The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-01-23

And waved M hot midsumners
lis soft aud yellow hair.
And now, with .uluun's moon ewes,
it, harvest time has come,
We pluck away the frosted ieave-,
And bear the treasure home.
There, richer than the ftbed Gifts
Apollo show cred of old
faie hands the broken gram shall sift,
And hnead it, meal OF gold.
let vapid dlers Toll ~ silk
Around their costly board
GIVE IL the bowl OF samp and min,
u, bcnlespun beaut. poured
Where'er the vile old kitchen hearth
Sends up its smoky curls,
Who will not thank the kindly earth;
And bless our farmer girls.
Then shame on al the proud and vain,
Whose folly laughs 10 scorn
The blessing of our hardy grain
Our wealth Of go'i-n corn
Let earth withhold her gocdy root,
Let miidew blight the rye,
Give TO the worm thc orchards fruit,
The wheat field to the a.
But let the good old crop adorn
The hills fathers ,rcd;
St:li let Us, for his golden corn,
Send up eur thanhs 10 God
A Frcnchman had heard the phrase
I've got other fish to fry" and learn
ed its application. One day friend in
vi,ed him to walk, and being otherwise
engaged, he thought of the above ex-
preston, but gave it a little altered
Excuse me to-day, sir; | must go and
fry SOME fish
''Of what fruit is cider made :"
Don't kmow, sir. :"
"What a stupid boy. What did YOU
get when YOU robbed widow Coffin or
chard :"
Il got licking, sir ~
\ man who was in the habit Of talk
ing to hiuself being asked the reason
why he did SO. replied Because like
to converse with man of sense"
''li be hanged If [ patronise that
line - SAID traveller to a steamboat
runner.
"Thcn, sir, replied the runner,
patronizc some other iiie, and be hang
Ell -
Does IIobson keep Len, -
Most certainiy --whatcver is lent to
him he Is sure 70 keep
The papers are handing round as
curious piece of intelligence that ''only
two" Of the graduates of Harvard TIM
;vers,ty have been hung. i
"Oh, dear said fashionable girl.
when she beheld a cucumber for the first
ti,nc-'l always thought that such things
grew IN shoes 20
Muscat vine is very hurtiu! Mus, =
rs the Latin for mouse Only think of
mouse and cat III full chase
through your intestinesI
Say, boy, how old are YOU - said
gentleman to an urchin IN the street
WHO do you call boy, say I've
smoked cigars for five years." said the
lad sharply.
Come here, my dear, want to ask
:you all about your sister. Now tell me
'true--has she got beau -
'No-it's the jaundice-thc doctor
says So
An freshman, who was very near
sighted, about to fight Il duel, Insisted
that he should stand six PAGES nearer to
his antagonist than the other did TO
HIM, and that they both were to fire at
the same time
Some learned disciple Of Esculapius
has startled the rest Of mankind by sug-
costing that the vast assemblage at the
Worlds Fair in London, will breed n
pcstiience. He shows that such an eff
feet has often followed such a cause.
In n German advertisement for the
sale of the machinery of theatre, is an
IN. B.-"To be sold at the same tir,e
thirty-two substantial old Ghosts, with
very fine Devil striking likeness of
Bonaparc.
"What does cieaye mean, pa -
at means to unite together"
"DOes John unite wood when he
,clcaves IL pa
"Hem Well, it means to separ-
ate.''fr
"Wcli, pa, does man separate from
his wife when he clcavcs to her -
"Hcm-hem don't ask SO many fool
ish questions, child"
An eastern lecturer remarked that j,
would not be very violent stretch of
tho imagination 10 believe that a
jthoughtful Massachusetts or Connect
cut baby. six months old, sits in the
mothers lap, eyeing his own cradle. TO
see If he could nc. invent IA better. at
least suggest some Improvement.
j. A Welsh newspaper, the name of
which is 7 Dr;ch. has been commenced
in New York. There j. a nervousness
in the diction that thrills the reader
The following is its motto. which is re-
Inarxably telIing:--"A ddarlieno, ysty-
.ried: ystyrio, co.iod; gofc, sotie
gwaacd; wneI, parhacd