The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1853-12-29
NORTH BLOOMFIELD, ONTARIO Co., MY. }
November % 1874

IA old fnsmnd want To know II white clay could
be easily obtained, and what depth is- YOU have
any com:noa plaster and plenty Of white sand =
What is lead per 100 lbs? How would Pottery
pay!-one that would make moulded ware! BY an
s"erias these queries you W! oblise yours, &c.
JoHS Brown.
Down At Dayton's Bluff, almost within the corpo-
ration limits OF ST. Paul. is an extensive bed of blue
ish white clay, ten Jfa in depth. There is also
white clay, bni not soconvenient to the town. There
is also pleaniy of pipe ciay do not know about the
common plaster In the " Care" two miles above
-. Paui, and on the island opposite the town, is
oceans OF fine white sand tina; would make the heart
OF any good housewife leap for Joy. Lead is worth
IRON - to $3.50 per 100 lbs. Any Kind of pot
terry would pay well. There is also fine stone for
the manufacture Of stone ware JW.D
RECOVERED. - The fourteen thousand dollars
which were stolen from gen,lemans carpet bag, 10
which allsion has already been made in the Pioneer.
nave been recovered Ii seems the gentleman gave
the bag containing the money! a negro boy to hold
Tor him, while he waited on some ladies', when the
rascal distracted the bills and stuffed the bag with
paper The thief then gave what he supposed to be
one bali # the money negroes, which act led
10 his detection.
LARGE LocoMoTIvr.--The largest locomotive
IN the United States is now building for the Hudson
River Railroad Company. 1t is OF so tons weight
has eight feet driving wheel., and cost $ll 900 Il
is expected that it will make the run rom New York
to Albany-l50 niles--in two hours and half
n. ?. Willis. who it supposed months
since, would die of Consumption has recovered his
health by laying down the pen and taking up the hoe
Country exercise has probably saved him from an
early grave.
New Orleans seems TO he dc onled city. The
Cholera is raging there in its most mali gnant form
l29 deaths having occurred in one week. Ii i.
also raging in Canada.
CHAPLAtN OF THE HoUsr-Rev. Mr.. Mil,urn.
who Is elected Chaplain Of the House, is IA man of
about hntv years ct agr,-ot decided ability, eo-
quent IN ms calling, and OF most amiable excellent
and social character. For wears he has suffered
from disease IN his eyes. which renders him nearly
hlinG. Some five years ago he was chosen
Chaplain Of the House, and gave universal sat>,ac.
ton The circumstances of his election at that time
AS We have heard them narrated, were curions and
cred,;abe. He travelling OH one Of the Western
rivers, in steamboa,,-being upon OF his preach
age, aud seemed even younger. great lumber of
members OF Congress on board, their way to
Washington, and had drawn good deal Of attention
to themselves by cardpal my drinking and proximity.
As Sunday came iound, Mr.. MiIbrrn was asked to
preach which he did. In the course. ut his sermon
he addressed himself directly 10 the members of Con-
sress, and rebnked them in the for the
ieproach their conduct calculated 10 bring upon
the county, in the OF the public AT large and
enf'soe upon them The duty OF remembering the
sronSib!iies which rested upon them. He retired
20 his room, believing that he had offended them,
icai THAI he had ovcrsep ped the bounds of prup;i-
ETY., but conscious that he had DISCHARGED his duty
Sooa afterwards Committee, appointed by the mem
bers, called upon HIM. thanked him for his reprool>,
, solicited HIS acceptance OF purse OF money they hid
made up, and ASKED permission to present his name
as candidate for Chaplain Of The House of Repre-
sentitycs. HIS assem given, and he was
elected.
We think shall not he alone in the opinion that
an election "a. grounds aud for sci services, is
more cFeditah'e bth to Congress and to hin, than
based Upon partisan Efforts however ser cea0lc
they may nave bccn.-N. Y. Times.
RrrRooF.--Ref:o mildly and swcr,ly, in the
calncst manner III the gea'st terInsuf IN a haugh-
y q. iniPcr,0us way, nor hastily iercriv. with
sour looks, in bitter language i,r these do
beget all the evil, aud hinder the best effects Of re-
proof They do certainly ini.ame and disturb the
person rcprovcd; they breed wrath, dis,ian aud ha-
tired against the reproVer-but do MOI well cn'ightcn
the TO see his error, affect him with kindly
sense Of miscarriage, dispose him To correct his
fault. Such rep.oo.s look rather like the wounds and
prosecutions # enini'y than remedies minisercd
by a friendly hand; they harden men much, they
scorn 10 mend such occasions. II rcproof doth
not SAVIOR Of humanity il sgniEet! nothing: it must
be Ike bitter pill wrapped in gold, and tempered
with sugar, otherwise it Will not go down, or work
ehectnaiy .-Barrow's Sermons.
Mr. n
aid abiding to the growing evil Of extravaganza in
the United States, says:
4" There l. rot a country in the world where the
people are becoming cXiravagant in their modes Of
dress and iyin, in the United States. Ii is one
of the signs of the times. The habits Of this
mushroom arstocracy really distressing. How
1t looks 10 boys sporting damod, By the thousand
dollars worth at a time, whose tithers were accus
toned owhcel-barrov and whose children are pretty
certain be in the work house. A nd grls silly
simple things, weighed down with Jewels and brace
lets, whose mothers broke their backs the washing
tub, securing floors, and picking oakum. The real
substantial aristucac indulge in such or,,eres
and iooleries.'
American INGESUiTv.--Amony the multitude
objects in the Patent Once at Washington, and
which evince what skill do, 90 IL invention
that picks mp pins from confused heap, turns them
all around with their heads up, and sticks them IN
papers in regular rows,--anolher goes through the
whole process Of cigar making, taking in tobacco
leaves and turning cut the perfect article. One
chine cheese; anothex scours knives and forks;
another blacks boots; another rocks the CRADLE and
seven or eight takes in washing and ironing. Anolh-
or patent for machine that counts The passengers
in an omnibus and takes their fare. When Fat
gets in, it counts two, and charges double. There
are a variety Of guns that load themselves; fish line
that adjusts its own bait; and rat trap that throws
aw av the rat and then bats and ITSELF and stands
in the corner for another"
The congregation in attendance at Of the
churches in South Boston, on Sunday last, were
prscd IN the midst Of divine service, 10 human
leg sude, ~ protruded through the ceiling over head,
20 the great dc,rneut OF the lath and plastering.
momen,ary alarm, with essential damage ensued.
1t seems that a mschievous boy had crept in over
head, where there floor, and undertaken TO
walk beam. bat making false step, he found him
SELF with his I" foot 10 it,
LARGE SPECULATIO: Our entrrpris'ng and
respected ellow-citizen, NJ. l.. Suilivant Esq. has
lately made purchase Of over 60, 900 acres oi land
in Laurence County, Illinois. MIR. s. intends devo-
ting this stock farm, aud hands already