The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-03-03

a Fool or ! KRxse.
We republish in fun, nom the, Press Of
Wednesday morning, an article on the
subject of sc. WAeHNaroN, !" Whoever
wrote the article was one of the two
things-a fool or knave. This proposition
is self-evident, and has already received
the universal assent of a Disguised COM
munity If it was intended to be either.
witty or funny, it is most contemplate
failure. No one but a fool would choose
such subject as a target for wit, and no
one but an ass would dream that wit con-
.sists in such dwelling nonsense. But if
the author claims q dispensat;on from this
charge, and insists upon it that he is not
fool, then we must impale him upon the
other horn of the dilenma Eand insist up-
oh il that he is kna7e. If he claims
that the article contains wisdom, we claim
that it contains knavery. If he claims
that it contains wit, we claim that it is the
wit of the sconndrel. We will even admit
it to be patriotic; but it is the patriotism
Of 3 rebel in disguise. q" % 81 NON" 'oi''.o'
70 Commemorate the birthday of
WASHINGTON by dancing a break down up
Oh his grave, may be proper to a jester or
q fool, and in keeping with the character
of knave, but it is not m harmony with
the character and practices, of gentlemen.
Here is the article "a -, o. .n9t 80 ~,
From the St. Paul Press, Feb. 22d. c5 -.
CoMaIEMoRATIyE OF THE rDAY.1G., Wash,
ing was born. He had a, father" He is also
supposed to have had a neither! His mothers
name was Washington after she was married
SO was his fathers. pf.aaf9 ali rj '-,oF n
G. Washington grew. He lived. He also
died. He did several things which we can't
mention now because they don't occur to US.
He is said to have been great man. If he
was living now and wasn't dead, 9he would be
liable to the draft. He was an orphan after
his parents died. That's what is supposed to
have developed his resources, He was the
dad of his country, butt the mother remains
undiscovered. 1rui lrG yCt rod 10 yig12G Gil
He lived until; he died and wouldn't have ex-
pired then if; he had lived longer. r He was .
victim of poor doctors. They bled him for the
Group and he wouldn't stand It So he died.
Beware, my fellow.citisehs, of poor doctors.
They entail evil: big charges and aundertaker's
IeeS. LAKE W8CIlQR lCOLn Us y 6AU latoy lVD 4
g. was Q noble youth. He became man
after he was q boy. Things which he did
when he was older he didn't do when he was
younger. The twenty-secOna of February has
come on the same day of the month ever since
he was born. If that didn't make this, what
did? ''''y t,l'.o' - = -
g. was an anti-slavery man. He was willing
his darkies should besfree when )he)was dead.
If he had known the Constitution Of Minneso-
ia was going to be amended, he would have
done his biggest to have lived and voted for
it. He didn't know it. Otherwise he might
not have been bled for the Group. ~ ;sI.I79
1t isn't G. 3 death that wefeommemoratet to-
day. It's something else. Everybody wishes
he hadn't been bled for the Group, All his
postmasters were very sorry when he wrote
his farewell letter. They liked G. better than
any other mailman. They took to post Offices
like ducks to water. The same sort of chaps
have hankering in the same direction now.
They esteem the second g. Washington much
ly, the ratio of such esteem being increased in
proportion to the rapid approach of the fourth
Of March,. But this hasn't anything to do with
the G. Washington that was born to-day. ~
We commemorate G. How much he lost
by not staying with us until this time. He
don't know anything about how New York
City filled its quota. Neither does any one
else. G. is probably sorry for u.s. We are
certainly sorry for him. We shall commemor
rate him oil day, and we really wish he hadn't
been bled for the Group. g., H. l,,., ,-