The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1855-01-13
st. Anthony, Jan. Sd, 1855.

MASoNIC.-At the session of the Grand Lodge
of Minnesota, recently held in this city, the fol-
lowing officers were chosen for the present
year Hon. Moses Sherburne, NJ. w. G. NJ !;
A. T. c. Pierson, R. W. D. G. NJ; ct. Stearns,
S. G. W.. A. Van Worries, J. G.. W. E. Case, G.
j.; H. Reynolds, G. S. After the installation,
the following subordinates were appointed -
E. A. Hodsdon, S. G.. D.. B. W. Brunson, j. G.
D.; Gould 7. Curtis, G.. NJ. G. L. Becker, G P;
VIM. Holcombe, G. S. B.; Saml. Wiley, B.
Presley, G. S.; A. Richardson, G. Tiler.
ANECDOTE OF RUFUS CHoATE-The New
York Post relates an anecdote of the distn-
guished advocate and scholar, Rufus Choate.
At the trial ofthe salvage case of the bark
Missouri, at Boston, recently, the case in
which part of the cargo was embezzeled by
the masters of the two vessels on the coast of
Sumatra, one of the masters was examined as
witness, and disclosed the plan of embezzle-
ment, and stated the inducements that were
offered to him by the other master. He said
that he obj ected at first, and told his cOmrade
that they would be found out and convicted
but was. overborne by the assurances given him.
Mr.. Choate cross-examined him strictly and
particularly as to what the inducements and
assurances were. The witness had the appear
ances ofholding back little, but at last he
said: "Well, sir, he told me that if found
out, he could get Mr.. Choate to defend us, and
he would get US off If ,oe ,cere caught NTH the
in
that it required to bring the audience back to
sober countenance. The counsel on the 9th
er side paid tribute, in his closing argument,
to the genius of Mr.. Choate, the fame of which,
extending to the antipodes, was relied upon
as stronger than the law and the evidence.
CAUGHT SuRPRIsE.-A gentleman who
lives in the neighborhood of the CITY has a
number of choice fruit trees, which were badly
injured by worms at the roots He was inform
ed that small quantity of fish brine poured
around each would effectually prevent the raw
ages of these depredators and so he brought
jug to town and had it filled with pickle froL,
barrel of mackarel. On his way home,
having an errand to do in another direction,
and not wishing to "tote" his jug along, he hid
it away in the corner of fence which was at
manu-. ~ party vi IrlSnmen III TIC WeeuS close
by saw him hide it, and thinking it contained
some of the "craythur'', of course, resolved to
have q swig at it so soon as the owner was out
of sight. One of them put it to his mouth and
took ga pull" but quickly set it down in
speeches. surprise. The wry faces he made
being nothing more than was expected from
man taking swallow of raw whisky, one after
another of his companions followed suit until
nearly all had drank, by which time he came
e. -.
Jases -:whew!- may the devil fly away
wild me, if that whisky is anything but lamp oil
wild wather in it," The jabbering t',at ensued
de6es description, and concluding that it was
a clear case of conspiracy" on the part of the
man who placed the jug there, after breaking
It the whole party went off vowing vengeance
against the numbering villain.-St. Louis In
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