The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1852-11-27
NUMBER Il.

Wnen ne became man. unless he had fortune
left hlm to keep up appearances! The great
mass OF thieves paupers and criminals that fill
our pcnitentiarics and alms-houses, have come
up to what they are by being brought up in
ldleness. Those who constitute the business
portion OF the community, those who make our
great and useful men. were trained up in their
boyhood 10 be Industrious
When boy is old enongh to begin TO play in
the street then he is old enough to be taught
now TO work. OF course we should not deprive
chliufeh oi healthful, playful exercise, or the
them to work little by little as a child is
Taught at school. In this way he ACQUIRES
habits OF Industry that will not forsoke him
when he grows up. '''A'
Many persons who are poor let their children
grow up to fourteen or sixteen wears of nre or
t,il tney can support them no longer, before
they put them to labor Such children. not
having any idea of what work is and baving
acquired habits of idleness, there is repulsye,
ness IN all labor set before them, and to get it
DONE no matter how, is their only aim. Thev
are ambitious at play, but dull at work. The
consequence is, they do not stick to one thing
hut very. short time they rove about the
world, get into mischief and finally find their
way to the prison OF alnls-house,
GREAT SUSPENSION BRIrar--A New York m.
per states that the new wire suspension bridge
TO be thrown across the Niagara for the purpose
OF ofconnecting the Canadian railroads with those
in New York. is to be 500 feet in length from
the centre of the towcrs-These are to be 20
feet high, 10 feet square at the base, and 8 feet
at the top, and OF so compact materials as to be
cnahled to bear pressure of 500 tons upon ey-
cry square foot. The weight of the materials
OF the structure is thus computed viz: WEIGHT
oitmber 9lO, l39 lbs Weight ofrails, 60. .74O lbs;
". eight OF cables between towers, 735, ,4O2 lbs;
! ne weight OF Il train reaching across the bridge
Is estimated at 400 tons, end the superstructure
at !aZ tons, making total aggregate maxim
weight Of ,273 tons.
PRESENCE OF MIND.-A herdsman of farm in
North Uist, had occasion one day to send his
daughter FOR the cattle under his charge
There were about eighty of them and among
them two bulls, one of which was occasionallV
in the habit of assaulting people, On the day
IN question. the damsel unwarily approached
the bull too closely. when he Immediately gaye
chase. On level field without dikes, bops. or
any other place of refuge to resort, what would
the reader have dOne-fOr to run home dist
ance OF three-quarters of miles was out of the
question. The girl, with great presence of
mind, ran over to the other bull-a good-na-
tured animal, and much stronger than her as
saiiant. Standing close by his side, and kindly
tapping him on the back, she drove him tow ards
her fathers house, followed by her enraged enc
my, who kept roaring and fuming all the way,
but when he came to close her protector turn
ed round, and with a shake and toss of his
head, kept the assailant at by. In this manner
the fugitive arrived safely at home.-Inuerness
(Scotlond) Courier.
Many persons imagine that no music can be
composed without the aid of an instrument
beethoven was deaf, yet he was the author of
some OF the most divine harmonies that ever
were scored. A musical doctor of the present
day a countryman of our own, has been long
bedrldden. lie has a little table so construct.
ed as to enable him to go on with his notation
IN bed. The doctor works with two pens one
IN his right hand, the other in his left with one
ne notes his bass, with the other his tenor, &c.
IL is very laughable to to see him, when the
bass pen is dry, dip uncOnsciously the tenor
pen already full, into the inkttand. or vice ver-
sa Another musical genius of the present
Tune, when composing, has been known to
leave his table, and deliberately dip his pen in
the wash-hand basin. Both of these gentlemen
compose most eloquent music" without the
help of any nstrumcnt.-.Musical Times
Passing through the quiet village of fSabnc in
this State few days ago, fellow passenger in
a numbering stage coach pointed out to us q
weather beaten house ofworshp," as the place
where he once heard on a rainy occasion, the
following prayer from the staid preacher -.
We thank thee, Lord, for the goOdly number
here to night, and that Thou also art here nr.-
dc'fhsfanding the inctemeney Of the toer'hes.'
\ NEw SEcr.-"Sr,' said a little clustering.
man to his religious opponent, II say, sir, to
what sect do you bclOng?"
"Well. don't exactly know" replied the other;
"but to judge from your make, size, and appear
ance, should say yon belonged to class CAL
led the insect.
The wife of a sexton in q country village was
haranguing her neghbors on the hardness of
the times, when man came up and offered some
ducks for sale. "Ducksv said the wife show
can you suppose can purchase duck, when my
husband has not buried living soul these last
three months?"
A poor emaciatcd Irishman having called o
physician in a forlOrn hope, the latter spread
large mustard plaster, ,and Immediately ciapped
it on the poor fellows lean breast. Pat, who
with fearful eye, looked down on it, said
'Dochter. it strikes me it's dale of mustard
for so little mate"
Mr.. Emerson, in one Of his lectures, observed
that in New England man might one day be q
tavern keeper and the next judge. "a very
natural transition" whispered a wag, from
the bar to the bench"
The question why printers do not succeed in
business as we'll as brewers, was thus answered:
" Because printers work for the head, and
brewers for the stomach, and where twenty
men have stomachs, but one has head"
Early one cold morning, travelling profile
cutter called at the house Of a wag, and inquir-
ed if he wanted profile taken?" eyes," was
the reply, 81 want yours taken from my
door,
"If you can't keep awake" said preacher
to one of his hearers, when you feel drowsy,
why don't you take pinch of snuff"
The shrewd reply w vas: The snuff should ic
put in the sermon"
PAPERS OF THE DAY.-There is q paper in
Boston called To-day" Another has been
commenced called "TO-Morrow." The "Day
After To-Morrow'' is expected to appear short
ly, and some anti-progressive people are medi-
tating one to be called Yesterday"
Machinery has reached great state Of per-
fection. We saw some burnt meas nut into q