The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1855-01-06
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Mr.. and Mrs. Riheldaffer would return their |
hanks for the company and the liberality Of
he many friends who visited them on Thurs
lay evening. Your presents are valuable, not
'nly for their inherent worth, but doubly so,
rom the fact that they are the expression of
ceiling. more highly priscd by us than gold.
Nay you all be rewarded in due time.
A LITERARY SCREw.-The late Sharon Tur-
ner, author of the History of the Anglo. Saxons,
who received s3OO year from the British Co
vernment as a literary pension, wrote the third
volume of his Sacred History of the World up
on paper which did not cost him cent. The
copy consisted of torn and angular fragments
Of letters and notes, of covers of periodicals,
gray, drab or green, written in a thick, round
hand, over q small print of shreds of curling
papers, unctuous with pomatum or bears
grease, and of the white wrappers in which his
proofs were sent from the printers The paper,
as thin as bank note, was written
on both sides, and was so sodden with ink,
plastcred on with pen worn to stump, that
hours were frequently wasted in discovering
on which side of it certain sentences were writ
ten. Men condemned to work on it saw their
dinner vanish in illimitable perspective, and
6rst-rate hands groaned over it whole day
without adequate compensation. One poor
fellow complained that he could not earn mo-
ney enough to pay his rent on such manuscript
and that he had seven mouths to fill besides his
own. In the hope of mending matters in some
degree, slips Of stout white paper were sent
frequently with the proofs but the good gen.
tleman could not afford to use them, and they
never came back as copy.
SuBTERRANEAN DISCOVERIES IN SWITZERLAND.
The Swiss journals give the following details
relative to the discoveries recently made in
consequence ofthe extraordinary fall in the
water in the Lake ofZurich. About one hun
bred feet from the right bank of the lake, op-
posite the village of Mellen, there have been
found large number of rows of pile. formed
of trunks of trees. The piles are about a
foot apart, with an interval of sixteen feet be-
tween the rows. These piles support enor-
nous BEAMS which form a very large area
Between the piles there have been found the
skeletons of animals which are no longer to be
seen in Switzerland, but no trace of any do
nestle animals. On removing the mud there
have been found an immense number Of heads
of arrow and spears, made of stone, carefully
cut and very pointed (; poignards made of flint
with buckhorn handles battle axe in stone;
clay vases evidently formed by the hand with
out any instrument, and afterwards baked in
an oven and several other articles in stone
and baked clay. A human skull has also been
found. These remains, which are considered
to have belonged to the ancient Celts, are I'M
der examination by commission of antigua
rians. ..:
The Lifetime OF MAN.-When the world was
created, and all creatures assembled to have
their lifetime appointed, the ass first advanced
and asked how long he would have to live.
"Thrty years, replied nature "will that
be agreeable to thee? :"
"Alasw answered the ass, is long while.
Remember what wearisome existence will be
mine from morning until night 1 shall have
to bear heavy burthens, dragging corn sacks
to mill that others may eat bread while shall
have no encouragement, nor be refreshed by
any thing but blows and kicks. Give but a
portion Of that, prayw
Nature was moved with compassion, and pre-
sented but eighteen years. The ass went away
cOmforted and dog appeared.
elbow long dost thou require to liver" ask
ed Nature. "Thirty years were too many
for the ass, but wilt thou be contented with
them?"
els it thy will that should ?" replied the
dog. "Think how much shall have to run
about my feet will not last for so long
time and when shall have lost my voice for
barking, and my teeth for biting, what else
shall be fit for but to lie in the corner and
growl?"
Nature thought he was right, and gave
twelve years.
The ape then appeared.
thirty years." said Nature; "thou wilt not
have to labor as the ass and the dog. Life will
be pleasant to the"
''Oh nc" cried he, $50 may it seem to 9th
ers but it will not be Should puddings ever
rain down, shall ever excite the laughter of
crowds by my grimaces, and then be rewarded
with a sour apple. How often sorrow lies con-
cealed behind a jest shall not be able to en-
dure for thirty years."
nature was gracious ana ne received Dut
ten.
At last came man, healthy and strong, and
asked the measure of his days.
"Will thirty years content thee?"
Chow short a time ~ exclaimed man ;"when
shall have built my house and kindled fire
on my own hearth-when the trees shall have
planted ale about to bloom and bear fruit
when life shall seem most desirable shall die
o Nature, grant me longer period"
"Theu shall have the eighteen years of the
ass besides"
"That is not enough" replied man.
"Take likewise the twelve years of the
dog"
at is not yet sufficient reiterated man; give
me more.
II give thee then ten years of the ape, in vain
wilt thou claim more"
Man departed unsatisfied.
Thus man lived seventy years. The first
thirty are the human years, and pass swiftly
by. He is then healthy and happy. He labors
and rejOices in its existence. The
eighteen of the ass come next burden upon
burden is heaped upon him he carries the
corn that is to feed others; blows and kicks
are the reward for his faithful services. The
twelve of the dog follow, and he losses his teeth
and lies down in the corner and growls.-
When those are gone, the apes ten years form
the conclusion. The man, weak and silly, be- |
comes the sport of children.-Iranslatedf from |
the German.
AMERICANS IN THE HOLY LAND-About two |
years ago (says the Philadelphia Daily Sun)
eight American Christians conceived and car
led out the novel idea of planting an Ameri-
IAN colony in the Holy Land. They first To-
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