The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-07-24
Scene Behind the Curtain.

MIR. and Mrs Snub were affectionatciv repos- !
ing, side by side. on winter night, when MIR. I
Snub was awakened by borrifying dream He
had eaten toasted cheese for supper: and 1t must
be confessed that there was a layer beneath the !
cheese of some three pins of Flip. However, MIR. |
Snub had way Of carrying OIL these loads with
ont disturbing anybody. lie was used to the bu-
siness, and drove 1t through, all TO himself On
inns night he suffered more pains than usual his
body was in state Of considerable imitation and
inflammation, and raising himself slowly upon
his right arm, with as little eommo;iDn as posi-
bic, he sped into the vsage Of Mrs. Snub to be
satisfied Of the fact of her obIivieusness, Her
optics. as he saw by the expiring lamp on the
hearth, were fast closed, and her breathing was
long and eolian. Assured, this point, Mr.
Shub now began the more difficult operation Of
getting out OF bed. This he also accomplished
by the sweat Of his brow /; Mrs, Snub still pour-
Cd forth blasts from her nasal trumpet. New Mr.. |
snnb began TO make tracks for the Fireplace,
whore stood the lamp. 1t was very large, old
fashioned Fireplace, built when wood was plenty
and cheap. Mr.. Snub now, slowly and labor
ious'y, stopped TO raise the lamp He had bent
himself down so as almost to touch it, when.
we have forgotten TO say that Mr.. Snub was
very short but very round man. lie was OF
the ByfeId breed, - fat and thick, weighing,
say $50 pounds. Well, he stopped, as we said,
to ra,se the ;amp he actually got it in his fin
gers, when, essayIng TO rise again, he went down.
like thousand of brick, on the hearth His pos
ture was sedentary earthquake would not
have shook the house more. OF course, Mrs
Snub was awakened Her first exclamation
was
Sc Good gracious - (She had not feeling of
either goodness or grace.) The chamber was en-
,irely dark. g Snub ~ she screamed, after pok
ing over her hand to his side of the bed, .'where
you?'
fHere!'' answered voice, in subducd
What on earth you doing tiere''' she
continued.
Nothing Did you hear that clap of thun-
"No."
You didn't well il has struck me knocked
me clean out Of bed ; and taken all the feeling
out OF my legs anu 1 guess if was examined,
should be found blue all over
=" No doubt OH = 80 answered Mrs s. "Snnb
you nee int ne your tongue was strucI, too 20
STEALING by We find this
In Disraeii's. Misceilanies. Jno. Dennis wrote a
tragedy which the ACTORS refused 10 perform to
empty houses ; bet they retained some excellent
thunder which Dennis had invented, and it roll
ell one night when Dennis in the Dit , and il
was loudly applauded. He suddenly started up,
and IN a tit Of passion cried to the audience at
the top Of his voce-''They won't act nv tray
edy, but they steel my thunder 80
VIRTUE IN SSUFF.-s'If YOU can't keep
awake without said preacher to one of his
hearers, "when You feel droasy, why don't you
take a pinch of snuff 81 think - was the
shrewd reply, ',he snuff should be put into the
Sermon
CoMPARATIvE VALUEoF DAuGHrERs-l
Jean Jacques Rousseau says that when his wife
died, every father in the neighborhocd offered 10
console him with one of their daughters but a
few weeks afterwards his died, not a solita-
~ individual of them thcaght of replacing his
loss by the offer OF another thereby proving the
different value people set upon their daughters
aud cows.
QuIrE TRUE.--A lazy feH.,w once declared
in public company, that Ire could not find bread
for his family. ''Nor l." replied an industrious
mechanic 81 am obliged to workfor a.'' 90
John Quincy Adams said he did not consider
the profession Of the law. in point of dignity, in
point OF Importance, beyond that Of the sailor, Or
shoemaker, or the mason, or any of the mecari-
icai professions.
A BRACE OF CoNs.-''Wby is a washerwo-
man like very great traveiieri Because she
frequently the line, and often goes from
pole to pole. Why is tanner like a chemist
because they both deal with (ox-hides) oxydes.
A SApDENING FAcT.--De Lamartine says
"We begin to feel The iaanity of existence when
we are no longer of nse TO any person." that is,
''when we are no longer ioved.''
The San Francisco papers advertise ball.
admission 8 %; gentlemen accompanied by ladies'
free. This illustrates the condition of society
t"I have always been very fortunate in world
ly Matters says David Cnpper6eld sc many
nave worked harder and not succeeded half
so well but never could have done what | have
done, without habits Of pnnctuaIiiy, order and |
diligence, without the determination to cohcen.
trste myself on one subjec, at time, no matter
how quickly ats successors should come upon its
heels, which then forined.'' fr v-x sq s
A Rhode Island lad under exs mini iiou, BIZ "a,
Connecticut schoolnaster, being asked ;s 4'srj
SHOW many Gods are there,'' saa 4
The boy, after having scratchedhis head some
time, replied:
81 don't know how many you've got ia Con-
necticut, but we have got none in Rhode Is |
land ~
What two sciences employed by teamsters |
in, driving their exen'
Hacticulture and Geology.