Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-09-13
! TUESDAY. SEPT. % o. 1866.
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TUESDAY, SEPT. 20, 1856. i !.
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The entire State has gone Republican BY an
overwhelming majority. Gov. Fletcher is elected
BY = majority Of about 5000. Three Republi-
can Congressman, 5000 to 1000 majority. : +
Pretty tall ssshrieking," that! - -
AswEEK AMONG THE sPI0NEERs-oN THE
n9dW q sga4ia WAY. saSa 10 5ysh e21.
Worn down With editorial and other duties,
one week ago we threw aside the pen, and deco
rated in = dress unencumbered with the cut Of
the fashions, mounted pork barrel, in q two
horse wagon, and 10 company With several excel
lent companions, who had travelled some, !" was
i soon conveyed over the stony streets Of the Me-
ltropolis, on to the beautiful spreading Prairie
road leading to St.. Anthony. 70 Mounting the
Ibluf, we looked back upon the noisy city and
then forward to the green Aeldswbose bosoms in
vited us to repose, and inwardly thought, truly
g God made the country-4man made the town.
We were just sufficiently depressed in spirits
DOUBTLESS arising from our physical inertness, }
TO wish never to return, but that we might live
and die where the flowers bloom and blossom
where the innocent birds send forth their morn
ing carols-lwhere the breeze kisses the fevered
brow-where the blue sky smiles lovingly upon
uslwhefe the stars watch over US as God lets
down the curtain of Night, and where no specu-
lator jars the feelings with his bony finger as he
marks out city and town lots and descants upon
the rise Of land We were sick. Tired nature
needed repose. The future was all cloudy
What cared we for brilliant castles and gay
equipages Could they bring back the rosy
glow of health ?-Could they rest the brain ?
give vigor to the system, or ightness to the eye
They were as obnoxious to our stomach as the
pork in the barrel upon which we were sitting !;
and 60 we sought the country, the beautiful, glo-
rious country, with its pure air,' its trees, its
flowers, its streams, its thousand genial influences
to gladden. the heart, and wean ambition, inor-
dinately-sel6sh man from the ever tossing, bub-
bling cares of life! 1888 9i4"ss aaai 40 *''''
"Thoss are fat horses, driver" said one Of
our companions, in order to break the silence
that brooded over thepork barrel. Yes sir-ee,"
retorted John, I" they are some ~ &c Well, neigh
Dor, what do you give them to make them look so
sleek and nice p''' &c Wall, now, you see knows
about horses like book. Pm from Maine, 1 am
AWAY down East from the State Of Bangor !!
and my father is some-he's tarnation good
business man tell you. Suppose you don't know
him? Wall. he's the greatest horseman you ever
heered on. He used to sleep with the horses, he
did, and SO you see larnt to know the mammals.
Wall, as was saying knows horses like q book,
and 80 when the old man was gone in the Pine
ries--suppose you never was in them ere places
II experimented.'' "Well, in what way?'' asked
our friend, who was becoming interested. "Wall
now neighbor, just hold on and rll tell you.-
Away down in Connecticut they make wooden
oats, and 50 when Dad was gone, darned old
Yankee peddler come along, and says he's Now
I say old boy, can't sell you thing or two p
Wall, says, don't care if you do, and 80 I'll
be darned if he didn't whisper to me and tell me
them ere was wooden oats and could fool the
horses jist as good as a. chaw tobaccer. pll
take 'em, says 1. And SO paid the money, and
then you better believe the horses snorted right
out, for they hadn't seen an oat for guess Just
about a year. Wall, pitched them into the
crib, and they commenced chawing, and the way
they chswed- wall, do you know that old mill up
in Bangor?-pl be blowed if they didn't beat
that all holler. Jist when they thought they had
good belly full, and rll be darned il they
didn't swell, II crawled up behind them, and
stole every blasted ost, and for your particular
edication, my name is not John Sleepyhesd, if
they haint been eating the same darned oats ever
since. You may believe it Just AZ you've mind
to, but be daned il it 'taint 80, and them's the
reasons why these ere horses look 50 cute.'' e
E The WHOLE company burst into roar, and not
withstanding our proclivities to meditation, We
couldn't help joining in hechorus, and the driver,
imagining that we were laughing at bis shrewd.
ness, gave the horses an extra whip and We rolled
On. See yonder! what's that neat little cot
tage, and another and another, and way over still
another. ~Is 1t possible!'' We exclaimed in
wardly. I" Why one year ago, here was NOTHING,
but q Prairie-now it is dotted over with dwell
lings filed with evidences Of life and animation.
And here on the right are other houses, and Just
beyond We read on boards This corner lot for
sales And there's . tavern and here's -. The
St. Paul Gardens,' where our Germnnsn friends
lcongregate, and just back, hid among The trees.
is an English cottage, % costly and beautifully
situated that the gorgeous, stapendous ave story
brick dwihdles into insignifcance. And then,
smell the sweetness Of those flowers! What
~. r.;%,., 70, aa..t o' .aimon afHd12 stt NJ
100 ~ Won bas .sood dal o2a. q. 4 sr.5s
Bring flowers, sweet flowers for the bride to wear,
Thsy were born 70 blush in her shining hair,-
She islesving the home Of chdhoos mirth, ili @
She has bid fafsvsl 70 her father's hexthls3g ~ e
Her place is now By anotheE's sde-a.c.,, II ,.ea e
Bring flowers, sweet flowers for the fair young brde
,sbhb ~ - - - 10 .fisuof bnis go
Brihs h0wss, sweet flowers osr the bier to spread.
They for the saziy daadv oK s0i ascW oi
Andso miagiing amid the flowers, with the many
associations they conjure ,1-asscciations Of
CHILDHOOD, Of the old homestead, Of loved one
gone forever, We leave the reader, with prom.
ice TO- accompany him further on the uprising
Of the mofrew's sun. 81 edi ias =. ss.ss sd ao8a
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eTCAlifsrnial pspsnI state That Mf.a Aiken,
of Grovs Brsndh, in that State, hasfosf aesss Of
oats, the ssssage height Of which was from eight
to nine feet. e laa-ss1 saos baoa,fssgxs sTel an
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E Briggs the Chicago Post Office robbsr, he's
been fully committed, in default Of Eve thousand
dollars. HE acconplics il the principal witness
against him.
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