The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-01-13
The Head OF Navigation Removed ny
ResoIution-st. Paul Abolished.

the communication published IN this paper
yesterday, to perform an extraordinary
ceremony, which, as the Minneapolis Jour
nal gives the particulars, is worth reciting.
The meeting was held in Woodman's
Hall, for the purpose Of inducing steam
boats to visit that point. Nothing can be
more affecting than the account OF the fond
and loving embrace Of this aflectinate couple
of the billing and cooling ~ OF turtle doves
in the sweet spring tme--of how they hug
ged and kissed each other, and exchanged
fraternal vows and mutual protestations-
and went into carefully calculated rap,ures
of admiration over each other. OF course
they passed series OF resolutions, which to
an outsider not imbued with the sentiment,
and poetry, and passion of the occasion, seem
little ridiculous. and are really nothing
more nor less than paraphrases of set of
ocular resolutions we submitted to the
consideration Of the proposed meeting some
time ago.
TO find what we intended merely as a
joke, gravey acted upon by a meeting OF
business men and adopted in serious earnest,
gives the joke a quality of richness which
cream does not express. Ii is butter-nay
cheese cheese; rare, skippery, lossliier.
Gus, Welsh cheese Of the compound pungency
Of mustard and Bologna sausage.
They resolved in substance
/. That st. Anthony was the head OF
navigation which is like the Frenchman
who assured his friend upon his parole dhon-
neur that the Sun did revove daily round
the earth.
2. That everybody who wanted to go to
st. Anthony Falls, should charter boat
to take him there; which shows that the
people up there are bound TO have good
time regardless of expense.
3. That it is Illuminating to travel from
st. Paul TO st. Anthony by land'--a hint
TO ALLEN 4 CHASE! We would suggest as a
plan for outstanding half their pride, that
they might come down on raft occasionally
We can see no way of obviating the humilia
ton Of the upward trip unless we manage to
suice them through branch pipe Of the
Et. Paul water works.
4. That unsuspecting boats engaged,
down river, to go to 81. Anthony Falls, and
which find on closer examination that the
thing can't be done, will be held responsible
for the velocity of the current and the i'm
ptdlments in the channel--a hint to steam.
boat men to study geography before they
sign bills of lading'
). That il any St Paul commission mer-
chant shall receive merchandise consigned
to ST. Anthony, he shall be forced to dam
the Mississippi at Fort Smelling, and send
the aforesaid goods by water or suffer all
penalties in that case made and provided
We respectfully submit that this is asking
too much Of commission merchant, without
a large appropriation from Congress, and a
slight change in the laws Of the State
G. That the citizens Of ST. Anthony and
Minneapolis, will try their hardest 10 get
boats to go there. For this purpose they
propose "a long pull, strong pull, and
pull altogether" which by the aid Of a three
inch hawser, we have no doubt would prove
entirely efIectual, as that, We believe, ia the
usual mode in which that achievement
has been accomplished. when j, has been
accomplished.
:. Tha, the Board Of Trade be instruct
cd to get some steamboat company to run
regularly 70 ST. Anthony, an adroit
wording, which will permit the company TO
leave their boats a. st. Paul and 60 70 St
Anthony Themselves by ALLHs x CHAss's
coaches.
Bu. as the seventh resolution proposes
something practical, and is 20, an absurdi'y
on its face, it mag he permitted 10 pas with
our good wishes.
The tone Of the discussion. our CORES
pondent informs us, was even more amusing
than the resolutions The meeting insisted
that the merchants should not have their
goods landed at 81. Paul. ard the rDer-
chants, on their side, thinking this protec
tive policy should include their interests,
deuanded that the citiUns should agree 10,
TO go TO 81, Paul to buy gOo.is. az they
were 10 the habi, Of doing.
We hardly think the Real Estate gentle.
men up there will realize their vision Of 9
s,eAnbos, line by this compulsory process
When people have to be compelled 10 buy
their goods at tina, poin, or to ship their
goods there, j, IL pretty eyidsn, tha; tina. is
not the place 70 buy goods, Or to snip them.