The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1852-12-11
ODDS AND ENDS.

tdhLlS TcSpOHslDlItN.
They must be queer creatures indeed who
doubt the propriety Of woman Is performing that
great duty! If a woman has "responsibifty,
who should ..take" il if she should not? Is it
not her peculiar province, not only to take it,
but hold it, tend it, wash it, dress it, nurse it,
rock it, trot il on her knees, DC, DC. 1t is the
duty of Miss Simmons to expose the unnatural
mortals she aludes to- and we trust she will do
so--.7l6any Register
DOG SEIIER-"That ere hanimai's the real
stock Num- and dog cheap at thirty dollars!'
YOUNG WIDow.-lt is Il sweet pretty darling
black and white--but in my present bercave-
ment you must procure me one entirely black
this will do very well, in abont six months, for
half mourning.
REVERSING A PRoyEEB-"Eiggers won't lie,
will thew" muttcrcd seedv gentleman, holding
on to a lamp post. We'll, perhaps they won't
but sees a figger as won't stand nyhow."
A BRIDES REvENGE.-The other day. as
wedding party was ascending the steps which
approach one of orr Liverpool churches. the in
tended bride herself owing to some obstruction,
or to an inadvcrtent step. missed her footing,
and fell. The swain, unable even at that joy
full crisis of his existence, to conceal his veXa-
ton at this little eontrttemps, exclaimed, pet
tishly, Dear me how very clumsy!' The la
dy said nothing. but she was observed to bite
her lip, and far darker and gloOmier look than
beseemed the Court of ii ymen was seen to gath
er on her brow. She walked deliberately, how
ever, into the church: the ceremony commcnccd:
and every thing proceeded in orthodoxy, until
the important question was put-"WIlt thou
have this man." &c. Here, instead of whis-
pering, blushingly, soft affirmative to the com
muniOn cushions. the fair lady drew herself up.
cast whitening glance upon her betrothed, and
mutterng the words Dear me, how very clum-
sy!" sailed down the aisle, and out ofthe church,
with the port Of an offended goddess.--Lirer-
pool paper
A woman in one of the towns on the Reserve,
sold some very nice rolls of butter. to buyer,
month or two since. They were taken to mar
ket where by accident one of them fell on the
pavement and cracked open! revealing to the
gaze of astOnished bystanders, a rousing Dutch
cheese. besmeared with butter. On examina-
ton, the other rolls analysed 10 ofchecse to
one of buttcr.-EainesuiHe Telegraph
Nor SIow--An exchange tells good story
of wag, who to raise the wind, advertised that
on a certain day he would crawl into bottle.
A large audience assembled to witness the won
derfu feat after getting all the cash in his peck
ct, and seeing clear o{1ance to make good his
retreat. the performer came forward and apol
Ogised to the audience for disappointing tLeni
but said it was impossible to perform the feat as
he could not fnd a bottle large enough! la
POINTED SERWoNs.-Many years ago there
graduated at Harvard University man by the
name Of Rawson. who settled in the ministry at
Yarmouth. on Cape Cod. lie used to preach
very pointed sermons Having heard that some
of his parishoncrs were in the habit Of making
him the subject ofthermrth at a grOg- shop, he
one Sabbath preached 4 discourse from the text.
"And was the song Of the drunkard.' Hisre-
marks were ofa very moving character, as many
Ofhis hearers rose and left the house. \ short
time afterwards he delivered discourse still
more pointed And they being convicted by
their own consciences, went out one by one.
On this occasion no one vcntured to retire from
the assembly, but the guilty ones listened in 81
lence to the lash OF their pastor.
WAS THE Duke OF WELLINGTON EVER wolx-
DEp-In Rush Residence at the Court Of Lon
don, the following anecdote is recorded:
until this OCCASION was under the impression
that the Duke Of wellington never was Woun-
sied, but Sir George Walker sad that not long
after the stOrming Of BaddajOs. he was struck
by random musket ball in the side, in an affair
with the French on the borders of Franco. 1t
was merely slight wound. and was dressed on
the spot. The Duke. on receiving it, exclaimed
hit at last, and seemed much pleased.
Suffers READy."-One Of our exchanges
says that-''In thu, mountains ofTyrol. hundreds
sing their national songs, until they hear their
husbands, fathers. and brothers answer them
from the hills on their return home. Upon the
shores of the Adriatic, the wives of the fishermen
come down, about sunset, and sing one of their
melodies They sing the first verse, and then
listen for some time, when they sing ID: and SO
on, till they hear the answers from the fishermen,
who are thus guided to their homes"
In the rural districts of Yankee land the pro-
Cess NOT ouitp poptical Whom Sunnnr.c
ready the ''old woman or the help goes out
on the stoop and rings little bell almighty
smart till the boys all get in :: and the way the
tolks walk into the cookies and apple SARGE
when they do get to work is caution.
CHRISTINA MORTON Tor Mrs. Paterson)one of
the heroines Of the poet Burns. died at Mauch-
line, (Scotland) on the 18th of October in her
S7th year as we learn from our files bv the Pa.
cifc. She was one Of six beauties celebrated in
the poets song -
In Nauchline there dwells SIX proper Young bellies,
The pride Of the place and the neiehbeYhood a.;
Their carriage and dress 4 stranger would guess
In Lon'on or Paris h''d gotten them a.
Miss Miler's is fine, Miss Markland's divine,
Miss Smith she has wit and Miss Betty is Draw,
There's beauty and fortune to get wi' Miss Morton
oa' Armour's the Jewel for me Ger them a."
Inc "Armonr' was the bonnie jean oflater
Gays ana all the others married, soon after the
poet obtained his ~jewei" Time rolled ON. and
the rival beauties became mothers. and some of
them ultimately OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES rms the
world away" In 1850, only two of the lannon's
bellies for the simple and somewhat rude lines
of Burns have been fame and will be poetic inn
mortality to them,) remained in the land IF tho
living. These were Mrs. Candish and Mrs Patcr-
son-the latter, she whose death we have inst
recorded. So ont ofthe six bellies alluded to:but
one, Mrs. Candsh, now remains to tell the tale ;,
magnificent set Of tea service was presen-
ted to Gen: Zollicoifer, editor of the Nashville
Banner, few days since, by his Wing friends,
as mark OF their esteem for him as a fellow
citizen and regard for the untirinp energy. de-
votion and ability displayed by him durng the
late political campaign. 1t was yery hand
some compliment most worthily bestowed.
George Prince Regent James has Just written