The Minnesotian. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1851-1852, 1852-02-28
MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE,
Council.

Counch.
FRIDAY, Feb. 20.
House bills providing for Territorial
road from Lake Pepin to Minnesota riv-
er, and providing for election precincts
in organized counties, read twice.
House amendments to bill for the re-
lief Of Olmstead and others concurrcd in.
House bills to incorporate John G..
Potts Lodge 1. o. o. F., and to grant
ferry to Richards, considered in Commit
tee of the Whole, read third time and
passed; also Memorial relative to North
ern boundary line; also House bill to APP
point Supreme Court reporter.
Bills to divorce Renville and James
w. Brown. considered in Committee of
the Whole and ordered engrossed.
Mr.. Harrington introduced bill for fer
ry charter to D. T. Sloan-read twice.
Mr.. Kittson introduced Memorial
praying for grant of land to settlers of
Pembina county-read twice.
Adjourned.
MONDAY, Feb. %
House bills for road from Lake Pepin
to Minnesota river, and to provide for
election precincts in unorganized coun-
ties, read third time and passed; also bills
to divorce Renville and James w. Brown.
Bills to incorporate Benton county Ag-
ricullural society, and granting ferry tc
Corbett and Bond, ordered cngrossed.
Mr.. Babcock introduced bill for ap-
pointment of auctioneers, and Mr.. Gree
ley bill to divorce Lottman-read twice
| Memorial for land to Pembina settlers
ordered engrosscd.
Mr.. Greeley introduced memorial for
further appropriation to St. Louis river
road-read twice.
Adjourned.
! TUESDAY, Feb. "a.
Day mostly spent in considering con.
tested election case Of Sturgis VS.. Low
ry.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 26.
Mr.. Lowry was declared entitled te
his seat by unanimous vote.
Bills granting ferry to Corbett and
Bond, passed, and sundry bills considered
in Committee of the Whole and ordered
engrossed.
Adjourned.
THURSDAY, Feb. 26.
Bill TO divorce LOTHIAN, passed also
bills for Ferry to Sloan, and to amend act
granting Ferry TO VIM. Mobiles.
Most Of day occupied in considering
bill to amend Revised Statutes.
Adjourned.
We have moi room for our accustomed
abstract Of the House proceedings, as the
members have been more than ordinarily
Industrious. and their journals are unusu-
ally long. Many important bills have
been passed, and several others not worth
mentioning. They are fast closing up the
business of the session.
For the Minnesotian.
MEssRs. EDIToss Not seeing YOU
present at the NJ. L. Church, last Wednes-
day evening to witness the examination
Of GEO. II. SpENcER's Grammer Class,
wish to give you brief account of it.
This examination was held for the pur-
pose of demonstrating to the people OF
this place, the truth of the teacher
statement in his opening lecture, that
"he study of English Grammar is a ra-
tional Ming,' His class was composed
OF youth Of both sexes, under the age OF
eighteen years, with one exception, many
of whom had never studied Grammar an
hour before entering his class. The
course consisted Of thirty evening lessons.
His examination commenced with ques-
lions on the nature of grammar, going
through the work published by him,
which he uses as his text book, and end
ing with practical composition during
which a thorough, and even critical
knowledge Of the science was clearly ex-
hlbited. And whenever the author dis-
fcrred with other authors, both views
were given by the students, with the rea-
son upon which the preference was
based.
After the examination of the class on
the intricacies of the science itself. in
which each scholar seemed perfectly at
home, they parsed several verses of poe
try, after transposing them, in concert,
and corrugated several verbs in the same
way. This was very amusing part of
the exercise, sometimes males and females
speaking alternately on an elevated key,
and at others all singing yankee Doodle"
or some other tune.
The whole scene was one of the most
gratifying to the audience, and creditable
to the teacher and his pupils. Those Of
us who recollect the school-boy days of
twenty or thirty years ago, connected
with the name Of Murray, almost regret
we were not born later.
l understand Mr.. Spencer will form
another class at the lower school house
next Monday evening. l hope every
young man in St. Paul, that can devote
thirty evenings to the requirement of
useful knowledge, will avail himself of
the opportunity thus offered.
T. NJ. FULLERTON.
81. Paul, Feb. 20, 1852.