The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1853-08-25

The DRUSKhRD SoLiLoQuHiNG TIKI MAINE
LAw.-"lhe Name Liquor Law Is mean, ,1just
law. j. takes away my iIoeity.
Us, this 4 a fact, Il t.kes away my liberty, y
IN, unjust la~, suek.
IL t...s away ny liberty TO buy drink, and make
s,mplcoa of myself; walloY IA the streets act Ike
IDIOT; rage aud foam ike mailman; have the
deleriun rcnens and be tornented by spiders, dag
aud devils. mean law, indeed! How unjust,
Ii talks away liberty buy drink aai lie. steal
gamble. cheat, and De cheated, baspheine light, MIR
der, and be mu: derei ct IN the pon,tentry, and be
hung fc.5n. Oh. what a mean awi Oh, how
uniast t. take away srch liberties
/; takes away my LIBERTY 10 drink and be a poor,
miserable, penn, less horseess. homeless, tieudles,
charac;cross, uaa-1esrlsei, God-for.iken wretch.
Surely IN Maine Law Is he dspth Of meanaess, ana
heigii: Of injustice.
Ii tak,s away ny liberty to drink and abuse my
family; II make IN, childreu ASHAMED f their dun
he father; make them fear RE A, they would a
savage; to beat n, po1r, patient frightened, suffer-
ing hear;-bI oken ~iic-that vie who loved me so
dearly, and whom, before high Heaven, | s,vore to
protect, love. ana cherish my self; that
lair | thought so fine; dstgme that f,ce !
thought scarcely less FIR Il aa angels wiring
tina; heart which would stu Shec lis blood for nine
and at I send her the wiie Of ny youth, crushed
hv the great weight Ut nav cruelty, 60 IN untnley
grave. Oh, have soIi, 5nd cIn tolerate a law
which depsives nan Of such bertySlch priv lcge.!
II takes away my liberty 10 b drunkard, and
q,eah my BODY to a d'unkard's grave, and my soul
d lost spMii, u The drcnkatd's hell.
Is not the Maine Liquor Law vic outrage, upon
every Of honor, and every principle OF JUSTICE
aid traitor to the dearest liberties OF man!
The cremation or burning of priest in India Is
said b. Of tn. brilliant, bot terrible spec
tlcles II ileahcnisn. We ind this account Of it in
III, he If Ms. Judson, written hy her successor.
fThts l-,rr e.. mil 4, ,.;as+- e b;.,L
an is usually shared by several persons in concert;
the bodies having been preserved To- he occasion, b,
process which reduces them iesiless, cork like
nIumaies. The principal preparations Tor the iesli-
va superintendent b. the head Of the seyecal
dstglcis each district training is separate band Of
dancers and musicians, and contributing the usual
gte,iGg parapheTnaiia The coms;ruc .,on of an en-
CINE, winch shll rival that Of nei.hboring district
II lighting the fuaeI,l pile, is the important and
cltcut part 81 tbc preparation log of wood,
bored aud ted ~ih guapowter, consi; u,es the body
OF the machine, which Is planned to act on
nearly the same principle A rocket; bat il is
iatenced "a the ground, instead Of rising
taroo3h the arr II placed wheels aGi has, alto
gether the appearance Of low The full sized
figure Of 2 wafrl0r- a white elephant, fabulous
in)aster, whatever else fancy design Standing
IL ina using att.ruic, occupies the platform above
The tube and gives u the machine appearance Of
AMIN; ted He.
On the morning Of tAe gala day, the various
and preceded by Musicians and dancers. in pro-
cessI0l 10 the ground chosen for the eXhbiton---a
large open plain. The bodies Of The dead (or rather
rdtaeD priests having been previously restored 20
their or ina combines, by dick coating of wax,
covered with gold leaf, are conveyed in the
Described by Ms. Boardnan.
Companies ~ proie.s ona n,o'rncrs follow the cars,
and I'll the air With their lanenaIions; and the bear
fire. ucny pause and turn their faces honeward,
though their ,iief TOO great allow them 10
hon aVr slgi fitp fail hint
magnificent coffin still surrounded by their gorgeous
and conhustble tlappings, and laced elevated
platform, hav.n, the agotS underneath ard canopied
by graduated roof, surmouated by glitcling sre.
The musicians strike up popular, sacred air.
the dancers ply their art, and the competition
mences. The rambling Of wheels, and the rushing
sound OF he hrlng engine, soon minglc with the
shouts OF the spectators; bets high aud the in
teIosi becomes intense. Every eye IN he vast mu-
tia Is liked the seemingly into gent machine
IT hunes along the ground. leaving behind il a
tram Of fire and smoke. and each increasing
as speed, "a II draws near the oombustble pyre.-
This amusement ooatitues during the greater par OF
the day; the excitement Of the throng deepening as
the contest advances To a close At last the pile :
lighted, aud consumed with CEREMONIES. The roles
Of the honorcd dead usually collected and pre-
served in urn; the crowd di>perse and the Veto
party returns nghiiall, amid shouts Of con
sratu.aion and triumphant rejoicngs.
YANKEK SPETD.-An Enslishman, boasting Of
the superiority OF the horses in his county. mentioned
that the celebrated Eclipse had run nile in min
ute. MY good felowi' exclaimed an American
present, hat is rather less than tho average rate Of
common roadslers. 1--we my country seat near
Philadelphia, and when ride ia "a hurry town of
n morning. my own shadow can't keep up with me,
bat generally into the fad me- Iro N
minute to a minute and half after my arrival. One
morning the beast restless, aud rode him as fast
"a possibly could, several times around n large fac
tory--iust take Old Harry out of him. We'll sir.
h. went 80 fast, tAat the Whole tine saw my back
directly before the, Q,I isgce danger Of riding
crT myseB''
II the fashion down in sOe Virginny, for the
negroes long trails # Grape tied round their
hats, and allowed to fail down their backs A planter
one day met a strange nis the road, decked on,
with Superintendent amount OF Grape, that reached
almost to his heels
Who DO You belong to'' asked the planter.
''Mrs. -, Of Ahimar'c,' replied Caesar
"W here are you soing!'
''To Massa -'s furnace; PIE been hired out to
work dar.
''Yoa have los, soma Of your friends, i see.''
SIZES nlaSsa."
"Was il distant rela.ivel''
"Weli, putty d.stant-'boaa toofy -jo,y nules''
IN. y. Spirit of the Times
wag says that in journcying lately, he was put
into an omnibus with dozen passengers, If whom he
did not know single Turning a corner short
ly after. however, Tie ornni5us upset. Sand then
Gays he, 81 found them all out"
in California, Under sentence of death nv
hanging, asked the Sheriff on the evening previous
10 his execution. - say, Sheriff. wha, hour is that
little affair Of mine coming Of %
The Secretary of the Navy has abolished the Coal
Agency, and now directs Navy Agents to make pur-
chsses Of coal.
Hon. Edward Stanley, late member Of Conpr.s,
from North Carolina, s now engaged in the practice
Of law, in San Francisco.
Why IL Mr. Nesbii,, the manufacturer Of the
new post-office stamped envelops, like some dis
tinguished nlan, Because his nau,e il on eyerv
bocy's tongue.
The LATEST "A company organized to con.
struci Railroad from Day ton, Ohio, 10 Mackin-
sw, under the title Of IS Cincinnati and Macknaw |
Railroad"