The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1853-12-15

SlLAS WRIGHT,
Born May "a, 1875,
Died August 27, 1Sl7
"On the opposite side is the following.
Erected by the Citizens Of the
County Of St. Lawrence
"Ths constitutes the whole of the lettering Fl,
monument for Of surprising genius vet 20 Main
and humble m his habits. ] went into small and
S'mple h'Ildng, once his law Office, bat no longer oc-
cnp!'ng its original position in the street hut stand,
!HS BACK OF hotel, and used an ce-house. 60
man and his works pass away
J.. a. S.-fhcse letters are in the Catholic
and Episcopal Churches, and in the prayer-books of
these sects, They are authorizations Of The Latin
phrase, "Jesus liomnum Salvador" which signifies
'Jesns the Saviour OF men," Some NAV ask why
the letter is used instead Of J! Because formerly
there was no letter in the Roman alphabet; then
was used where now is. Many of our readers can
probably remember having seen the name John SPELL
ed Iohn.
NEW HorEL.-The walls Of this buildng, thanks
to the indusiry of the workneu, uosv Completed
and men are engaged in putting on the roof and COR
nice W thout any preence 10 architectural orna.
ment, II is the most imposing building between Chi
oago and San Francisco The estimated cost of tho
house when finished, is $50 900 .--JeGersonian
! The effect ot character IS always to command CON.
" sport, ana and !dtiu uh
and women who have none, but we never confde in
them.
kDlckerbockcr for November tells story of q i,le
fellow who Nas forbid by his mother, going TO tho
brook to swim, One day he broke her comma nd and
m putting on his shirt he got the wrong side out
ilis mother discovered this and asked him how his
shirt came inside out. The little rogue replied go:
ll-'-l-sWss turned ii in getting over the fence"
The Scientific American states, on reliable author
lty, that Il above the throat of
ney you euarge the opening h double the sze for the
space oi two feet, then carry up the Is at frst
your chimney VIII not smoke
! FREAKS OF II sAHITY.--There is patient in
the asylum al Utica, who has been at work Tor the
last two years In getting np a steamboat the enqina
OF which shall be worked with Epson salts Another
gentleman. III an adjoining room, proposed TO put
elliptic springs under Niagara. 10 fease ,he waier
when il jumps While third l. bu.il, engaged in
getting out the timber Of six bisded bosse' and J.
leather 'ir, ingram The philosophet DO sad that
tic only reason why crazy people differed fro, oher
people, was because they largely iragina-
tive thhn other folks not FAR oui of hIs reas.
on'ngs some FOLKS Imagine.
There FIVE sets of brothers, a brother and
sister. and iather and 10 confinement in Connec,
tcut STATE Prison; nine of these persons we're con-
Yiced IN Ltchheid county; ten of them colored
his extraordinary number OF atives in a pris,
on numbering but ls3 convics, is very singular cir.
eunsance, aad in all probability is without ra,alel
in this country.-Exchange.
| This all may be true, bu, we don't believe it, VIII
some Of our Eastern exchanges the matter right
Miss Lucy Stone is Iecturine in Louisville. She
has issued her programme showing The legal atyania.
ges and disadvantages oi married women. hich arc
follows:
L. The right Of protection %
2. The right - he 'no,nt 7:ned -
g. The sht of having her debts paid.
LOSS.
l. The custody Of her person.
: The rsse ot personal property.
. 3. The euoyn,ant OF her real estate.
4. The advantages Of her own earnings,
D. The power - make viii.
o. The control Of her children.
THE WORLD TRIBuYAL.--A man rasse, foy
what he - worth. Very idle is all curiosity concern,
ing other peoples estimate If US and all fcai Of re
naming unknown Is not less II man knows
that he can do anything, that he do it lc:fer than
any one else, he has pledge Of the acknow iedgment
OF hat act by all persons. The world is iuli ot adg-
meht days, aud INTO every assembly that enters
IN every action that he attempts he is gauged and
stamped, In every troop of boys that whoop and
rnn ~ each yard and square, conner j. as we'll
and accurate', weighed in the OF a few days,
and stamped with bis light number, il he had mr.
deigone olna tIia Of his strength, speed and temp
or, straSger comes ifom distant schoo,, with a
better dress with snkets in his pockets, with ars
and pretensions. Aa older boy say. himself, "Its
no shall find hin out tomorrow
MAINE ItQUoR Law IN MARYLASD.--The
Press OF Baltimore comrlimenting the voters II
tha; city Tor having elected the hiaine Liquor Law
i cket and Is confidently asserted that such law
viii receive the sanction Of the Maryland leg s'a,urs
al ts next session.
Cassius NJ. Clay, Of KY II is stated, has disposed
oftweve thousand hogs to Davis & Sons, pork pack
ers, in Cincinnati.
An exchange says that recently poked his
head from ''behnd the times" when IL /, as taken
of by "passing event.
A Paris tailor committed suicle few days sincn
by fumes Of charcoal, Not being able 10 deliver
suit Of clothes n time, his CUSTOMER had transferred
an order TO Of BIZ rivals. In letter announcing
the cause Of his fatal determination, the tailor ex-
pressed his desire have placed b. his side in his
coffin, pair of pan;a aloons and pateot, which la
considered his ,hief aos,rcs CHS professional en-
tbusasm," writes the correspondent of the New
York Courier, "remInds me .f nv old friend Kelley,
Of Congress square, Boston. Meeting him in the
street one day, after he had sent home new coat,
he eagerly demanded how was pleased wiih il, and
ufon my answering that il pleased PEI fectly, ex-
claimed-"l was sure Of it. was OF Il, Sir,
cut that coat in a momen. Of inspiiatior.'"
CHINESE COOLIES FOR TEssEssEE.-Ths
proprietors Of the Cumberland Iron Work. on the
Cnmiei land river Tennessee, have engaged the SER
vices Of twenty Chinese coolies, as Iron workers.
ncy are expected 10 arrive SHORTY al nrinnati.
from whence they viii he forwarded 10 their destiua-
ton. II is stated that the Chinese are very expert
in working iron,
! Some philosopher, whose experience has probably
been very extensive, thus enoins the rising geneta.
ton;
''In going TO PARTIES, just mind what you're AT,
Beware OF your head and take care Of yo.sr hat
Lest you find that the favorte son Of your mother
Has ache in The and brick in the other"
! The "phlosorher' alluded to, is no ices persos
than John g. SAKE, the noted poet.
GRowLISc is NATURAL.-Every one considers
his lot more or less hard-somernes under real, and
under imaginary wants, It is phiIosophieally re-
marked.
"Al men growl--aod ofiener from habit than pro-
per occasion. The obstacles of life far from being
dscouragements, really spurs to aciion-and in-
ccntives TO ambition. W I,hout something 10 over
come. should all die Of ennm. We ough. to hail
him happy, therefore, who is opposed on every side
nv dlthcoittes and forl IN the and