The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1852-12-09
MINI ESOTA AFFAIRS.

they found their mistake and went budding back
again.
SUEDAY, 5ih.--SaLhath breaking is much less
frequent in Minnesota than in years past. But We
have heard Of two instances Of late, which should
grieve the SAINTS having been perpcrated by their
own number. The first case is that Of Capt. Smith,
OF the steamboat Nominee. But he has exactly
laid guilt at door, for though when he committed
the sacrilege he was the way to Minnesota, happy
he had not passed the territorial line. The Mime
sotian says:
On the last trip vixen he only cot as far up La
Crosse, he had hat pilot, (iio!combc) and had,
in addition his arduous duties in seeing the boat
safe through heavy fields of ice to stand watch at
! the wheel lie ALSO this OCCASION, contrary to
his established rule, his boat the Sabbath day
But the same writer somewhat apologctically con-
tinues, the sentence thus ''deeming it Christ
ian duty to get his cargo Of pork and our far up
toward st. Paul and Saltwater as he coud.'' And
finally, to ward off from the Captain, now and
henceorth, the da;ts of the mercilcss, the editor
charit,hly cxclams: "Where is the sanctimonious
bigot who will blame him ior this!" So, the
whole regret that have advercd to this lesion
in the Captains punctil!ios at all.
! The second case, is that of a clergyman re-
tired from thc-hors,back, to fL,ming. lia came a
mile aud half towards town. with mind intent on
worldly affairs, and did no, know that the day was
Sunday, until set right by the ferryman. However,
he repeated and turned on his heel. There
is, however one continual Sabbath breaker who
though female has not the grace to apologize
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Sioux widow, known by the name Of Bets. She
transports all Of commodities on that day, and
small TASKS of Whiskey.
COMMISSION s FoRwARDISG UousE.--We
desire to call the especial attention Of merchants
to the advertisement, under pcw list, of Mcssls.
Twiche & Mog, idgc. OF St. Louis aud New Or
leans We observe that these men advertise liber-
ally in the country papers, and have somehow drawn
the inference that they merchants of the liberal
stamp, just such men as our Minnesota merchants
like At least, should be personally gratifcd TO
have their qualities tested.
! SALE AND SUPPER.-The Ladies of the Bap-
fist Church propose to have public sale Of articles
wrought by their hands, and to spread a sumner. TO
which they will invite the public. To take place be-
fore Christmas. Due notice Of time will be given.
! TIE LIQUoR LAVA tipping LAWYER. famed
for his ingenious pleading, while he was reading
about Ewes fall, the other day. at length exclaimed
! ''If she had only known this flaw, it would have
been quite easy to avoid the law
! The right to Eden never could have been denied
her,
II She had sfupczcd the fruit MI l,,,rL b -: l.
We learn lat Judge Hayner has decided that this
enactment of the last Legislature is unconstitutional:
because passed by the Legislature under proviso that
it should become law, if the voters at the next
election should approve it BY voting aye. The Judge
says that this method Of enacng laws is wrong be-
cause thereby the Legislature undertake to delegate
pait Of their legislative power to The people. We
disposed to discuss this question Of law We
only know that the Legislature Of Massachusetts
have this last year done the same thing, but whch-
cr they have authority in their constitution which our
Organic act does iInpa,, we are unable TO saw
Minnesota---vhich four years ago
heard no music but the hi-ie-h--c of the Indians.
accompanied by the instrumental! ,liump upon the
parchment head of lard keg and the stirring airs
of the Fort Smelling band-uow has variety of
professional talent in vocal music, and promises to
become the land Of song. We trust there will be no
jealousy among these music teachers f,q as a taste
for music is guilty aed among our ucorla the demand
for instruction will increase. Especially should there
be no evident rivalry among singers OF the same
choir among non-professional singers there is no
mo at sta nd La, l.
est and transformations. Below is a case in point
which shows the danger OF rivalry in this tepar,-
mcnt Of science.
A singer in the northern corner Of Iowa rccc,tly
dislocatcd MS jaw in attempting to sing 'shioh B.''
1t appears there was "A contest between the victim
and riFal teacher rs to which should be emilio, ed
TO teach certain singing school, and the former
made such desperate Efforts t. astonish the natives
as led to the amcntabIe result above-mcntioncd.-
tM he got The school.
THE TEN Hour SYSTEM, is one Of the re-
forms of the day in the Eastern States. In the West
are already formed rs to system of labor and
! need not reforming in the same way that they do
there. The difficulty here, is to ee, men to work
ten hours in day. If YOU hire a man to work
day, he will begin about nnc rest one or two hours
at noon and leave of at six. The higher wages me-
chancal skill can command, the fewer hours it will
give. 1t is not everywhere out of the Eastern
States.
Dey does say dat way down in Georgia dey make
poor nigga work twenty five hours ebra dav
Now. look heah--l's been told dat day isn't
got no more nor twenty four hours
GolIy mighty, what i9poremuses nigga Won is
Scipio; why, way down dar dey make roor nigga
git up ono hour afore day--doesn't dat make 'em
twenty five.
RETAIL PRIcEs.-IIams, Is cts; fresh cork, 10
Gl2 cts; salt polk, = Dbl, 500 $50; beef 10 cts.
per ID; lard, 20 cts; butter, 30 IA 49, potatoes
60 % 10 cts Y busheI; cornmea 500 y BUSH cats
10 cts Y bush; taIIow Y b; candles Is cts p
h; star do so; sugar 10 "a l2h cts % u; poultry
none -four Sc 20 81 o. Dbl.
ExPLosIoNs.-Mrs. Partington saws, the only
way to prevent steamboat explosions is to make th,
engineers "biie their water" ashore. In her opin-
ion all the the Dustin is caused by Cooking the
steam on board.
Mrs. Partngton would feel quite secure in Day