The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1854-02-02

ExTaAORDINANY INDUSTRY One OF tho
most romafkable instances Of industrious clever
ness that has ever come 10 our knowledge, Is Tho
escape Of convict Oliver Dawsey from the Pro-
vinclal Penneniary at Kingston, on The night of
the 2eth ult. Dawsey is a colo.ed, man " ho has
some little reputation In cur neig eighborhnod by
rohbing the house Of Mr. hoffman, of Dundas
and Mr.. Sadlier. of Hamilton, some lime ago
In the PenIteniary he was noted for his sagactv
and smartness, and had become Father iavorile
with tie officials, IN so far as being enpo, ed 10
dong little neat lobS of handicrali was CONCERNED
On The evening previous to his escape, howsser,
he had offended, rtentioEal.y II Is supposed and
was conhned IN the dark c II. IN the sunk story
Of the building. punishment for his refrscto-
ry conduct. This, 1t appears. vas exactly " hat
he wanted, ana. between the hours ~ len al n'ght
and two in the morning, he succeeded in going
throus sh stone wall three fee, IN thickness, and
in scaling the wall 81! The building and the outer
wall one OF which IS ab,ai forty ieet H. height,
and at the last named hour stood free n, IN be.
yond the limits of the Psni,eit tiary The three
feat wall through which he pcnetraied has been
built fur hiieen or sixteen years, and when IL Is
known that the "n'y instrument used II piece
Of fat iron about thirteen inches in length, enc
and ii half inches broad, and one -eish,h of al
inch thick, with few n,cks like the ,ee,, of "A
on the end, 1t must be acknowledged tha, his
industry and perseverance almost eniillc him to a
better fate ihan The dungeon of the Peniieniiary.
IL Is supposed thit he has come westward, as he
has frequently hin,ed durng his confinement, that
he had IA considerable amoun, of money buried
in the vicinity of HamIlIcp.-[ Hamilton, c. w.
CanaCiaD.j
Our ISTEREsTs sABRoAD.-Norhern Iowa and
Southern Minnesota, being identified IN general
interests, and being settled eth led rpidiiy
have important interests TO be attended To. As
AS these interests are in the hands OF the Ccneral
Gosernmant the people have sure guarantee tor
the faithful atteni ion that their wants may REQUIRE
in General Jones and Hon. A. g. Dodge, u. S.
Senate, and Hon. H. NJ. Rice, Delegate in Congress
rom Minnesota; all of whom have been PIONEERS.
and better acquainted h the country and its rari-
Gus ~ams ihan perhaps any other men in the West.
Lansing inelliseneer.
/ OUR MEcHANIC..-Thcy are the palace
| builders Of tie world; not stick is hewn, not
a stone shaped, in ali the !ordly dwellings, Of the
rich iba, does not owe its fitness and beauty 10
mecha nical skill; the towering spires that raise
their glddy heights up among the clouds depend
upon The mechanics art and strength, for their
symmetry, beauty and prcportions; there is no
art,cie Of comfort or Of pleasure, but what bears
the impress Of Their handword. How exalted,
is then calling; how Sublime is their vocation,
Who dares to sneer at such "a fraternity Of hon.
orabe MEM who dares 10 odium upon such
patriotic race' Their path is one Of true glory,
md it is their fault if il does t lead them
to the highest posts Of honor a"d senown,
CAUSES OF CRIME OF 24O convicts con.
fined in the Tennessee Pen,entiary 80 were
temperate before sentenced, and 2O2 Incorporate
and 1877 were drunk when they committed crime
There are AZ whose fathers we're Temperate, 1877
whose fathers were mtemperhte, Of whes. 3
were common drunkards. Thee are three who
I'D al,
glish education, l05 who ca. read and write 81
who sead ony, and 63 who Gun neither read
nor write. These s,at'stcs show very clearly
that iptemperance and the want Of education ars
the two most fruitful sources Of crime
BoARprSo HOUSE CoLLoeuY-Boa,dey. Wha,
, large chickens those arel Londlady, Yes, chick
larger now-a days than they used TO Re: ter
years ago~ couldn't get them SO large as these
B0a,do, ,nnoeeiiy, They mus, have grown some i,
that time, (Landlady looks though she had beer
: misunderstood. )-Portiand Eclectec.
Gos.Ir ABour CHILpKrm Prom tht
. knickerLccker's pleasant gossip about children
J, wc take the following:
> "Talhing 4" of children, reminds m of anothe,
= childish anecdote, which have LATELY heard il
b these New England parts. You no doub, kuow
II what Yankee muster was IN olden time.
Well do l remember my mother gave
e me 'une-pence,' and reyelled ia unfold wealth
: and dreams Of glory muster day. The s.,r,
is abcu; the youthful Websiers. Their father hat
given them each small sum, and they had been Il
IS the militia muster At nightfal, they returned
N home (; Daniel, as usual, somewhat ahead Of hi
d brother. Their father met them and, sddrsssin;
q the first, said--
n .'WeIl. Dan. what have you done With yea
!. money ?"
= .'Spent it 80 was the sturdy reply.
:, "And what have you done With yours, Zskes'
..Len, il 10 Dan 20