The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1852-12-30
MIN ESOTA AFFAIRS.


the outline sketch given by us this scene, and they
will catch glimpse of social affairs in Minnesota
The Ladies, undertook as Committee Of Ways
and Means to get up Fair and obtain money to pay
off some of the debts of the Church, and some more,
for the aid of their pastor Now ,whe,her the money
which they have gotten by this means, is to be con-
sidered obtained by fair, by false preences is
a matter, which having bearing upon politics, is
not questioned But that they got the money, is
esough said. For a hall, they obtained, by love,
not money, the use of Capt. Roberts boat. This
they occupied two evenings. We looked in upon
the scene. First noticeable most splendid iilu-
minaion Of chandeliers, throughout the length Of the
cabin, which is some 100 feet long. Through the
genten,an's cabin, spread table, probably ~
feet long In the Of the table stood pyramid
cake worth $40; each way from it to the ends OF
the table, was laid, great variety of meats and con-
cctons, most inv,insly displayed. In the ladies'
cabin, fancy articles for sale, ANA woe TO the
bachelor wight who was lucd into that room. He
came away ieeced sheep. The cook rooms were
steamins with oysters, coffee, &C., and looked as
though their hearths of last had never cooled
The cabin was warm throughout and impaired to the
guests that feeling Of composurc felt by traveller un
der way one of our river palaces. The amount
of proceeds was from $500 to 500.
Many little Of gal!anty and rcplrtcc, occur
red AT the sales, but which like ghtning-bugs, lose
too much of their charm when caught; therefore. we
shall let them fly. Here is taken from another
occasion which will answer to illustrate the charac-
ter of these scenes which will not take the trouble
to describe.
At late festival, pretty miss waited upon an
editor with pic-ratc of antlu manufacture, III the
centre Of which he cspcd the following interesting
Couplct:
''Onc sweet Kiss
! Is the price of this"
This excited his naturally amorous disposition, and
opportunity presented. he motioned the
Young lady TO his side, and pointing with the Knife
To the lines said,
/ "Yom pay is ready, whenever you present your
billr'
MoyDAY 21th.
The WEArHER.-Snow has fallen during last
night and to-day, to the depth, probably Of foot.
1t lies flat and doesn't curl in the breeze much
"A mnst,che. Last winter had not snow enough
On the Atlantic seahoard, there is little or no snow
at the present time Last year that region, east had
an abundance. Thus Libra holds the scales.
SLEIeH,SG.-Iast week i, was reported tina, our
seishins, south, peters ont about half way Gaena
We presume it is good all the way. For thu
last SNOW was from the NORTHEAST, and dry.
4 PHESoMEYoN.-Oa Christmas eve, directly
over sunset, arose fiery column urd as Il heated
ball. 1t assembled from the horizon to IA point to-
wards the zenith, Of Is deg. The succeeding day
was very bright till evening when storm set in
The ST. Paw AND TRAVERSE DIES SIoUx
RcAD.-Mr A. l.. Larpenteur, maniiests more in
'cresi in the said road han any man we knor of in
st. Paul. For information respecting that enter
prise, which of course, must 90 on we commend IN
1uirers 10 that gentleman Ii our people shall set
about this enterprise, and put down their money Tor
IT, Mr.. Larpcntcur would be good man for treasurer
We learn that Traverse has alrcad subscribed s $50
for the road
/ Sunday, Thanksgiving, and Christmas, all within
the last week, New Years this week. These rich
dispensatons let down upon almost once, as
the sheet let down to ST. Peter By the four cor
ncrs. Our people are enjoined within the period of
these obseyances, to be relg ious, thoughtful merry
and social. Excellent customs.
/ THr DEnooRAr, in its ck-spirit Of sef.sacri-
fee, when bringing foul charges upon Mr. Sibey,
riousy eXclaims:
hatevcg may be the consequences To us person.
ally pecunarly we shall be faithful 10 our trust as
an independent chroniclcr of events.
This paragraph reminds us Of the following case Of
faithful devotion to duty.
A negro preacher holding forth to his conrrc-
cation upon the subject Of obeyinr the commands Of
God. Says he. "Bredren, whateber God tells me
to do in DIS book, (hoding up the bible) that Pm
gwom to do. II see in dat | must j,,mp troo a
stone wall, I'm gwon to jump at it. Gwom tr3o it
longs to God-jumpm' At 1t longs to dis nigga
HE PRovIsIoN MARKIr.-We are disposed
to conclude from some inquiry, that we have bread
enough in Minnesota for the cold season and Derbans
some to spare. We observe that our farmers are
about these tncs, bringing into market verv consider
able quantities OF produce of the various kinds most
required. and we think there is a larger amount in
the hands of the farmers than our ;ownsnen had
supposed. OF course there ought in this third sea-
son Of agriculture, to be surplus in the hands of
| the farmers.
1t has long been observed that, when any a.ricul-
tura product Is scarce lii the Fall is usually plenty
IN the Spring. Though may have in the Teri
tory surplus OF provisions, the fact that large
amounts purchased below arc excluded bv the ice,
and the fact Of the uncertainty as to the amount we
have on hand, and the extent Of the demand. for
these carses the present high prices will keep I'D
without much abatement fDr some two months
Our CLERG yMES.-Oflatc, ON clergymcn of,h,ee
four different denominations have been CHANGING
works around in each others pulpits; having forgot
ten the differences III OPT zion which commonly keen
them apart. The world has much cause of hope
from these favorable manifestations, that our clergy,
men are really disposed follow the example Of the
political world, and have an occasional! term of
peace. The different branches Of The great Christian
Church, seem to the unrcgencraed part of the com
munity, to be insane to have all their differences
upon non-essenaI. and the disciples of one mas