The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1853-10-13

our Kingdom Is, and with the advice ard con-
sent OF our cabinet-ail whose names are proper
y entered in the Family BibIe--we rule it pretty
mnch after our own liking. Probably there is non
IN Australia a richer rod -or-two square than il
Not that we have found any gold or any
other precious thing of the gross sort. Indeed,
l"e do not remember 10 have found ANYTHING
more valuable, Of the material kind than q very
handsome pocket-knife, that we ourselves had
lost the day before; or an India-r rubber bail, the
property OF little Johnny, who takes his morning
exercise in the adjoining yard. But great budg-
cts Of comfort we have found there winch has en-
rnhed many days past, and will gniid many da 5
TO ccrne. Ihe nuggets find there are genu-
me. They ale not iumpso lead, curiousy inland
with gold IN The quartz and creyices covered
with thin gold leaf. Reflection assays ihem, aud
hnds them pure-crushes them. a nd finds them
the same within without There are great
many curious specimens Of comfort TO be seen;
an5 great many persons who take them a. Sc
curliy for IA good conscience, are wonderfully de-
aeiyed thereby.
But 10 cease from figures Our door ward is
rich IA those old fashioned fiower-garden products
which constantly remind one of The Careless dav
OF his boy hood But FIRST OF all, there our gri So
plot ought TO be sreen---it has been waiered
from below by and of the Croton hose, and from
above by the kind clouds that go abou, watering
weary cizens' grasspots. A month or two
ago 1t was all pms aud p,rp'e with clover heads.
But The man with the broken sickle, who stops
al our basement window, and 80 touchnsiy asks
If the good lady has any grass TO CUT laid
all low one sunny day; and whether they went
TO make meal for poor Dobbin, the iutman's
horse; or wheather they CURED ilto hay,
and stuffed the patched pillowcase Of little Nelly,
old Mr.. Grass-to-cut ;" daughter, we have not
careiully inquired. One generation goe,h ard
another coneth. The broad, green blades Of a
crop OF wiich-grass nOw covers the turf on which
ouy collars are bleach on Mondays, and where
on, when The clouds in the west are pink and go-
d with HE rays Of the setting sun, we some
times stretch ourseit and listen Ia the murnlurIng
OF the busy outside world. Four red clover
heads, however yet remaIn-the delegates from
the last crop OF the grass pio,--io see how the
green ones Of this generation behave. We par,i-
culafly respect them when tread near Them
and, through the soles OF our slippers are persua-
ded, BY the dewy hetbage that ws are treadlug
country fields an sirolIug over country pasture
lots, we crush dozen OF The white clover with
out conpunctloa. They are con.mon now though
very clean and very petty. 4 deputstion Of
! bees, from the garden OF the next block, WIS IN
10 see them yesterday and slipped little Of the
honey OF those four red cloyeIs with evident rel
I>h. We would not crush Of them for any
thing. II would ta.siy the report lh.t i!e bees
VIII in their DAILY lines
But the flowers. I he Golden Coreopsis IS now
IN full bloom. The ladies slippers peep up he
tween It's long and delicate branches. Their
4 howers are neither fine and iragr int; but when
they have fallen, and the seed- have time 10 ripeu
= TO press the receptacle between the thumb and
a finger renuinds IL most vIvIdiy of the DAYS hen
3, we were at school. he intervening Years be-
tween that tine and this ar, rolled together ike
It's segnents Now and then they seem to meet
and touch each other, and fee as young :
y "a u an nd hor -,ff fba
day III surprising Ourse,f with the sensatveness
: Of these " iuch- -nots." Here IS an artchuhe
= Onr member Of the cabinet would haye rooted j
, up, but we preserved 1t as IA renambfancer Of the
: time when it cur habit to take picked att
choke, cucumber, ana ieaspoonfvI Of sal, Tied
u up IN rag, with nicely buttered biscuit, 10
d school, for our dinner. 1hey don't have such
= thing in The eaing houses. Money won't buy
- such delicacies. There Is 4 scented clover-planl
= all IN bloom. It's tops, when dried and laid away
4 with your Sunday handkerchief, give 1t a pleas
e Ant fragrance that sets the lady In tbe pew behind
. you into revere all about her home Gown IN Yer
/, mount Seeing that sGch thoughts are not ius
t the that the SOLEMN ogan ir, ing to in. pare
l. YOU W II do YOU phase ahoGi Or, NJ and wing
= any Of them. Here ls "slow drop or - WAY
bail" as you choose 20 cal, il. Tie white balls
j. already begiu 10 addorn il; there i d sprig that
w.li look well III >arahs hair ,o-mcfrow nisht
= But we wit! not trouble YOU wnh an Official eaia-
. logue, for docr- yard j. IDi Il CNsfnl PaIacp
in which every body IN the world has Ii rlgb TO
e walk and spy out The beauties Ne, word say
: we OF the plant, kept more ior sho" han Tor
T. domestic en- l,ymen nor Of .ha v.ne lhai shades
: the arbor, aud in wnOse green clusters we shah
4 daily watch 10 the purple blood i.fused; nor
2 Of the thrifty box from winch our New Years
E cake was trimmed. Enough Of ii al. Within
= his lutte enclosure sill down at times 10 thus
o. er the simpc virtues. and mediate. not like a
phiicsnpher " lih scrutiny and argument. bat like
, a tired n, surrendciring his thoughts 10 iheir
s. own di>cTetIon: rather 10 dream quietly Of tie
end uf all our hurry ing, our ioIng and s'rIvings.
n Here seated, what care have whether stoehS
c or fall : Whether money Is tight plenty
: Whether Russia has crossed the TrUh and scZ-
= ed the Danuban provinces or not /? Here moth
, ing encroaches stop A branch Of cur neigh
bor's Madeira vine is creeping through kaot-
hole--has laid no on cur SIDE of he fence
makes lis delicate tracery on our wallis club
ing up the pillar Of cur piazza. Neyermnd.
, These neighboTly inirusons are bonds Of cur
. pence The clever folks in the next room water
l. roots and we, in a week so, sh, te cuuf-
fng the fragrance of its iovers.--[N. Y. Times.
. STATE ROOM CAR.-Messrs. Eaton & Gillcrt. of
Troy, have just go, mp for the Hudson River Rail
roa@ car about foty-fve feet long, and pine and
halt wide, the whole cut up IN state rooms of eight
feet sor,re. Each room is calculated for Que party
or family, and Is furnished with ssfa, four chairs,
look ing glass, aud srna mahogany centre table.
The panels painted in landscape, the ceiling hung
With silk and the floor hung with tapestry carpet
, The rooms are entered from passage Way on The
side and arc admirably lighted and ventilated. In
the forward rant Of the car is wash room. In the
rear a snug little nook for the and occupancy of
the charnhcrmaid ! his caris intended 40 cxfcr-
inont. Should it meet with pttronage worthy ol IT.
comforts, Mr. French intends to have twenty more
immediately c0ustructed.--RoCh. Dem.
The New Orleans Crescent says: few months
ago Il me, chant Of this city took to his home and
heart a youthful bride, and went to reside in the
Fou n District. Wishing to i've in privacy ha en-
gayed only one servant iresh green girl from the
Emerald Isle. She took the fever and IN a few days
died Another hired ald shared the same fate.
A thrd aud fourth filed The vacancy in The house
bold aud followed in succession the sweeping sum-
mons Of the fell cesiroyef. Following the In
pulse Of a nat,na al dread, the merchant went TO Mobile
TO avoid the destructive visitation Of the scourge and
the next day buried his young aud beautiful Bride.
Di-gusted with n home where noughi n4t empty