The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1853-02-03
Ecclesiaxtical Polemics.

II win be remembered By the earlier readers Of the
Pioneer, that the question was moo,ed in St. Paul,
whether the early pointed style Of architecture had
its origin ia the dark ages or 10 ST. Paul While on
the one hand the proposition was affirmed, the
other was maintained with equal spirit.
| For the peace of the community, il would he we'll
If this question could be settled and laid at rest
For the present the controversy promises to be as in
tcrmiaablo AS that upon the question, ilow many OF
the John Rogers family stood spectators at the
stake"
! The following communication still leaves the sub
iect unsettled but it may be Of intefes, read
! ers:
LrcuRcUs, Iowa, JAM II, 1883.
| To the Editor Of The minntsatr pioneer, and M fun
seeko or cid crooker Lm truth:
| GENrLEMrN:--T did think at the death If James
| NJ Goodhuc should longer be the sub Ject o
sport for that paper. Bot mankind is l,abIe to many
disappontnients. In as much As had no printing
press of my own thaught | would not enter into a
news paper war with James NJ. goodhue But ac,
King louis the Eleventh with him. god forbid
should say aught against the ashes of James NJ good
hue on account of his amiablc wife for whom ! al
ways had the highest respect for But want tc
teach this wonderful OF letters if his ears is moi
be man or one Of the canine Race, Tor he is CRATE
upon the seat he can At this late day smell ny
old barn.
Just hear what he has to say in your paper Of Dec
2nd after a long string ri high flowing WORDS sucl
As no man could invent but one like him who l sup
pose has not onl, Read old B!ewbeard and Robson
Crusoe Bat must have read the Vicar of Wakefield
lie says IT is a building which many accounts is
stencil the nostrlls and is well that there
barn Burners among the upright.
Oh what create you have in St. paul
where in the world did ,on import him from. Cam
YOU spare him tn come down here while, the wolves
caught ii hoe the other day of mine, and Fate it up
know if he had been here he would have smell
them and given the alarm IN time 10 have saved iht
poor hog. inst send him down or bind him to keel
the peace for he has made unlawful threats agans
my old Barn.
when he was writing the vicar of wakefield that i
woul,. some dav fall into the hands Of this great,
>meiicr, for | have no dought but he would have
c;nsioned him against the crime Of arson.
But from the tone Of this predictions writer aliou
smeler Won mu.i have doctor primrose with Won II
81 paul for he has both the vicar Of " akeheid an
the capt. in ST paul. for Jus, again listen to him an,
sec if there is not two of OF my buildings that oi,
Barn h says,
The early pointed style which you attribute t'
Wakefield came into vogue lon, after the time OF III;
Empress Helena, ana many wears before the CAPITA ii
and wonderful knowledge, in his next Just ask hin
how long it was after the empress h2caa for
might sui be that The vicar aud the captain aven;e,
it tirstye they CLAIM TO have built the Barn thu
is very offensive 10 the gentlcman's nostrcs lOn
after the Reign Of the empress Helena.
Now Mr.. Editor who ever YOU may ha, Er know
you not, the Wear and the Captain hopes that yo
will atten, ~ this matter and see which of Us wa
the longest after The empress in inventmg the new
pointed stylc.
Nj. Editor give my compliments to truth, an'
tell him IN rls up his nose, and keep good distance
hom the Barn and By doing he may be still u>ei
to his Country or II would le create PITY to zoos
such laen scholar Is him. and 1T is useful 10 have
good Sne,r in town ike yours.
| paid for the rionnecr tor six months | srrpos;
the time is ont. and am g'Ii YOU have quit sendn,
il, as that was all the timc subscribed for the las
number dated the 9th December, they did no
come Rc,gaiar, there is in taking it AZ,
longer.
Very Respectfully, SC.