The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1852-09-09
MINI ESOTA AFFAIRS.

ian for Rev. NJ. Neill's church. We understand |
that the funds for the purchase Of this organ have
been mostly made up by the ladies of the Society,
through the hunblc insrumenalitics OF needles and
thimbls in tn. manufacture Of large and small wares,
Tor babe, and bachelors, Sc. We should not have
omitted Scissors which with the pratcr especially, is
neither last nor least.
Oar town may well h. proud Of the tone given to
its character BY 50 many Of the evidences OF good
chrisa civilization, it shows this frontier,
which, little more than three years aga was an In
dian vii icrness-sx church bells aud at least one
church organ.
P. S.-We learn that the Organ bought in
ilai,phia--cost S6oo-that the ladies' Of Mr..
Neils parish have paid 5000, and that s4oo are I'M
paid. The organ has been dimay adby Immersion on
tn. way--ca1 probably be repaired hsrc-that there
Is Insurance.
We fad in an antique chronicle, that the Organ
WIS invented about 95l, the first being erected in
Win>hester Cath ,dral it was described by monk
in Latin verse, tins translated:
Twelve pair Of bellows ranged il stately row,
Are Joined above, and fourteen more below;
These the fall force of seventy men require,
Wab cc1>el IS toll ami penteo'siV perspnc;
Each aiding each, tall all the wind be prest
IL the close Confines Of the incumbent chest,
Ca which four hundred pipes m order rise,
To below forth the blast that chest supplies.
| THE RIvER.--Thc river has risen ten inches
within the last week. The Franklin, came up on
Monday without grease.
! TVS CRAyEERRY CRoP.--Thc crop this year
{ = 4 81 for
~ on Sday for cranb,Iies up the south side Of
the Minnesota.
! FLorR.-That barrel of -four presented by Nessrs.
Stlnan s Co., Robc ts-st, ready to say
is excellent. The brand is "Wnter Wheat Mills,
Gaena.'
Have you tried thos, taper i.ars at III, ST. Paul
Drug Store! O., hank of the Old Dominion at
Cathcai, & Tyson's.
SHADE TREEs.-I, mlny Of the oll lows in the
States, Associations Gale l., Tie: ,cicties.
/ These societies arc conbn,tiol of such people Of
tasr. and public spirit, willing T. dsvotc little
tim, All mpaey, t, tn, aio.nneat Of the town with
shade trees.
! ST. Paul was o1c,, before time here, shaded
with burr oaks, and about tn: ri ,ht distances, as
the s;uu,ps d, show Now. it is as bare as--a bald
eagle. We wll, a co!oaai, Of trees ao,, the bluff
street, R)5,gts street, AMI ab)i, our caucchcs S..
The inproval, nts of iowa, BY Il tasteful arrange
ment OF trees is srikin,y evident t. thos, VIII, have
observed Eastern villages. Shall not we have a tree
soooty! Prof. Stowe, in one ci his letters from
Prussia, says:
.,-t.r e -, ~ -.
are lined with fruit trees. ,tci,g that som Of
them had n wisp IL straw attach "A u them, | in
CURED OF the coach nal what it meant He replied
that tn WAS iate Md AS a notice To the pub
lie not take trlit from tn trees wihou, special
per MISSION. q fear said T. that sch ,t;-c i,
my country, would be invitation to attack them
Hahn Sc heras schalem ?'(IIavc you schools y
was his ST, lfcant rcjoinder.
| LATEST INvrNrIos.--Two men, no have Jus,
returned by new overland route from California,
have gone to the City of Washington to have their
route patented.
| tJ- Somebody says that Messrs. Powers & VIII
iougaby, sending road-makers upon the Wisconsin
| route, between ST. Paul and Prairie du Chen
WAC seconds the proposition Of Dubuque, to open
route upon the west side OF the riyerl Will not
some body express opinion, least, upon the sub
ject'
Thu river is SO low tha. nothing but small boats
can reach st. Paul. Pigs Eye bar is imr assablc en-
cept to one-horse craits.--Praaie du Ca,e, Cur
The river s low, but only boat was unloaded
below town. and that boat, the N,n,iaer, has
been at our levees since. The Mutha ". 2, is
large boat, but makes no long stick at the bar Our
c.uzens taking active measures to remove the
Instructions at Pigs Eye, and in few DAYS. the
Cppar Mississippi will afford better navi cation than
any other section OF the river north Of the Ohio
The RIVER here his risen inches since the rain Of
last week. Perhaps Prairie du Chen and ST. An
hoay, had better put their wo-horses' heads togcth-
er for the projected canal. ST. Anthony will go for
anything that affords water without rocks
THE STEAMBOAT GREEK SLAvE.--Capt. LOU
IS Rote,ts, who started off few weeks since saving
that he had the moneys ali by the gods he would
bring back boat arrived on Thursday, with IA fine
young boat called the Greek Stare. The passengers
said, the boat and accommodations we're excellent
Louis has done good thing for Minnesota As t.
his beng boatman, is said he has been thar be-
fore.
The Black Haeh, arrived on Saturday night with
the mail. She brought some 50 passengers. She
lay at the levcc devouty all day Sunday, not even
king her pipe.
The ILLINOIS RIvER.--Thc fieishts Of tina, ,iv.
er at the present time, propelled by poles alone
there is not water enough TO afford the using it up
for steam.
Rock ISLAND RAPIDS. -There arc but three fec,
OF water on the rapids Pity Congress could MT have
the pleasure Of sitting there in debe alton, midway
the bar for few days-they would move for an adj
journinent, if moi ior an appropriation.
CHICAGO AND MINNEsorA-Thc merchants Of
Chicago declare, that it is their determined purpose
to take the Minnesota trade. They have, they say,
projected the Chicago and Madison road, and INT
their shoulders to It with view especially to our
trade, which they calculate will drop upon the terni
nus OF an extension Of that road From the annexed
paragraph it will be seen that Milwaukee is for car
rying out the purpose Of Chica,o-cach town, calcu
lar hat 1 Re Oh, 49,.