The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-06-26

to be expended y Mrs. Isaac Brown, adser-
ses Der ''Selcct SCHOOL, (sfrs. .. is probably
ariicuIar to scIect any scholars whose parents
re responsible for their Stnition.) This win be
n easy advertising bill to collect, provided the
Express has children to send to school, Let US
oos in the editorial columns. Leader--"Who are
wanted in Minnesota The Express has call
or farmers, mechanics, lawyers that are not
vampires, who drain the blood Of society, too
azy to work, toe ignorant to harbor an idea, too
tupd to have sense Il shame, hated Of the
,ods and despised OF men, ministers, "who
hall not be afraid Of work, who can plane a
board. drive a nail, dig well, stone cellar, or
handle spade (Neighbor, you will have to
call a leele louderD Physicians, the. Express
does not want ut all, for any purpose, seeming to
regard them like tho fifth wheel Of coach, an
their profession. and incorrgibly idle out Of it;
and young ladies' are wanted-that is, those who
arc old enough 10 be mothers, but not too old.
Then, they are to have Fourth Of July at Saint
Anthony Then folIows column and half Of
commentary upon bundle of old almanacs, and
torn Sunday School Books and worm-eaten School
Books, sent by religious society in Boston to
religious society in 81. Anthony; just as if Saint
BARRIERS basin, and these old refuse papers were
sent out to wipe razors on! or as If all the ragged
Sunday schools and rcd school houses of New
England, had contributed their old tracts and
books, and blackboards aud globes, to endow
$500 college at Saint Anthony. For either Of
these ends, and for nothing else, such donations
are useful or necessary. a correspondent of the
Express finds fault, and justly, with the Demo-
Gratis onslaught upon judicial decision of Judge
Goodrich, which called out reply from the Pho
neer.
d. Minnesota merchants take us for commu-
nifty Of Shakers, that none of them ever think OF
bringing up for sale, supply Of good linen. birds
eye diaper' Finding none at one end Of our
young town, people go to the other end, and find
i, perfectly bare of any such article as Russia
duck.
Who Of our citizens has the welfare of the
town and the cleanliness Of roofs and cisierns SO
little at heart. as TO import to Saint Paul flock
of nasty doves: The Corporation ought to sup
press such a nuisance, in its infancy.
The plastering Of Mr.. Neil's Presby ,erian)
church, is now done. with cornice, stucco, and
all complete. 1t is finished with Plaster of Paris
When the church is well scrubbed and cleaned
out--all the lime and dust and Plaster of Pari:
expunged from the floor and seats, it is to be
hoped that we may indeed, "earry much of the
Sabbath into the week with us;'' but not so much
Sunday whtewash, upon our garment.
The hardest Bill against the Secretary, is GRE
he ran up, in Ohio, Is or 20 years ago. There
is no doubt either, but what it is true Bill, and
one that will not be barred by the statute Of lin
tations. &
Four young men in Saint Paul, who have sense
enough to be gentlemen, got drunk last Saturday
the village, by breaking Sunday and sundry hand
some picket fences, on Bench Street. They
ought to be vigorously punished for it, 1t is Blu
Justice 10 state, for the credit Of the Division, tina
only one Of the four is Son of Temperance, ant
he not a member Of the St. Paul Division tina
we know of; also, that such excess and rioting i
highly disapproved by majority of the Division
which numbers some Of our most sober citizens.
| Shooting guns in town, is reckless, vulga
practise, unworthy of any man who does no
think more of killing a pigeon, than Of The risl
Of killing human being. 1t is impossible t.
permit random shots to be made about st. Paul
no matter in what direction the gun may be point
or direction Of projectiles. the shot or bullet mus
land somewhere. A random shot, struck per
son in the face, last Sunday morning on jackson
street. There is Town Ordinance agains
shooting within the Corporation; but there is
set Of reckless fools, who still keep popping AVA
with guns. We give these gentry notice, that w
will complain of the first one we know Of violat
ing the Ordinance, and Try to ascertain whethe
our town must be made shooting gallery Of, 70
half dozen fools, who would confer a particula
benefit upon the town, by standing at the othe
end Of their guns when they shoot them, or b
making targets of each other. As for shootin
guns on Sunday, il is SO unchristian. uncivilized
barbarcus, beastly, that even the Sioux across tn
river are too respectful to do that; and any pei
SON who will dscredit and disgrace St. Paul, b
firing a gun within hearing Of our churchgoin
town. is utterly reckless, and ought to be locke
upon as an abandoned rufian.
Sunday evening, at 10 o'clock. came the D.
Franklin, No. l. Amongst the arrivals, we we
come back our townsn,en, Charles Simonds, VIII
brings with him new, patent brick-,nacl,ines
being something much wanted here in Saint Pau
We hope that bricks may be made at such pric
and Of such quality, as to put an end to the era
balloon frames and dry goods boxes dc WOOD
turned endways to our streets to represent build
lings. t.
When competition wakes 20 hot between riv;
stage lines, that coaches must run races togethe
and endanger the lives Of passengers, il is nece,
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