The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1853-10-13

Can't Phrases.

~ icts hON6'ci, INC uIstPHt} nabit o! lQfnY,ard.
Ing tie discourse with cant phrases has extended il
sell among Young men--and women to- of ,esrs.ct,
bIhiy and good standing IA the co,BiauBity ard has
become a crying evil. The Drawing Room Com
panion, N an article denouncug the practice verv
justly remarks, that the human seecb should h. ,h
ana oignihed, snd worthy 10 express the thoushfs ~
immortal beings. Low ideas aiwavs attached IN
cant phrases, which must nevita Is rxercjs. a dsvra
ding influence upon the mind. Low conceptions arc
a. detrimental 10 improvement a. wet and heavy plu-
mage 10 bad thai would take "A lofty fight.
10 show the extent to which the usi,s or c.r,
phrases is soneiimes carried The following conyersr
non which transpired in the Stout amily. is repor,
ted ~Fi'
81 declare 20 goodness! ! really think Mr.. Ru,lo
is making Up - Josephne.'' said Mrs Storf
aite the gentleman referred TO had passed rbe nrev,
Gus evening al their house, staying to l,ter hour
It an usual "'''
" fon'd better believe IT, rcjoined TIE Young lady
playinlIy. '@'
6 Y0o may bet hi$h on hat added Napoleon,
who was in the act Of lighting a real Havana.
Z" How 30 YOU ike the cut of hes iib Timo,b,r,,
resumed Mrs Stout, turning 10 her husband
81 don't greatly like his rig,' but Josenhiue
thinks he's soipo,'' the repk.
9" neither you Ike him or not. It's my on;no,
he'll make ZIP top husband,''' continued the
mother.
50 Pat her through mother,'' said Josephine.
bushing.
Go in, lemons,'' suggested Napoleon. smoking
'ht1H-d hiS uOst5 ii remark DN iie 9mlugu-
ous that If certainly must have puzzled other rarties
10 guess at has meaning but, in the present case il
seemed TO he invested with perfect iuciGv.
" Napoleon, advise you 10 shut yopr hopperr''
elegantly retorted the young lady.
Mn Stout proceeded to enquire Il Mr.. Rustle una
man OF property, aud assured by his better half
that he had pocket fu of rocks.'' The husband
ana iaher then remarked to the effect that he had
been more iavotaby impressed with Mr.. Goodwin. a
young farmer IN the neighbofhood, than with the gem
iieman ander consideration. Miss Stout ,aar eStsd
different opinion The subject enlphat,caily de.
Ga IN, that g he couldn', come in.''
" Hes .yec that w,v,'' said her brother making
gesture oven his shoulder with his thumb
The above, We arc inclined to believe s not fam
cl sketch. IT shows the eXten; to which the prac,
iice OF using cant phrases, when once acquired NAV
be earned. Like the dram d.nkcrs appetite for IN
tor eating drinks, the habit grows upon person al
most as difficult To eradicate. II should be avoided
by the young, and the acquaintance Of those Who are
addicted 10 The habit should be shaaned
LITTL MARY.--Litte Mary has gone home.
Earth with all ~ flowers, and sunlight and skviicht.
ITS glorious sky and wnd,ag rivers, was not brigl,
enough for her. The angels loved her with a ietlcr
than ea,ihy love. The Father gathered he. among
A's little hubs that play BY the s. waters in the
green pastuJcs.
Tie, eyes werc very blue, and her hair was very
golden. A tn bnt'crcnps spring up thicky in the
green green fields friends gathered about the little
May. They pr aised her face, and said that never a.
garden gaze such chow OF crimson as her cheeks--
But gentle friends, and love, and every earthly beau
ufui thing, could not keep little Mary tiop her native
heaven.
/ Farewell, little Mary. Youf chair with IL, wee
arms SITS IN s accustomed corner. Your little siip-
pers and your pretty fr"cks lie folded sacredy away
Aud stll tn roiad stocking mouds the arched in
step SUI the white robc falls full last fell over
the raey scuptured limbs. our books are IN their
oahen shelf, and Uhosoevei's eve e.anoes that vav
tgP l.t'fgr tg..
here IS p'ctuie hangs against the "a. or wall il is
ii'iie Mary Thee u uny chamber that is - ltom
opened, save by pale woman nth bnc eyes, Who
goes there - weep; Il Was httie Na,,'s m4tier.--
! here + - iItte mIk h.te kitten which ganbols Ia
the sun with cherry ribon lied on her nc,k but the
dim, led fingers that .aStouod Il thcre arc dust 4
ltn! tea-set stands IN the vide cl>et; it uas little
Mays.
Dear heait--how everything seems blended with
memories o. her Wherever the sunlight arches
over the reach Of h.te child's hana IN the oldeg
home, Mary hIgers have moved Wherever il has
woven cndils OF gold through tie empty rooms over
ihe ptasaut garden, along iho rirer-bank, alar,'s
.eet havc htiloved every spot Wherever it has let
down Us golden arrows m the old orchard 10 mellow
the heatt Of the appe, her graceful lus have SWAY.
cd Ike lcn f. so dancing by the summer winds.
/ And soue'Wes oi siarf} hour when the f,eaes
light their lamp On MaU : iiitc grave-some,mes in
the yDusg moonlight, wieE the shadows flicker like
spent tame, aud the heart Of evening b ais 30 soft
~ mat the birds sleep over It's Understanding
bright gathers ia the gloom, and takes the shape 4 j
/ .;ite chiii's face.
Thai iace-with is wondrous eyes, its ravy cloudy
OF amber cmis ripping IN every ach notion, with its
fnbt lips and glowing checks, IL eager love-glnces
its coy bushes IFS hull laugh bali shrou,ed in tears
It's pure, heaven-ike trow-,Aa face is little Iary's
Olive Branch.
/ The famous, or may be said infamous guotine
Of Renncs sold at auction OF the 27th ult. aud
bid of for City hancs. The purchaser maie a bonfire
! = The whole concern 10 tie qualification Of crowd
Of spectators, ThIs gUo,iuc Is said to have decap-
iilied hundreds Of victims including Robaspierre.
! A Peace Congress is to be held at Edinburg on the
l2f: and 18Th ,nsis.
THE AWFUL AGGRRGATE.-Thc New Orleans
Bulletin oi the 9th publishes statistic. Of the yellow
fever, showing the aggregate death from that disease
alone to have been (irom the 81 of Ma, 10 the 9Th
Of So tember) aosnd aaadred and serenly-
egk.
, A III is pending in tho poYular branch OF the
Rhode Island Legislature calling ior state Conyen.
ti0n The basis OF universal suffrage. The object
rs to repeal The registry tax qualification far voting
! Although the yellow fever has abated At New Or
Ipans Il Ill RACES al Mobile, Wick s0mg, Galveston,
f,ctia tiopston aad lndianoa, and in the inland o.
Bermuda The disease prevails extensively and
severely in Texas, and is particularly fasi 10 hs
Germans.
SrcoSp CoSvlcr,ox OF KIssATE.-Tillian
Kssane, notorious forger, connected with The Mar
tha Washington frauds al Cincinnati and who ha,
heretofore euled the grasp Of Justice has been coa.
vcIed, and must take up his ABIDE ia the peni-
tcntlaIy.
New YoRh MONEY NARKFT. - The Money
market reuaIns without AN, chaDge o importance.
On call, the supply atout equal to the demand al
er cent, and paper goes a;2ml2 per cent. The ac-
iy, in railroad aad produce at the West has
brought down the Western balances here, and taken
oonsdefab capital OF the street, but the pa, uae ats
into bank now very large, and the receipts
u-ed greaIet than usual exIent IN call 0ans Cap
al.ss and lauks continue To feel, as they have IL
for some time past; that the future is by means
clear Of peril, and disposed 20 oauiiousy.-
Amount in the sub.TresSury, S9,6ls ,s54.-N. Y.
Tribune, 3nih
Advices from the city of Mexico to the 18th ut,
announce that Tie Indians stl continue their ravaees
in Durango ana chihuahua. The savagee, finding
that the government is either TOD weak inbcie
10 protect the CeOpt, are becoming more hold and
threaten, with sar prospect II success, 10 dive ,hs
whites eHrey from the sparsey settled districts
of thosa States Santa pna has est auoh her mem