The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1855-05-19

To THE POINT.--We have never seen script
ual quotations more apt!y applied than in the
table of Bishop Doane:
1t is stated that Bishop Doane. of New Jer-
sey, is strongly opposed to temperance. A
short time since, Rev. Mr.. Perkins. of the same
denomination, and member of the order of
Sons" dined with the Bishop, who. pouring
out glass of wine, desired the reverend gen.
tleman to drink with him, whereupon he re-
piled:
Cant do it, Bishop; wine is mOcker."'
Take glass of brandy, them" said the dis
j G ii he'd ecclesiasic
Cant do it, Bishop; strong drink is ra-
ging.'''
By this time. the Bishop. becoming some
what FESTIVE and excited, said to Mr.. Per-
kins:
You'll pass the dccauter to the gentleman
next to YOU"
No. Bishop. l can't do that woe unto
him that putteth the bottle to his neigbbor's
lips
What was the peculiar mental condition or
moral state OF the Bishop. at this stage of the
proceedings, our informant did not state.
A passenger on one Of the railroads the
other day. when accOsted for the amount of his
fare, replied that he had nothing with him cx-
cept one large bill. which he feared the con
ductOrs would be unable to change. The lat
ter, thinking from the mans general appear
ance that he could not be very flush, replied
that change would be given for any bill he
could prOduce-whcreupon the suspicious look
ing customer handed him out an enormous
show bill. The conductor. as in duty bound.
presented him check. and afiectionatcly en-
joined him to guard against all personal injury
during the trip.
a dandy lately appeared in Iowa with legs
so attenuated. that the authorities had him
arrested, because he had no visible means OF
support.
Different sounds travel with different velo-
city. a call to dinner will travel over ten
acre lot in a minute and half, while a sum-
mons to work will take from five to ten min
utes.
An Irishman. taken insensible Fl ON the ruins
Ot Il recent railroad smash up near Dunkirk,
New York, after awaking to consciousness.
said =" BY the powers! an wasn't it Know
Nothing was for a few moments, gintlemen -
Trade" trades in boards. Mr.. Simples is to
bnild a wheelbarrow, and wants TO know the
price of lumber.
THE SCURvY.--We regret TO learn. that sew
eral cases of decided scurvy have arisen III our
ncighborhood. The scarcity of fruits and
wholesome fresh-meats, and the entire absence
of vegetables the past fall and winter have
supernduced this loathsome disease. The
same complaint is now prevailing at ST. Louis,
produced probably by the same causes Solen,
(W) .9drOcate.
THE NEW ENGLAND STATES "A letter writer
of Philadelphia paper says:
The aggregate population of the six New
England States, by the last ccnsus-since which
time it has not probably much increased, owing
to the emigration TO Kanzas and the West-was
2,72S,ll6 being about the present population
of Pennsylvania. According to the returns of
1854, there were 1858 miles of railroad in ope-
ration, and 222 miles of canal. constructed at
cost of SIZE, 03S.62l. Massachusetts alone.
with less than million of population, expend-
ed $55, G02.GS7 on these improvements, or
nearly as much as Pennsylvania had then in
vested in the 500 miles of railroad and 936 miles
of canal within her borders.
Such facts speak volumes, and readily fur
nish the solution to the striking but deserved,
prosperity which has attended the system of
liberal and judicious Improvement, and second
ed the public spirit which recommended these
large undertakings. ta.4.
rs The Cincinnati Commercial tells hard
yarn about poor. squalid. dirty Irish family
that were found in great dcstitution in that CT
ty. Archbishop Purcell was called to see
them. Alter short scrutiny, he thought he
saw evidences of imposture. and he ordered the
woman who was lying on a miserable bed, to
get up and throw the dirty bed out of the win
dow. The woman wept. begged and i,uplored
as the bed had been brought from old Ireland.
The Arch bishop persisted, when the woman,
with a wailing moan of despair, seized knife,
and cutting open the venerable sleeping ap-
paratus, ''out poured more than a quart of
English g0ldr' oat -sar3 sds1.ci .eaf'
@- Land Warrants cannot be isehed before
the first ofJune, and possibly not as early, as
that time. Il & -3.l7q da,r ct 4
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