The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1849-06-28

So THE EDITOR OF THE POINEER:
deer Sur. rake my pen in hand to in
form You that II is confidently Suspected
in some of the cirkles of SAINT paul Thar is
a maa about Town. this fact Am Sure.
sur need not excite emmy Alarm but my.
Timerus gegb@N: Mrs SmeAetts is so Mucasl
concerneg &to,te Soc misteriug an item Of
intekgensss / Aksatshe deesMaresSshe cant Sleep
nigaaes> for saz she las Cans, rtsne easy
goode Nofiow! on one moAp6n ( aafeF she
had rZZen from buf Excited Slussaerssand
satt down to right her pipe before removing
her nightcape, she ses wei do feel Dredful
sultry like this Mornisg,.3 Asould like to
knowe who OF airthe Did turn that bar
rel downe righf 10 the dead oS the Nighte,
downe on them shingles Under the wnder
Enuff' TO krash The house downe; really j
would Like to know whar that Suspicious
stranger does 60 to nightes. all hes af-
ter No goode I'LL Bee bounde. Thar he was
Before Sunrize jest getting up of the bear
Stun rite on the rivers brim. this very NOR
ping See him stretching And yerning like Il
CRATE OK in the katie yard getting upp. if
that's Person we'll meneing Why i should
like to knowe Why duzzent he gett log
ging Among the human Folkes. A buddy
don't know but he may be ever'so honest but
A buddy cant Help bueidys thoughts.
and So the old ladye runs on like madd. if
you Sir who make up the Newse can render
emmy information That shall quell the old
Ladys feers you will muche Oblige yours
very respectfully Trrus A. PEEP.
Note Beny. The old ladye is better this
mornin. She composed her Nurges with
too extry cupps. - T. A. r.
In reply TO the solicitation Of our respect
ed correspondent, we say, that though there
are some gentlemen about town who might
unwittingly excite the alarm of people who
have never before witnessed the circumstan-
ces attendant upon the sudden rise of new
city in new country like this, there is prob
ably no substantial ground for fears of this
kind. Mrs. Smelletts, as we are informed,
having a comfortable residence Of her own,
of some ten feet by twelve, which, aside
from its accommodating most of her furni-
ture and valuables, such as cooking stove,
some saddles Of bacon, &c., &C., affords
ample space for bed for herself, two sons
and three matured daughters, i. e. when ar
ranged crosswise, with their feet pointing
towards the door--innocently presumes that
every body may be as agreeably situated as
herself She therefose is wanting in charity
for that class OF new corners, who from the
Overlooking condition of our public houses
are necessltated to drop down into lodgings
on any spot where night overtakes them.
Now Mrs. Snlelletts we are sure, if she
could realize the unpleasant necessity of
these people in sleeping upon bare lime
rock, or pile of boards, or upon the sha-
wings in an unfinished house, would have
her kindlicst sympathies enlisted, rather than
her suspicious surmisings excited In these
warm nights, when the musquitoe nation 10
armed battaIlions, pour over from the Sioux
bottoms, upon the wearied deniZens Of ST.
Paul, Mrs. Smelletts usually fumes out her
siumbers as softly as the smoke, outside her
door, rises to embrace in angel wings her
domicil.s She little ktaows how lils.xi. the
suspected stranger may suffer from sleeping
night after night with his dress clothes on:
aye, Perchance IN travelled shirt; without
smoke or ''sketer bar;" liable any moment
TO be hunched by some envious hog that
claims his nest; to be blown upon by some
cold bovine nose; cachinated out of his
snooze by a night-walking horse; to be cut
short of his imperfect slumbers by dread of
meeting the eye of the early carpenter or
thirsty neighbor. That suspected person,
who has been seen about town very early in
the morning, with his coat seeded and wrin-
kled, his trousers legs climbing his knees,
his hat indented, his neck muffled instead of
shlrted-where will he get his breakfast:
Pray think of that Mrs. Smelle.ts
U5~ A note from the editor on his way to
St. Louis.
" On the 21st inst. pleasure party will
leave St. Louis for St. Paul and the Falls,
on the .Anthony Wayne, with fine Band
on board. hope St. Paul will be ready to
take st. Louis by the hand in tue Catho-
lie spirit. -
1T rencontre recently took place he
tween CAssIUs M. CLAY and a MIR. TURNER,
with bowie knives and pistols, which proved
fatal to Turner and nearly so to Clay
We are unable to give the particulars.
% An adjourned meeting, for the pur-
pose Of consulting upon the expediency d
erecting Town House suitable for the ac-
commodatlon of secular and religious meet