The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1853-02-12

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Get angry with your neighbor and think
you have not friend in the world Shed
tear or two: take walk in the burial ground,
continually saying to yourself when shall |
be buried here!'
Sign note with a friend, and never forget
your kindness. and every hour of the day whis-
per to yourself, - wonder if he will pay that
note. !" Think everybody is going to cheat
you. Closely scrutinize every bill you take
and doubt its being genuine till you have put
the owner to great deal Of trouble. Believe
every dime passed to you is but sixpence
crossed. and express your doubts about getting
rid of it if you take it..
Never accommodate if you can help it.
Never visit the sick and afflicted, and never
give farthing to the poor.
Grind the faces Of the poor and unfortunate.
Brood over your misfortunes, and your lack
of talent, and believe that at no distant day
you will come to want. Let the poor house
ever be in your mind, with all the horrors OF
poverty and distress.
Then You will be miserable-if we may SO
speak-to your hearts content-sick at heart
and at variance with all the world.
EXCESS IN EXAGGERATIoN.--The late Bishop
Hedding used to tell an incident in his episcO-
pal career, strikinsly illustrating the despotic
power OF long INDUCED habit. At one of the
conferences where he presided, a young preach
er was charged with indulging to great excess
in exaggeraton. He was not said to be guilty
OF positive falsehood, but superlatives flowed SO
freely from his tongue that truth had all the
and frequently did all the mischief
OF lie. Tie young man was sentenced to be
publicly admonished by the Chair lie stood
up in the presence of his brethren, and the
Bishop with great kindness, pointed out the
evil resulting from the habit. After hearing
him through, the accused, bathed in tears re-
quested permission to say q few words. He
commenced by candid Acknowledgement of
his fault. and thanked the Bishop for his admo-
milton. Turning to his brethren in the minis
try, he assured them Of his determination to
conquer his bcscttng propensity. Il regret
1t, said he, las much as any of you. have
struggled against it; I have wept over it; yes,
brethren, by night and by day, l have wcpt
OIL account Of it, and l can truly say it has al
ready caused me to she'd IarreiS Of tears!"
Too True, AT LEAST TO MAyY.-A young
couple went to Rev. Paul Davis to get married.
Mr.. D. is something of a wag, and by an inno-
cent mistake, of course, began to read from the
prayer book as follows:
Man that is born of woman is full Of troub-
lc and hath but q short time to live" The as
tonishcd bridegroom exclaimed: Sir, you
IL,
replied Davis, "if you insist, shall marry you,
but believe me, my friends, you had much bet
ter be buried.''
A sensible woman, the mother of young
family, taught her children from their earliest
childhood to consider i'll humor as disorder
which was to be cured by physic. According
ly she had always a small dose ready and the
little patient. whenever it was thought needful.
took rubarb for the crossness. No punishment
was required. Pcevishness, ill-tempcr, and
rhubarb were associated in their minds always
as cause and effect.
ONE OF THE WoMEN-The Cincinnati EEouir-
er states that Capt. Cummings, of the Martha
Washington, was arrested without difficulty;
but his wife, on learning of the arrest, rushed
in with double barrel gun and would have re-
sisted, but her husband did not wish any diff
Guilty with the officers. She is sister of the
Chapins, and came from Arkansas to Cincinnati
with her husband. The Enquirer says:
During the trip officer Bruen took from her
possession a number of files, which had been
put into her hands to secure his release. We
learn that the Captain was ironed during the
night, the Marshal offering to have his own
arm in the shackles coupled with the prisoner
but the wife preferred that partnership herself
and at night her arm was inserted in one of the
bracelets and her husband in the other. This
was entirely her own wish, and actually prefer
red by her.
THE NAvY.-Senator Stockton from the Naval
Committee, has introduced bill in the U. S.
Senate, proposing a Reorganization of the Navy
OF the United States. 1t recommends retired
list as indispensable to the efficiency of the SER
vice, and deprecates promotion by seniority Of
commission without regard to other considera-
tiOns. 1t holds that as officers in command are
sometimes required to compete with the highest
professional talent Of Europe, and to exercise
great discretion in the protection of our COM
mercial marine, they should be selected with a
proper regard for their suitability to such COM
mand. 1t approves of the ranks of Commander,
Commanding and Second Licuten-
ants but suggests the abolishment of the grade
of Masters and Passed Midshipmen For the
seamcn it recommends such increase of pay as
will approximate the amount paid by the COM
mcrcial marine and proposes rewards of merit,
besides opening the way to promotion to the
sailor boy, whose conduct is worthy of
SENATOR DorGLAs' WrfE.-Mrs. Martha Mar
tin Douglas, the wife of the Hon. Stephen A.
Douglas, Senator from Illinois, whose death we
have already noticed. was the last surviving
child of the late Col. Robert Martin, of Rock
ingham county, North Carolina. She was mar
ried in April, 1S47, and died at the residence of
her husband in Washington, in the oath year of
her age. An aged mother and three infant
children survive her. She possessed highly
cultivated mind and great sweetness OF disposi-
tion.-Chicago Press.
A WHIG GOvERNOR.--We have before an
nounced the election of VIM. G. Crosby, Whig,
Governor of Maine. His election was so unex-
pected that we were not willing to rely entire
ly upon the mere telegraphic report of it. to
give full expression to the satisfaction we feel
upon the accomplishment of this result Mr..
Crosby is said to be an upright, amiable, wor-
thy citizen, and the first Whig Governor elect
ed in Maine since 1910. When there is no cleo
ton of Governor by the people of that State.
the House of Assembly choose two from four of
the candidates who received the greatest num-
ber of votes, and send their names to the Sem
ate, and the Senate is required to elect one of
the two thus presented, to the Executive Office
Mr.. Crosby and Mr.. Hubbard were chosen by
the House, and in the Senate the vote stood IL
for the former and IA for the latter. We are
much gratifed that the State of Maine is once
again honored with Whig Governor.-Chica-
60 Journal.