The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1853-10-01


suffice it to say that l had to 90 to meeting.
lhe preacher was robust man, with brow
like night. and stentor!an lungs. His dress
was homespun, and not of modern fashion
Indeed, his complexion was the only fashion
able thing about him-f0n color. His style
and manner were like Dutchman's dancing
more stout than handsome He commenced
the services with prayer-and such prayer
He then read hymn with a nasal twang and
great gusto, especially the following verse -
''As when raging fever burns
| We shift from side to side by turns;
And its poor relief gain,
| To change the place. but keep the pain.''
The reading although dissimilar, reminded
me ofMr. r a clergyman of Boston, who
read from the pulpit
/ s'The lambs He carries in His arms,
And on his bosoul--BEARS.'
The singing was very fine The enunciation
was distinct, the treble beautifully clear and
the bass heavy. 1t was one of the fugueing
tunes that always fancied. 1t ran as follows
As when a ara-a-ra--a-ra--
As-when-a-ra--
! Gn-fe-ver burns,
| Gn-fe-rcr burns,
As when-a-ra--a-ra--
| Gin-fc-ver burns"
This was not just such q meeting as had
been in the habit of attending. / rather liked
it. y text was suggested by the hymn -
''Wine is a mocker, and strong drink is raging
Next came the reading Of the fifth chapter of
the epistle to the Ephesians, from the comments
upon which | obtained many new ideas. This
twenty-tblrd verse, said the minister, ''is a
thumper for these WOmen's rights sort of folks !;
and that fourth verse is considerable. let not
foolish talking, &c, be not so much as named
amongst you, nor jesting Jest so, my bretll-
ren and the Apostle adds, they are not con-
venient.' That jest so was spoken in such a
tone of voice. and such queer expression, that
L could not help smiling. At that instant
caught the preacher eye, and | thought he
smiled, but of course | was mistaken My
text" he continued "you find somewhere in
PauEs epistles, If by any means | might have
some" Here the preacher took Off his cravat.
= propose, brethren, to-day, 10 shoot kind O.
scattering. You know if YOU dart straight
pole through an apple tree. you don't knock off
no apples but if it is crooked and thrown kind
ofhilter skiltcr. it's sure to knock off some''
Here the preacher took off his coat and | am
afraid l Uttered little; and pretty girl.
| nearly in front of me, Uttered also. Whether
it was at smile, or because he looked so unlike
Il clergyman in his shirt sleeves, or whether it
was because IL don't know, but thought it
was bccaii>' -. But no matter.
First ahout the womcn's rights business.
We aint left in the dark in this matter. The
doctrinc is plain. In this we have il gnoso."
httI 'lo Il NV hOiu ~ liic. NuUSU .--Nllul
sort ofa thing is Il gaosD? Gignimia means to
be 10 ii is derived from ''gnomi.; to perceive
future gnOso. 1t cannot be perception"
| for g gnosoH is not u noun. Ny Greek is rusty.
He cannot mean diagnosis then what on earth
does he mean? | took up Il book in hope to
find dictionary, but it proved Testament
Gnoso! Wen, TO use the parson s expression
= that is thumpcr." At last it flashed upon
me, as the preacher said: NO, brethren, as
said hntDrn W boy q a n This 4
ter. but we have a kn01c So
This is not one of the meetings that we read
of, but it is decidedly interesting. Here is food
| for the mind.
And now the preacher seemed embarrassed,
he had no notes; perhaps it was on that ac-
count He tried to put his hand into his coat
pocket for his bandanna, but his coat tail had
been laid aside. He raised the back part of his
right hand to his probOscis, and then placed his
hand in position to eye it critically. | did not
remark that his hand was Of 4 form to be proud
of. lie raised his hand again to his nose. and
then eyed it as before. Presently he sncezcd
like swivel. Occasionally he would calculate
Il, as if that word was to begin his next SEN
| tence. and then wipe the back of his hand un-
der the skirt of his coat or rather in the place
where the skirt ought TO be-
With great difficulty I kept from audible
laughter. The pretty girl near me was in the
ders shake when her cambria was at her face.
AT last the preacher, with his fist extended, and
cycling it as before with face as red as a lob
ster's back exclaimed, - don't know as | can
preach now, for guess I'm going to have the
nose bleed!' The pretty girl cackled aloud
and the stopplcs of my rsibles flew out with an
explosive noise as the preacher descended from
the desk saying =" Brother Snow, You pray
while I'm gone / could see the parson list
inc of fhn Al Oft hot
yer to his nose. Brother Snow rose, and the
congregation bent forward rcvercntly. When
silence regned Brother Snow, instead Of the
expected prayer, took occasion to say =" On
Monday evening there will be in the vestry a
picnic, to which all are invited to send wit
ties and the proceeds will SO towards paying
the arrearaee of the ministers salary" The
| preacher returned Immediately after the notice
and no trace of any blood could be seen. 1t
was too much for the pretty girl, she vanished !;
| upon which initiated her example. On COM
pairing notes in the entry, we came to the con-
cluson that u remark made in the minister's
prayer was correct, that this people in and for
themselves weren't much; and the pretty girl
said, OF this think we have know-so." |
never saw the girl afterward and now wish
had not left the Observation-Disclosures
| When the Arctic left Europe, it was not yet
known whether the Russian Emperor would ac-
cept or reject the notifications made by the
Turkish Government in the proposed settlement
between them; but there was serious appre-
hcnsion that he would reject them. Should he
do SO, we must regard it as the end of negotia-
ton in the premises. A strong reason for be-
licving that he will take this course may be
found in the fact that the proposals as modified
are substantially identical with the last note
addressed by Reschid Pacha to Prince Menschi-
koA, before the latter left Constantinople this
note was then scornfully rejected, and there is
no good reason to expect different result now.
1t is true that the acceptance of the proposed
basis of settlement wore the air of receding
somewhat from the arrogant position before
taken by Russia; but we see that the act was
well calculated In the first place it gave an
appearance of moderation to the Russian side
and in the second place, it left the weight of re-
sponsbility with the Turkish Government, and
was sure to bring it into collision with its al
lies, in case it should refuse to accedc to the
terms they had ageeed on /; and what was OF
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