The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1853-05-28

ARRIVAL OF Gov. SrEvENs.-The Nominee,
last evening from st. Louis, brought host of
passengers, among whom were Gov. Stevens and
! suite, who comes to assume the command OF his
force for the reconnaissance of the North Pacific
Railroad route. With Gov. Stevens is Mr.. STAN
ly, the artist, to whom we have already referred,
and several other gentlemen of note attached
to the expedition.
GOING IT The Clarion arrived last evening
at eleven O'Clock from Mankato, having left
that point at six in the morning. She left Fort
Smelling at nine on Wednesday morning on her
upward trip. Good time that
In THE PRAcrICE.-Judgc Cooper hangs out
his single as a practising attorney, and may
be found at his Office in the Rice House. See
card.
BuGs ON VNEs.-The season of vines and
striped bugs is at hand, and we copy the follow
ing for the benefit of our farmers and gardeners.
We find it in the Waterville (Maine,) Mall
The remedy strikes US as being exceedingly sim
pie and practical:
ITO keep them from young vines, put box
around the hill three shingles, five or six in
ches wide, are enough make letter A with
them, and fasten them up with dirt or sticks
Notice, and you will see the bugs fly in straight
lines near the ground, and besides, they cannot
stop in their flight and let themselves down on
the plant, as a chimney swallow let's himself
down into chimney, so that they will fly over
the tops of the boxes and light on something on
the other side. If they start up again, they
will fly over the tops of the boxes and light up
on something on the opposite side. Occasional
ly, if the boxes are very low, this lighting place
will happen to be just inside of the box, but not
very often. have driven off great number
from hill and put box around, and only one
or two bugs got back. There is no need of Kill
ling the bugs; simply drive them off and put
on the boxes, or put them on before they come.
You do not put covers over the tops; put small
open boxes round, with the sides high enough
SO that when you stand ten feet from the hill
you cannot see the plants, and then the bugs
flying cannot see them and consequently will
not know where the plants are SO as to light up
on them. Do not make the boxes too HIGH for
that will shade the plants; nor too low, for
then the bugs will see the plants and light upon
thcm-they will fly straight to them. l have
been twelve years in making observations upon
this insect and have used the box for that time
but did not discover rhy the bugs did not get
in, till last year while in Waltham, Mass In a
garden there where l introduced the box,
found that they did not get in because they
could not l know of several who have used
the box for long time with success. A garden
or i'll Massachusetts was pleased with the box,
and said we have black bug, Also which
crawls on the ground and bites off the plant
} close to the root, and your box will shut him
|. out TO. PAINE.
We thank our friend Paine for the above
Most persons who use the boxes, think it ncces-
sary to cover with millinet or glass but care
| Il OH wi fbo oil Rx,t
time the vines are large enough to run beyond
the boxes, the bugs will have disappeared. We
have tried the boxes several years, and never
5 knew them fail to protect the vines completely.
, \ good protection for radshes, onions and such
roots as suffer from small white maggot, is to
keep the earth that comes Immediately in con-
tact with them drenchcd with tobacco stcepings.
If carefully and constantly attended to. it will
! invariably prove successful The box is no pro-
lection, unless covered The maggot is depos-
tied by small black fly, that disappears in sea-
son for the roots to come to maturity if protect
cd till they are partially grown. One pound
of tobacco. at cents. will be strong enough
for five or six pals of water. Nothing but to-
baccO worms and men can endure tobacco.
BL0OMERIsM At A DISCOrNT.-The prudential
: Committee of the town of Ware, Mass. declined
the application of a young lady of acknowl edg-
ed high character and ability, for the situation
of teacher of one of their common schools, on
account of the Bloomcr cut of her dress.
DELANE AND LovE.-Thc local of the Albany
Transcript states that no man under thirty five
: can sit beside nine yards of delanc witOut be-
coming afflicted with the palpitation of the heart
DAUPHINS AT A DIsCOUNT.--The Courier des
Etats Unis publishes an affidavit of Mrs. Mary
Ann Williams, now residing in Franklin Co.,
n. T., mother of the Rev. Elcazer Williams,
which completely settles the question against
F the reverend prctendcr. She is upwards of
eighty years Of age, and claims the Rev. Eleazer
as her own natural son. If testimony cannot
be adduced to prove that he is not the son of
his mother, we shall believe that " VIC haven't a
Bourbon among u.s.
THE observation-disclosures ,ExrRACT.-The
following extract is taken from a sermon deli
vered by the Rev. DR.. Adams of New York:
why is anything made public, but the be-
lief that 1t Will be OF interest to others! Why
is it announced that Isaac and Rebecca were
married on certain day last week, but on the
supposition that it will give you pleasure to
know ii. And then, lower down on the sheet
under the startling head of deaths. your eve
runs along always with apprehension lest it fall
on some wellknown name, and reads that the
aged father, the young child, the beloved wife
the rich. the poor, the admired, the hOnorcd
the beautiful, are gone as it is not taken for
granted that even strangers will have a sigh for
the afflicted, and the world respond in sympathy
to the incursOns of a common foe!
'Rcad in this light. the cOmmOncst adycr-
tiscmcnts which crowd our papers have kind
ly OdOr about them. Say not, with cynic
sheer, as though You were doubtful whether
there was anything honest in the world. when
re-keeper advcrtises his wares that it is all
sheer selishncss for if it is pleasant for one to
announce fresh supply of tallow and wood,