The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1853-08-04

PIcKiNss FROM THE KNIcxERBocKER.-
The lines by an enanored swain commencing:
"There is girl in Brooklyn;
She lives in the Southern part
hack something Of the fervor Of Tennyson and the
grace Of Moore. Two sianzas must do ths iin.e
"Thoush Brooklyn can't boast thing
That is, our Cro,on water,
She's many gallant son,
And many charming daughter
She has a model dry-dock.
'Yara' renowned, The Navy
Two hundred splendid churches,
\ girl that sets crazy"
The reminder Df this e1usen, il must be admitted
attesls the fact acknowledged IN the last hae.
As near rs we can remember, after somewhat
hasty peTusaI ,s the story told Us by the friend
and correspondent no wrote Us last month iton The
Planters Hotel al 3. Louls:-"An old Methodist
clergyman had alluded, at some length, IN ar extern
rore discourse, to the miracle of blowing down the
walls Of Jericho After thls sermon was ended, ana
he was walking hOmeward, Mississippi boatman,
with a companion overlook him, and opened con
verea,ion with him upon The subject OF the miracle
Il oil sS sad h. That seven men, WITH seven hotns,
walked se7cn times round the walls, and blowed
sew blasts times, and then the walls tell IN !.
Th. clergyman said ,he miracle was properly stated
Looks reasonable, cou't it' asked the boatman OF
has com anion, who shook his head doubtingl "
You see hs repeated, there seven men, with
sevea horns aud they marched tunes round the
walls and bowed seven blasts times! Don't
son think 'twolli fetch 'eml' Let's see, said his
ConpaniDn; seven tunes seven IS forty nine; seven
times forty nne is two hundr ed and forty three, etc.
and having followed up the figures he SAID, yeidingy,
.W-e-il, y-e-e-s, guess 'twoad fetch EN-; it's
d. Of plrchass!'
Ice ~ CBorEKA MoRsus.-J. f. Suodgrass,
II. D., Of New York, contributes to the Tribune Of
TIA, city the following:
"Guided more by nv personal experience as an an
nuai victim OF that verY common, though very wor-
rying and prostrating nalads, Ctoira Norbas the
seas for which Is upon Us, rather than any OBJ
.ervation Of it. of iafe years, during which | have
had verv little 10 do with geaeral practice, have
the conclusion that the remedy iof il is Ice.
Not ice water nor even ice taken into the mouth TO
ine and ind lis way into the stomach water, but
crushed ice swallowed, Of Ice Pills, II you please
The primary seat Of this disease Is the stomach
There the in,e thirst and dsagreeabe hitterness
characteristic Of Cholera Mohus orign mate, although
experienced ir the mouth. There the zee should tie
applied with the view OF absorbing the excess oil cal
oric heat. Iced water, b, lis great bulk dstlesses
the stomach, while the ITSELF applied directly 10
the part affected. swallowed IN small Jumps, not suf-
fered 10 :rlctie down, relieves 1t almost certainly.
Persons taking these Ice Pills, | have called
them, indicate that the secret of the remedy pro-
posed, hes IN the form and mode of its admnstra-
uon, more than Ia the remedy itself, which is really
nothing new, sometimes alarmed at the ssshock'
experienced II the stomach. This is produced BY
the rapid loss Of morbid heat, and Is Their, fore moth
ing be alarmed huI is favorable, the contrary.
There need be no i.a- Let the ice be taken freely
and it Will scarcey fail 10 give relief, thoui the
aid OF any other i.dcine whaiever.
| am aware that a.yIce unssked IL, too usually nd.
vice unthanked lat eit that tn above fact should
be generally Enowr, and therefore make no apology
for takins up the brief space required :or its state
ment."
''No, long SINCE writes enc from 'up-rivcr,' "a
iady called friend Of my acquaintance 10 pass
few words If friendly greeting. | the book
of English ynonymes must have been studied bv her
10 little purpose when she Was finishing her educa-
non; for, upon beng lnerosaed after the usual for
muia, 10 the state of Ger health she biandy re-
marked, that she was well, with the exception Of
. gNtar in her head \ what exclaimed the
other ladi in tone Of hushed surprise. a Guitar
IN my head" Pertnacously responded this newly
arrived musical character. Silence ensued for few
minutes; during which, | have doubt, the srug-
Cling gigg!es kept down by the symK athletic de-
sires inward, breathed, O Pbebus, son of l.atona
thou GOD of music aud Of medicine. put an in,crdct
upon. the melody OF such guitars
they tell good story of Lorenzo Dow or per-
ambula,ing preacher OF as school,, 10 the effect that
riding once IN a stase-Coa.ch his way an APP
po,ntnlent, he fell IN company with wild Young
blades, who were led from his eccentric appearance
and manner, to imagine HAT ne proper subject
Tor their Jokes and railiery- He al oace humored
their design. by affecting Stiffness, and max Ing the
most absurd aud senseIess remarks. pom arriving
al the pieace where he to stop, they ascerained
who THEN butt was ana began 10 apologize Observing
j., eAtenlEton ri their rudeness, that his own CON
versation had msled them. 'Oh,' SAID he, that's
NY way: ALWAYS try II accommodate myself TO the
COMPANY l IN and when | am among fools |
talk foolish.
1--WE read, Until the other day, the famous
ballad Of Dick Turpin, The London hghwa, -inan.-
One verse is very 'able:'
The coachnan, he not liking the lob,
Set off at fu!i gallup;
But Dick put a couple Of balls in his nob
tAnd purwaiied on him t. stop
II wasn't by 'Dloyai sssicn' that the traveller was
fpurwaed' stand and deliver,'
I'VE have set up sanctum on the shores Of the
Tappan Zee for the season Of the summer solsticc
Before rs spread It's ample waters, now CLASSY As a
mirror, now ruited with gentle Lreezes tossing in
she sud en- Storm bat always beautiful. SIX yiiages
its two shores, plain sight to the naked eve
steamers and water craft OF every description pass
and re-pass almost every hour before our sanctum
Windows: mount Goii.ord, with its hospi,able man
sion, crowns the apex OF the verant mountain thai
rises behind u, whose forest tops are ever 'frc,ted
by the winds OF heaven Over the broad Zee
and anon the roaring of the wheels of the
Hudson river cars rushing noTthward and downward
with lightning speed, yet seeming only 10 crawl
from the extent of the road taken one and the
US and 'vernal shades; aud agricultural experiments
are diversiing our iabors l.. and by there will be
reports OF crops yes, and modes Of operation shall
be cheerulis gvea for the benefit Of American far
iners generally. Our lawn and orchard are mourn
and should like - submit the evidence Of our
execution TO those enylous Tarry,own operatives
opposite, who once wanted 10 'corne IN 10 work
We hare come up and done il.
GENERAL CAss.-During our recent visit 10 De.
not, 10 company with number Of friends we called
on the venerable statesman and patriot Lewis Cass.
We found him at MS old ulanson excellent health
ENJOYING good old age, with all the comforts Of life
blooming around him. With nations respect and
he feels that better To be sht than to be
President. Tie lives, exactly a log cabin but
in the PLAIN aud substantial old brown frame
house erected has farm. after the war of 1872
In looking on ais mansion there WAS, however, one !
melancholy reelection. .Shs who for the last forty
years has been the lite and light Of that nansion--he
hope the comfort, and the joy Of its lord no more
Tbs old Statesman is left tread the path Of life
with the evening shades gathering around him. un-
sustained BY that strong hand which Was hi, hone