The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1853-01-15
ODDS AND ENDS.

noon-went thence to New Haven by rail-and
on to New York by boat, arriving at the city on
the following morning. Coming this way e.
ven more time was consumed in the Journey.
The Hudson River road now runs in a manner
which may be conceived by the following re-
marks Of an astonished traveller;
81 reckon they travel some on the Hudson
River Railroad. l stepped in the car at Alba
ny, got fairly seated at Hudson, lighted my ci-
gar at POughkeepsie spit ont of the window at
Peekskiii, and hit man at Sing Sing. The
telegraph poles looked like close picket fence.
and on going to the rear Of the train, l found
we had a rope-walk and ten pin ally in tow, each
filled with brick, both stuck straight out like
the tail of kite, without touching the track
and were used merely to steady the cars DE
frOn Tribune.
The first report was that California had Civ
en- Pierce and King majority of II, O0O-The
papers show that the telegraph made a mistake
OF 10000 Either figure is large enough how
ever.
RELICS OF THE SPANISH AEM,DA-Efforts are
making to raise the cannon belonging to two
ships attached to the spanish Armada wrek-
ed on the west coast ofIreand, near Portatlown
nearly three hudred years ago At very low
tides the wrecks are visible
"A SATIsFACTORfjExPLANA lady. ON be-
ing told that the skull shown to her at the Brit
ish Museum was that of Oliver Cromwell. OBJ
served it was strange, as she had seen another
skull OF the usurper in the Oxford Museum,
which was much larger. ''Yes madam" said
Inc conductor but our specimen is that of his
mead when he was very young.''
Run VEniCLE.-"Dang me if dom believe
the world, s wheelbarrow,'' said iollv inc
brlate, as he rolled along the pavement. land
I'm the wheel revolving on haXiS. Now I'm
IN the mud, said he, as he fell headlony in the
gutter, 'and now I'm on dry land as he fetch
ed up on the cnrb stone. His concluding re-
mark, as his boots followed his head down an
and the vehicle is ont nf renn;r" 10 "r'heh'
f"'''
- feel" moaned dying cobbler. that I,
ted1 weaker each succeeding day, and that | am
1ast approaching my end-a few more stitches
anu all Will be over. In heaven there is rest
Tor the s0fe-earth hath no sorrow that heaven
cannot heef Having said ari he wished, he
calmiy preathed his last.
A SEtrrsu Urse,xn. mn, from, os.
rural districts-we may be allowed to saw. from
one OF the very rural Enthusiastically came
to town to see the sights, leaving his better half
nj home with the cattle and the poultry. a.
mong various little keepsakcs which he brought
back to his wife, on his return, was his dagucr-
retype "Oh, these men, these men what cree
tiers they are!" exclaimed the old lady, on re-
of himself all the wav from Yorl and ha 60 20,
fish as NOT to fetch ono of mo o. tha w 49,.
T''''' '''''e
spanish poet addresses stars as Burning
aoaploons OF the celestial bank"' Many of the
Sclavonian bards speak of their ladies' eye
brows as 'black and glossy leeches.'' BoIlac
Bohemian writer toll ms Thai Tho Wi, orh;a c,;'1
''sparkled like sIieooritro mr. nlun, hrandn.
and Giambattista Basile Describes Tho ,anis;n,,
of the stars before the sun. as an impcrtinen}
rabble running awav from hn m po,I r,
Old Briggs asked us the other dav if cou,d
zen why people almost invariably journcyed
alter marriage! We replied in the negative
anu aPpiied to him for Information. Because"
piness and feel satisfied that ,h:v viii, III ."p
likely to find it at home Rrig: ua rrsd uho -"
quite young. and his wifi. doonnoJ tbn ;,,o,nno,
sbles the first week. 50 we conrInded mo-,
too much dependence on his SAVINGS ~ p"'
cvx v,,o
majority ofonr readers( 1--WE doubt indeed whether
and hoop poIes are sbinnod ~ mn oarrel TIMBER
~ 49, pu.Is "ie sn'ppcd 10 boston--madein in
sofa AZ 20 rtwaeu ,neh sent back here and
and MO I h,mnh :. ,ucn Is nevertheless the fact.
No. We "iusn ~ say 'nat II Is so.-prginia
F"p"'
The wife of Elizur Wright. the noted ,bo,;-
Zionist Of Boston, has again blessed her husha nd
by giving birth to fine pair of twins n" ..;ri
and boy. This addition makes eighteen cI;l.
dren the happy man has had to provide for
the papers. ''c''h 'hohths. SO say
~. BUTTER FROM ESGi,xp.-Tbe ENGLISH s,o,mor
Niagara, which arrived at Boston on saturday
present high price it can be Hro u".er: A1 the
land and sold at good price "s'' it0h Eng