The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1853-03-26
ODDS AND ENDS,


AWKWARD MIsTAKE.-A fine stone church
was lately built in Missouri, upon the facade of
which a stone cutter was ordered to cut the
following inscription: Z" My house shall be call
ed house Of prayer" He was referred. for ac-
curacy, to the verse Of scripture in which these
words occur, but unfortunately he transcribed.
to the scandal of the society, the whole verse:
"My house shall be called the house of prayer.
but ye haze made it @ den Of there's
CONcIUsIvE.-"D Did you say that you consit.-
cred Mr.. Smith insane asked lawyer of a
witness in q criminal case.
eyes, sir, l did,
upon what grounds did you base that in
ference?'
"Why, I lent him silk umbrella and five
dollars in money, and he returned them both
"My DEAR" enquircd young wife of her
calculating husband, as she reached up her ROSY
little mouth to be kissed, on his return from
business, have you seen that magnificent set
OF parlor furniture which the JcnkinsOns have
just bought"
holsterer's bill for it,
She made a mouth at him. but wouldn't be
kissed.
a writer in the .Naional MteNigenccr conf
plains OF the names given to new cities towns
&C., in this country, and says that he himselfi is
citizen of Dresden, close by Vienna on the
road to Naples, between Antwerp and Cornth.
in Indiana.
ExoU1sITE.-A writer in the LAFAYETTE Re
publican, courts the muses. after this fash
ion:
'Ts sweet TO the toad. the frog,
The lilly and the pollywog-
But sweeter FAR 1t Is to me,
To lay my head Oh Saly's knee.
Tur Cor-TTrpS T ann, IT, o.:. g 4,
n. Y. Mirror, who has been making a trip to
Havana, New Orleans, &C.. writes some pleas
ant letters home about what he has seen at the
South, and in his last from New Orleans. tells
some secrets about the Crescent City bellies.
which they wont thank him for making public.
We copy portion of his:
At the risk Of being charged with a lack of
gallantry, shall venture to state. that the
Southern ladies paint like Jczablcs. Brows.
cheeks, lips and necks bear palpable marks of
chalk and "pink sauccrs.' To an unsophisti-
Gated taste, this giving the lie to Nature is
simply disgusting; and, in a married woman
should be made. by statute. sufficient ground
for divorce. say it boldly. as intend to
leave this evening.
The Quadroon ladies of New Orleans excite
both feeling of admiration and pity-almiru-
tion for their accomplishments and beauty
commlseratiOn for the unnatural and unjust
condltlOn entalled upon them by the laws of
LOUISIANA. A man cannot legally marry a
Quadroon woman, unless he is able to swear he
has black blood IN his reins. AS many of these
women are not only very white. but very beau
tifui and highly accomplished, resistance to
their charms Is no easy matter; and, as love is
not apt to be controlled by statute limitations.
the consequence of this absurcd state of things
Is readily anticipated. They marry. or place,
as they call it, without the sanctions of the
State, or the bcnedictions of the Church. The
mother OF the quadroon girl consents to tenn
Pory arrangement, provided her daughter is
lurnisheu win comfortable quarters, and a
couple OF slaves. with promise on the part Of
the mock husband to give his little quadroons
good education. 1t is not very uncommon
thing for Northern Bachelors to say notbiny
OF Northern Benedicts, to be under the necesi-
~ OF supporting and educating the Ottspriny of
this peculiar institution. | have heard of one
case, IN which man was so madly, or perhaps
4 should say, truly in love with beautiful
MUSHROOM, that, IN order to marry her, he in
Jected a little black blood into his veins pro-
cured from one of his negroes: and then took
,ne requisite nuptial oath, thereby fulfilling the
.sIter OF law. 1t may spoil the romance of
.ne story TO add, that the lady had dowry of
tnree hundred thousand dollars But in this
ase ol goid the mercinary spirit is an element
not 10 De overlooked; and hore in the South
Dacnelor Is asked to be introduced to a vounc
lady with so many hogsheads of sunar.or 90
many weii-conditioned negroes a young lady
with more charms of purse than person ov"r.
heard an ungallant person remark the other
evening upon the number of freckles on her
face, when she turned upon him with the retort
that her father had a negro for erc,y .freckle !,
AN ANEcDorE OF PIERcE.-A correspondent
Of the Tribune tells this story:
Inc strict constructionists and stif.backcd
men OF the dominent party are delighted with
H. t .enor OF a story concerning Pierce. which
mas nas peeh whispered around in Democratic cir
cles mere for two days past. 1t seems that in
the middle of last week, some ardent fr;ond ~ ~
.ne facinc Railroad bill approached Pierce 70
induce him to use his influence win on ~ t "
senator, whose positions We're donLtfnI -; u' Nv t~o
connection, in favor of the enactment o. an IN .Iis
OF course. Pierce answered promntlv any ',S o,il
phatically, that he "had not bceu sIert ,u eti-
the people to be President of a roiFroaJ I,, "
Me United States, and therefore could do ~ ~
spcn thing" His reply reached the senate
Gnamner shortly afterward, and it is supnosn5
70 nave settled against the bill all the doubtfni
democrats So it went to the tomb of the Can
ulets at once, and in q mysterious way. as K
mIe; until this moroccan of court cossip :. rot
s u1h an were straining their wits and devising
Ely mat measure failed SO shortly after tie
i;lenos 1eit certain of its triumnb The oil
liners are In ecstacies over this inkJno nr. Jn
seI IN OF Gen. Pierce to stand souara ,,
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