The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1853-08-27

Round the drinkers temples tWnct
Let the slave-begOtten gold
Weigh on bosoms hard and cold
But be thou forever known
BY thy natural light alone!
An ECCENTRIC PROCEEDNG-SOme days ago
at quite an early hour in the morning, we'll !
dressed individual, whose manner was good |
deal excited, rushed into one of our popular ho- |
tells and addressing the clerk told him he want
ed a ticket. a ticket for what?' said the |
clerk" we have no tickets to SELL But"
rejoined the enthusiastic stranger, II want |
ticket" The clerk was puzzled--but was at
once relieved by his partner who stepped up
and told the ticket-secker that he would give
him One-an assurance at which he seemed
quite oyerjoyed "Old California commenced
writing on card-paused to ask the myster-
iOus individual where he wished to go--receiv-
cd "Cleveland for an answer-and ultimately
produced the following: -
"OVERLAND ROUTE.
$40 CLEVELAND.
''Foot Ticket"
Which the stranger took, asking what was the
charge. "One dollar" was the reply-and the
amount succeeded instantcr "Do you know
tine road ~ was asked. Yes" followed.
Then hurry" says the waggish clerk, 1" or you
will be too late The stranger vamosed like
swallow, since which nothing has been heard
of him. OF course. our friend intended his part
OF the proceeding for a joke but the victim
seems to have taken it in good faith. He must
nave been drunk, crazy or grcen-whch, we
we do not expect ever to know.-BufalO Err
press.
A DTsCovERY.-A certain deacon in one of
Massachusetts towns, who was a very Jealous
advocate for the cause of temperance, some
years since on a hot summers day. employed !
carnpntpr to make alterations in hiS
Tor. In repairing corner of the mop-board
near the fireplace, ii was found necessary to
remove the tire-bOard when 10, mares |
nest was brought to light, which asonished |
the workman most marvelously. A brace of
decanters, sundry junk bottlcs-all containing
something to take pitcher and tumblers |
were costly reposing there in snug quarters
The Joiner, with wonder stricken countenance, |
ran to the proprietor with the astonishing in
telligence.
"Well, | DECLARE exclaimed the deacon,
:" that is curious. surely. 1t must be that old
Capt. B. left those things there when he occu-
pied the premises. thirty years since
perhaps he did. returned the dscovercr
shut, deacon, that ice in the pitcher must have
been we'll concealed. to have remained solid so
long time.'-Bostoa Post.
CATCHING AILIGAToRs.--Mr. Morgan gives us
the following description of an alligator hunt
IN inc sWamps OF Red River:
"Having lost my first alligator in Joliet l
proceeded to Louisiana to catch another. Ac-
cordingly, on the 4th of July prevailed upon
two of the natives to join in the hunt. The
first man went ahead with a big club to kill the
snakes-the second with rifle and myself in
the rear, with two or three ropes to catch alli-
gators. During the day we surrounded Bird
Nest Lake, sometimes in the water to our mid
die, and sometimes on dry land The ridges
are covered up with palmetto about as high
as mans head. and so thick that it is al
most Impossible to get through them. While
under their broad fan-shaped leaves, the rat
tle-snake, the moccasin, and cOttOn-mouth
snakes are fOund-Just when you don't want to
1nd them-but our shaker was an old hand at
the business, and in the course of the day kill
ed forty-scven. | thought it was a pretty good
day work, but he said it was a bad day for
snakes.
We killed eight or ten allgators. and des
troyed some twenty nests, getting from forty
to fifty eggs out of each, and returned to the
house about sun down, wet to our necks and
hungry as bears
Go IT The Washington Union is down upon
the Albany Argus. 1t accuses it of .disinter-
ring, day after day, piles Of the buried bones OF
Free-Soilism, and holding them up as the Off
spring of the Atlas" Horrid.
L. -hohlNIrf.-lhc total number of
deaths In New Orleans during the forty-eiobt
hours. ending Monday evening. the 1t inst.
were 29O, OF which 253 were from yellow fever.
New ENrERrRIsE.-.i company of gentlemen
nave Just opened q manuflctory at Harlem
New York. for the construction of railroad cars
wholly of iron. The company is said to bc
composed of men of enterprise and capital. and
mas already received orders for all they can
construct
We observe by the Eastern papers that there
is surplus of twenty millions OF dollars in the
onited states Treasury, notwithstanding the
redemption OF the five per cents which took
place on the LIST of July.
FLAG-MEN.-The Adrian Expositor saws that
tne Mlchigan southern Railroad have now six
" nag men stationed along the line to watch
the track, and give warning of danger. In adj
ditiOn to this, the entire line is run ovcr IL,
hand-cars, previous to the passage of the night
train.
THE BooT on THE OTHER LEG.-The L. S. Mar
shall and one of his deputies from Michigan,
were arrested and held to bail in the sum of
$4,000 each. at the suit of Mr.. Garfield, day
or two since, for interfering unwarrantably with
ms business, in freighting lumber to this city,
Chicago Journal
IMPROVEMENT OF THE RAPIDs.-Maj Floyd. the
superintendent of this work has been in this
1Iiic,nay ior several days Upon the arrival of
Lieutenant Warren, who is daily eyncctod
tney VIII commence the operation of CLEARING
out Channel on the lower chain wo mig
stand-heo@uh FaHey Wig. '"''i
Fnbbs while recently engagcd II .,,:...
WOOD struck a false blow causing ths l,io,.
fyup. 1t struck him on the Jaw and k s',oh 10
out front tooth. "Ah," said Bill moat;n
him soon aiter,) lyon have had dental onorns
ton performed, Sec" "Yes replied the snf
ferer, "acci-dental" And by such a nm he
revenged himself upon fate.
MISSISSIPPI BONDs.-The Supreme Court Of
Mississippi has unanimously approved the de-
cislon OF the Court below, that the State is To-
Galiy bound to pay the repudiated bonds. and
"a a' no action OF the Legislature or vote of the