The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1856-05-08
Dens0n County.

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The r.is psurias and psaras Hizh- -vs,-r-sd seei-
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SAuk RAPIDS, taya.
As my old friend. Mr. SnAKsPxARKused to
remark TO ne ooce in while, /" II neve rains .
but It pours' For the last two wees We
have had verifcation of the remark ana it
requires two weeks to Droye the tsshS -~eeks,
then il is true that il never rains bat il ponrs,
for during the past fortnight it has rained all
the time and poured great deal, while other
folks were asleep. The poet says that the stu
dent
Pore ssr his Books
which have no doubt Is true but there is no
student in existence, whether oi divinity. med
icine, law mathematics. military science. sea-
manship. mormonism, or spiritual rappings that
can pore over his books half so much in his
whole life Of three score years and ten, as the
storm king has poured over "the region round
about Benton county and It's dependencies dur
log the time aforementioned. There is no need
Of passing any -" Maine liquor law" ," for the law
Of nature has said that cold water must rule
=" for few days." and rule II does-for great
and beueacent purposes.
Let Us see about these purposes. First and
foremost, the small rivers tributary TO the
Mississippi, are all full, and the mill-logs which
were cut on their banks during the past win.
ter. and several former winters are coming cut
and moving down on the surface (some folks
ter than milk within her banks, there is great
impropriety in using the term bosom,) Of the
Mississippi Platte river full, and logs which
were cut two years ago are coming out with q
rush. to face the steel at st. Anthony and Other
places. 1t is feared. however, that If we do moi
have fair weather pretty soon, all the logs in
Platte will not reach the suburbs Of the Whit
settlements but will be sent hither and thitheI
aa he xids wsrshes .end bottoms 81 miles sas
miles in extent, and there remain for more thar
"a few days" However, Capt. NAT TIBBErr.
understands the navigation Of Platte river per
Gectly, and as he has a great number of log'
therein. it is fair to suppose thate he will
make hay while the sun shines"-I should
say while the rain shines that every log
in Platte river will come out and take plunge
in the white water Of Sauk Rapids.
Secondly, speaking OF high water, the grca,
river ITSELF the mighty Mississippi, is full and
| verify believe that the Danube and the Rhine
both together, though so much talked Of in the
newspapers, do not discharge so much water al
their mouths a. runs over Sauk Rapids. two
thousand miles from New Orleans, which is with
in one hundred and thirty miles Of its debouche
mcnt. Were it not that this great river is oh
structed by rapids and boulders and its volume
wasted by being divided amongst numerou:
islands, steamboats, might leave New Orleans
and proceed upward to Sandy Lake and through
that to within forty miles Of Lake Superior
There is plenty Of water at all times for any
steamboat, but no boat can dodge the boulders
or climb the awful rapids that intervene be
tween st. Anthony and the outlet Of Sandy
Lake. Well. let that be. The oREAr RIVER
is on regular tear She got high few days
ago, and seems bent on keeping so for she is
rising all the time and the Oldest inhabitant
says that be has never seen her so raving be-
fore. She seems like IN enragcd elephant that
in6uimfBsfSbie fTintS feNes sofae fhf ef,hibiiss
denuded Of limbs, and many other things that
have never been seen in these diggings. Well
let her rip
told you in my last that many logs have
been put anoat above here, and hoped the boom
at st. Anthony would be strong enough to hold
them. made the wish in q spirit Of prophe
cy, for knew that there would be a tremendous
rush, and that great many logs would go by
like the people rushing into Tammany Hall
without tickets. We have heard since then
that the limestone structure ofthe falls has been
severely exercised" by its too near proximity
to the pineries, and that tho untutorcd logs
like the foolish buffalo, have rushed on and
taken the final plunge, regardless of the ex.
pense. What the upshot Of the affair will be
is more than know but think that the
steam saw-mills in st. Louis will have moro
logs from the upper Mississippi to saw than
they ever had before in one season.
A sad accident occurred here on Tuesday
last Mr.. ELmu SHEA while endeavoring TO
"snuh" \ raft Of timber, becan. ertang!ed 10 the
rope. and the toes Of one foot were completely
torn away, and the cords and sincws of the leg
were so badly damaged that it was deemed nee
cssary to remove him forthwith to Q neighbor-
hood where his wants could he attended to -
Accordingly, Mr.. s. d. 0txsrEAp, of your
county, took Mr.. SHxA along in boa, propel-
led by four stout men, down with the rapid
current, and the power OF their muscle, to St.
Anthony, where hope, and every one else
hopes, around here. that poor SaxA win receive
trcatmen, that will sct him a6ost again amongst
his numerous friends withou. sign OF limp.
Mr.. SHEA has been engaged In the numbering
business for several years, add has many friends
hercabouts who would like to sec him with two
good feet. Let the surgeon who has his case
la t.----i !. H. 49,.
Quite an excitement was created yester-
iay, BY q gentleman named SrsELx-not
the original and most excellent FaaSG, Of
course, because he knows better-who. in
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