The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1855-03-17

ACCIDENT.-On Saturday morning last, Jacob
Hotferman, German employed in Wilson,
Knapp & Co.'s MILL at Menomonee, had the
left hand cut off below the first joint by a Cir
cular saw. He was Immediately brought to
this village, and the hand was dressed by Dr.
Hoyt who thinks that the man will only par
TALLY lose the ready use of his hand.
DR.. HOLMES, THE AMERICANIzED EUROPEAN
Oliver Wendell Holmes has recently delivered
before the various lyceums of the country an
interesting lecture, from which the following is
an extract -" How do the New Englanders of
English stock compare with the English now :?
Englishmen are redder and rounder in the face
their hair is crisped, their teeth whittier, their
skin coarser and more porous, they walk more
lriskiy, are moist. warm, jolly. The New Eng
lander has strait hair, finer skin, sallow COM
plexion, face long and sharp teeth questionable,
speech slow. Martineau, Marryatt, DR.. Knott,
Punch in caricature, give as many Of our pecu-
liarities as possible But the English see us
through the medium of insular prejudice-the
conceit of their little island, which might be
stirred in the Mississippi and settled before it
reached the Balize. But our own authors draw
the Yankee lean and sallow. The conditions Of
American life reduce our vitality from the
American standard. We have, first, the effect
OF climate on complexion; secondly, on hair !;
thirdly, on the muscles then on teeth and
bones. We have reached this last stage. The
form of our bones is undergoing change. Sci
entifc testimony shows unequivocally that the
jaw bone is narrowing, crowding the teeth,
leaving room for fourteen, instead of sixteen,
and rendering imperative for every child to
lose two teeth from each jaw, to prevent crowd
ing and decay" .=. ...-.
| AN INDIGNANT CIoCK.-Col. Dibble says the
Detroit (Michgan) Advertiser, has had in his
office, at the Biddle House, faithful clock
which with its index finger, has regularly ad
monished the household of the progress of time
1t was as truthful and prompt as the sun at
MONDAY. The cars of the Michigan and Cen
trail Railroad are run by Chicago time, and
those of the Great Western road are run by
Hamilton time. This induced the Colonel to
procure another time piece, which he placed
facing the old clock upon the opposite wall OF
the Office. In less than an hour after the new
clock was put in operation, the old faithful
chronometer, which for years had performed
its duty without cessation, Indignantly refused
to indicate correctly the hour and minute as
formerly The Colonel thinks in order to Sc
cure the good services of his old servant, that
he will have to discharge his new conner.
/ How TO DO UP SHIRT BosoMs-We often hear
ladies expressing a wish to know by what pro-
cess the gloss on new linens, shirt bosoms, &C..
is produced, and in order to crafty them, we
subioin the following recipe s'Take two ounces
of fine white gum arabic powder. put it in
pitcher, and pour on a pint or more of boiling
water, according to the degree of strength you
desire, and then having covered it, let it stand
all night in the morning pour it carefully
1 from the dregs into clean bottle, cork it and
keep it for use. A tablespoonful of gum water
stirred into pint of starch made in the usual
manner, will give lawn. either white or
printed, look of newness, when nothing else
can restore them after they have been washed.
| A bashful printer refused a situation i'm a
printing office where females were employed.
saying that he never ''set up with girl in his
| life. Eli "a a.s -...,.,.sr -,T r. f..|..--.
DREss.-Miss Murray, sister of Scotch Duke
anu il!aiu VI uouor 10 queen flcIOrla, mas Deen
spending some time in New York. Miss Murray
is a lady of fine person, robust health and un-
common energy of character. aged about IS
years. She has visited several of the public
institutions, and has been entertained by many
citizens at their own houses, where her frank.
ness and cordial manners, her singular intelli-
gence and great kindness of heart have secured
her many friends. Miss Murray has keenly en-
joyed her extended tour through this country.
She appears, however, to have been struck with |
amazement at the expenditure, the helplessness
and the ill-health of that unfortunate class of
beings. the fashionable women of our Cities
Miss Murray, like all the fashionable women of
Europe, dresses SO plainly that it probably costs
her less to dress for whole year, than many a
New York lady expends for half dozen hand
kerchicfs. v 81 L'4D'A'~ t'''o sAl1 !.
i Tar b1a s7iG