The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1853-01-27

called in aad selected shawl, the price Of which
wns 5000 She hanlsd oct thousand dollar bill
which the clerk questioned. She took il hack, and
appeared to be indignant, when on reflection she
hanied over another and genuine bill on the same
bank. and requested that il be taken to hank
This was done, and the bill PRONOUNCED to be senu-
me The lady then Put il in her purse shah ing her
pretty head on1inousy at the clerk who had tacd to
insin;ate that her money not good. She stasted
TO go ont the pocr clerk making all sorts Of apologies
But on reflection, she ietorned-the shawl pleased
her--she woud not permit her excited feelings de-
privc her Of an article that pleased her we'll
She would have the shawl put up. The smiling
c lerk had II ready in II ilay She handed out
thousand dollar bill on the game bank--ihe clerk
thought il the same. They gave her : 400
change and the fair c with th- shawl and the
change. On making deposte in the afternoon, how
ever they found that the n wasa s;agh cot co,ni-
tciiet. he lHdy had shifted the good ana bal to
st her own pu poses, coo!ly leaving the bad in
the ha1is Of the Sewa Is, carrying of .er ;e41o #
sood money and their r.ch shawl. few weeks
since we ase informed the same fine tick aga n
tayed on Ia, same house, the oa'y diteTe nee brns
that he beautiful lady this occasion took two 700
shawis, left two tho, sand countc te notes, and
received back SGo0 in gooI cash in chan. Hart
ford Times.
ST. Louis AND MiYNEsorA RAILRoAD.--Ths
Railroad projected bv the citizens of ST. Louis RON
through Iowa to Minnesota, with the design Of ret-
dering thc vast Territory eubraocd between The Mis-
soh an Mississippi rve.s as wsl AS the potion ut
Minnc sofa lying of ha latter river tributary to
That city, meets h bat ttle sympathy in this State.
ne PROJECT is being agtated and efforts making to
secnre q Of land for its construction from Con-
gtess with energy that reflect, great credit upon
the citizens Of ST. lols, bat they cannot and uoed
not eXp2ci any assistance from the peOi e OF Iowa.
nor can they hope 10 secure the support o dele
gait in IN Congress FIR their PROJECT, for should that
delegation give their ai3 to such hi! they would
only misr, present the wishes but sacrifice the interest:
OF their Constituents The interests Of the peope Of
TIE State Of Iowa require connection with The
Eastc n Market, and until tAat is chained they will
oppose the Construction Il read through their ter
rto'y which would defer og Yeas, !! not eeectlails
destroy their present hopes Of calv orerirg o!
the means of rapid communication with the East.--
dab Her.
HoRRrBIE.-Mr. James Tweedlc, living on Pres
iIant'a l~Iana, near Memphis, n':delcd day
last week by of bis so, n9t more thad wears
Of age. The Memphis Eagle saws:
He (tbc istl was arrested YESTERDAY, and tried be-
fore Justice Waidan. He made .u and voluntary
confession
On the afternoon OF Friday the father lift tn two
Ms at work and went to the house tor the pupose
Of takin, nap; MT lone after, lie followed by
the Younger son, named James who uron trial, said
that he entered ta= house with his axe, and finding
his father - etched upon the fao: asleep, b. suuck
him the head with the pole Of the axe, dashin1
out his brains and killing him almost instantly. II is
sad that James has heretofore tieqneniy threatened
TO Kill his father, account Of his atAer having
ver ly whipped hi n without causa. From lbs
cont ssion and the ether testimony in tne there
is doub, but what the ooHisaitted wiialls
aad p.enoditatedlv.
We unl tand that Mr.. Two lie WAS exceedingly
cruel to his children, often bcatil, tnen NEST
" for the most r,ihilg offences. We would moi
the dead, yet in this may it n, Ike true that
the cruelty ot the parent made iaricide of the
chdl The young tad committed 10 PRISON to
wait his uial before the court.
Vhan n aacon uot ;p,o n lad ,os;,;on ,r,s
very expert at Craving out Of it. Though q'r1A
tempered, he of the best Of deacous IN the
void. He wouldn't in suoor noment, utter
OATH OF ANYTHING Ike one, for his weigh, in cider.
At the close of a rainy day, he milking upon IA
knoll in his BARNARD; on one side of which was
dirty slough. ard on the other oil ram. that, in
corseqpi Of his u3usua. quiet disposition.
alloa cd to lua with tn COWS. The deacon p
ou>l, humnn, '.Ol Iiunired," and had as. finished
the line ending "exaIted high" when III RAM obey
,g a sud In impulse - b. aggressive, gave h'm
blow behn that sent him Up shot distance ou'y
f.. dir, INTO the sliueh where tn .iity
was dee, cnon, h to give hm thore ugh in.uersng.
As he cawl.d ont, and before he gose fom his
hands and knees, n looked over his shau,lel al the
ram and vocitt ated, you d oi cus>.' hut On
boxing arornd, and seeing Of his nei- ots
the ta- looking at him, he added II the sanc b. cath,
"f m y te alyae1 the e7PtsSon. -. Carpet Bag.
PERIODICAL SroRMs.---A correspondent Of The
Newark Advertiser calls attention To the fact that
a
tons other instances il which st rms occur at
,itnt. inter vas If days each. Some years
SINCE society Of students il Harvard College, made
a 'arsa collection # meteorological ,at''s i'om al
part. OF the country, extentr15 over c'a>i ie abb
length oi mn. A. eNiensiv, cXaialt:,;ien OF Ia
tables showed that this principle c,inidenc3 pre-
valid uneXl ctec extent il tha r turn e stauy
DAYS. L. cases oi ten. twelve, or even more
weeks, the same day womb b. entered a. rainy
stormy; then wa,ii cone some lon. storm, OF long
e
er d., OF the week would take the ian. So far
W know, no regular r, of the scie,y refined 10
was evc pal >hed.--LN. Y. TiiLune.
LovG rRAysHs-Mr. knarp, the great revival
preacher, wh L in Boston, gave III. ii.iowns c'u
IA la his haa,ei s''Doni talk too long. my eth
gcr" SAID thr Eide, 6 y mt pfay tor long. Wacn
you rav, make up .onr n'ind what you are going t.
pray f.r before you start. Then pray a, Il. Don't
90 round, and round IT. My hrethren, II Peter when
he was owe. b,ard, had done m st o you do when
you p,av, and instead OF asking for what he then
most needed, had gone round an round h,- SUBJECT
he wonI have been forty fMhp'n- unIer water h.
! tore he could have cied outELoyd, save, per
+ ishu"
The Vermont Legislature has passed stringent
P 4" Maine Law Among It's provisions is one author
izne nsta TO arrest and commit 10 prison every
man they find - sNiIsey," ;" and there Keep him until
he is in it to testify where he obtained the
liquor II he refuses to testify, the justice before
whom he is brought, has power TO COMMIT him until
{ he Will The k,~ is to be voted On By the people,
if they say YES, II goes uto effect the htat OF ap
IL no. thea on the frst of December. This reminds
as e the colored prcaher, who SAID there would b.
services al his house on the THURSDAY, sc f de
Lo,d be wiilin, and the next Tuesday, any w''
The policy of every in business. and who
must live by the rubIic is 10 t the public hear IL
hin. His hest speaking trump. IS The newspaper
advertisement. Ia populous con.munity and rap
ID age like this, every trader must MAI" himself
u I, he tsE tsbi The
n,orress Of his neiehlo;s. lie may lie up eai in
the morning and late at night, and tax highly hrs
physical energies, and cat the bread Of carciuness
with honest intentions and a steady brain, yet he Is
ever open TO the chances Of failure or want oi that in
,e,ect,al sagacty-tbose wide views Of things With
out which have safe basis ior his hus,-
- ness.-[PaIncr's Bostonian
4 Coon News FROM IRFLANn,-La'e accounts
4 From Ireland represent that the eviledces Of imp
,nent IN the condition Il the country daily becom
ING more decided and the asi icntural Classes arc
beginning to participate in the general prosperity al
1 .rfta l., tho