Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1857-02-14
BEAUTIFUL THOUGHT.
~ BISHOP DoANE.

A BEAUTIFUL THOUGHT. b.
g. M ~ BISHOP DOANH. -
Chissl In hand stood Q sculptor boy, W.
with his marble block before him, A
Aud his face III up with smile Of Joy,
AZ an angel dream passed o'er him.
He carved the dream that shspelsss stone,
With many sharp inclsion;
With heavens own light the sculptorshone--
He had caught thai angel vision.
| sculptors Of life are we, as we stand
ws Msn our M. s Sa ess
Our life-drcsm passes OYER us.
II we carveit hen On tue yielding stone,
With many sharp tncision, is q
Its heavenly beauty shall be our own- ft q
our lives, that NIGEL vision.
YrWinona County has a population Of 5000
and is scarce four years old.
8 81 -A
GYA social Ball comes off at Roberts Hal
this evening. From what We learn it will be a
pleasant affair. ar
Thermometer DO degrees below zero yes.
terday. Sunshine-c cracking snow-keen air, and
as a natural result, buoyant spirits.
The subject of creating new State, called the
State of Superior. is now attracting the attention
of the Michigan Legislature.
CT wealthy citizen of Brooklyn, New York,
on Christmas day, distributed $25, 900 among his
nephews and nieces. .oo+,e 5se
~ An English Company in Constantinople
have proposed to construct line Of telegraph
from that city to India.
EE 1t is a singular fact that when the Indian
swears, he swears in English. There are no oaths
in the Indian vernacular. 81
CO The Winsted Herald learns that E. Ferris
Bishop of Bridgeport, loses $1,000 by the Hun
tington forgeries.
GYRhode Island is the only State in New En-
gland that will be represented by an anti-Repub.
lican in the next Congress. A34ait
wAt the recent session of the Supreme Court,
j. Paige Mumford, Esq, formerly of the New
York bar, was admitted to practice in all the
Courts of this territory.
CO The Pioneer says that sc Hal, Dacotah,' p
the non de plume belonging to H. II. Sibley, is
writing thrilling novel for Porter's Spirit Of
the Times.
REVEALS. The St. Anthony Express gives al
account of religious revivals in the Baptist and
Methodist Churches of that city, and in the Pres
byterian Church Of Minneapolis.
CzV Tho Hutchinson Family" are giving
concerts in Maine. The money realized for their
concerts they intend to spend upon their farms in
this Territory.
GT.It is said that Lowell can turn out ten
miles of pretty girls.
That's more than we can do here, but we ear
turn out ten or fifteen miles of old bachelors.
1t has been decided that persons giving War.
antee Deeds on the strength. of duplicates.
before they receive their patents from the Gov.
eminent, cannot back out Of their bargains. The
Deed is considered perfectly good.
INDIANA.-The Indiana State Senate has beer
organized by the election of republican officers
The republicans are determined that no demo.
crat shall be elected to the U. s. Senate, and
will, therefore, not 60 into joint ballot.
The Republican states that the town of Chat.
field has now 500 inhabitants. Three years age
there was but one log cabin. Now, among Other
things, they have two printing Offices and six dry
goods stores.
~ Illinois within the past six years hal
built more miles of Railroad than any other state
in the Union, still railroad travelling within hel
borders is yet in the very infancy of its begin.
ming. Ho h.cls
GT The Havana papers mention the extraor.
binary occurrence in those regions of fall Of
snow, near Villa Clara. The people in the field.
are said to have taken it for salt, and to have
been much surprised to see it melt away in theil
hands. ,r
o. A bill should be introduced to encourage
the emigration of young ladiss.-Dakota Journ.
al.
And a bill should be introduced to favor an.
nexation-will the editor "Pitch in? ?"
GO A green 'un who had never before seen
a steamboat, fell through the hatchway down in.
to the hold of the Winfield Scott, and being un.
hurt, thus loudly expressed his surprise,-HWell
il the darned thing amt holler." ,.s
GYlf you would have faithful servant and
one that you like, serve yourself.-Franklin.
MINNEAPoLIs LAND OFFICE CLosED.-M. L.