The Minnesota pioneer., 1850-06-13

have a tasting treaty of peace made between
ihem, il ppssihle. The most malignant
haired exis;5 between these tribes, heredita-
~ s9enen, etnbiitered towards each other
-sigaio than CSer by tho murders latey cont
nRsted. The force at the garrison bsing vo-
~ small Yid be on strict duty duriag the
treaty, which viii be wiiheut the walls of
tae garrison, and under the mHzzlcs of two
loaded pieces of artillery.
That's pretty bird, grandma, said a
I'1igs boy. Hes,' replied the old dame, 'he
never criCs.' sTha,'s because he's never
"sshed.' replied the youngster.
Among the immigrants are several mus e
guitoes. They NASTY remain, punc!uaiiy
sciiisns heir oils ere'y Hight.
We arc pleased to see tha, ice is taken
around over iown for sale, regularly every
morning. lcc is not merely luxury. il is
az iudispensa ole comfort IN hoi weather.
30 preserve i through the day, if you have
no sulrigeratof, place it in barrel of saw
dust.
4 very tall man was in the streets of
Boston few days since. An old lady who
snmlfod his gigantic stature addressed him:
Mister, were you large vi hen you were
sualln Yes marm, was considered big
when | - As httle.'
No such thing as mineral Goals has YET
been toUua ~ any part Of Minnesota. a
substance known rs hgnite resembling coal
has been fous.b near the Blue Earth which
is used for fuel; but geologists think that no
Goa! VIII be iound--or If found, that il will
be too deep To be raised. 10 compensate
for the cnai heds stretching across the max
ed plains of Missouri and illinois, we have
in the north' gigantic forests.
SIR Hercules Langreish, on being asked
Have you finished all that port, (three
totiles,) without assistance answered No
rot quite that-f had the assistance Of u
bottle 0f MADEIRA.
We have the misfortune in Saint Paul to
he destitgte Of ballroom. That brick
biock %. Elfelts' is but just begun. Dane
ing is favorite amusement in those by
perhorean rcgions.' Maj. Noah says:
'DaBc'ng Is the result Of an instinct exclu
sirely human, but capable, like all other in-
stiucts. Of icing improved and refined by
culus alton. Mother Nature furnishes US
with legs and feet, but they must be educa-
ted by a common step-father before the yare
presented on the floor Of ball room.
The ground was covered with snow be-
tween Rene and Oneida, on Saturday
morning, 18th May.
'Waiter.
w hat, SIR"
a half dozen pigs feet in the she'll
In moment, sir, as soon as | mix an In-
dian meal sling for Grahamite. Any
thing else, STRIP
Yes, knot-hole fried.'
Waiter disappears beneath q standing col
lar.
On Turkey River, in Iowa, they have
.heir inJsqnilo bars woven exclusively of
wire the web is exactly like the coarse
screen Of a Canning mill.
BARBARcUs.-Some person or persons uh-
known, took down barber's pole the other
night, on 3rd street, and thrust it into the
shop through PANEL Of the door. This
joke has been often repeated, and the bar
Der says h5 can't stand il any longer.
Mrs Par,ington asks very Indignantly,
It the bills before Congress arc not counter
felt, why there should be such difficulty an
Passts.g ihem.,
W { consider il an entirely erroneous idea
that the extension Of steamboating up the
Mississippi river, will be pernicious to the
general interests of Minnesota. II it would
be best TO Danish STEAMBOATS,, toincrease
tcEmIng, Why not go step farther and
abolish the use of wagons aud drag what
ever Is 10 be transported on sleds, which
would cerfa,;ily make twice as many horses
necessury rs are now used in the upper
trade or by not pack every thing upon
Eonicsi NJ; whatcvor facilitates transport
sajIou is bcnaficial to the whole country
Who would think il economical for the ben
eft Of boatinen, to abandon steamboats, and
return to the keel-boat and to cordelling!-
Railroads have diminished the number of
horses used in England eighty thousand
within ten years, and these animals, as well
as oxen, are now scarcely used for trans
poTtnfion, and thus the grain and food
which the eighty thousand horses formerly
co spned have been dispensed with, and
lend used FOR the growth Of grain alone, for
the supply Of bread.
PIckIHG FELLOW CP.-There is a
great fashion in the west, we have seen it
IN Sain. Paul, Of spicking up folks in con-
versasiou. Some are SO very sharp in this
Kind Of practices, that they are always them
selves on the look out for being caught
4 re game IS, to say something which will
proyoks an inquiry from the listener, for
y hich ridiculous answer is 'cut and dried
What we mean. may be illustrated by the
following scene which occurred in JUS
tice's court 'out West
Jaige, with dignity. )-Young man do
you know this Brown
Boy, Cooking roguishly at his Honor and
shsi,ing his head)-No yer don't Judge.
Judge, Indignantly - What do you
mean by that, sir? Answer my question
Do YOU kno~ this Brown?
Boy, (svith peculiar wink)--No yer
don't Judge. -
Judge, (in a rage)-Answer me you viii
lain, or viii commit you for contempt Of
Court--Do you know this Brown?
Boy, (applying his thumb to the tip Of
his nese wTigghng mysteriously his elong-
.ared fingers Yer cant come it Judge |
ksesy what you want--yer want me to ask
what Broirn, and then yer goin' to say
Bro,on Stou.. No yer don't Judge.
We learn that Henry Nj. Rice. Esq, of
Saint Paul, has the contract to forward the
mail from Prairie du Chen to Saint Paul
s.d back, once a week through the winter
ssn6 -, ice a week while navigation is open,
:, ss-a, n, per apnum. Contracts are also
-. ,.c,. Sssr. Watrous, to carry the