The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1853-04-02

sutton, perfectly cullullke ana simple IN MS
manners. You felt very soon that you could
approach him as father He had not affected
stateliness of manner, but looked for all the
world like some plain, respectable farmer
This was, perhaps, one cause of the many curl
Gus, and sometimes laughable incidents in his
history, in which his person and character were
entirely mistaken. We givc one Of these Incl
dents as reported to us:
Bishop Roberts was in n steamer on the Mis-
sssppi river, and was sitting off by himself ON
the hurricane deck when gentleman, an emil
nent lawyer residing in the Southwest, APP
preached him, and entered into conversation
with him. Surprising from his appearance that
he was a religious man, he began to converse
with him in reference to number Of preachers
with whom the lawyer was acquainted with
several of whom the old gentleman seemed to
be acquainted finally the lawyer concluded to
question him in reference to the Bishops
'sSr," said he, Il have heard Bishop Soule. of
the Methodist Church, and think him q very
able man do you know him."
.Yes," said the old man, II have known him
q good many years, and agree with you fully
as to his talents as preacher
"Then," said the lawyer, "there is a small
man who visited our town some time since,
think they called him DR.. Emory; did not
hear him, but heard him highly spoken of as a
preacher
Here again his old friend knew the little doc
tor, and endorsed all the good that had been
said of him. and continued the lawyer,
"there was another. an old man, who preached
not long since i'm our place l think they called
him Bishop Roberts; they say he is most ex-
cellent man, but no great preacher-do you
know him.
..Yes," said the old gentleman, IL have been
acquainted with him for good many years l
believe the old man is honest and tries to do
the best he can, but he's not much of preach
cr."
Shortly after the lawyer descended to the
cabin, and going up to his wife, my DEAR
said he, IL have just had long talk with a
very interesting old gentleman on deck: l
think he must be a Methodist preacher
"Why, husband" said she, ''don't you know
that old gentleman: That is Bishop Roberts
and he baptized RE-
49, said the lawyer, (who was said to be a
very modest man, I'm ruincd.'
He FASTENED back to his old friend on deck
''Sir," said he, Il owe you an apology for my
rudeness; my wife says you are Bishop Rob-
erts = and he went on to apologize, but the
good old man seemed to enjoy the joke finely A;
and told him no apology was needed, and to
the last, insisted that he believed Bishop Rob-
erts was an honest, good-meaning man, but
could not preach much.-SOuthern Christian
.fdrOcdfe.
We see in the English papers curious anec-
dote of Wellington, quoted from the New Quar-
tcrly Review:
Some years since the Duke was sitting at his
library table when the door opened and with
out any announcement, in stalked a figure of
singularly i'll omen. Whore you ?" asked the
Duke, in his short. dry manner, looking up,
without the least change OF countenance, upon
the intruder. Il am ApollyOn" What dive
want!" Il am sent to kill YOU "Kill me |!
very odd" 81 am ApOllyon, and must put
you to DEATH obliged to do it to-day!'-
Il am not told the day or the hour, but | must
do my mission" :.Very nconvenient-verv
busy-great many letters to write-call again
and write me word-I'll be ready for yOu''-
And the Duke went on with his correspondence
The maniac, appalled, probably by the stern,
unmovable old man. backed out of the room.
and in half an hour was safe in bedlam.
The following incident came off, in a GER
tain poor-house in New Hampshire.
Ayoung clergyman visiting the establishment
seated himself by the side of deaf old woman.
when this conversation eusued: CIergumau.
(shouting)-"lIow old are you, my good Mad
ann: Woman-"Eighty-cig ht years old. come
last May Clergyman On a sad tone) -
"Elghty-elght years DID, Before lightweight
years shall have passed over me, l shall be food
forworms!' Old Womaa (horrifed) -aWorms
did you say? IRE you troubled with 'em?
never knowd grow'd-up men-folks to have 'em
bad!' The clergyman was observed to come
away very suddenly after that question and an
swer!
A BEGGAR's FORTUNE.-The following anu
sing extract we take from new work. 1t is
not every one that has such wedding portion
as did the beggar's daughter: Good morning
toyou Mrs. Fogarty,' reaching snuff.box to
offer pinch. .Then good morrow kindly. in.
dy-l hope see you we'll this morning." $50
Mrs Fogary, you have married your aughter.,
II did, indeed, praise be to goodness" sDid
she get good match?' "Fax, thin, it's her
self that did. Didn't she get blind Darby Dris-
col, on the Dyke, that makes more money than
any three beggars in Cork ~ I'm delighted
to hear it, Mrs. Fogarty, assure you. That
the world may wonther at the luck they II ha We!
Did you give her any fortune!' "Any fortune ,
All! thin now, Judy, is it after insultin' me
you'd be! Sure you know in yer heart that
child OF mine never was married without it
Didn't give her the best side of Patrick street
which, ifwell begged, is worth seven and six
pence week."
WOMAN LAW IN AsH1ANp.-A strong eanr,
has been made in Ashland to have prohibita-
~ liquor statute enacted, but the Council re-
fused. WhereupOn thirty ladies assembled and
marching to the door of Anthony Jocob's rc-
quested him to discontinue the sale of LIQUORS
and the use Ofhis "bagatelle" board. He refusal
and seizlng musket, the coward pointed it to.
wards the ladies and threatened to shoot iftboy
offered to modest him. But Mrs. Kellogg rat5.
er a small woman, but chock full of ire col
Jared the rascal and held him while the other
ladies wrested it from him. and then put him
out of the house. Then splintering his "baga.
teile" board and opening very serious leaks in
the heads of his liquor barrels. they proceeded
to "Mother Yunkers" or more properly Mrs.
v Witt who also proving "hard case, her liquors
were set gurgling over the cellar bottom. The
other liquor establishments cried "peccavi,"
and new no liquor can be had in the place. ia
cots and his crew have instituted legal procee-
dings against the whole band of ladies.-yHaas-