The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-03-27

Reports reach US, that the river above
Prairie du CHEN, is still locked up with
ice. Several boats, with full freights
and many passengers are waiting for the
river to open. Active operations con-
tinue in the burnt district News is re-
ceived at Galena, by the Minnesota Pr
oneer, of the arrival at Saint Paul of an
overland express mail from Hudson's
Bay, with intelligence that the ship Plo-
yer, which sailed in pursuit Of Sir John
Franklin, is wintering in McKenzie's
river.
What think you, Ard Godfrey, and
you lurnbermen at large, of Saint An
thony, of the following yarn! Now
''sehod-do-yer say?'@ What think YOU of
it, Orange Walker, and you lads of the
St. Croix?
LAUNDERING in California.
The Lewiston Falls Gazette publish
es a letter from Col. S. Tebbets, who in
company with four other Maine boys,
purchased a whale boat at San Francis
CO, and crossed over the opposite side of
the Bay to see what they could do at
numbering. In the letter alluded to the
writer gives the following account of a
California tree" which almost cast
"gold lodges" and "Indian Free Ma
sonrv' in the shade Read his story,
and then say if California is not great
country:
"Now that | am speaking of lumber,
permit me to give you the dimensions OF
a tree on which our company operated
for a considerable time to good advan-
tage. The stump measured twelre feet
across, or about thirty-six feet in circum-
ference; the tree as it lay upon the
ground, measured two hundred and fif-
ty-four four feet in length; one hundred
and forty-two feet of the butt was work
ed up before it reached the lower limbs.
At that point it measured about five feet
in diameter. From the l4O feet of the
butt was taken the following quantities
of lumber, which at the present San
Francisco prices was worth as follows:
ITO, 600 shingles, at $50 per NJ. $3.50;
5000 clapboards, averaging eight inch
es in width, and four feet long at $500
per M. $4,000; 1900 feet inch joists
lo2 feet long, split straight and hand
some at $3.50 per NJ. 81, 400; total
product Of lumber from a single tree;
SO, $50.
The top was left, as before said, and
was about feet through at the large
end, and held its bigness SO that 4 feet
from the top it was more than two feet in
diameter, from whence it rounded of
very blunt The top of itself would be
considered very large tree in Maine
and contained with its limbs at least sew
enty cords of wood, which if cut and
transported to the city. would bring ST.
500 more, Jas fire wood sells readily al
forty dollars a cord). ] am very much
of the opinion that no single tree on the
continent ofAmerica everproduced lum.
Der that in its rough state was sold fol
so much money as the above alluded to
and if in addition the amount for which
the fre-wood, if worked up and market
ed would bring, we should have the pref
ty little sum Of Sll $50 as the value 0
a single tree. This may be considered
great California story, but ] can as
sure you it is true one, and can be at
tested by Messrs. L, a. Gould, j. Mer
rill, ID. F. I.othrop, and ]. Winslow, al
of whom, as well as myself, had thei
business location established upon tn,
stump on which this valuable tree grew
and which served as a most excellen
platform on which to operate for mum
Der Of weeks ,.4..r..o,,,.' a.. lt....