The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1852-06-17


street, to the river The importance Of doing
this. and doing it now, or at least OF determining
now, that such shall be the grade, is very obvi-
Gus. Let this be done, and let Sbey street,
which is PARALLEL to it, lie carried up at the same
giade. In that way, and in no other, the old
town may be easily connected with Smith
Whney's addition, and Kiitson addition Do
the best we cam is difficult 10 match together
and connect in anything like harmonious
whole, the awkward fractions am additions con-
shutting the town. Another thing to which we
invite attention, is he narrow, shortsghtcd, III
lie policy, Of building warehouses on tho very
bank Of the river, instead Of eas ing vide levee,
at least two hundred feet wide, in front of them
Levee room Is Of the very utmost importance
You can enlarge warehouses. but not 30 easily
levees, at least without disturbing currents and
creaiins sand-bars. by artificial distinctions
throwu forward into the river. Every building
a, the lower landing ought 10 be Immediately
moved back TO Il distance of two hundred feet
from the river. Neglect it now, and i, will re-
suit soon in driving the business above or below,
! to rhere more levee room car be found The
bridge 10 the upper landing, is nearly completed.
What the plan Of improvement there il, or how
any thing like an adequate prov lson for leyee
business, is TO be made, arc not sufficient ly in
formed but certainly, the expensive work al
ready done there, goes TO prove wha, have
already id, that there is no enterprise too diff
cult for ST. Paul to undertake. For our part, we
shall never be satisfied until our original plan can
BE ccnsummated, Of cutting down Bench street,
and making one grand leyee, the whole length of
town.
MosQUIroEs.-Wild beasts excepting the
the mesquite, as a general rule, are less ferocious
and less vcnon.ous, as you recede from the
equator, and approach The poles. Up North, one
Of our mosquitoes is ike Il gritty little fellow in
u red flannel shit, with leather belt on, hal
drunk at raising, who wants a III so bad tia,
he jumps up and down, cracking his heels and
Shaping his fists togeiher, ready 10 hop onto any
thing, big or Lite, that comes into the ring
They say that L, Pembna, you may often see
mosquitoes light upon turnips growing in the field
and thrust their vcromous little ancets into the
skin Of that vegetable, US if il were human, all
The time gvra,ing one Of their folc-lcgs, in that
manner expressive of their delight at having
their bills accepted aud their drafts honored We
are not alone. however. IN suffering by nosqui-
and IN f,cf i,.i, Ia,
increased, the dividend Of these uSc.ts, falling ID
The share e each person, is quite SWAZILAND We
Ply our blood TAX very oheerfuIy; bat in 1919,
when We were but handful, Their assessments
upon our veins came down upon Us like "A stree,
tax, and every insect was rs keen as town mar
shat With new commission. Bat here we cip
from one OF cur exchanges, the follow ius remarks
concerning mosquitoes, In another portion Of The
republic, 10 show that we are not suffering alone
but are common martyrs, from the PAssarn;-
qaoddy TO the Pacific. The writer says:
"There is an absence of fornriiiy, a sort Of
iiee'uason.y Of good fellowship and KIND feeling,
among The AmercauS, that cannot fail TO gra,ii,
a stranger. In the sumner season, il is a com
mon ih.tg =, IN the retired streets and Surares
tor The people TO bring Their a.a-chaus ou, to the
fronts OF iheir houses, and 81 there ENJOYING the
GOODNESS oi tie evening. y doorstep viii some
. times preseH; a whole family group, who are sure
20 be safe from both observation and in.u;t.
They are seea, and vet net noticed The onlv
rudcnPss they suffer Is from Tie rn0squ;loes
which bate rather boldly after shower indeed
he mosquitoes are great NUISANCE al 81 times
The! TX themselves quietly upon Your chm, or
Jour forehead, Q! Your wrists, and ply lhei, pumps
u nj their dainty Exile stouachs are quite foil.
then they GO away IN 4 state Of rcpl,,ion, an,.
hang themselves 10y one leg TO the ceiling, until
their appeiieS return If you open window .,
night, the room Is instantly swGrun:ng with NOS
qultoeS, and there IS d sound as though forty gen
'icmen wee blowing kcy-bugIes in an adjoining
parior. Nou need no, ihn, Of retiring 10 resi-
"nless Your bed is provided wiki mosquito cur
taIns -
GREAT LIES AFLoAr.-We had some ice IL
the river last spring, 1t is true; but none running
IN masses, Certainly, far down the ri, er; netting
10 warrant The au'ui spectacle Of Gcatnr ice
bersS, winch some down east penn, -a-liner, l,as
put In motion TO circulate through the press in
the coming dog-days, IN manner and form as Co!-
lows; 'immcnse masses Of ice have swept down
he Mississippi River this spring For weeks az
ter the ice started. enormous quantities have gone
down much Of Ii in the form ctres2eciab.e ice
beIgS. This Is unusual, but has proved to be de-
cIdediy useful. II has cut of and broken to pie
ces nearly all lie snags in the river, aud also lev
eled the river bed wherever the sandbars and
''towheads' were encountered 1t is said the
river has not been 50 free from distractions for
many years.
/ KEEP THE MERCURY rP-Thcre is not :,
want more universal to mankind than the want
Of vivaciy. Nine persons out of ten. prefer a
lively comedy, or broad farce, 10 Il solemn
tragedy. so amongst readers, dulncss IS almost
universally dctested. And this is tight: for ,irtb
IS better than Phys.c; and even a sermon ouobt
10 he elastic and sparkling. There are no peonIe
We have ever known, not excepting the Parisians
who ike better TO have something PLAYED that is
"qulck and lively" than ours Of Minnesota
SuNDAY.-One Of the evidences Of imrroyinr