The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1852-03-18
For the Pioneer.
From Pembina.
PgMBIyA, Feb. Sd, 1859.

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some of your St. Paul politicians, consist
ing of "iad. But there the comparison
ceases, for the d.t and cob web drifts ofthe
one should not he spoken OF in The same
ichapter with the clear, pure AMI white
drifts of the olier
There were some very cold days, which
VIII slpak Tor themselves, and sume warm
and pleasant ones. But little snow fell.
and SUNSHINE and partly clear weather pre-
dominated largely over the cloudy aud foul.
In TACT, am disappointed, and some " ha {
jdcht that il has been no Colder, havn.
fnnde great calculations for IL regular bust
up" OF my thermometer.
mere were hus ten Auroras and eight
Mlrages. The aurorns of the 18th, 2Oth,
24th and 2J!h were "soine Pumpkins" :" bur
the Others were no ''great shakes' As
you most likely witnessed them, or similar
ones, 1t IS unnecessary to descrihe them.
be mirage OF the 81 was pretty exten-
sive TO the n w. for some - minutes be-
tore sun set. Bat the great beauty of the
scene was IN lie heavens at the going down
OF old Sol - The sky being u deep blue at
he Zenilb. with here and there a cloud
crownins it, while nearly aIl round the ho-
riZon were clouds Of all imaginary hues,
presenting one OF the prcttiest sun-sets |
70, ~, saw
"a' ~ '.e -s'" WIS etaid aiia'f, com
.,| e"c"2 oe,o'e SUNRISE ana continuing un-
W n9" ~ a. ". 'u7' a, SUNRISE tne view
.,o =" "'' q""' .e'S "a 'ne
co''Pa>S' as lar as ihe eye could reach, the
country appeared To r'se as If we were
standing IN the centre OF basiu The
Pem1lna mountains ioo,ned up grandly.
ioIhts on the mann river were counted and
named! ~ l,iie the rivers NartaS Dr,no or.{
Hrht'ara, were in plain sight; and really
believe. with a good glass we mlght hnve
seen Fort Garry, 20 miies below so clear
was the atmosphere. About ten minutes
alter SUNRISE the mountain became iuvis:-
bic; O'Clock. fog t. the North; half part
OF the mountain again III view 10 O'Clock
\. IA, all has gradually disappeared. Sky
at sunrise about halt c.OIIed. Clouds "
ing all round the horizon, with few light
ones over head, an maintained nearly the
same appearance throughout the phenome-
ma.
! Night Of 9th cloudy Unit! l0.tsIen gradual
y cleared OIL, remaining 81 uutil IA OF |,
whea /; asain became cloudy, having given
me m opportunity OF witnessincsthe eclipse.
hnowug nothing of an eclipse for that
nisht, was not on the look out for one,
and bad Il lItlle fan, al, 10 myself, over it.
Happening to be out al Ia past 10, no
ticei ring around the moon, and but a
piece OF the moon. ! thought strange that
Il iuii moon should present such aD appear
ance, but went u wlthout phiiosophizins
"'"9, 90 .f'0 '""'s"". q" s.."a "n' gain
al ~ io"H" t"e SKY perfectly clear ana
s'"'S "f'o"'' ou' ht1ie "f no shadow from
."e "'oon' so' stepPin! from heh'ni tue
nouse for tuiI view, the cause was soon
eAp!a,heu' Du' 10 pe Gert"i"' the almanac
mus "e cohSu''eo' having none but the
h'nhesoia 1eaf oooN, II was examined
cioseiy; but iound no prognostcaiions OF
s'i" tchPse' nouSh' my lriend LIE Ducs
mead was not right" or that the man "ho
WINDS ui 'ne moon han gwen hef one turn
100 many. NHhod' ii''hrf tho"sht. the
u'JS "no were c"h''oF'""'y snooH'uo N
'he'f o"'iaio rooes We're fo"sea up as W.T.
'eSseS' ana a't 'oSe'hHf' we "atrheu IL uh-
~ "e'' 'iorH' "heh !" "Sa'h oeca'ne
lc.ou'y' N"' 'i' men upon re"ect'oh, n'"
u u s'''"e ne mar .n's "a' 1922 anu that lie
Duc 1, : ne'h h''Sh' SUI ne r.Snr, a his Year
nooS vas Tor o. that Tor 1897, not having
maze rs appearance NJ ms port. IL was
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