The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1853-09-15
Commercial.
PIONEER OFffc T
81 IL 1872

SI0NEEh OFflfF,f
SGz. 10. 1853
LIVE SrocK-Beef on foot &c. = +. Cows $50
to $50. Work Oxen from 500 to 80 p yoke.
FRESH MEAr--Retail.--fIeef s9I2c.. Mutton
l2Ac PORK l2kc. Veal I2sc. Chickens IS V do1-
PKovisIoSs.-Pork 1858 u hbl. Hams I.sso
l2c. Y 70; Lard l2@l2i. Flour 81 5o@ Y bbi.'S
Corn inca, 75@sOc. p bushel; Beans 81 90 y bis.
Potatoes 25Di0c. Butter 15o20c p ID. Cheese
l2a Eggs zoe v doz.
GRocERIEs.-Sugar, brown, 765c. p b Bcfuea
ard crushed l2al5; Coffee l2a@l5; Tea g0ai0o.
Rice 8. Molasses 4007Sc. y gal.
DRIED FRrir.-Apples 81 50d,l 90 2 bushel;
Peaches So 90. Green Apples 81 90 p bb.
Observation-Disclosures 4 o0a15 90 y tbl.
Caudes--Star 3Oc. T. 70, Tallow Is do. Fish (resh)
&c. U 10, dried &c. Lime 81 00@I p E bo.---
Onions 81 90 y bush. Lard Oil 81 90 !, gal
Salt 81 90 U bush. Vinegar 20r.v gal. Taow Zoe.
y ID. Tobacco 15DiOc. Hides (srecnJ y, d:y 7.
LumBrn-Cornmon Ss@r2 y n. Dimension
stuff, do; Flooring Slf; Siding SIS; Seasoned II
@2O; Shingles s2 5O@3 90; LatL e.
WooD-dry--$3 90 p cord
MULTuM N PARvo.-The Albany Ks;et1jcete,,
under the head OF " independence and prog5cv-..T
tells the whole story Of our Nations tirh AMI great.
ness, and progress in the arts and sciences in re-
markable short paragraph for a theme comprehsn-
sive. The style is rather racy, Lut decidedly to the
point:
at is scveny-seven years ago to iay, since Uncl5
Sam was born, and what eventful sevcntv-seveu
years they have been, Seventy fears ago the
nit a cir
compose the second commercial nation in the world
In thrccquarters OF a century they have revolution
lied the world, built mp an empire, licked mother
and fenced IN continent. In less time than il took
Methuselah TO get out Of swaddIing clothes we have
made more canals, tanned lightning and hs7-
messed more steam, and at a greater cost IN money!
than the whole revenues Of the world could have
paid for, the day he got out Of his time In seventh
five years We have not only change the politics Of
the earth, but It's wearing npase--cotion sbrts be-
ing as much the offspring of the United States az
ballOt-boxes and democracy. Sine the fourth of
July, l776. the whole world has been to school and
what is better, has ea ned more Common sense than
taught i'll TIE prev ious four thousand ,ear, The
problem OF sctgoyernrnent has bee solved and IL,
truth made immortal as Washingtou or Yellow corn
lis adaptation TO all the wants Of The more aspiring
nation, has been made signal, manifest Under
its harmonious working republic has rro5-n up i,
an ordinary life line that would have taken any other
system Of government ihousand wears 10 have
brought about. Yes, in less time th4n II has tax
some greenhouse plants To arrive maturity we
have built nation that has spread itssf from Name
to Mexico, from the Atlantic to the Pacific nation
that has caught more whaias, licked more Mexicnrz
planted more telegraph pests, and owns more st,f.-
boats, than any non that has lived OF ever viii
live. For all this, We again gay thank Sod and
praise Thomas Jefferson =
| TRUTH G, sArIoN.-'Tfo f.,,o Of TINT,
is the stimulus to all noble conversarilu Iaisis ill.,.
root Of all the charities. The tree ,hch sprIass.
from 1t may have thousand branchcs bot they uii
all bear a golden and generous iirisacc. 1, !, his
Ioiest impulse 10 in4aire-wiliing B. Communicate
and more Wiling TO receve-coi.tenit .u9as Of r.tfs
curiosity, but passionate for glorious knowledge -
Speech without it is but a babbc. Rhetoric /, more
noisy hut less useful than the Inman' ,ade Nhsn
The love OF truth fires up the Passions ,uts It's Ecf
ming in the brain, then may kn,. that ur.r -
ct Is among them. This is the spra~ AZ az heroi,,r
and encloses the martyr With - flame tbat Mis- h.r
Compared with this, the emulation II arcurl,nt---
the pun9ercies Of sarcasm--the pride u logic-tu.
ponp Ut defamation. the SCUM, Of az a-s,...
ton 10 the voice Of a man-Dewey.