The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1853-09-01
NO. Xxx.

o A JAIL IN INpIA.-Bay ard Taylor, cores.
. pondent Of the n Y Tribune, visited the Agra.
Jail, in Northern India. and among other things
gives this account of the exercises
! Here hundreds of men seated at their
iooms weaving carpets, singing the multiplication
table in laundering chorus. Twelve times twelve
said the muntor, in shrll solo. 'One hundred
and forty -four, burst out the chorus, in all sorts
OF voices. We went to tis bIscksmith's shopa.
where the prisoners, by refinement Of punish
inent, were made TO forge their OWE letters them
selves fe.tered. Seven times Sixteen, sang ths
solo, as he raised his hammer, 'One hundred and
twelve WAS reared in answer, drowning the
iclang aud bang Of the iron. Ia the women's de-
partlnsut there a shrill tempest Of vulgar
fractions; the cooks rected astronomical fac,s
while mixing their rice. Even the hardest casss
confned In solitary cells, were going through their
'a-b-abs.' through hole ia the door, 10 q moni-
tor standing ouiaide.
! TRIBUTE 70 FANNY FxRs.--The Irdependsas
"a leading religious Newspaper Of New-Yofk) is ed.
tied by the two best gifted we'll liberal ard
Worldwide OF our American clergy. From the pen
OF one of them the following tribute OF which
the new authoresss "Fsnny Fern" may well b.
proud
"Fc-n Locvs from Fanny. Ptrt4oic.--A wrrrn
heart, clear head and certain euergeSc way OF
saying what she thinks, without par.ng TO consnlt
much the sO-calied 'proprie;ies' Of letter writing
have made the lady whose sobriquc. il Fanny Form,
j decided favorite with the recent readers Of news
papers and magazines Fer writings show GOOD
sense and talent, keen eye fcr shams some hurnor,
and "a power Of Ssxon, a: Pat might say they in,
dIcate, 100, gca, and memorable experenco e for.
row, and more know ledge than the always rich have
OF the sad and binding constraiuts OF poverty. II.
! as ~e think, we detect beneath the shadow mark
hand that more than has grasped our own in
Kindly welcome in The old Hoase' now deserted,
when as dhdsnt boy made occasional pill
srirnages to ,,s hospitabc doors, we bid her God.
tPeed IN her career. If only for the pleasant
fast,s sake She comes, however, Of family ia
which talent IS exhuberantI and abe has memories
worid-iamous. There>;. ..trogedy and.cornedy, too.
III THIS pretty volume. Some Of thestaes although
so brief AMI fagmentstv.. aneSwllircad ~lthouia
tear; and on other pages. s}e geninr Of mish and
laughter has left his unmistakab.e inlplint tina
pleasant book for the afternoon, under leafv
trees, and beside musical brooks and to The knights
and nynphs to whom such sceacs are appropriate and
permitted, we cheehu!ly refer i.''
''Now go To meeting dear, said Jr. P.rtineton,
as Isaac stood smoothing his hair preparatory to fQ-
ing out on Sunday. He looked down at his new
shoes, and thoug 1t OF the green field. made him
SIGH fishing line hung out Of one pocket, which
Mrs. Partngton didn't see. s'Where shall go tot"
asked Ike Since the old lady had given up her
i'll the Old Moth church, she had no stated place of
worship. &C., rel lied she subIrnelv as she pulled
down his jacket behind, Ego any where's where the
gospel is dispensed wiki" Such libegzi,y - rsrs.
Bisotry finds place in her competition. and the
TRUTH in her yiew. throws It's igh. into every rnft-
fnent of the Christian edifce, Ike oysermsn's
chandelier into his NAM booibs. The sime is not
the very rest, but the best be had a, present.
[Bos,on Post.
! CHoos1ne HuspAvDs--W girl mar
ries, why do people tall, of her choice! In ninety
nine Cases ont of a hundred, has she any choice,
Does not. the man, probably the last she would
have chosen, select herr
very clever cores spondcn, has sent the edi-
tor Of an exchange letter containing The query.
and she makes Gus her case very ably. She says:
n have been married Elany years; the match
was considered to be very good one, suitable
every respect--sge, position and fortune. Every
one said had made good choice. Why, my
dear Mr.. Editor, | 'oved my husband when mar
ried him, because he had, by unwearled sssidu-
ty, gained my affections; but had choice been
privilege, certainly should not have chosen him,
As look ai HIM in bis easy chair, sleeping before
the FIRE huge dog at his feet. pipe peeping
out OF one OF the many pockets Of his shooting
coat, Can but think how different he il from
what would have chosen. My frsi penchant
'gas for fashionable clergyman, perfect Adon-
s--he was flatIerer, and cared bui lttie for me.
ihoosh have not yet forgotten the pang of his
desertlon. Ny next was a barr,sler; a Young uian
OF .mnIense talent smootb insinu aing manners,
but he, too, alter talking, walking. dancing End
flirting, leit me in the lurchl Either Of them
would have been my choice had chosen;
bu, my present husband chose me- and therefore
| married him and this cannot help thinking.
must be the way with half the married folks Of
my acquaintance
A young lady Of extraordinary intellectual ra-
pacites, recently addressed the following letter TO
her cousin living in a neshboring village: "Dcer
kassin Tie weather where we ls air kold and
suppose what war you is it ai- koaer nwl is
wei! and muther has GOT the hisl'eiricks and
bruber Tom has gott the liappin kue and Sister
Susin has gott Baby and hope these Gu iynes
will find you in the same condishrn rite sune your
Kussin."
A BLAcKLE0 AND A PicxPncKrr AT
CARps.-A stranger seeing as ne supposed, a
gentleman cheated by gambler with whom he
was play ing cards, took the gentleman asids, and
said. good heavens have you not seen that fell
low marking the cards' Never mind said the
gentleman, 'i'll pick his pocket soon as we are
done playing
THE JEALOUSY OF RIyALs--Thers srs.
beyond doubt, many honorable exceptions, and
should be more, to the rule here laid down by a.
writer in late number Of Blackwood's Maga-
zine.
In order 10 bege, hatred it only seem necessa.
~ that two men should start in the same PATH
They may be trends al first, tut in q very short
time afterwards 10 find them foes the
success of the one being gall and worrnwood to
the other Do YOU doub, ,hi.' 7 hen look around
you. Who are the most unmercifal critics OF
works Of ar,s' Who tomahawk incipien, poets,
Poeasters Moot but pom; 90 theology, AID
YOU STR igbway have reyeraod doctors abusing
each other with hearliness that would do credII
to BhliDgsgate, and indicating in nc disguised an
guage the future destination of ;heu compsers.-
Let medlca practitioner start new theory, and
his brethren quickly down upon him He 10
u quack-a fogue--an ass-an irDposior. Even
though tine life Of patient be al sake they scorn
TO hold consultation with one who is q disgrace to
bis order. Better that Mrs. Jones should die un-
aided than that the noble faculty should be pro-
famed. Furnish couple Of riva! tra gedlaus WIKI
real Andres Ferara--le, them fgh, il ont in the
last &C, Of Macbeth, and 10 q moral certainty ono
Of them will be pinked hiIeousy s'ashed.--
Did you ever know reigning beauty who looked
kindly on a young debutahte! If such a specta-
Gle was ever seen, you may be sure that there
WAS mortal venom beneath the smile Men said
that lawyers, as being constantly pitted against
euch other, are ihe least jealous Of al the pro-