The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-08-31

MAHEw will lecture in this place on the
18th, 18th and l4th of next month.
M. SPRINGER, will lecture on As
tronomy in this village during the pres
ent week, probably on Thursday evening.
We hear that the Eclectic Society of
this place, in connection with the Univer-
salist Society of Hudson, intend having a
1ic.nic Mt the Monament, sometime next
week. We believe q celebration of the
Sabbath Schools connected with the Con
a.reoational churches in this place and
Hudson and Prescott, is also in contem-
plation.
There is to be an opening Bali at the
CITY HOTEL, at Hudson, on Thursday
evening of this week. From the list OF
managers, we anticipate that the party
will be brilliant one.
GEORGE DAVIS, of Saltwater, and
". G.. HEMPsTEAD, the popular land
lord Of the st. Croix Hotel, of the same
place, save US call a few evenings since.
In company with some other gentlemen.
they were over on trouting expedition
We do not know what luck they had, but
We know that usually the trout when they
500 GEORGES hook in the stream, feel as
tho SQUIRRELS were said to when David
Crockett was around-that is they have a
sense OF inability to escape an | so surren-
der Immediately.
Tho weather for the past two weeks
has been favorable, so that the farmers
lave nearly secured their immense crops
Of Grain. TLrcshing has commenced in
earnest, and the general yield seems to be
better than was anticipated. Mr. j MES
CuSocK of Troy, had ono piece Of sew
en- acres, which averaged 423 bushels per
ncre. Many fields average over so bush
els, and the average yield OF the whole st.
Croix Valley cannot fall below 20 bush
els per acre.
-Watermelons seem to be an eXcep-
ton to tho general crop this year, there
heing-but comparatively few of them
One of the finest VIC have seen was left at
this Office by GEORGE Cole. 1t was a
monster, but it faded away rapidly after
being left here. Well, earthly blessings
are transitory, no mistake.
We spent very pleasant day last
week visiting the Monument and the Falls
of Willow River in company with Mr.
FUTILE, the Daguerrean artist. For the
information of our distant rca lers, we will
say word about the Monument. 1t is q
natural rock Of very white sandstone, about
l25 feet in circumference at the base, o.
tapering circular form, and rises to hight
of about so feet. 1t stands upon a gentle
emineuce, on the prairie, entirely discon
nected with any other mound and is sur
rounded by beautiful grove Of trees, a!
together forming AS pleasant sight as al
artist could desire.
Mr.. Tuttle succeeded in procuring some
perfect pictures of the scene. But h'
was not the chief artist. 1t was LIGHT
that lmned the picture, and left the deli
cate tracery of beauty on the solnbre look
and tell me that lie? | was awake wheu
you came, and looked at my watch; j
was 8 O'clock" "Well, isn't quartz
of l2?"
ROWLAND Hill compared sinner to al
oyster, which opened its shell, all mouth
to take in the water: just as the sinner
with his mouth at full stretch, took in thu
tide Of iniquity. Heavenly grace" h
said, ''is like rump of beef-cut ant
come again = no meager fare, my dea
breshren." .
LIBERAL TO THE CLERGY.-It is Gus
tomary in some parts of the country
either upon railroads or steamboats,, t
exact only half fare from ministers of thu
different churches.
One pleasant day Captain S. stood up
on the upper deck of his steamer, tollin.
the last bell previous to her departure
when he was accosted by serious loekin.
individual in the following terms:
care you Coptain So"
81 am, sir" said the Captain, with
turn of the head and quizzieal glance.
But the most wonderful thing abou
Light, is its power to reproduce a perfee
image of that beauty which it has helpe
to form. We never look at Daguerrea
process without feeling of awe. Their
IS a solemn-looking tube, q plate chemi
cally prepared. moment of Light-an
il is done. There is charm in the yer