The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-11-27

to be the Beaver Stale. Some other original &C. !
MUS may arise in tune, learned in Button and in
Natursl History, TO make his own name imrnor-
tai, by proving that Nebraska ought, by analogy,
to he the Otter State. Then Beaver, conveys
such an Ingenious aIlusion to the fur trade! What
fertile invention that old Citizen must have!
What lively perception Of analogies! Certainly
the name Bearer is worth an experiment, since
beasts We mus, be- and we recommend, by way
Of trial, that the name be first applied to the man
who suggested it, in honor Of his astonishing pow
ers of invention.
How LONG Is OUR NAVIGATION CLOSED?
From three years observation. we reply. a lit
tie less than five months. The average close in
autumn, may be set down at the Goth Of Novem-
Der. The average opening in the spring, at the
18th Of April. IndefatigabIe boats, with ice-cut-
tiers, could easily keep navigation open week
later in the Fall and open it a week caller in the
Spring.
Snow UP NoRrH.-At Crow river and above,
as you follow up the Mississippi river, there has
been foot Of snow, and excellent sleghing, for
weeks past. No sleighing yet monday the 2lth,)
at St. Paul.
CL1MArE-At Rock Island, and East of
Rock Island, for hundreds Of miles, and probably
West also, there is a ridge in the shell Of the
earth (makng the rapids of the Mississippi and
Rock rivers there); which divides the region
north and south Of it, by isothermal line, that
varies very sensiby the climate and temperature,
as you proceed north south Of it, making a
change much greater than is indicated by the
parallels Of attude-the slope south of the ridge,
presenting plain of vast extent, which is very
slightly convex, north and south, and upon all
which the rays of the sun fall about equally YER
teal, while north Of the ridge is another slope
tending as far north Sank Rapids, with a more
northern inclination, bu, upon the whole expanse
Of which, the rays Of the sun fall nearly equal,
vertical. At Sank Rapids. crops out another
ridge or backbone of granite, extending east ant
west, north Of which extends another wide plain
very slightly convex, north and south; but hou
far north, we have not been there to observe, pro
baby to the high lands dividing the sources of thu
Mississippi and the Red River Of the North
Hence we universally observe, that they have
! winter and sIeighins, weeks earlier, at aud abov
, Sank Rapids than between Sank Rapids an,
4 Rock Island; and weeks earlier between Roc
Island and Sank Rapids, than in the great slop
, below Rock Island. These ridges upon the globe
81 no ro1 To .Auo
= sometimes observed upon an egg, and in odr opn
ion, make an important feature, in explaining tn
a phenomena Of climate, which has 1t been here
tot; re observed or commented upon by geologsts
as it deserves to be. As proof Of The CORRECTNESS
Of this view, drawn from own observation
we invite the attention Of travellers upon tn
Mississippi to this fact-that marked change
> the development of forest foliage in the spring
is observable in passing both the ridges referre
}: to--that at Rock Island and that at Sank Rapid
The seasons therefore, are about the same throug
the whole extent of country, from Sank RAPID
: down to Rock Isi,nd, below which, passing i'm
h mediateIy into more southern slope, the season
: are about the same throughout the whole extel
o Of country for hundreds Of miles south Of Roc
e Island The difference Of climate between G;
lena and Muscatine, would be very marked; viii
= the difference Of climate between Muscatine an
IS Burlington, would not be perceptible.
= BUcKwHEAr FLoUR.-Mr. Tirrell, at II
y new mill in the. rear Of St. Paul, is manufac,u
i ing buckwheat of Minnesota growth, into fou
;, OF the pocket full he sent US, we made a bucl
l. wheat cake. IL required no shortening, B.
:, splicing rather. Brevty is the soul of wit; b
we could never get buclswheat cakes long enoug
TRIED IN A FURNACE.-Messrs. Wasst
l. & Barnes, Of Sturgis' Prairie, it will be rece
t. lectcd built small steamboat last spring at
=, Joseph, Michigan, and embarked on it everythil
they possessed, in the shape Of materials f
:, erecting furnace at ST. Paul, and with sever
!, families of immigrants to Minnesota, with ther
i the Dakota, through the Michigan and Hin,
N canal, the Illinois river and the Mississippi,
Ie our town. The boat was long delayed by i
10 water being so high in the canal, that the be
So"'u NV pass uhuOi shC OituSOS. ~ iCbStu III
e. reached Peoria, where it was found necessary
IN obtain another boiler for the boat, TO make sui
~ Gent steam TO propel it. A boiler was obtain
h. at Chicago, and the boat and cargo Of the owner
:, insured to the amount Of $4,000 or more.
o the first experiment Of the Dakota, with her ne
boiler, the boat was blown up, many persons XII
ed, and others terribly scalded. Of those kie
Is was Mr.. Barnes, one Of the owners. The wre
I'D Of the Dakota and cargo was turned over TO t
w underwriters, the Columbus Insurance Compan
u Mr.. WATSON, with a small barge load If proper
y and material for his furnace, came up to Sal
n Paul. Meantime, the Columbus Insurance Cor
e. pany, sold the wreck and cargo Of the Dako'
Pocketed the proceeds, and then very cooly
W and failed! The Columbus Insurance Compa
~ ought to be spitted and skewered and placed o,
the crater Of blazing volcano, to be there tut
ne ed and roasted until they could sire up below
a. and make it hot enough to receive and scorch a
be crisp il, like burnt feather!