Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1860-01-28

The morning opened his golden eye,
And mountain, and valley, and plain.
From the forest tree to the briar was hung
With jewels II frozen rain.
The Birch was 4 giant spray Of pearl.
The Oak, with k,ngly grace,
Wore over his gnarled and knotted limbs
A mantle Of silvery lace.
The Elm was covered with flashing gems
Let into an ermine robe;
Andethe maple carried in all its twigs
A glitterng, golden robs
They stood in mute, rssplendent JOY:
And aash'd to the flashing sun; and smil'd
While the WlSrRy KING clasped his hands
Der the work that he hal done. F. , ,...
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"My gracious" said Ike, " if some
fairy would give me pair Of wings,
wouldn't l go round among the plan
cts thought, I'd 80 to Mars, and We
nus, and Jdpitef-" "And Satan
and Pm afraid you will go there with
ont wings" iuterposed Mrs. Parting
ton.i.o 4., ,r-e' c. HH! t.fsq 81.
A man has no more right to say an
uncivil thing than to act one; no more
right to say rude thing to another
than to knock him down.
Adele, at . down-east husking iirol-
ic, being asked by y young farmer if
he might kiss her, answered, g, Not
until you have complied with the rules,
and passed the ruby corn (rubicon). -
To Adam and Eve, Paradise was a
home; to the good among their des-
cendants, home is a Paradise.
There is a man in this city who la
bors under the delusion that s Hon.
before mans name stands for honest.
A lady Of Athens asked lady of
Lacedaemonia, by way of 'repr0ach,
what fortune she had brought her hus-
band. To which the other answered,
Chastity. 's,"d a'74 aa''.@s@ "f
A home without girl in it is only
half blessed; it is an orchard without
blossoms, and spring without a song.
A house full Of sons is like Lebanon
with its ccdars; but daughters by the
Preside are like the roses of Sharon.
"A Methodist preacher, during his
PRAYER. preliminary to preaching, while
full of zeal, used the following express,
ion: 20, Lord, we pray thee to cur.
tail the devils power ip this place y
An olda ASGro, who was always ready
for a response, leaped upon his feet
and exclaimed {: " A-a-men! dat right
Lord! cut he tail right smack ana
s"o09e cv.a1h sss,s.essEs
In one Of our courts, lately, a man
who was called on to appear as a wit
ness, could not be !. found. On the
Judge asking where he was, a grave
elderly gentleman rose up, and, will
much emphasis, said: "Your honor
he is gone" "Gone! gone - sale
the Judge, "where is he gone pr
shat / cannot inform yon," replied
the communicative gentleman, "bu
he is dead"
The papers say there is . demahnd:
for, women in Oregon. Isn't there :
demand for women everywhere? There
are plenty ot laoties-dainty creatures
with soft hands, and softer heads, puff
ed with hoops in the lower story anc
nonsense in the upper-but genuine
sensible women, are in demand al
over creation. They are soarcer thar
diamonds, and far more valuable: bet
ter than gold, and safer to tie thar
the best State stocks.
They have i queer test in Washing
ton to ascertain how far a man is in
toxicated. If he can say Nationa
Intelligencer straight out he is consid
cred passable.5 when he singssit out
Nashal 'Tellige'r,'' it is thought nee
essary for him to 60 home. aaN@u
slough, madam, tough, did YOU
say p said an irascable boarder to thu
land]ady, as he was trying: to carve
what was ostensibly chicken. "Y es' m
and were, I to give my opinion on the
fowl, l should say it was old enough
to have scratched up the seeds Of
original sin when they were first plan,
ed, ma'am." a5;aa7 ri ~ .f-A at ~. "
A few years ago, at a negro camp
meeting, held near flushing, colored
preacher, in the course Of bis discourse
said: 81 tell you, my dubbed bred
dren, dat de debbel is big hog, an:
one OBJ desc days he'll come along here
he'll root you all OUT An old negro
in one of the anxious pews, hearing
this, raised himself from the straw
and exclaimed, in the agony of his
fear: "" Ring him, Lord! Ring him!'
A gentleman, who spoke of having
been struck by lady's beauty, wat
advised to kiss the rod that smote HIM
If woman were to change her sex
of what religion would she be? Why
she would be a He.then. r.. ..rr
Vice and folly may feel the edge O
Wit, but virtue is inyplnerable,; aqua