The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1852-01-01

The body is the shell Of the soul, and dress is
the hu,k Of that shell; but the husk often tells
what the kernel is.
Lately. il Michigan, two neighbcrs agreed to
nh exchange Of their hm,iies--one giving his wife
and Two children 70, the others WIFE
A gentleman having lately been called on TO
subscribe to a course of lectures declined, she
cause" said he, my wife gives he lecture
every nigh, for nothing"
Relationships are rather far fetched sometimes
both IN Ireland and Scotland. "Do know Tom
Duffy, Pat - ''know him, is il 90 SAYS Pat !;
''sufe he's very near relation ov mine for he
once wanted TO marry my sister Ku,e.'
NO book is so cheap and SO Interesting ms
newspaper. 1t inei.cs ic habit of reading, and
affords an easy mode of acquiring knowledge
NEW DI.coyERIHs.--Ap pair Of spec:acIes to
SUI: the eyes OF potatoes.
The club with which an idea struck the poet
A stick 20 measure narrow escapes.
The hook and line with which an angler caught
q cold.
An umbrella used in The reign Of terror.
A knot from the board man agreed to pay
three dollars a week for.
glass Of lemonade made Of sour temper and
the sweets Of mairimopy.
A lazy, over fed lad, running from dinner to
his work enc day, was asked by his master, ''if
he had no other motion than that" YES - re-
Piled the youth. drawing out each letter, 'bu
it's little slower
The following toas, was recently given on the
occasion Of some public ies,,ity:
"Weath by our labor.
lndepe ndence by sword
Here the speaker came TO pause, having for
gotten the rest, and added
Honey IN the bee gum,
Sugar i, the gourd''
II the hedgehog marries the porcppine they
Will both be troubled with pricLly heat as long
as they live. Jus, so i, is with two humans who
are il-temPsred; they will eight during the " hole
Of their existence.
As the rose tree is composed OF the sweetest
flowers ami the sharpesi thorns; as the hea vens
are sometimes overcast alternately tempest ous
and serene, 10 Is the life of Il man nterming lcd
with hopes and fears, with Joys and sorrows, with
pleasures and with pains
The Worcester. Mass, Palladium states tba,
only son, sole heir 10 wealthy old lady de-
sed without will, invited al her relatives to
imIne her papers, aud Esding among them
memorn nda showing that she had at some
time contemplated making requests to several
persons amounting to fifty thousand dollars, he
has determined to pay over to them that mount,
~ha h ne nigh, just as well have kept in his own
hands IL seems almost inoredible
Wscrs IS THE MrNEs.--The San Fran
cisco Herald, Of the LIST Of October, s,cnks
very encouraging Of the results ia The Dig
yings. Ii says: f'rhe accounts from nh,
;nines are favorable with respect to every
description Of mining. In some localities
labor is scarce, and any able bodied man.
without any knowledge q mining, can com
mand from So to 81 per day; and a prae,i-
cal Quartz miner from 6 II To Si6 These
rates will probably he somewhat lowered in
the winter. The quartz mills will continue
In active operation throughout the winter. .
Cot. FREMoS1's WEALrH.-rhe ST
Louis Union says that Col Fremont has
completed and confirmed the sale of bis
Mariposa tract of gold land in California
The sale was made to a cofnpany in Lon.
don, for one in;i!ion of dollars; one hundred
Thousand of which, THAT being the first In
stalnent, is 10 be paid to Col Fremont in
thescity o: New York, on or about the 18Th
Of This month. Col. Fremont may now he
eensidersd among the wealthiest miIlionares
81 the United States. He has, besides the
Esrirosn tract just sold, a vast amount Of
Surcperty in San Francisco.