The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-11-06
Odds and f. nds.

An old fellow. who had become weary Of his
life. thought he mig hi we'll commit suicide:
but he did Mt wish to 20 of without forgiving all
his enemies. So at the Ins, moment, he removed
the moose from his neck. saying to himself, 81
never can forgive old Noah for letting the copper
head snakes get into the Ark. They have killed
tao thousand dollars worth Of my cattle, and
when he aud l meet. ihere'il something OF
fuse
few years ago, at ncgEe camp meeting held
near Flushing, the coIored preacher in his dis
course said tell you. my dubbed breddren,
dat de debb.e is big hog, an one Of desc days
he II come along here an root you all OUT An
old negro, cf the anxious pews, hearing
this, raised himself from III. straw, and claspinv
his hands. exclaimed in the agony Of his fear,
Ring ham, Lord ring him -
''Sfary, won't you join the Daughters Of TEN.
perance - mot if | help il; I intend to
Join one Of the Sons next week."
ard Taylor, now on his way to Egypt, one thou
sand dollars for the head cf the Niger, provided
he brings It home IN good condition.
Some slandering bachelor says il i. much ioy
when You first get married, but II is more juicy
after year or 80.
"Tom. didn't you sign the PLEDGE" asked a
gentleman Of friend. vino Was taking brandy
smash: YES" said Tom, "but you know all
sisns fail in dry tines
The saying, that there is more pleasure in Civ.
ing than receiving is supposed 10 apply chiefly
70 advice. kicks and medicine.
The London Punch states that no professional
man lives 20 much from hand 10 mouth us den
list
NICE DIsTINcTYoN.--"l sells peppcrnints
on Sundays" remarked a good old lady who
kspt a candy shops because they carries 'em to
church and eats ZEN, and keeps awake 10 hear
The sermon; bat If YOU want picked lines yoa
must come week days. They're secular COM
modities."
Eight hundred and twenty bushels If dead
Letters We're burnt in the open air at Washington,
the other day, for want of owners. The post
office authorities have decided that dead letters
Ike dead men. should tell no tales; and so fire
was set to the mountain Of epistles Surprising
that each letter Of the $50 bushels contained a
peck Of love-" how many sighs wen, up in that
fame!
F,RE writer signing him
self Down East" informs the New York Mirror
that he Is about starting for Europe, and would
like to purchase the sole right to use Barnum's
Fire AnnihIla:or in the disric, of Mount Vesu-
vius.
A fellow coming out Of tavern one lev morn
morning. rather blue, fell on the doorstep Try.
ing to regain his footing. he remarked, .'lf as the
Bible says, the wicked stand on slippery places
f-rsast belong to difieren, class, for lis more
than can do.''
The Albany Dutchman informs US. that the
boy who undertook to ride horse radish, IL now
practising a saddle Of mutton, without stir
IuPs.
Why will next yeaS be the same AZ last, Be-
cause last year was eighteen hundred and fifty
and the next will be eighteen hundred and fifty
tico.
The editor Of the Trenton True American
thinks the leading articles Ia the Washington Dbl
Psss, devoid Of sense. That's good joke.
There has arisen in New York. q new star
said TO be Of the very first magnitude, in the per.
son Of Miss Greenfield, coIored lady, and i, i.
proposed 10 call her the Black Suan. We sub.
Ah whether i woul6 rot be better, to saw nothing
Of the appropriateness Of the thing, to bestow on
this new sspirsnt the till. Of the Black Duck OF
ole Pirsinny.
We saw defeated candidate looking at the
elmasac the other day, trying to find out whcthe,
some mistake had not been made in regard TO ths
day Of the election.
The hanging Of Kossuth's name, cbalked ON n
board, Ut Pesth, 10 about senselesss as the re-
venge Of the boy, who being unable to lick hi,
antagonist, made mouths at his sister. We pre-.
ss@e that kossuth cares very little abou, being
boarded at Festb, provided he il comfortably
lodged in New York.
The editor Of .be Easton pa. y Argus, Mr.. w.
II. Hutter, wat. defeaied for the Legislature, in
Northampton county, whereupon Mr.. ii. brief
announces: fte
1.-The question was submitted to the people Of
Northampton county, on Tuesday, whether they
would have good representative or good edi.
NJ. the coming winter. and they decided by a
majorisy OF 80 that they vsosld rather have good
editor. Hezza Tor our side. The people are
always right.
Somebody says that men are like bngle.: the
more brass they contain, the further YOU can hea,