The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1853-01-27
From the New Orleans Ficayunc.
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II hangs 70 what nauraiis,s call a Puma, the Mex
icaas Lon, the Texans a Mexicao Lon. A srIen-
did How he is, too, Nh great, sleepy, green eyes,
skin soft ye.vet ani beautiful, mot:cd, teeth
4 half inch irng and sharp razos, claws owe,
inch IN length, jaws four inches across, limbs as
hne' proportIoned sea ptor ceuii desire, and
bra.vry any plouI hnan's YOU ever saw, a ch st
broad yoan, COTS, a body as flexible as a
snahe's. The fepw is riayfai, too; the only pre-
caution To be taken J. not 10 put YOUR hand whclc he
can get hold of il. 70 look al him. one oald think
him the &c ltlest Oi htteus weak and delicate a.
mouse; bgt look at his OLD cage, with the thick
t.nbes tom NJ ) if stu,k hy lgh,nins Will chang
this opIni N at onc'. Oice twice already he has
got loose IN the big warehouse where he is kept, and
such sudden disappearance oi the human lnhabt-
ants thereof "a then t)Jk place WAS never before
witnessed. He did no harm, however, being me-
ciil!iy inclined.
This specimen Of what Texas can produce in the
way II Wild animals, WAS, when a cub, caught the
Rio Grandr bs oiicrr ia the armv, and was pc
sented by hi.a to icad Of his residing Colpu,
Cniisti. He giew a. under charge ., Mexican.
who Id him all Ut, ".tAoH. cham, aud treated hin
as he would iavoIitc dog. The animal never at
tempted TO Larin his guardian, and appeared to have
a ds cided aile ton ios him.
Not long since, All II Acquaintance Of ours, n Young
mau unacquainted with the ways If tn, wo.l, and
Ia. tctary the woili Of Texas, out on no Sc
bach m the pa les back oi Corpus Christi, Hooking
fJr what he coald see. Presently, IN movIn. alonI d
road. he came across one IF those low, odd, avn
ward looking thinJs, called Mexican cart. j.
cuI ie the ,ndie OF the highway; the oxen ha.-
nesseito it wee l,iny down, chewing the cud of
inal reflection. The vehicle apparently unoc-
cylcd.
O,r aiventurer rode nearer, and Just rs he was in
few f-e Of TIL cat, up rose, sudd -ny, tall black,
oii-skn covered, steC ie shared Mexican hat, and
cg II Ut the stianIcst faces tnat asonIsh
ed anger. II Was no less an individual than
hon. who had sprung up and sat there ON HIS
hanlcbcs, showing hl, te th IN ln smIle, and sta
ng out oi his bi, syeen, eiisenin5 eyes in yleas
ant manner Tor Ic u. accustomed t. such advcn
urcs. Oar ttavter fit ''all oversize down 10 his
bo,,; his horse frightened oi h- wits. sio,ted
and reared, and prarccd around, getting i;u OF
the OF the ~ b. ct.u Ihc hon sat sill,
wagon, his long tai, AMI evidently enjoying the
scene. His appearance with the tai, queer hat,
ridiculous enoug h stI,l there something about
him that mode il uatuia al to desie get out ot
his neis shbo'hood than to stay near and laush at
him.
Oar Traveller speedily rcgained his presence of
mind. and forced his h,'se up to the Cmt. mans
head now above the sides 0i the cat. aud called
! out in Spanish what the Scnor wanted. The hons
/ companion was his guardian--a Mexican. lie was
gong down to Corpus CHI ist IL deliver him to his
owacr, and at had land down TO take nap
The lions hsunch excellent pillow for the
Mexcan's head, and the lions head super ,or de-
posi-; for the McNcan's hat. So both had gone oy-
inay to sleep toge her.
The Mexican lion resembles his African
or Asintic na,nesahe. He is more akin 70 the ter.
The one have spoken Of above IL the finest spc-
cnlen of the have seen. They are
now quite rare IN Texas.
Ga Sunday hast, funeral services were performed
in the Unia, ian Chu,ch in L. xington, the
mains of the hate Abjah Huntington, revolutionary
yerran, and % the last survivors OF those who
witnessed the battle Of Lexington IN l775 He was
81 years old. The funeral discourse ptcachC d
by the Rev. Mr.. Whitney OF Brisbton.-IL ell
Cour.
CAT RsPPINGs.-Nfrs. Partington having lost a
much loved ,atby cat, called upon a ncighbor who is
protesscd ''medium' in spiritual knocking with
view of ascertainng It's fate. The raps came, also
several distinct were heard Mr.. L. cl
course highly delighted, and she asked: "Puss,
dear,, are you happy noy!" ''Mew, mcw,' (Ac-
cording to the medium this signfed yes) Tell me
dear nre there any mice vesmn there?' There
was response to this question, and after patiently
waiting Tor hall dozen hours the oil lady went
home nu,tcring to herself 81 do hope the poor thing
won't stirye."
Heavy rain storms prevailed throughout the CEN
tal part nf Ohio last week, and caused a large
amour, of damage to mill dams, bridges, SC. The
railroad track between Cleveland and Xena wa.
washed away for some distance. 90 30