The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1852-10-28

DISPOSED TO MAKE HIMSELF GEAERALLY
ISEFUL.-A uunber uf years since, while tarr, ing
for shot tia. iii A sniil village in the interior Of
Illinois, made tho acquaintance Of Minister who
was then budIpg forth rs pastor OF the iittle
ecesaton il that vi.,Ie. We heard him preach a
number Of times and liked him very we'll, although
he was som. thing nf ''rou,h hower,' and not
frequently mad bal work II the English Ian succ,
and 'lIotcd Shak -rearc, surprising il scciptrt
We discovered h snrncthin, of u Yankee with
al for had talked IN hour before he bantercd
Cor a horse trade lie also had fine watch which
he would like oxchar &c for of less value and
obtain the difference mrncy. Two years afterwards,
happening To be il Cincinnati about the tine the iall
commenced made our business to visit the
course one Afternoon and there discovered our friend
the Minister onc of the judges.
lie Immediately nccog iiAod rs, and after few
mens' conyersatiol sixty pokcd hund ed dollars IN
o'c hand desiring lis t. stalk il of the nays,
which he WAS certain would win, but Of the
judges be would not pat il up openly.
He informed also that he ba,, fast horsc which
C intended To enter when the big bets wcic M. AZ
ter leaving the race and that part Of the county, W
had almost forgotten thc fellow for number of wears
until one morning, when goIng from Hamilton 10 To-
roato on board a Canada steamer, again met our
friend the jockey and learned he was there employcd
Il ml agent by the British Government Again
We parted, and after lapse Of seven eight wears
We were haicd IN familiar the other morn
ing, by Sunhurnt driver If the Albany stages
our friend the minister, the jockey. the mail agent
and what else know lie promised Ia cali
upon us and eXplain all III few days.--2roy Pest.
The RAG GATHTREIS IN PARIs.--Mr. Cal
vert, III his admirable little work on the European
world, irrnishes this among other sketches:
The daily inan-urrtns Of eac house ia Paris,
IS Ia purge Itself of IT. SWEEP ings and c,tcd kitchen
fragments Of the past tweatN-i,u hours, which are
thrown nut la piles the edge of the sidewalk,
whcr. they await the scavcn3er that conc algn
towards night. Bmt these can arrive, s.,ualid
poverty, prcked Out of sleep b., hunger, has started
"in IT. filthy COUCH aud dispc sed hrou. the streets
1T tattercd hprdes. At this moment over every pile
OF ,'ui'gc bends hungry proleulran, seeking there
ri his breakfast, ADD ii may bc his dinner. Look
at that man. deep wide -nouhed basket strapped 10
his hack. With a shoe, stick, hooked at one end he
rkes into the Pile, drives his hook into rig or paDer
delivers what hc has pinned, into the basket, with
RAPID jek OF the stick over hi, shoulder and ferrcs
again INTO the foul heap, with exc made keen by
want. lletc l. another who has laid down the hook
and witl his hands j. picking out bones. have
scent man and dog faternaliy exploring the same
pic. hte further a Is sorting al the cdoc
OF the sutt'r, the rejected lemon pees Of cafe the
best OF thcl-or TO poverty there is choice in lowest
dcyrres-she throw into her basket, aud will per
haps, out of this refuse Of orgie coucoct a SAVIOR,
drought for her sick child. These are the chfoniers
the rag CATERERS.