The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-07-08
NUMBER 43.

NUMBER 43.
cs-The yellow fever is prevailing at Key
West.
The Dubuque Observer Of Wednesday says
the thermometer stood at 96 in the shade. ats
Pm
The Rock Island Advertiser Of Saturday the
the oath says the thermometer stood at 100
deg. in the shade at o'clock, P. NJ.
Heat at Philadelphia on the 9th ult. s5 -
in the shade.
The completion Of the New Albany and Mich-
igan City Railroad. a distance Of 2s7 miles, ID
this day to be celebrated in the former CITY.
The Rev. Henry Ward Bcecher, in q sermon
delivered few weeks ago, on the Nebraska
BILL speaking Of the ballot box. said, "put it at
the gates of perdition, and would 90 through
the legions Of imps to deposit my vote in it."
The population Of Pittsburgh is estimated to
be now 10000; Cincinnati, 100000.
The leprosy is spreading so rapidly in Nor
way, that fears are entertained of its becoming
a general sickness, as in the Middle Ages.
SMALL Pox.- The British Parliament has
passed an act making it Enable offence to ev-
cry parent or guardian who neglects to have
his or her child vacinated within four months
after its birth.
Hay is said to be so scarce in the midland
districts ofUpper Canada, that cattle are every
where perishing. For some time past S45 per
ton has been freely paid for the most indiffer.
ent qualities.
A free colored woman died recently In the
years.
Fourteen hundred gallons Of liquor were
seized at Providence on Thursday, being the
FIRST seizure under the new law.
MAISE.-The Bangor Mercury, a smart Whig
paper, is of the opinion that ant-Nebraska
members of Congress will be returned from st-
cry district in that State.
It is stated that more than seventy cattle
have recently died in Montpelier, Vermont,
and vicinity from the effects of being bitten
by mad dogs.
The import trade of Canada last year was
100000 pounds; the export trade 6,oO0,0 900
pounds.
A riot occurred at Ripley, Ohio. on the 24th
ult, between the Temperance men and liquor
dealers. Nobody was killed.
SM,ET.-"Why, Mr.. B, ,"said tall youth to 4
little person in company with half dozen huge
men,"1 protest you are so small did not see
you before" Very likely, ,"repled the little
gentleman, 81 am like sixpence among six
copper pennies, not readily perceived, but
worth the whole of ."-Boston Courier.
A SOcIABLE BEAR.--The following curious cir
cumstancc, which is said to be true in every
particular, is related in Lloyd's Scandinavian
adventures"
1.-TWO women with four children, were tend
ing their cattle at shealing far from home. IT
was the duty of one woman to tend the cattle
in the forest, while the other occupied herself
with household matters, and in looking afc:
the children. 1t so happened however, on the
23d OF last September, that while one of the
women. as usual. watched the cattle, the other
absented herself for short time on visit to q
neghbor, leaving the children altogether t.
themselves. She had not been long away before
they perceived two large brown animals, whicl,
they took to be COWS, on the outside of the fence
bordering the patch of pasture ground contic-
uous to the hut. All children are curious and
Indifferent to danger. Without consideration.
therefore, they climbed over the fence, and made
up to the creatures. When the animals became
aware of the near approach of the children, the
larger of the two compelled the smaller to lie
down at the foot of tall pine, and then crouch
ed by its side as if to protect it from harm.--
Whereupon, the least of the children. (that o.
two years Of age, without hesitation toddled di-
rectly up to the animals and laid itself down
likewise, with its head resting upon the belly Of
the larger one, humming at the same time soms
nursery songs as if repOsing on its mother lap.
The other children remained the while the qui-
ct spectators of the scene. When, however, the
eldest had thought little. and had come to the
conclusion that it wss not a cow, but bear. rs
was the fact, the child was toying with, she be-
came sorely affrighted. Meanwhile the infant,
who could not remain long in the same position.
presently rose from his hairy couch, gathered
some blueberres growing hard by, and gave
them to his bcdfelow the bear. who immediate
ly ate them out of the babes hand! The child
next plucked a sprig from neighboring bush,
and offered it to the beast, which bit it in two,
allowing the child to retain one-half"
Truth FOR PARENTs-I am prepared. says DR.
Duff, the distinguished minister and missionary
of the Free Church OF Scotland in Calcutta, I am