The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-07-01

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Pigeons srW pull up earn.
WABAsHAw, June %, 1858.
Hot, hotter, hottest, hottentot. HosrEr.
TER, the Stomach Bitters man, hotticul-
ture hothouse, hot-bed, hot-head, hot
blood, hot(h)elW-it is 80 hot that it
seems TO me every word beginning with q
hatch, hexcept 'eaven, signifies something or
ONE place that's 'ot Mercury IL rising all
the time, and il the heat increases at this
rate much louger it will be above par, as it
now stands at 80; and perhaps it will get
as high as the price of lots 10 Aircastleton
was last year, and then break the holders, as
those said lots did. II all the thermometers
in Minnesota should burst, the distress
caused thereby would be equal TO that OF
the fzzlng out Of the dubious root and
tuber speculation Of 1886; and very much
OF that nature too, for thermometers have
bulbs and tubes also.
Besides serving as feeble foretaste OF a
future state not annexabe, as o state, to the
/ Federal Union, this weather reminds me OF
the times OF famous Scotch imprOmptu
| writer, named FERGUSON, q cousin to An
DREW HoaSER, who contested the palm OF
superiority with RoBxgr BURNS, in the gil,
OF writing "Off hand poetry. Well, Mr..
FERGusoS being very much oppressed by
| the hot weather, concluded TO write an i'm.
promptu thereon and so he began in this
| wise:
"The suns perpendicular heat
lllumind the depths OF the sea;
and there we stuek, as ANDREW lIoRSgR did
, in his eenssst With III ave-, -on aevtuteen
hunder thretty-nine." FERousoys muse
deserted him on the sea-" and 50 TO win
her back he resolved to 90 to house OF en-
tertainment near by and liquidate his ideas,
that they might flow freely. Leaving his
manuscript on the table he started out to
imbibe sustenance and very soon latter a
waggish friend entered his studio and seeing
the unfinished lines on the table, took FER
GUsoS's pen, andsin nearly the same hand.
writing concluded the verse with
"The fishes beginning to sweat,
Cried, "bIess us all boil'd we shall be-"
He then left the place instantly, and FER.
Gusoy, on his return, found his impromptu'
finished bat whether he was pleased with
the conclusion" or not il more than can
tell, not being present at the time.
In one OF my letters TO you, a few weeks
since, wrote concerning road to be open
I'd from the bank Of the river on the Wis
consin side, opposite this city, to Chippewa
Falls. In order to make the road available
to the people OF this city, it is necessary to
have terry to connect with it: A license
has been applied for by responsible men and
their application is now before the Legisla-
ture. The Common Council, however, have
sent up rcmonstrance against granting it
on the ground that il may become mo
nopoly' and if there is any pecuniary bene.
fit to accrue from it, it should enure to the
city Of Wabashaw. Whether the city au.
| thorities have right to build steamboats, or
! horseboats to run outside Of the city boun
daries is q question which has not been dis
cussed yet but il they have, does it follow
that they have right to use the peoples
money in such specnlations? The nearest
approach to it is in the city charter, in chap.
ter four, as follows
| SEC. 81. To regulate the construction of
wharves, or grading such wharves into the Mis-
sissippi nitm the corporate limits OF the city.
and To prescribe aud control the prices OF wharf.
| age thereon.
And that is all there is about il. II they
wish to go into ferry speculations, they must
| have the city charter amended and il after
that they should wish to monopolze the bust
ncss OF drayage, 40 that no person should
run dray OF his own. and no dray shonld
be employed for hire except such a. might
belong TO, aud be the bona tide property OF
the city, another amendment must be made;
and so if il should be found that the sale OF
milk, radishes, onions, beets, carrots, pars-
nips, potatoes, green-cOrn, tomatoes, melons
and cucumbers was money making bust
they might pass an ordinance to the effect
that all such commodities should be hawked
about by persons in the employ OF the city,
and by none others. one half the profits OF
such sale 10 enure' to the owners and the
other half TO the city. But to bring this
aboat another amendment must be obtained:
and 50 on to the end OF the chapter, until
the employees Of the corporation would be
as numerous as wild pigeons in reaping
time, and the amendments cover an acre OF
paper.
! Ii city enters into steamboat enter
prise or anything requiring many men to
manage it, that city must always have a
surplus IN the treasury 10 meet losses. liabll-
tiles, and contingencies, to say nothing OF
regular and unavoidable expenses for it is
well known fact that il costs corpora
ton q great deal more TO carry on business
than 1t does individuals and every one
knows that corporation or government ork
is not so well done a. that which is done for
individuals, though the cast he three times
Us much. For instance. compare the work
manship on our Capitol and State Prison
with that Of some private residences in st.
Paul, apd you have my meaning. So, if
boat Is 10 be bull, for the corporation, the
work will be sighted and she will soon need
repairs. Whsn she is repaired it will be
the same and great leaks will be found.
most likely, in the pockets of those who
have charge OF the business Of the firm
] anil In mai this drain arl k...r. Tia hoat.