The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1853-03-05
ODDS AND ENDS,

QUAKER VITA letter from Baltimore
correspondent of the Washington Republic.
has the following. which is both new and good:
Quite funny anecdOte is told of ore of the
elder members Of this brotherhood. On Mou-
day, while one Of the omnibusses was going
down town, the driver was stopped by plain
looking old gentleman in drab. who took scat
INSIDE with the intention of going to Felis
folnt. Inc vehicle had not gone far until it
turned up North Gay street. quite a different
direction. The friend inside deserving that he
was being carried towards the North. when he
bargained FOR the East, told the driver that he
was carrying him ont Of the regular route and
entered complaint.
mo natter said the man with the reins,
"wc IL come right at last
"But I'll get out" said the Quaker.
"Not until You have forked over ip' was
the drivers reply, pulling the strap that held
fast the door,
Putting his hand into his pocket, the old man
in drab, said
Friend: we will not quarrel, thy strap will
cut" and, applying his jack-knife, severed it
and walked out. saying:
"Ibee cannot swerve me from my course, but
thou may'st 60 thine
The driver looked rather nonplussed for a
moment, and after studying for a while. said:
"Weii, you are some pumpkins-I guess you
can pass
The Quaker took the mex. omnibus and went
on his way rejoicing, while the outwitted driver
pulled ahead minus his ftp.
INTERESTING PRECoCITY.--It once happened
that an anxious mother asked Mrs. Barbauld at
what age she would begin to teach her children
to read. should much prefer that a child
should not be able to read before five years OF
age" was the reply Why, then, have you
written books for children of three - I" Be
cause. ii y0upp mamp,nS bo AVON b,s,- &l,o,-
had better teach in good way than bad
one" l have known clever, precocious chill
dren at three ounces at twelve. and ounces at
SIX, particularly clever at sixteen. One Of the
most popular authOrcsses of the present day
Gould not read at seven. Her mother was
rather uncomfortable about it, but said that. as
every person did learn with opportunity, she
supposed her child would do so at last. BY
eighteen. this apparently slow genius paid the
heavy but inevitable debts of her father from
the profits of her first work, and before thirty.
mad published thirty volumes
In THE WooD SHED.-One of our actors, at
Tue .neatre, lew evenings since, got what is
Technically termed sfucf, He was unon his
knees before lady in great profusion of white
dry goods, trying to prove she was the sole
posseSsor OF all the charms in this sublunary
sphere. and having arrived at the point
'Charms that would she'd he stuck, then
again he started-'Charms, charms that wouI,,
Shed--shcd-"
Stuck again. he clasped his hands and rolled
ms eyes while the lady in flowing skirts of
"direful anxiety. The actor took breath. and
'nea taxing fresh start, he exclaimed
charms that would she'd
IN bast-natlOn!' eXclaims an impaticnt
ola lady In the parquettc "git up, young f.ller.
anu GIT out OF that ere wood shed !'-Yankec
"FIFTr-ForR FORTY OR F1GHr.'.-On Wod,os-
day OF last week. Mr. Mason. the Chairman y,
the committee OF Foreign Relations in the Sem
ate, who has generally during the present scs.
sion been very prudent. guarded and concilia.
tory In his remarks, said:
=, 1t is stated that the British have colonized
Inc Bay Of Islands and recently the Balize in
honduras. If this was so, and the information
Sane IN shape not to be doubted, there would
practical issue presented. TWAS matter
Oh great interest to the people of the In;tad
Slates; ana had never before been n,rticuI,r,r
brought home to them p''' 'uiaris
And again:
pr;.a;n ,aD .. pe true, as stated, that Great
britain has established a colony at tho nie"a
ueslsualeu' Mnether IN violation Of the treaty
be discontinued 'n' liust
This is very strong language to come from,
the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign R 9al
lations in the Senate, and very well calculated
to attract attention abroad as we'll as at home
For our own part, however we do not believe
that either our Democratic Congress. or the in
coming Democratic administration will under
take to make such language good. Great Brit
ain has a colony in British Honduras, and we
have no idea that our Government will under
take to drive her out. If however, such is the
plan of Democratic operations, Congress should
at once make heavy appropriation for the in
crease of the navy-LouisriNe Journal