The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-05-26

That IL just exactly what We are uoing
at this present. And We are .iustigatcd
thereto by concurrence Of courteous favors
which, though happily not new in our exPe-
rienoes, yet rarely flow in upon us in such
apt and bouuteous profusiou.
We began especially to" think Of living
yesterday, when box OF trout, containing a
baker dozen-most generous OF numbers
was delivered into our hands every mothers
son Of them being masculine, each bearing
down the balance at pound mark, and look
ing inwardly like carved ingots Of Cal'for.
mia gold, and outwardly as if gemmed with
pearls and rubes and emeralds. We knew
Us soon as we saw them that Sheriff AMEs,
Of Prescott, who is the Walton off North.
west, had been casting his O'Shaunessey
Limericks in among the rocks and cascades
OF the Trimbelle And we followed the di
rections which accompanied them, to lay
them on ice, aud drop inside Of them just
speck Of Cayenne, and lew grains Of salt,
and trust to Providence, good appetite,
and your own cooking"
Beyond this, the Sheriff knew that We
needed no adv ice--common sense, natural
instincts, and u frying pan sufiicing for the
balance, which We followed and employed
with satisfaction and stomach amply filled
though not surleited.
And then, accompanying this brief, EN-
phatic note
"TnE OAKS May %.
Compliments Of JoHs MILLER, gardener for
Judge NKLsos. 500
came fresh IRON the mornings picking a
covered basket, enclosing first, layer OF
cucumbers, at the last tinge Of grcenDess
and measuring, the largest Of them, between
five and six inches in circumference, hard
and with the taste Of open air growing sc.
cond, layer 0i lettuce, large, crisp, and
delicious third, layer Of radishes, firm
brittle, savory, and reIishing, so that thu
trout bursted their very sides when they
saw how splendidly they were garnished
But, JoHS MILLER, we owe you grudge
You have taken the couceit out Of US. W.
are gardening, this Spring, on our own &C
count. We have been watching, with q
kind of pa,ernal affection, the vines and plant
topping above the ground, spreading abroad
their green leaves and tendrils, and thougl
giving no tokens Of flo sering or fruiting, vi
considered them a. promising specimens o
garden fxins" ~ existed III these parts
But you, Jons MILLER, have ruthlessl,
slain all our horticultural enthusiasm. W.
even found oursef looking down with con
tempt, after surveying your basket, upon th
objects OF our former care and pride. >
you see, Jons MILLER, that, while We o.
precia.e the delicate courtesy which induce
your beneiaction, yet, in the common cours
Of nature, we cannot quite forgive this sud
den destruction Of our ambitious hopes.
Bot then, Doctor, we found q soiace 70
our wounded pride, not only IN the crisi
fried trout, and the fresh, appetizing sslad
bu, also, and it may be, most in the del
cate Burgundy, which would have yielded
favor even unto weather pike an
late-sason crssses. And We beg 10 ~
you. opinion, il, under circumstances sue
AZ these, it is not psrdopsble for even d
anchorite, such as ve are, 10 think Of III
ing" You cannot answer negatively. 81
cept il be e" 10 d horn"