The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-07-04
LOCAL AND TRANSITORY.

LOCAL AND TRANSITORY.
If our people will drink (they had better
not) the sooner they dispense with that fool
ish, inconvenient fashion of touching glass
,es and drinking pledges, which is mere
local practice along the Mississippi river, a
provincial custom, the better. Maugre the
saying, that elf you are amongst Ro-
mans you must do as the Romans do;" we
think better of the breach then the obser-
vance of such custom. We claim Justly
to be rather free from the shackles of Gus
tom in the west. We think the right plan
is, if you are in Hungary, eat if you are
hungry, but not otherwise and if you are
in Turkey, drink if you are thirsty, drink
in your own way; but if not, why you need
not gobble it. Never urge invitations. I'M
portunity is always impoIite.
Intelligence has been received in London
from Newfoundland, of an enormous field
of ice, upwards of one hundred and fifty
miles in length, floating in the Atlantic, a.
long the parallel of latitude 40 deg. Several
vessels were beset, and 1t is strongly feared
that as the ice lies in the direct track of YES
sells crossing the Atlantic, some serious dis
aster will be caused. This early drifting of
ice from the polar seas is considered ex-
tremely favorable to the expedition in search
us Sir John Franklin and his companions.
II would be refreshing to have one of those
ice bergs pitched into the middle of dog
days with squeeze Of Jamaica island in
it.
The Boston Olive Branch. makes men,
ton of we'll dressed, intelligent Indian,
who was in St. Paul about one year ago, as
follows:
kAH-GE-GA-GAH-Bow Geo. Cop
way, the Chippewa Chief is again in our
city. He came with the New York delega-
ton of the Sous of Temperance, and will
remain some days. His heart and hands
are still devoted to his poor red brethren.
He has published deeply interesting ira
ditional work, called the 'Ojibbeway Con-
quest some copies of which, and of his
Life are left for sale at the office of the
Olive Branch.
'It is Mr.. Copway's intention to visit Eu-
rope, especially to attend the great We rld's
Peace Convention at Frarkfort-on-the-
Main. He has our best wishes for his COM
plete success
TO get up bogus mummy is worthy of
this age Of woody horses, Joice Heths and
artificial mermaids.
Some wag in the Boston Post wishes to
know whether the body that Mr.. Glidden
has just been unrollIng, might not have been
thatiof .Spurius Mummuis,' "a distinguished
Roman of Cicero's time.
We are in favor of having our St. Paul
folks get up a steamboat next season, Of the
model of the Gov. Ramsey, to run from St.
Paul to st. Anthony, andup the St. Peter
river and st. Croix. A boat Of the right
description in that trade would pay well,
would be great convenience, AMI would
be the commencement Of extended lines of
steamboat navigation, of which this town
will be the centre, connecting us with the
St. Peter at least as Gar up as the Blue Earth
river, also with the smaller class of boats
above us on the Mississippi,as well as with
the St. Croix to the falls and with the Wis
consn and Fox rivers to Green Bay.
The following, which we find in the Gin
cinnati Commercial, is the last case of sui
eide we have heard Of:
"A cow which had been driven to desper-
alton, run after man named WIN. Burke,
on Sunday afternoon and inflicted a fright
FIJI wound in his left thigh with her horns.
Mr.. Burke, in order to avoid any further
injuries from the, infatuated apimal, jumped
into a cellar at the corner Of Mound and
Seventh streets. The cow, not satisfied
with the work she had made, leaped into
the cellar after him, and broke her neck,
ca using instant death. Cincinnati Com
mercial.
The Anthony Wayne, offers to let $780,
90 that in the present stage of water, she
Of St. Anthony.
When the Princess Helena was born, it
was told the Princess Royal that she had
got young sister. %, that h delightful
cried little royalty, do let me, 60 and tell
mammal We should think she would get
tired of such errands.
A woman is naturally gratifed when a
man singles her out, and addresses his con-
versation to her. She takes pains to ap-
pear to the best advantage, bui without any
thought of wilfully misleading. Men often
thus invite cOquetry.
Pun MILIrARY.-A young ,ensign, COM
planning of the smallness of his apartments
at the barracks, after many attempts at a
smile, compared them to nut shell !; on
which a friend congratulated him, as by
dwelling in nut shell, he had attained the
rank of Kernel.
Brick at the kiln, sell in Saint auI at Sc
per thousand. 1t is to be regretted that they
cant be afforded for less money, SO as to
chiefly supercede wooden buildings. High
as they sell, we notice that several good
brick buildings are about being erected
near the Upper Landing.
On the 18th instant, Edwin Forrest at
tackled N. P. Willis, in New York, knock
eel him down and beat him severely. We
can only say that it was most unworthy
triumph Of matter over mind