reason why the white shouldn't take kindly to
it also. Here's the law governing it:
''Wasl peel and CRATE the best quality of sweet pota
toes Measure cups into large bowl Into this stir
three cups of best West India moasse two cups
melt carefully and do let get o), cup each Of
preserved ginger and canied orange peel fine tea
spoon salt one tablespoon pounded ginger and two table
spoons aspice, cloves, mace and cinnamon Mixed When
all these ingredients thoroly mixed together pour the
pone into wegreased pan and bake in moderate
Try it with knife When the blade out clean take
pan. It should look dark like rich preserve when prop
erly baked. Half the recipe will be ample, and more
This makes agreeable change from the everlasting
menu of the north But if cannot get it, good steak
trimmed with vegetables and quiet conscience will keep
you your feet for twelve hours longer.
In the days when overland transportation cutting
its first tooth and inland America far Rev
Mr.. Petbone missionary among the Indians in a
little pocket between the Rockies and the Seras He
supposed get his mail sem-annualy, but the schedule
eastic sometimes it worked
Mrs. Pettibone Industrious and devoted wife,
manned in the east doing good without doubt among the
civilized About the first Of each year she would
begin work something practical for her distant husband
for Christmas present At time she decided that a
pair Of trousers would be gratefully received These she
made with her hands, and when the last button
faithfully rveed she took them to the express
office to be coldly told that would take the price of
good send them to Mr. P; then the postofice
to be told that her package overweight hen full of
perplexy ana grief, she bore the precious burden home
again.
Then happy thought She ripped the garment
apart the meridian line front and back put the
half in package and the half in another, and
the scrples of the United States postoice de
partment.
After many months of patient waiting she got notice
from Mr. Pettibone that he had received the leg will
thanks and making the best possible use of it. The
~ east leg had wandered off, and it impossible to tel
whether it adjoining the easerly limb Of stately
savage reposng in forgotten postofice corner
On the frontier in those days half Of your trousers
didn't go begging. "A. J. R.
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