The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-09-26


n suppressing hogs; they still run at large.
lhey are az, intoIsrabIa nuisance, filling the
own with feas, uprooting every soap bar
eel, box, or whatever else they can find:
four legged thieves, which their owners ex-
pect to have fattened by what they can steal
from their neighbors; and the proprietors Of
hem, who salt thefii down are yiffnaliy
;oncealing stolen property. He who steals
from neighbours garden,, is a more decen,
thief than he who keeps hogs and hens to
commit petty larcenies for him.
Mr.. WIN. Mood, has brought US speci-
mems CT several varieties of potatoes, raised
by him near ST. Paul. They are of hetter
quality Than any other potatoes that can be
found We may safely challenges Ireland
and all the rest of the world, to beat the St.
Paul potatoes. 9Gl I'D frsbu1Q2rT~oo
The corporation ought to Instruct The
Marshal to shoot down every swine, found
in the streets, after suitable notice to the
owners; and thus settle the matter, at once.
Mr. LIE Due, on Sd street, St. Paul, has
opened a book store-the first and only
book store, we think, in Minnesota. We
notice it, as a new enterprise here, aud
as such, deserving of notice aud
Purchasers will fiud there,
an excellent series of school books and mis-
cellaneous works. '
The labors of our District Court were
closed on Thursday morning last. There
was but little business to do. The easy
familiarity Of the Court, kept every body
good natured, although the storm of election
had hardly subsidized. ~ uf 2YE4 .iiHb
A romantic young lady fell the other day
into the river, and was near drowning, bur
succor being fortunately at hand, she was
drawn out senseless. and carried home. On
coming to, she declared to her family that
she must marry him who saved her. elm
possible" said her papa. "What, is he
already MARKEDLY" "No." "Wasn't il
that interesting young man who lives here
in our neighborhood?" "Dear me, no il was
Newfoundland dog" la6 esr q.
AT Wildwood, in Green CO., Ala, there Is
mill owned by Dir. WIthers, called the
Artesian Mill. The water which moves it
is derived entirely from six Artesian wells,
which range in depth from 500 TO 500 feet.
They furnish 1000 gallons of water per min
ute. As the water is nowhere visible un-
der the mill, (says the Beacon) it has,
when in motion, the appearance of n self
acting piece Of machinery.
CANSlBALs.-rLieut. Elliot, of the Goth
regiment, has discovered in the interior of
Western Australia race ofcannibals, who
devour the bodies Of friends and foes
Lieut.. Elliot writes: "The natives in these
districts eat their dead; old men, women
nh. h., na
mother, as they say it assnages her grief!'
THREE CENT PIrcEs-These coins are
to be paid out at.the mint an exchange for
foreign coin only, AMI that Of small denom-
nations. SO says the BILL
Mrs Darlington, Ahie visiting the Mu-
scum the other day, on looking among the
old revolutionary relics and Scottish clay
,nores, asked ihe Superintendent if he had
among his famous cutleS the "axe Of the
apostlesi'' We would tecommenl the old
lady to call at the ST. Paul Hardware Store.
A PUFF FOR SHAKsPEARE.-The boy les
town Democrat, ip acknowledging the re-
ceipt of copy of Shakespeare, calls it a
''work that has lapg been admired for its
originality and sentiment"
FATAL AccIDENT-On Tuesday morning
last, son of Mr.. Joseph G. AIbro, at
North .Attleboro', nine years old, playing in
the school house before school commenced,
came in contact with one of the window
curtain sticks, one end of which caught the
side Of the window frame, the other end
pierced the lads side so forcibly that he
died in less than four days.-(Bos. Tilses.
PROFESSIONAL hich are
hyenas and which are the moBkeys?" iD-
CURED a child OF the Snowman. "Vichevrr
on please, my dear-you've paid the ad-
mission and have right to choose"
The Liverpool Times says, that silver
tea kettle was presented to MdIe. Lind by
one of the charitable Institutions Of that
city. The donors doubtless selected that
particular uten>il 10 enable them to accom-
pany its presentation with that classical air,
'.Jenny, put the kettle on.'' a .f ri. 4a
Speaking Of Wisconsin, a letter writer ia
the n. H. Patriot says:
This State is full and Overf1owing with
professional men of all classes. Great num-
bers have f1Ocked in here, supposing here
was wide field and but few occupants
But they have found their mistake. Every
village has very liberal sup
ply of ministers, doctors and lawyers. For
instance, in the town Of WATERFOWL, With
a population of only two thousand, they are
blest with the good counsel OF fifteen gentle
men of the legal profession | inquired of
a very rough but sensible man in Jefferson
County, if there were many lawyers in that
part of the State. Lawyers" said he,
ssthey are thicker than they are in HI" Fl e
probably entertains the very prevalent opin-
lon thar lawyers are quite plenty ia the last
mentioned place. -.' 't b"'
Sank county Standard, Baraboc, says:-
About three miles north Of Norristowh, we
came to the ''Dells," on the Wisconsin riv-
or. Here the river runs for eight miles be-
tween perpendicular cliffs of rocks, about
800 feet high aud 40 across. The scenery
here is grand and picturesque, resembling
the gorge between the Falls Of Niagara, and
probably produced from the same Cause
The steamer Enterprise passed through the
Dells on Thursday last, without experien-
cling any difficulty, and Is the first boat OF
large size that has attempted to navigate the
Wisconsin, above this place. 1t was near
the Dells that Black Hawk and the Proph-
ct were captured, after their defeat at the
battle Of the Bad Axe, in 1885.
A bridge is being constructed across the
a l L Il ~ y.