The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1856-08-23

SloasAase NY 40 70 AVs ASHsYuuCSo tuSig n.
K, principles, but yet the Pioneer considers
them and III such, geed & Democrats. r +. In
fact, the other day, y announced sCaruthets,
Democrat, this same Sam elected to Con-
ise'' :" 'A'eo1.. .Ll1e< 81 a ss8i0t7
I Ths Dog Noble and The Empty Hsls.s -
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/ ~ BY HENRY WARD BErcHrR. lrs
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I The first summer which we spent in Le-
tnox, we had along Z very intelligent dog
tpained Noble. He was learned In many
things, and BY his dog-lore excited the un-
denying admiration of all the children But
there was one thing which Noble could new
er learn, Having on one occasion seen q red
squirrel run into q hole in q stone waI3, he
tcould not be persuaded that he was not there
1 for eyermorc - s1fiM sci spsfssi esrsisirE.-
Several red squirrels lived close to the
house and had become familiar but not tame.
They kept up a regular romp with maple
trees with provoking coolness they would
run along the fence almost within reach -
they would cock their tails and sail across
the rosd to the barn and yet there was sucl,
. well-timsd calculation under this apparent
rashness that Noble invariably arrived at tic
critical spot just as the squirrel left it.
| On one occasion Noble was so close to his
red-backed friend that, unable to get up the
| maple tree, he lodged into q hole in the
wall, ran through the chinks, emerged at q
little distance, and sprang into the tree
The intense enthusiasm Of the dog at that
hole can hardly be described. He filled it
1 G,ll <xc hcr lys H. ~l-.1.
! if undermining ba9tian. Standing a& alittle
distance he would pierce the hole witha gaze
as intense and fixed as if he were trying mag
netism on it. Then, with tail extended, and
every hair thereon electrified, he would rush
at the empty hole with prodigious on
slaught. a799 o7.e e8i'oN fs',iF7fsi 'Iana
This imaginary squirrel haunted Nobleday
and night. The very squirrel himself would
run up before his face into the tree, and
| crouched in crotch, would sit and silently
watch the whole process of bombarding the
empty hole, with great sobriety and relish
But Noble would allow of no doubts. His
conviction that the whole had squirrel in
continued unshaken for six weeks. When
all other occupations failed, this hole remain
ed to him. When therewc no more chick
ems to harry, no pigs to bite, no'tattle to
chase, no children to romp with, no expcdi-
tions to make with the grown folks, and
when he had sleptall that his dog.skin would
hold, he would walk out Of the yard, yawn
and stretch himself, and then look wistfully
at the hole, % if thinking to himself, "Well,
as there is nothing else to do, may ss well
try that hole again." q % = T"
| We had almost forgotten this little trait,
until the conduct of the ew York Express,
in respect to Col. Frcmont's religion brought
| it iud;crousIy to mind again. Col. Fremont
is, and always has been, as sound Protes-
tant as John Knox ever was. He was
brought up in the Protestant faith and has
never changed. He is unacquainted with
the doctrines and ceremonies of the Catholic
church, and has never attended the services
of that church, with two or three exceptions,
when curiosity, or some other extrinsic rea-
son, led him as . witness. We do not state
this upon vague Belief We know what We
say. We say it upon our own personal hor;-
GRAND proper knowledge. Col. Fremont ne'er
was, and is not now, q Roman Catholic He
has never been wont to attend that church.
Nor has be in any way, directly or indirect
ly, given occasion for this report.
1t is gratuitous falsehood, utter, barren,
absolutely and unqualified. The story has
| oS0u 6os up Pot tSoittt&dt SuCCts tiSotiitClt-
culated for that reason, and like other politi-
cal lies, it is q sheer, unserupulous faIschood
from Top to bottom, from the core to the
skin, and FROM tie skin back to the core =
gain. In all its parts, in pulp, tesument
rind, cell and seed, it is thorough and total
untruth, and they who spread it bear false
Witness And to all the stories Of The Full
mer, ETC., as to supposed copver -ations with
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and what not, they are pure fictions. They
never happened. The authors of them are
slanderers; the men who believe them are
dupes the men who spread them become en-
dorsers Of wilful and corrupt libel. 'df
But the Express, like Noble, has opened en-
this hole in the wall. and can neyer be- done
barking a.. Day after day it resorts to this
empty hole When every thing else fails,
this resource remains. They are, indefatiga-
blythe Express and Noble-a ch" rch with
out Fremont, and hole without a squirrel
in it!
In some respects, however, tho dog had the
advantage, Sometimes we thought that he
really believed that there was . squirrel
there. But at other times be apparently had
an inkling Of the. ridfeulohshess of bis con-
duct, for be would drop HIS tail, and walk
towards us with his tongue out and bis eyes
. little aslant, seeming 70 say, Ny dear sir,
you don't understand . dogs feeling. i
should Of COURSE much prefer squirrel, bat
if can't have that, an empty hole is better
than nothing. ! imagine how would catch
him if he was there. Besides people who
pass by don't know the hcts, They think
have got something. II is needfnl to keep
| up my reputation for sagacity. Besides to
| tell tho truth, have looked into that hole
SO long that I have half persuaded myself
that there is squirrel there, or viii BE, if
Well, every dog must have his dag, and
every dog must hare his way. No donht If
We were to bring back Noble now, alter, two
summers absence, be would make strait for
that hole in the wall with just as much zeal
| as ever. $3.50 -, -, -,..-s.s
I We never read the Express, nowadays.
without thinking inyoluntarily. Goodness
tho dog is letting off at that helc again.p
E Afoal CoaToar rosn rHr PIo,srxa.-At
Isl. Anthony they have . Republican Club,
which already numbers moro than half the
voters Of tho village. Two Of its officers are
Sumner ". iFarnham, last wiptcr Demo
fcratic Representative in the Legislature, and
John 0rth, = lea ing German pemocrat.
That's the way tho ding Is ,rofking al over
| tho Territory.