The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1853-06-23

at Rarnbouiliet;
! 81 was extremely fortunate, leaving the cars 10
tall IN with a noisy Engshrlan, half commiss ionsre
and hall agent who knew every wool grower in the
vciuity, and every thing IN relation the govern
ment flock well He knew, moreover, the best
breakfast house in the placean important matter af
ter one has risen at SIX O'Clock in the morning, and
! ourneyed half hradred miles with an empty sto-
mach--ant We accordingly made the best Of our way
TO the Hotel du Lion dOr (ahy should all hotel lions
oe golden France End elsewhere y 10 find comfort
and sustenanee for the inner do not just
| reco'Ioct-cannot immediately call to mind-when
where ever sat down a breakfast enjoyed moro
than this one at Ranbouillet--it sumptuous and
most baunul. There fourteen OF who par
TOOK all, with the exception OF our English friend
anda single companion of mine, French farmers from
the vcinityjoly, fuddy. substantial men, Of class
had never met before in the countryand courteous
men withal-some of them fair drinkers besides.
say this becsuse coueed The empty bottles after the
repaa, and there tweniy-two of them. Yet it
Was light, ordinary, although pleasant wine, and
served rather to make French friends good naur
ed and garrulous than Intoxicated.
81 must give you bin OF fare from memory. pre-
missing by saving that may have left many things:
First, we had large pork pie, cold, well seasoned,
and cooked turn; next came veal cutiets, melton
chops, and stewed kdneys; this course was followed
(the French stow away fish almost any where,) by
lat and delicious shad; after this Il shut down the
shad, Came DO not know what kind Of asts these
m turn were followed b, regular course Of yegcta-
bles then pies, cakes and pastry doings eene-
rally; next abundance of apples, raisns. figs and
what not, OF kindred natures; and the performances
Concluded with rich coffee and delicious French
cream, (they call the latter brandy in parts OF
States) And what do YOU suppose our bin for
all thiswne, coffee, b;andy, and serv ice !ncnded.
Three francs, quite sixty cents OF money!
Thinking there mistake, I told the dare De
compton that had gone the entire breakfast from pork
PIE To brandy; bat >he SAID ii was all right-tbreo
francs was the only charge. would not have sold
my right to the shai for three times the money,
and shall think that ! paid that
enough"
The San joaquin Republican says: "Four miles
socth oi Naileclte, on Coyote Creek, are what are
called the Natural Bridge, two Of which sLan The
creek Imagination canrot picture or form gnv idea
of the grandeur of the thai here meets the eve
ol the beholder Volcanic acton has plea rocks in
every conceivable form, ard nature seems he in
ruins. Whi',t gazing. the uauralst is lest in con.
lecture. Unterneah IN. iabyrin,hs of arches the eye
detects limitations Of clusters q eraros cherries, and
other ruiis; vincs and stems pc, fec,iy initiated
fcstoons and flowers fict-wo'k iouded every ia
agin;bie shapeail If which have been formed when
the substance molten mass, and the convul
sions Of hlted 10 ~ preseut position. On
close examination the wonder still incre reasesthe oh-
server bohods the natural outline o leaves, vines,
&c, imprinted the solid io,k, and the intersices
expose petrlied reuiaias OF Vt egeta'!on"
The followio9 fiic,ous piece of IRONY, justly ap-
piled, is copied from the New York Courier and
Enquirer;
"A QUtcK TsIr.--We are under oblisa.
tons 10 the officers Of the feet steamer Reindcer for
New Orleans papers OF the evening OF the 25th, for
varied 10 Us by the steamer ". T. Clifton from
Cairo, The hendeer, We learn, BY roemo andun
on the paper, h;iag h,rst.f tra, beng then only
,.r:e days and ttteen hours from New Orleans. Tbn
Is quick work.'--tSt. Louis rarer.
Hurrahl Down with the vaives' In with the
,a,' On with the steam Three days oid tf.ecn
h,lrs from New Oleans! by 81. George thi.
wiN never do. This gallant Render hasn', begun 10
ri hrself o,a yet. She i. but jus; shaking The dew
drops from her fanhs. There is mottie in her that
viii take hes to 81. LOUIS III three minutes and a-half
less than all dis comes to Engineer do you heara
Give her more steam! For heavens sake give her
more steam II YOU have L heart that can glow with
pride f you have cheek that ting e witt. shane,
we ,eil you 20 give her steam, Il. the memory
Of the mo her that bore yon, by the honor Of the
country that nurscd YOU, by the If the great
"Father al Waters" tlat gi,dics the earth at your
feet hv TIE hopes Of the c ones that call you their
paternni ancestor, pur on more steam! Are you
vile IL grud5 your employers one Iai;ry thrill OF
triumph! We tell you, p0t more steam! Do you
hold yourselves cheap not TO for the Joyous
shouts Of FIVE hundred passengers? We telI you put
on more steam Are yor such a sntAb rot 10 like
20 see Sops doinys in the sewsFape,sl We tell you,
lazy engineer, put On more steam If tar won't DO.
tupcnt,ue mxst. Three days and fifteen hours for
only twelve hundred miles in the middle If the nne-
tecntb century, 'Jis monStrous. II can be done
aud If science can't prove it, eXpe ay viii
-it be done, say, in three days fourteen hours
and ity-sx and hall minutes. krcc nuntUts ond
a-holf ieSsi A fu inch of time, and Queen Eliza
beth sand she wonld give her kingdom for can inch
/ of time litile more pitch. good engineer An
other fv-siX, If aSe, for that lever Let her
pant; let her shake; let her away ike mad!
Il won't hurt her; and II it does il won, he likely
/ scald and mangle than hundred at most. We
have known where not more than FIVE or ten
were killed. of whom fingered in agosy more
than IA fortnight. In expo ion not such a terrible
thing after all. We getting quite used to them.
and the maa ho has bcea tt.,,n lp himself, or
had some friend blown np, is something oi curl
osiiv, and hardly ht To De American. 1t IS rather
unpc sgnt, TO be sure; but II Is better that
should weep than that strong should shed tears.
/ Time is money, and the boat drive on. She
must III hrse ot either sky high straight ahead.
/ The Reindeer knows no othe! motto than "Onwards
/ ar Upwards.
! We must apologize good St. Lou, friend
that we cut 20 poor figure in backing him Gp in this
racing business. The tt,h is have never been in
practice This steam boat iocky ship is altogether n
new thing to US. We always had prejudice against
il, and about these times like it iess than We
have sometimes thought that, If we compelled
10 choose We should Ike bull ba,,ing better. X
'aiuIy is murderous, for not ricadore is
slain thousand passengers. And. again, the name
in this happens To be rather unIcasaatly :us.
gestive We had Reindeer once noble
Hud.on' and she was racer, too. She persisted ia
the strife and with her perhed thirty human beings
with blood in their veins and hopes bright
! in their hearts editorial brothers.
Their dyiug shreks must pass from
ca Join HIN, with any heart, in th. game of DEATH
h. sober earnest, psineJ beyond expression
to see Paragraphs Ike The above frequent in
public journals They do not spring from bad
lives but. Judged by their effects, they cruel
as the grave. As directly any thing can, they
stimulate our steamboats, make over-qnicx tine.
and thereby put the lives Of hundreds IN Imminent
jeopardy. In afixing the mark Of superiority TO
boat ovei her rivals they make feetness everything
and safety nothing. RecklesSnes they regard nno-
cent yea admirable, SO that il be successful. Risk
is ignored until verified by terrific certainty. The
shot that hits The apple is cried to the skies. hu,
account taken Of the shot that may periorate the
h,ain. This spirit is altogether too prevalent among
or people i, has peiled the lives Of hundreds o.
thousands and actually cost the lives Of :sns Of thou
sand, and it is time that the press shonc universally
exercise i,s influence against il. Gnck trip liks
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