The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1853-07-09

FANNY FERN-A Boston correspondent of the
Newark Eagle is responsible for the statement
that this lady has been twice married. lie
writes - Her first husband was c. X. Ed
redgc. usher of the Merchants Bank. He died
some five years ago leaving the widow with an
empty purse and two or three children. Her
second husband was S.P. Harrington, merchant
of Boston. a widower with two children. They
! lived together only about a year, when Mr.. +.
betool himself to the West, where he at present
resides, and where he has just obtained di-
vOrcc. We have no disposition to draw the
veil which screens the domestic hcarthstOnc
from the public eye. "Thcre is no disparity
in matrimony like uncOngenialty of mind and
disposition. says Dickens. Harrington we knew
well. Modest. unassuming. pious, puritancal.
without brlllian: talents or attainmcnts, bred
| in the common walks of life, among common
men. he lacked the genius to appreciate and
sympathiZc with the intellectual, the mental,
the witty. the lutlicrous. which flashes from
Fanny. and after leading few months of dis
quiet together, he fled, leaving lucrative bus
mess and copartncrship agreement incomplete:
while she lashcs hc-malcs with no sparing hand
under the cOgnomcn of Fanny Fern earning
bread thereby for herself and children 1t is
said that Fanny has become a resident of New
York She is the daughter of Nathaniel Willis.
! Esq, formerly editor of the Boston Recorder.
and sister OF y. PHYLLIS, of the Home journal
Mrs. SwisShclm hits off in the following COOL
/ humorcd style. 4 lecture some one had been civ
ing her for too frequent violation of the rules
of Lindlcy Murray:
We entertained some idea of writing gram.
mar OF or own, but could not find out what
ought to be in it, and 50 for the last two years
we have been very quietly forgetting all we
ever knew about pronoUns and propositions
We have dim recollection that the authorities
say. :" the nOminative governs the verb. and
we always allow ii 10 do so--provted the said
nominativc can catch the verb and bring ii into
subsection but certainly we DO not take the
| least trouble to aid in the capture If the verb
happens to slip of our pencil with kind of de-
faint air as though they did not like to be 60
vcrncd. we stand between them and our gram
NAUTICAL Junior, and maintain their ight to free
dom. Even Our learned friend. Mr.. Riddle. al
though he is six feet two. is Mayor of the city.
and has most profound vcncration for all the
CANNON usually considered grammatical rules
with a most authoritative manner and portcnt-
ous frown. never could induce us to force the
matrimonial bonds upon poor verb that want
ell to he singular, simply because some Lord
y nomnatlvc demanded to change her case.
| We see it stated that 20 Enrope'' the CORES
| pendent of the New York Times is no less II
parsonage than VI. Louis kosSuth The letters
are certainly worthy of his pen, and are espe-
cially interesting at this time as af.or,ling the
very best commentaries on the present inter-
estns aspect of European affairs.
Several members of the Canadian Lcgisla-
tive Assembly and Council have given to Sar-
geant Lawson gold watch and family Bible,
for his successful defence of Father Gavazzi
against the mob in Montreal
LOOK OFT FOR THEM.-ROSc Rice & CO.. saws
the Decatur (1ll) Gazette. who have for some
been n v1r a. utror u, 4 IL,
crn Cross Railroad. abscondcd from this city on
Saturday night last. indebted to a portion of
our merchants and mechanics to the amount of
two thousand dollars. Not only have the above
named suffered. but we regret to say that very
large number Of labOrcrs in their employ. lost
each months wages. They took particular
pains to borrow all the money they could. got
in debt to all the stores, drew their estimate
money. &c, before starting. Our citizens
placed, before their departure. implicit conf
dcnce in these men. surprising them to be hon
orablc gentlemen: but they have been sadiy
dcccived.-S Louis Rpub.
TIE NEW ENvEIOrEs.-The new Government
envelopes, which are shortly to make their an
pcarancc, are cut out by an instrument worked
by steam, to the number of five hundred at =
single operation. The image of Washington is
stamped upon them in white basrelicf and tho
rates Oh postage printed in red ink. After ap-
OF %, and sent to Washington. whence they will
ma their way through the postmastcrs. to eve
ry part OF the country. They are of white and
nui paper, and watcrlincd with the initials Of
the Post Office Department of the United States.
ABOUT 100 operatives, chiefly females have been
employed i'll this work. Special precautions
arc taken against forgery and the abstraction Of
envelopes from the mandatory, for which Of
fences the new post office laws have imposed
hnc OF not less than $780, or imprisonment
not exceeding five years, or both such fine AMI
Imprisonment.
Mcssrs. Boyd & Streetcr, manufacturers of
soap In Norwich Conn.,, recently gave COLA
non 10 Their friends in one Of the immensc soap
'0iiers OF their establishment. The kettle,
Shlch was about fifteen feet in diameter was
Ioored about fifteen feet below the rim upon
nc noorlhg, IN the CENTRE vas placed a round
aoie' around which were arranged circular
ea1s IN such manner that the inner surface or
vail OF the cauldron served the Office of a sup
,ort Ior the back of the occupant, thus placing
ne guests IN circle. Some thirty gentlemen
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