The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-01-13

ORIGINAL AND seLEcTED PARAGRAPHS

ORIGINAL AND ssLEcTEp PARAGRAPHS.
The photography OF the Rochester Demo
erat is bad. II insists upon writing "speci.
alt.ty'' in servile imitation Of its ST. Paul
friend. There is no such word at least in
the English language. 1t should be spe.
cialty." Like the mighty Cyclops-signi.
iicant 6gure-t has only one eye. Ia France,
however, they call all great geniuses special.
lies. Thus, DUMAS, Dickens, RAREy, the
potent tanner OF fractions beasts, GiRARDIN,
prince Of journalists, are called spec,df,tes,
OF course, We have no objection to SO fiat.
tering mark OF the discrimination Of our
friends.
Winona is "a, length provided with n Gem,
ctery. l, is situated in the forest northeast
OF the Sugar Loaf" II ought 10 be
"A sweet place. Its tenants will doubtless
realize MosrGoMERY's picture Of the grave :
"And softly lie and s,csetiy sleep
Low in the grave
A correspondent OF the Chicago Times
is rusticatiDg down in Winopa, and has
been taking some amusing notes, which may
apply elsewhere
We notice but one prominent peculiarly
| which distinguishes Winona from other enter.
prising towns. II Is n prevailing tendency to.
wards profound secrecy and mystery, in both
social and business Affairs Of life. Almost ev.
cry well regulated Office we have seen II pro
yided with little back room, lifted up and
furnished with special reference 10 private IN.
| terviews-and individuals are bcckoned into
them at brief intervals to " 10 talk things over"
! in low, earnest tones Such habit this mys.
terieus demeanor secnn TO have become that
'gin u, = cbsw o. to hacker" Ia seldom spoken
above a breath, and oftentimes the door of the
little back room IA closed upon outsiders be.
fore even this very common request Ia made.
One might be disposed TO question the vas,
| importance OF all the affairs discussed IN the
closets have mentioned; but having (no mat
ter how been so circnmstaDced an 10 oyerhear
these conversations on one or two occasions.
| can testify to their immediate and powerful
bearing on affairs Of State and country.
Since the time has gone by when any one can
possibly be injured by n revelation, ! will state
that one occasion the following language was
used:
~ have come IT, the determination. sir. (mark
the whispered emphAsis,) to be imposed upon
no longer theroicsl'y:) and from this time
forth tdramaticallyJ shall cease TO pay the
extrsvsgant price tpecunarily) oftwenty cents
quart for peanuts.
A daily mail has been established be.
tween Winona and st. Peter vim Rochester.
The Democrat, speaking Of the cessation
Of work on the Root River Valley Ro d,
says, in reply TO the Milwaukee N,us:
But the assertion Of the Ntm. that work has
been discontinued on all the Minnesota Roads
Is an error. The work on the Transit Road ia
now being pushed with the same energy which
has so far characterized ia contractor.
The Mrs srrs in stating that there 10 din.
Guilty between the Governor and the Compa
MES. No difficulty whatever exists between
them. All the Bonds yet issued are properly
signed. and will be AZ fat as they are legally
demanded by the Companies.
We can assure the editor Of the Nsrs that
the first Rsilroad put In operation In Minnesota
will he the Transit Road, running from Winona
TO the Dig Sioux River. Over ffiy miles Of the
grading on this road IL already completed, and
by the first day Of August next. the cars will
running between Winona and Rochester,
distance Of fifty miles. This ia no, idle boast.
ing. but the truth, and our Milwaukee neigh.
bors can depend upon IL.
In couple Of weeks &C rps 81 Engineers
will commence locating a road from Wi
mona 10 junction with the Milwaukee h
Lacrosse road, at \ poin, sDme thirty miles
distant from this city. A charter for this road
ia now owned by the Transit Company. The
route Ia an excellcut one--neariy an air line
the grades light, and the cost of construction
will be comparatively smsll. The work will
be Jet in the spring. and the road flashed be.
fore the Root River road Ia graded through the
Bluff.
The Demoerafs Rochester Reporter, SAN.
+. CoTrox, furnishes tia, paper with an
interesting weekly chronicle Of doings at
Rochester such as
CtS'r BE.r n. ON Saturday last ~e counted
no less than sixty one teams standing on
BroadwAy, between College and Third streets
Many Of them had discharged their loading.
consisting Of grain, while the balance we're
awaiting an opportunity to follow suit
BrrryK. food batter IL unu,uaIly scarce in
this market. and commands q high price FgyE
are also 10 demand, and are selling u from III
teen 30 twenty cents per dozen. Flour 10 worth
40 per zach corn meal e selling Of the mill,
al one dollar per cwt. Wheat brings G5 20 Is
cents per bosheL os's GOT IS cs.
A movement il 90 loo, a. Roches,er for
the removal Of j. V. DANES, Postrnaster
at that place, which SAN. don't understand.
The Kedwing Stni'na says Of the game
10 that vicinity
The bun,cs on the Wisconsin sids are telling
prsdIgiogs stories. Deer, Bib. Beaver and
Coons we're never more plentiful. Deer are
also becoming more NUMEROUS 10 this vicinity
bui We notice the Old propfietors have, "a
usual returned 70 this. their fxyofi,s hantlng
ground, ard are committing awful deyastatlons,
drSlng on what they d. not xill. 1t seems
too bad " interfere with them. but the Interest
u ths community demands IL they should be
pis'estfd rom destroying and driving % the
game IN the Wholesale manner they Do. The
nsiyhborhood o. gedwing. we're II no. for ID.
Indians, would be the best hunting rround Of
the West. The sdjseebt forests Of Wisconsin
sn imnsrss use, of the aaeu country, /. Al
mos, entirely unsettled, and will be for Long
time, Oh account Of being In the hands Of spec
uiators ara on this side 10 the brskss Ana
bottoms II the Mississippi and Cannon, there 10
quite . large sraosni Of land, where game viii