Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1857-04-04

Anything. Twill do ANYTHING to get a little
money TO help me out Of my dif6culties.''
axe: Thee may pound on the log with the head
OF the axe, and if thee is dligent and faithful.
4 will pay thee dollar day."
/ "Agreed. I'D as soon do that as ANYTHING elae. -
sand 90 the youth went to work and pounded
Justify with the head of the axe upon the log
After time he paused to take breath then bs
began again. But after half an hour he stopped.
threw down the axe impstiently and walked
away, saying, "I'll be hanged il Pli cut wood
without seeing the chips Ay."
Our young hero not only loved to whittle. but
he loved to hunt. He says:-
"Once, in running my hand into the hollow of
q tree, some twenty feet from the ground. be;ne
in search OF wood-pecker, hauled out black.
snake. AT another time, in Q similar way. had
my fingers pretty sharply nipped by screech-
In his rustic life he accumulated q vast amouns
of information which even now he highly prizes.
Having derived benefit from his residence in the
country, he gives the following advice:
"!o city people, would say, educate your
children, at least partially in the country, so e
to Undue them with the love of Nature and that
knowledge and training which springs from sim.
pie rustic sports, exercises and employments. To
country people, would remark, Be not envious
| OF the city, for in the general balance of good
and evil, You have your full portion of the iSrst
with diminished share of the last.o
In 1904, when he was eleven years Of ape. bs
remembers the visit of Jerome Bonaparte to this
country, and thus alludes to him:
:" remember Jerome Bonsparte coming up to
Aeeier>s Tavern with coach and four, attended
MI n
1t was q gay establishment, and the houey-moon
sat happily on the tall, sallow STRIPPING and his
young bride. Napoleon l. was then in the
neight OF bis glory. A crowd gathered around
heeler's Tavern, to catch q sight at the stran-
gers, and l among the rest. took long case
Half century later, was one evening at tho
Tuileries, amid the flush and fair of Louis Napo-
| icons new Court. Among them saw an old
man. taller than the mass around-his nose and
cnin almost meeting in contact, while his tooth
less gums were 'smunching the airy meal of do.
tage and decrepitude" was irresistibly chain
60 to this object, as if spectre had arisen up
.nroogn tne moor, and stood among the garish
.nrong. my memory travelled back-back among
the winding labyrinths Of years. Suddenly I
found the clue; the stranger was Jerome Bona
parte!
"Ah what history lay between the past and
present. lapse of nearly fifty years. What :
dinerence between him then and now! Then he
was gay and gallant bridegroom now, Though
ne nso tne title OF King, he was throneless and
scepteriess-an Invalid Governor of Inyalids-
the puppet and pageant of an adventures, whose
honor lay in the mere magic of name."
Speaking Of the Inauguration of Jefferson in
1901, be says:
"On the day of the Inauguration. the old field
piece, four-pounder, which had been stuck mus.
aie down since LIT, was dug up, swabbed and
hredfof sixteen times, that being the number of
States then in the Union. At first the cannon had
somewhat stiAed and wheeling tone. but this
soon grew louder and at last the hills re-echoed
70 the rejoicing of Democracy from High Ridge
20 west Mountain. This might be taken as pro-
phetic, for the voice of Democracy, then small
and asthmatic, like this old 6eld-piece, soon
cleared its throat, and thundered like Sinai, Civ.
ing law to the land.''
An anecdote is told in order to illustrate tbe
peculiarly of the people Of that day. Two per.
sons meeting, one says:
"How are you priest ?''
show are you Democrat 20 said the parson.
SHOW do you know I am q democrat %, said
one.
other. ''''A 'A'
81 know you to be priest by your dress,''
said the stranger.
a. N ow you 70 DC democrat by your 3D.
In 1880 stoves were introduced in to the meet.
ing houses, which created great excitement and
caused the formation Of two parties-the Stove
and Anti -Stoveites. Mrs. Deacon P. belonged to
the latter party, but the Stoveits party prevailed
ana stove was introduced into the Church. On
tnat occasion the Minister spoke of heaping GOALS
OF irc on the head. Mrs. Deacon P. could not
stand it any longer-she slid down from her seat
and tainted.
:, spray what is the matter 20 said Mrs. Deacon
=. A. VINO oent over her, holding smelling bottle
COB, it is the heat Of those awful stoves" said
Mrs. Deacon P.
4 '.No, no, my dear,'' Mrs. Deacon K.-s.th.t
can. Dc ;.ips warm day, you know, and there's
.sNo fire in the stoves said Mrs. Deacon p.
mot particle" !" said Mrs. Deacon K.
"Weil, feel better now, said the poor ladv.
so bidding her friend good bye, she went homei in
manner suited to the OCCASION"
Among the many men Of eminence VIM v...
School-mates, with Mr.. Goodrich in thu ,;..l.
cramped up town Of Ridgfeld, be makes honor.
able mention of Rufus King, the present Cover
nor of New York.
d ous We ma We are quoting too extensively for
our columns, and must draw our notice to a
close.
The origin of The Farley Tales is thus told bv
him:
"E was in conversation with the amiabls and
glfted autnor Of the story Of the Shepherd Of
salisbury Plain, that first formed the conoention
Ok the Farley Tales-the general idea Of Which
|, was to make nursery books reasonable and trnth-
ful, and thus to feed the young mind upon thine.
wholesome and pure, instead Of things monstroSs
false, and pestilent. In short that the eement n
nursery books should consist of beauty ;n.tasd
OF dsformity, goodness instead Of wickednsss.
decency instead of vulgarity.
The volume from which We quote II fuIl of
capital anecdotes, apt illustrations, and histori.
cal events, but We have already taxed the ps-
tience of the reader too long. The work !, we'll
printed, well illustrated and we'll bound. --
For sale BY George Little under tho Fuller
House.
G. On Sunday, a boy ventured out too far On
the dssolving ice, 1t the lower levee, and break.
ing through, came near being drowned. His
cries for help attracted persons to his assistance
md after much effort be was rescued, and finally
rssuscitatsd. The boysmust look out.
,sGT A large two-horss team started vs.tsrd.v
snd ran down Third street, striking snothsr vh;cb