The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-16
GOALS FROM THE FIELD

! clusively in Nelson, B.. C. This is so re-
nnarkable circumstance in a British
town that 1t deserves to be embalmed in
historical narrative. 1t was not al
ways thus. Scotch formerly held sway
| there. The revolution dates from the
visit OF General Booth to Nelson some
years ago. The general is not the Saliva
lion Army Individual, but the Minneapo-
| lis gentleman who is said to know more
law for his height than any other mem
| Der OF the bar. The general had client
| VINO sent him all the way to Nelson to
collect claim. Now claim collecting in
British city is not what it might be
elsewhere. In Nelson one does not take
a gun and "stick up" the debtor, as he
would In Cripple Creek or Bisbee. In
Neison IT IS a case of siege rather than
assault. So Booth sat down and waited:
waited until the debtor had had his ac-
counts verified backward and forward
and Endorsed by a writer to the signet
and had his majesty's permission to nav
up. This took about month, and mean.
While Booth had opportunities to study
Nelson and the inhabitants thereof. He
soon caught on to two important facts.
FIRST, that the population was Composed
OF Engl1shmen Of Haw-Haw variety. who
never changed from their fixed ideas. Hs
| learned also that there was one street
| car on the line
One night in the hotel as he was plav
ing oniiards on one Of those English six
| by twelve tables and using q transit tn
run his shots, he heard the tinkle Of the
streetcar bell, and without looking nm
| from the table, said: ''Tn bet any man
IN the room 500 I can tell the number
| OF That streetcar without seeing it,
No takers
''Ten dollars, then" $3.50
| Silence.
| Zone dollar" ~,
| More silence. s5f, -;
Der 49," Co., - 80 !;
| Ten Englishmen marched solernnly; to
tne window and came back combing their
moustaches helplessly. : ~
bah Jove. the chap was right DOVE
yer know" they chanted in unison Nov,
now 40 you do it, old man?"
It's very simple said Booth. "There
IS only one streetcar in your town. and
none OF you have noticed the n,1mber
because you didn't have to-"
| Inc Englishmen acknowledged that
the drinks were on Brittania. But
Booth, when they had all assembled At
tne nar, made one reservation, he would
olctate the kind of liquid. He named
American bourbon whisky.
| The Britons demurred. 1T makes fol-
lows crazy" they complained.
Crazy exclaimed Booth. "crazv
LOOK at me. Has it made me crazy?"
Inc Englishmen thought it: over: y. IT
evidently had not, and from that dav r.
ehls american whisky has prevailed over
Scotch in the future commercial cente,
| OF the new northwest territory.
Secretary Bonapartes plan to have the
people vote at one primary for a com
mlttee OF one to name all the party can
oloates LOOKS to Croker, Murphy, Aldrich
d Co., like CLEAN Of sense on the part
of reformer. f~''
Inc passage of the peddlers' amend.
ment to the state constitution will be
halled as a Vindication by the tri,cL
FARMERS OF Lake Harriet from Thirtv
sixth street to the line Arthur Ar,ns .
tage, Who has recently purchased The
OLD sutherland homestead, expects r.
raise canned tomatoes and seedless sgra NJ
baskets for the trade next summer.
Judge Rand denies that he has ON
ployed Stiles Jones to edit his anton; Hnr
raphy, entitled Twenty Years in thf
Council" IL Lac
A dlspatch from Brussels SAYS KING
Leopold has lumbago. No doubt he viii
turn 1t to profitable account.
Mahomet was making preparation 70,
his trip to the mountain when conrie,
rushed in, GREATNESS. 'tYou needn;1
80, he said; mr.. Hill will come in an5
4 testify voluntarily" -
The absence of the venerable Elmer Z,
ADAMS from the list Of speakership can.
aldates may be only temporary.