Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-06-26

and Lard Oil in large quantities. Go and ill up
your cans while you can, at the Old Brown
Please squint at their adv.
CO The Galena arrived Friday night with
about fifty passengers. She returned Saturday at
I'm.
Ca The Gossamer, from St. Louis, brought
100 tons of freight part of which consisted Of
800 sacks of corn, and 200 sacks of oats. Capt.,
S. J. Ball, Clerk H. Dedrick. She left Saturday.
GO The Golden Era arrived on Saturday eve
ming, with large number of passengers.
SENSIBLE ADvICE.-sIf ever you marry said a
Roman consul to his son, let it be to a woman
who has judgment enough to superintend the get
ting Of q MEALS victuals, taste enough to dress
herself, pride enough to wash herself before
breakfast, and sense enough to hold her tongue
when she has nothing to say
"Spos'n' you can not find a woman with
these qualifications, and 'sspos'n," if you do
find one, she won't have you, what then?
Many people will be astonished when they get
to heaven to find the angels laying no schemes to
be made archangels.
CT No one who halls from this region will, if
any should be fortunate enough to get there
Well ssbet high on that"
The first thought of girl upon receiving an
offer is about her wedding dress.
GY Don't believe it.
c. Of our fourteen presidents not one was 1.
citizen of great city.
Women are seldom sailors; but they sometime
command smacks.
c. And the cruise they most delight in is a
fishing one. Those who use silver hook gene
rally get the most &c bites.''
The greatest rogue generally contrives to get
the most credit.
Cardinal Gppigori, who is just dead at Bolog-
ma, received the Cardinals hat in 1904 from the
hands of Plus w. He was the oldest member
Of the sacred college, and had been Archbishop
of Bologna for the last filty-two years.
The Boston Atlas says the Virginia Sentinel
objects to re-christening Of the Democratic
party. 1t says-"If We part with our name,
we will lose our principles" Part with your
name, then, instantly! Don't let trihe like
that stand in the way of your regeneration.
s@E- The Sag NIGHTS are talking of nomi-
mating John Hughes, Catholic Bishop of New
York, as a candidate for the Presidency in Sc.
E@s@ A recent French writer says: "No one
can say word while Theirs is talking, and it
is only when he shaves that one can get a
chance of being listened to by him. Only while
the razor is at his throat is he SILENT and vouch
safes attention. Theirs can speak from morning
till midnight unwearied, ever new sparkling
thoughts, ever new plays Of wit flashing forth,
rejoicing his audience, teaching, blinding-one
might say spoken firework."
s@Se The Spanish poet, Quintana, was pub
licly crowned with laurels at Madrid, as an &C
acknowledgement Of his genius. The ceremony
took place in the palace of the Senate, and the
queen and the king presided over it. The min
listers, the foreign ambassadors, and many per-
sonages of distinction were present.
to- There is religious sect in Russia
called Philippons, whose priests are old men,
recruited from among young boys whom their
parents dedicate to this ministry in their youth.
AS soon as the child's vocation is decided, he no
more touches animal food, renounces all strong
drink, and remains unmarried all his life. They
cannot take an oath, but must substitute the
words eyes, yes, in truth" so4sa ~.
CO The largest room in the world under a
single roof and unbroken by pillars, is at ST..
Petersburg, and is $50 feet in length by $50 in
breadth. By daylight it is used for military
displays, and battalion can conveniently ma
neuvre in it. In the evening it is often con.
verted into vast ball room, and 10000 wax
tapers are required to light it. The roof of
this structure is a single arch Of iron.
Weak motives are sufficient for weak minds
Whenever we see mind which we believed a
stronger than our own, moved habitually by
what appears inadequate, we may be certain
that there is, to bring a metaphor from the for
est, more top than root.-Landor.
Preserve proportion in your reading, keep
your view of men and things extensive, and
depend upon it mixed knowledge is not SUI
per6cial one; and as far as it goes, the views
that it gives are true; but he who reeds deeply
in one class of writers only, gets views which
are almost sure to be perverted, and which are
not only narrosO but faIse.-Dr. .Arnold.
INFLUENCE OF WoMEN.-If we wish to know
the political and moral condition of State, we
must ask what rank women hold in it. Their
influence embraces the whole Of life. A wife,
mother-two magical words comprising the
sweetest sources of mans felicity. Theirs is
the reign of beauty, of love, Of reason. Always
a reign! A man takes counsel with his wife;
he obeys his mother; he obeys her long after
she has ceased to live. and the ideas which he
has received from her become principles stron-
ger even than his passions. Martin.
Some one was telling Sam about the longev-
ity of the mud turtle. EYES," said Sam, IL
know all about that, for once found a venera.
bic old fellow In meadow who was 50 old thai
he could scarcely wiggle his tail, and on his
back was carved (tolerably plain, considering
all things,) these -Parad;se, year /,
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