The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1853-02-19
ODDS AND ENDS.


to an invitation to preach at the dedication Of
q church in Cataraugus Co. The writer oftbe
invitation limited at the beauties of the land
scape, and the excellent facilities for sport,, tn
be discovered in that region:
=, Nothing could afford me greater pleasure
than to see your hills, catch trout, and preach
the gospel. But am like an old trout that
won't rise for fy-he won't, and can't.
Longfellow has written line of poetry that
Is worth fortune to those who practice It:
"Learn to labor and to walt"
Coon TME-Mr. T. N. Bond placed on our
liable this morning New York pabers of yester-
gay morning He made the run from New
!ork IN 70 hours, a marked improvement oftbe
Gays over winter stage coaches and broken
down stage horses.-Clereland Herald.
NEW YORK ExTRAvAGANcE.-Hon.J John A.
Olx. IN recent lecture before the Historical
society, made the following just remarks:
=, Notning can be more unwise than the ere6
tion OF costly dwellings, which can onlv be
maintained by princely fortunes. At the death
al. al 'ne mead OF the family, and the division of
.ne ancestral property, no one of the children.
astah Eeherai rule; has enough to support the
Nothing can be more cruel to children than to
prlng them up with expectations which cannot
ne Iulniled, and with habits of life which thew
are compelled to abandon. The parent for The
sake OF few years of ostentation. invests a
large portion of his estate in a splendid dwell
ing, Win certainty that his death will be A
s,enai lor the expulsion of his children from if.
Sv .g can be more inconsiderate if it is done
wltnou! renectlon, or more unfeeling, if it il
done with full view of the inevitable conse-
9uences. Look for the splendid mansions of
tnlrty years ago, and see what has become of
IueM scarcely one remains in the family Inv
~hlcn IL was constructed. They are boarding.
houses, places of public exhibition, or the
workshops of fashion. ' u '"'
MARRIAGES IN MAssAcursErrs-It onne.rs
rom the recent report on the subject of mar.
1lages made to the Legislature of Massacbu.
setts, tnat ii 1866 parties were united in holy
"edlock In that State last year. The oldest
person married during the year was a man of
70 woman under thirty. Eight females of
wives. The youngest couple were each siSteen
years old. In Boston, one male of nineteen
married female Of twenty-eight: and in Wor.
Cester, lad OF seventeen married n woman of
tnlr.y-elght. One man of thirty-eigbt married
Ior Ine nitn time, and as high as the sixth mar
rage is iound on the record. In Boston. ne
Sro VI nity.eight was married for the sixtb
five anu th ;,A.n vic nelng negress of fifty
TAXATION m New YoRK.-The Herald piyes A
etatement showing that while the taxation in
IN New York has quadrupled since 1885. the
value OF real and personal estate has already
increased thirty per cent, and the population
mas not quite doubled. This fact is causing
great dissatisfaction among the owners of prop
eIIy IN mat great metropolis. The amount of
e1e tax levied on the city last year was So. $50.
5ll O5, and the total valuation of tho nronerty
was 1891 1896 80. The tax in New Yor, Is
more than half the tax of the State. while II
iar exceeds the expenditure of any State in
New England. '"'' Al
During debate in the Z. S. House of Renro-
sentatlves, on Friday, Mr.. Ficklin, of Illinois.
was making speech against the new Banks in
the District: -''''A' III
lie was opposed to Banks Illinois had tho
Cairo Bank, the Shawneetown Bank. and 9th.
ers, but they blew up. He was against the
"noie OF men, They were worthless concerns,
r, xoice-Had you any Faro Banks p
Mr. Ficklin-Yes; and thew are tho mos,
honest OF the two kinds of Banks. NV friend
e "a SPEAK ieelingly upon the subject fRenew-
New YORK CRYSTAL. PA1,cr-Tbo co,u..
OF State has addressed a circular tn tho ~ :
ministers and Charge d'Affars in Eurone coll
ing their attention to the CRYSTAL Palace ontnr
prize in New York, to be opened in Nav o next
He assures them that, though not a Govern.
ment enterprise, it is viewed with great favor
by the President of the United States and thai
the exhibition building will, by direction of tho
secretary of the Treasury, be made Govern
ment warehouse, in order to admit the impor
.a,lon in bond of articles sent from abroad
soEsect to duty only in the event of their being
%o ~ tnis country; and tells them that it will
oe source Of qualification to the Government,
ena people Of this country to witness tho co'
SSPera1,on, In the projected exhibition of the
ma s powers of Europe, and their citizens
among the passengers who er,hou,,.
England, early in October last foS G from
was Father Mathew, the noted set oalcutta
five other Roman Catholic priests ' Tna; and
ness in India, as is reported, is the fomns o9si.
ola Roman See at Hyderabad. ''0nua'lon
The following verse used to be suno - 4,
Mather: '' VI 0ottor
90! praise the Lord with one consent.
AND In this grand design
Let Britain and the colonies
Unanimously join"
SECURITIES AND BoNDs-The London naner
=. lne 9th state the demand for all America
securities had been very animated for the weeI
x WIN great demand for the best rs;Ir"ad