The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1852-05-29

SOMETHING NEw.-LaSt Saturday al
ternoon, in the Boston Museum, young
lady and gentleman were looking at the
picture OF Washington's family in the
gallery.
Young Lady" Who are those two
persons? referring 10 one on the picture.
Young Gentleman.-"Those are Wash
ington's children"
Young Lady" But Washington had
no children"
Young Gentleman.-' Well, perhaps
they are his grandchildren"
Very probable" responded the young
lady, as she petulenlly drew her beau
from the picture.
Pretty HANDs.-Some matter-of- fact
genius raps the knuckles Of pretty hands
very roughly. Just hear him:
Delicate, beautiful hands Dear
Miss, how do you contrve to make your
hands so pretty? And such rings, too, as
if to draw attention that way. Let us
feel them. y, dear. how soft and tender.
Do you bake, Miss"
"No."
"Do You wash floors, and scrub pots
and kettles -
"No!"
$50 we thought. Look at your moth
er's hands. Amt you ashamed to let
that old lady kill herself outright, while
you do nothing from daylight to dark, but
keep the dust from your face and the
flies from your hands? What are you
ft for VIII -
marry you for your delicate hands p
Pretty fingers indeed! what are they good
for but TO move over piano or stick
through gold rings? Like many of the
vain things of earth, they are kept for
show and nothing more. For our part,
we had rather see them out in actual SER
vice, and as toug h as a coquettes con-
science, than SO tender that fly's foot
will make all impression OH Them
Loc1c.-The following "Questions in
Logic" may interest some OF our readers.
No matter where they came from if they
are sound:
Teacher-What do you understand by
penny wise and pound foolish?
Pupil-The omission to pay small
sum in order to secure great benefit.
Teacher-Can such thing be, if so
how?
Pupil-It can-the cause may be Pc
nurlousness or neglect.
Teachcr-Givc an example of penny
wisdom and pound folly.
Pupll-Reiusing or negecting to pay
five or ten dollars for advertising one day.
and missing custom worth a hundred by
it the next.
A good 'un is told of an old gentleman
in this city, whose eight or ten clerks had
bored him to death with conundrums.-
Going home one evening, he was stopped
IN front of closed store by country
man, who asked
"Can you tell me. my friend, why
this store is closed?'
. $50 to blazes!" cried he, with YOUR
-conundrums I've been bored to death
with EN- these three weeks. spirit of
the Times.
The New Orleans Delta says, that the
McDonough estate is rapidly melting away
80 SAoi' TIC executors ana attOr-
neys have already disposed of nearly
100000, and large portion of the per-
sonal and real estate is advertised to be
sold to meet the current expenses.
TURTLES AND FRocs.-A canal boat
arrived here from Dayton, yesterday,
having as part of her cargo, seventy-five
turtles and two bushels of frogs. They
were readily sold at the eating houses
the turtles for ten cents pound, and the
frogs for ten cents apiece. Gas.
''What would 1 give" said Charles
Lamb Ito call my mother back to earth
Tor one day, to ask her pardon upon NV
knees, for all those acts by which | gave
her gentle spirit PAIN
A manufacturer of grave-stones. in
Maine, was told sympa,hizingly that the
Liquor Law must operate against his in
terest. Very far from it," he replied
st would have been money in my pocket
II 1t had been enacted long ago, for those
who die now generally leave behind them
enough to purchase grave-stones, while
formerly they didn't leave enough to keep
Their families out Of the alms-houses.
DR.. Doddridge once asked his little
daughter what made every body love her.
She replied, Il don't know, papa, unless
it is because 7 love o,,ol