The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-09-12

Ciiadte sin the East ..-
CONCORD, n. H., Aug. l8.
DEAR PIONEER:-"In three years the pig
cons will roost on the rafters of your houses
here in St. Paul, your shingles will all be rot
ten then-you can't buy any more, for your
city is all mOrtgaged to st. Anthony now, for
umber!"' %
Thus sang, upon the GLOVER levee," on a
sunny July morning, the proprietor of "Chee-
vers Landing" made jubilant by something
red," and by the recent triumphant return of
the Falls City, from her first and last trip to
the "head of navigation 1 was minded to
ask friend Cheever somewhat concerning the
pecuniary profit of the aforementioned trip of
the Falls City; but forebore held my tongue;
and valise in hand walked on board the good
boat Galena, bound for Dunleith.
have just been shown letter written by a
Saint Anthony man to his friends here Sin the
East" in which he pleasantly speaks of the
little lumber village for which the Paduan
Saint stands sponsor, as being "the head Of
steamboat navigation" Men of st. Anthony,
do tell your enquiring Eastern cousins a story
which has either the merit of ingenuity or
that of probability. Tell them that your pines
bear pine apples and bananas-say that you
have no Bangor men, among you, or some
other credible assertion, and leave alone this
happy conceit about steamboating
In our ride to Dunleith with Capt. Blakely,
we found what you all have found, or ought to
find quickly; that is to say, good boat, good
ia BILE and an abundance of good things there
on: polite commander and scenery unsur-
passed by any in the land combining las it does,
the graceful forms OF beauty in, tie MANY green
islands of the river, with gseaear written on
the bold bluffs of the shore.f above prosy
description. The famous-N crd River scenery
cannot rival it. @@/
For variety we "lie>tO" six/hours at the
head of Lake Pepin, because Captain ,Blakely
is prudent, and old Eol as clustering. Near
Brownsville the wina'6l@gsi Jus ashore, bows
on.
Puff; puff; groans the &gins-and we back
off-crack ha what.sek? We've backed
too far out of Minnesota smashed our rud-
der on the Wisconsin shore. The crew, under
command of the mate, proceed to unship the
bulky rudder The mate.aamns the awkward
deck hands, while the awkward deck hands
don't dare damn the mate.-~fh half an hour
the rudder is unshipped='and towed to the
shore of green island shaded by the vine
welded to the graceful elm, even as when Vir-
gil and Horace sang, two thousand years ago.
The crippled Galena is warped up along
shore under the grateful shadow of the elms.
The carpenters are choppirg on shore, while
between decks we hear the clang of the black
smiths hammer. Below the saloon resound
alternate blows as when the Cyclops of Etna
wrought out the Enean armor. 1t is a hot
Sunday noon-sour repairs have commenced,
but the end thereof is not yet No matter
tis not we'll to travel on the Sabbath Pas
seagers employ themselves variously-several
ara on the lookout for the Lady Franklin, ex-
pected up the river "about this time," as the
almanackers have it. Some a',perintend repairs
ard ask the workmen very silly questions =
workmen don't say anything in reply; but the
|ate says something profane to the great dis