The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-09-16

A UNIQUE DINNER.-" Boscawen,' the plea
SAINT correspondent of the New York Courier
and Enquirer, gives the following interesting
description of dinner recently given in Baden
to the director and principal administrators of
all the German railways who had been holding
grand congress at Baden, for the purpose of
celebrating upon professional affairs:
At banquet served in honor of this congress
the guests, to the number of one hundred and
thlrty-seven, were seated at Il long table, which
by an ingenious allcgory, represented rail-
way with double track At signal given
Immediately after the soup. locomotive ap-
pcared upon the table, to which was attached a
train loaded with dishes of the choicest and
most solid food. The succulent train advanced
slowly, in imitation of the passenger trains upon
all German roads. After having made the
tour of the table without stopping in order to
give view of the good things with which it
was freighted. the train again started making
station in front of each guest. and permitting
HIM to fill his plate according to his appetite
and fancy. The trains followed each other in
constant succession for two or three hours. de-
parting each time well loaded with comcstiblcs
and always returning empty to the depot The
dinner was as magnificent as it was copious
and giving favorable idea of the culinary art
in Germany.
Eso- The Ohio Statesman has the following
in regard to Calhoun Benham, recently nom;-
mated for Congress by the Wings of California
Calhoun Benham, nominated by the Wings
for Congress. is an Ohio boy. He is the son of
q distinguished Cincinnati lawyer, who died
some twenty years ago. He is nephew of
Prentice. of the Louisville Journal a graduate
of Ohio University. and as smart as he well can
be. considering that he is lazy. He was in the
Mexican war. practiscd law while with Ned
Marshall, of Cincinnati. and has since followed
the star OF destiny. Were it not for his politics
we should like to see him in Congress The
split in the California Democracy gives him a
fair chance of election
If the Wings of California succeed in electing
Calhoun Benham. we feel confident they need
never be ashamed of the act. Cal. is Just about
as good sample of the intelligent eloquent,
generous, undetermined Buckeye Boy" as
ever shouldered a knapsack. and turned his
back upon his native city and State, to seek his
fortunes in distant lands. How many hundreds
of that old band of Cincinnati associates of his
in the days of boyhood and younger manhood
will throw up their caps in all parts of the
world when they hear of his election for we
regard it as certain he ,riU be elected as things
now stand in his adopted State. We should
like to give hurrah for our old friend that
would penetrate the dells of the Sierra Ncva-
das and echo along the shores of the Pacific
As 10 his laziness, spoken of by the statesman,
that's all bosh He is IA brother-in-aw, and not
Il nephew of Geo. d. Prentice. and worthy such
relationship with that great editor.
a venerable matron of North Adams, Mass
aged 90 years, recently gave tea party to her
old friends. Among the guests were four ladies
Of the respective ages of sc. 81. 50 and 49, and
three gentlemen aged $3.50 and So. Six Ofthn
above party reside in one ncighborhood of less
than mile square, and have been residents of
North Adams over fifty years.
How SHE DID IT.-Lady Mary Duncan was
rich hcircss and Six William Duncan was her
physician during severe Illness One day she
told him she had made up her mind to get mar
ried, and. upon his asking the name of the for
tunate chosen one she babe him go home and
open the Bible. giving him the chapter and
verse and he would find out He did so. and
thus he read: Nathan said to David, thou
art the man."