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About St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858

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MJOE! O. SWISSHEMI, Editor.
SAINT CLOUD VISITER.
JOB WORK of nil kinds neatly and ex
pf-dltton*'? executed, on reasonable terms
HATES OF ADVERTISING.
fin
mree weeks,
do., thriw months,
do,, six months,
do., one vcar
Two squares, three weeks,
do., three months
do., six months,
do., one year,
Three squares, throe weeks,...
do., three months,
do six months,
do., one year,.
Quartei of a column, three months, 12,00
ilc six months, ]5,ou
do one year, 25,00
Half ,i column, ihree months, 15,00
..25,00
40,00
six months,
one year,..
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FAltMIKG AND riMBKK '..AN'!',
AIWO,
Town Property in St. Anthony,
MINNBAPOLm, ST. ULOUD.
SUVKorr:, llRoTTSBtmo,rtYRAVHti
ST MAftv'jt, &, MiT.lM
*ltn?ts In iliii 'rtiwt? of I!
JOHN
For*
IJV 11) UOVSUCe er.—lthaa been coamni-lewdoonly a few months, an,a thit
One square, one week, $ j,0OI A E I N A E A E
2,00 Office OIJ River Street, opposite the Ferry,
1,M)I A I N O x.
6 0 0 period* ttrttrlnR tr int eat in I.atn'.s or Tovn prop*
iM-tv in a part 6t thfi fcomitry ivjijebisntisurpatMoil Itcoil
lUjOl'jand rapidly ftJlln/f Op with bona rtrte settlers, eiin rind
arorahle opportunities by applying *o the iiu.Wfisned.
2,50
5,50
8,00
12,00
.3,50
7,00
10,00
15,00
In ten hues of ISonpared are counted offieoon sircr street Uvrerst. cioua.
as sttuare." I
AH transient ad\ertisenientf
jpaitl for in adrance.
All Vdvertisements must he marked for
Special Notices before Marriages, or
taking precedence of regular adverti c
rnents. double the usual rates.
WILSON,
EJBE HEAL ES
fir. 0 UD, LXNJS80 TA.
mAim
IXVttT.
REA ESTATE,
h\ rr
it, W. JtlNfcB,
'ding (Hid Gummhsl
IM'BVt TOWN, HWK'l
Dealer in drain, Flouts
an-1 IVovlsions fcemrally,
|Vi'.' omd attention pait.) to Consignmentf
nod entrances made ii reqnired.
All poods Ktored for tho oast sida of
o'' the
-cliaruo.
vivei tuovo
BKEDE Si
N. i.». Doors and gash for sale, at my
Manufactory, ou First street, near the
Stearns House.
S E O
500 Lots in Superior, Wisconsin, (Mc
Kenty'a Addition.)
HENRY McKSNTY,
O,. ,t"CKs.
*, it
N E N A
BANKERS,
N'\!l, Western T^and and C'lleetlng
Agents,
MINNEAPOLIS M. T.
Dealer in Keal Estate.
Si. Pais!, Minnesota. 14-tf.
NEW FLOUR & FEE STORE!!
The subscriber has just received a large
stock
Flour and Grain,
which he offers for sale cheaper than can
bd bought elsewhere in the upper country.
He baa m^de arrangements to be con
stantly supplied by an agent, on the river
bolow, and will supply those in want of
the above articles, cheaper for the cash,
than at any other establishment in this
vicinity. in barrels and sacks.
jETQ*tz at wholesale or retail.
Meal etc,
•Store on Riv^r street, just *t the ferry,
{lower town) ft, Cloud. E. CURTIS.
LIME. LIME,
A full supply constantly en hind by the
fttibiorlbers at their kiln in lower St.
n, A, SMITH &CO.
fWWEIT
A few choice lets in the original tows
i»ve,ow4, Pfiae, fro» tm
._.-^ ::\V:."''-i^rV '.%»rrr«*w'rr-^V^-r
STJSARN'S HOUSE.
ZZZ-ZZ. y- 177" 'pHtS NKW 4t*t) fiKAfTTUTI. HOTF.l. 18 SIT
I «t"\I\jwn the bluff just stave tfte T.iwr Pwrv ii
TERMS :—Two dollar* per year, iuvari ]aw* ?,i .ct?'"!- 2°5!HH!as
fewoholoe buBhioe LOTS
Clotul.
DKALKRS
nM ¥lr9t
K-
fuveriisemems one nan more
ular rr
*?tr All comnrunications on business
Connected with the paper to he addressed
to the Publisher.
G.. F. O T,
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a pailli uiur ieng.i) OI time, or they Will be »K(UeiQbUcirrnra]|vtIiiiitlewinproinvtlysiid faith
Continued, ami charsred tor -i^tii orders)
rist»*ived advprii«nmi»tt« nnn half n-ni-rt lH'rii'lit,:'
r't!
onf
muni tmutUfatftnd iliatan-t vteWs Jtmtho MwKi&ii|'r-t &tv-
proprietor auimrs wh nuy rtal this pla'w tha
hry artallfVnd it cleanly in all reappct(t -rantl that hi*
tiblff *tia}) contain every htotnt? and luxtirr whlefi can
be obtained Imth ntiiome and planes helow. It la his In
entlon always to keep (be alum hole! as a drat elan?
hotel in every reject.
0. T. STEARNS.
N. N, S I JI
Property fiir sale In the totVtil nt Hartford, St. Clortd.
fewburic, Brottsburjt. Mille tae, anrt all the best ,iavbiu
ftwia in this Art or' the gauntry: tho location of which
nay n-en iv refercd to (hemap.
January I8&7. N- SMITH
*,o'j's row SAXI
of u,r
?u!e in loxver 8t
N.\T .SMITH.
RHLLE LAO.
Lots In XltlioLac ftwsale, elioar oanti onlv.
N. N* SMITH.
A f:w Lots iii St. Oloiul for suit Ttt «is)i oiUv.
Bv I?. .V. SMITH.
81S S O N & A N
TN REAT. ESTATK. AM) E N E I
l.nttt! Aleuts. IJVU.Iu
S bonKhtan,,soid/Lami
rants I•*!'atari, investments iruuie
(Olumn, three months, 25,00 R«i EsuToWcurfty. outre h- T«vIoi-« BuUdrni r..
do. six month* 40 *0
Ave',«"
MtfCunf*street,* s'dnt cloud, Min fence
one year ..75,00 TUOMAS o. ALDEN. PRAKKLIN SISSON. Well, our norma! state is mubia! antag
BcstsEis CARDS, one year,.... 7,00 I 7 7 onistn to the superior sex aud contempt
'_ H. BARRETT. for their affectation of superiority.—
T,, ..„.. p. "~'e x- •, Civil Engineer & Surveyor, No douot this is very wicked andwesiui-
*H Snrrevtd Undi. and Tiut, of
he !..?«ilitijc Towns «f Northcni Minnesota.can at at
mUSt bo had a* my Office inn. l.is,r»7.
J/. NOEL,
•oosrv softViSYoa & civir. KNOINEEI?,
.' 'n W.iitjri ««j.cttally Infirm Iho Citixvnc of gt. Clciid
uliy
out, and paid. st, oiou,».jan.i. ISJI. i—«
'Altviu\ ''"^"wwewftrajtedto »its r,kn-. tn*e
A MES F. KENNED Y.
MASON 4- PI.A8TEKEU
Solicits, tits patronafte of all iersons In need of
scrvlcpi of practical mason ninl plaRterer—ilir« tony
an die
thaf.liarsfosn
hTwina*'jauuniversall
I
tiiat IIe
in
iciir*
tlwnuow branchess Uaitc, assures'him I nlttir»u«!i
ah satisfactioni an .-is reaconahif
universa •'rti?,)!jr.i:oi
»lt ha deiiPbv '.my ur.t.
I si-., Cloud Jan. ). lbi-7.
CLARK & CAHLtSLE,
in th East
asvran
P." A 0
twenty*fivcoehtB per annum
5 I E
&AJRPENTER. Great Chance for Investment!!!
Store Doore, Circular or Gothic Head sash RAILROAD OBNTBE OF THE
liliuds and trames, or any other desired
pattern made to order at shoit notice.—
Kiln dried lumber cotntai)tly on hand.
I
Architect
J- WILSON.
Dealer in Real Estate and General Agent
MINNEAPOLIS. M.T
Ai.t tfiM'.S
WATCHES,
rt,
J.'iii. Ii H.JI
E A S S O 1
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vVat^h-makar find JettdlW,
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.tisw htiur, MU tto-rtoxKa,A-
l.Sft,r.'''' iwuf HiMtnw.auiaii nttbtrnmblot*rt)M.
a .,r\\ ... ctiilsiatttl.v nti llatldi
", I WHjStPWk, ttpliOslJS til» dtwii'a tteusa, tavt't Si
oi'k, Baeotijo^b
few Mtniee Jots in St. tJIotal, loraatcm
3..r WttiSON
W .1. PA1WONW.
T^^TiV:. -''AflTOTV'
CLOUD
VOL. I. ST. CLOUD, STEARNS CO., MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 14 1858
SAINT CLOUD VISITER
MONDAY, JANUARY 11,1858™
Jane Gray Swisshelm, Editor.
To Subscribers.
Produce of any kind, will be re
ceived in payment for subscription.
We want potatoes, corn, turnips, hay.
Deef, game, firewood, furs, any tiling
good to ent or wear, or use about the
house.
We have concluded this week to
fill our space with editorial, as there
are so many local items calling for at
tention also, leave out the loads and
have our editorial 3et solid," as se
lected matter is usually set. We do
this because our type is so large.—
This arrangement gives our readers
more reading matter, and gives us
more space.
Definitive.
tary, as a sign of personal hostility, when,
ii many care?, it uight arise from our na-
tural lack of appreciation of gn.tariea in I
at
E S E S S I O I S °r
Shop-Cjif? street, rear Lowry's landing I C"
& 'J' 'V V. Mr.CttJlisi'3iJavlnjrjin»ctlM'on
mi IJoiMcr, cnaram'^a satisfactioe to -ti my Rive
him it ealluither in iestxnln£ private i»r public edtflce*
iiaiitatt'i s^fsriUcatiotis furnished. Ollici. -sacondstory
1 fls is
wouUresneeiftu^inrormthp«itiaonaofst.cioiMtand forbearance of that superiority we are so
I rWnitytiiattiji.raro ready to contract forthe oroction of constitutionally incapable of appreciatinsr.
.ny numwrot buildings, ise most.liberal terms.—
xy
a
crossed free of S S it the Rev. Lowry. Wewentint
I. Wn.rtON.Mlnm*|Kltg.or
T.. WILSON, Bt. Cloud.
PAIlSONsSr. &
!!d
t) MOHOAN.
MORGAN.
Counsellors at Law and General Agents, I greatness he was the counterpart, of our
MINNKAPOt./S, MINNESOTA. m»n nn cntrifitnl fnthftv l?«v
ttnwftimiti nutflo ibr eapltaUsOi that KO Btwrnntea I
*-'-*-*v Lt
UPPER MISSISSIPPI!!!
Head of Steamboat TTavigation &c'
A daily line of etages connect East St.
Cloud with St. Anthony and St. Paul. A
Post Office is established here and is now
in operation.
I N N E S O A
Offers no better opportunity for invest
ment than can be found at East St. Cloud.
It is the starting point for expeditions to
the Great Valley of the Red River of the
North, and will command a large trade
from that region and also from the rich
agricultural valley of the Sauk River.—
Valuable improvements are being made
$mt St, Cloud.
Per further information inquire of Cob
John KioerRon, at the East St. Cloud
Hotel Beede* MeBdeoUall, Minneapolis
or the labwribfr st the Stearns House,
gfc Ctead,
.i
lA
^y
.t.o
ilh Proprietors of East Saint Cloud at ««as they appear to us/' for we..hone
are now prepared to dispose of lots to be kept from evi
in this beautifully located town, on the
most favorable terms. East Saint Cloud
is the terminus of the air line road run
ning from the Mississippi river to (Supe
rior City»and passing through the towns ct
ft
Newburgn, Manchester, Brottsburgh, £yra* notice of us, or the public good to require
cuse, FortQiia, Trenton «nd Twin Lakes that we should call attention to them, we
shall say oxactiy what we believe to be
true. From our natural antipathies it
would bv difficult to run. into extacies of
the.?o towns are growing rapidly and will
bring much trade to this point, A rail
road to Superior City will undoubtedly ., _.
follow the direction of this air line road I admiration even if we should try, which we
in a few years, and there in every reason
to believe that a railroad will he built by
means of the recent land grant on the
East side of ths Mississippi, crossing the
river at East St Cloud to connect with the
main trunk railway which will touch St.
Cloud on the west side on its way to tho
Ked Hiver of the Korth.
THm.mmiuu,
I
Speak unto the children of Israel that thsy go forward."—E\.mwj,
t*l |W| t*ff-|*»pwfj»^
teachss u. that we ujust deflne our pod- us to see that it is not prostUated, in our
war" tion'1 or be constantly liable io being ruis-1 I'M*, to i-nworthy u.ses, or the propagation
mg.
on or part, toward any particular, digni in Stearns county. Again, and
may not autnire
lengthaltnouguearse
of his still, even that is nec
essary to till up. his particular niche in the
of
the uaiverse. We thus try
5 0 a a I
generally the cas*, deserve the
-do
4to-
We never fee\l tintt antagonism
wards any woman, seldom meet one for
ft
Inge have been very rare and the only
roe vouchsafed to us in Minnesota was
a warehouse where he was preaching aad
before hearing him utter a full sentence
our inmost spirit sprang forward to bow
before his. In his gray hairs and mental
CVVil 0 a
turn of their friends, be greatly bis sope-
next women, then bird*, then women ... ,, .../?
0 1 a
av of our public men appear to require
certainly shall not but" if a man is sober
honest, truthful, eloquent or industrious,
a good sou, a good husband, a good father
or a good citizen if he be one able to
serve his fellow citizens faithfully in any
particular position it will giye us great
pleasure to state the fact.
Then again, if amongst our asptrstuj
for popular favor, we discover any double
dealing, dtshouesty, false pretenses or any
manner of trickstering
This being our rule oi action people
need not expect of ui the light compli
ments, feathery puffs, and stereotyped
phrases of adulation which are but too com*
men in newspaper columns. The press by
the multiplied ratioofits speed and power,
is under moral obligation to promote the
beat interest of humanity by offloading
m"
:...• liSKsSMi.
siypo'hcsi.- I ject of so much importance. As we
We afo occasion«,liy staggered by meet- can generally report a sermon or ice-
ing a man who compels our re*peel und ture to the satisfaction of the speaker,
makes us feel fiat he is in the lauiut ^a^esi without taking notes, we shall en
o, ©tobolied development. Such meet- deavor to give the story of this suf
ferer in his own words.
P&aiov 6|*r«Uai KCV
Doctor Black, long since intatfter,
the better, a hard way he. has of
land. Our citizens here, all know Mr. Not a hanful of flour
Lowry. When they remember him as most house for two weeks to my own
r...l .t...
,.U.
they wilU beAabl.e' feei that other public.
men who may in reality, or the vsUma-
CHAP.
heraible than the preacher vtthodesecrates
the sacred desk. The Average audience
of an editor *s more than three tirr.es thai
of a preacher, and h» is then hound, under
more than three times the obligations to,
make a good use 4 his opportunities,.
Wo are aware (hat this view of the case
is rather new hut ii will not always bo ».
Editors are in the habit of holding up to
public feOorh, oily preacher who swrvey
from-the path of rectitude and too often
stating such cases as argument.* against
all religious institutions while, n.s a class
they themselves claim almost an immunity
from the obligations of the moral law. An
editor way bo a drunkard, a debauchee, ft
willful perverter of the ttutli a duelist and
what not without loosing caste or affecting
his popularity, while the very wen who look
lightly on his crimes and rend h.'S dai
ly effusions with pleasure would be shocked
at the idea of listening to a sermon from
a man suspcted of immorality. People
appear to overtook the fact that it is the
Pres*, mors than the Pulpit, which in
moulding thi.- a^e and ntamping upon (ho
The experience of the past few weeks portance and power of the Press it becomes Jadie, not a bite of flotir has been in
..1 Money T.oaT,e,i on ood, and so to giving personal of- «f words to which we cannot, in all good, \i t, ,« .,
faith attach their full and legitimate moan-
ply state it a a fact s« that our readers think, honestly assailed, for maintain-1 ^1SS °j acres I planted
may not mistake every waul of reverence ing that there is no general destitu- ,n}
& gA{n
rooft of fchat
Ai
enquired ot the merchant if he want
ed to buy any beef.
"What prfce
"Tin cints all round."
Take trade
Will, no! I wyasti" wan tin.' any
tiling but money."
whom we do not feel some sympathy, re-1 i»avc it ingaged before butcherin,.,
speet or afrVction and have a half formed Well, don want any, unless 1! Several weeks have elapsed and we
belief that die doctrines of transmigration can trade for it.''
-fd progression may be true uft. rail their The vender of beef turned to go, guf to justify the poor man's opi
llaV±A J',ho »*r.o ,destitution,
falsehood of the stories1 off
lurrniie "but "we ea'nnm I telling him ou'r occupation and anxi-
Sure ma'am an' its a poor time
we
know
11
Will, the poorest uv us is
a Fhncli man, an' its poor he is*, an
.ui:_ I ..
a
rtorswtd receive no personal wg'-t ifom So wehav noth
us wtien we are called upon to speak oi .,,. ..
I them aa they appear to us We
re
.„.... ...
kept from ever attempting to reprc kflow5 not a bit uv any thing has
sent any person, place, or thing in any been the walls' uv his house ^v,
the use of other people's eyes, or for any Have these people no corn, po
other stand point than our own. When tatoes or a
tand
truckling it
will give us a double amount of pleasure
to defeat him if in our power.
We shall endeavor in the light,of the
hereafter, to keep our politicians in mind
that they shall "give aceount of the deeds
done in the body," in ne social body, in
the religious body, in the political body, as
well aadn this body of flesh and bones.
tdhey see a fine yoke of axin an' may
be some cows an' a pig or two, wid
a little corn an' petaties. Thin tdhey
go away and say tdhero is no need
for contributions. Tdhey niver con
siddher tdhat if we ate our cows and
axin we'll hev nothing at all to work
wid in tdhe spring, or may bo tdhat
we'r in dibt for our tames. NOM I'll
jist till ye me own case ma'am an'
ye'r a siusible lookin' lady tdhat
would ondherstand an* fee! for a poor
man."
P. S. The poor man's story should
meet with no discredit on the ground
that this possibly might be, "Blarney,"
for though we say it ourself that
should not, we certainly do look wise
beyond our years.
Ahem, yis. As I was sayia'.-—
Ye'r a sinsible lookin' lady an' can
feel for a poot man. me case is jist
tdhis an' the niver a poorer man tdhere
is in the territory, tdhan mosiif I oome
here two years ago. Me familee was
in Ireland. I worked hard and sint
money to bring tdhera on. Whin tdhey
*(v, v«««
IJ.
minds of men the impress they shall bear tdhere's no poorer man tdhan mesilf.
throughout eternity. Feeling thus the irn-1 Not a bite of flour, if ye'II belave me
rae for a
a a
The Sufferers, little to spake uv, an' 1 had about
We have been bitterly and we N re quarthers uv an acre uv peta-
have we asked and waited for I
destitution, but \J
Got the beef with you
Shure, no! I was wantin' to! •../ommjsa toner •:!'•". w-
in a
"Will, ah—to be share, tdhe earn
tc*'ie
iv a
in
he
i..„.. r.. '1'
wantin to Commissionerss down the river for as
sistance."
a
about how the people that reffton coantv suffereir whom we have vet
.' ,. ,. were ctetttner aionff, and the truth or \v^on »Y
if
ied hiteliyejwe. We shall nut attempt Here is a worthy, industrious The preacher is the Hev. Calhoun,
proving our burmlse but we cannot ^YSZZIC™ ~ZAI I Irishman reduced to the necessity of graduate-of Andover, and a gentle
Moouptfitr'our Instincts Upon auj ether ety to^be correctly a
a
town that they applied, for re-
for a a
in a
mg to expect-but a hard time rntireiy
Thin there is the poo. est man
other hght. V\ are not accountable for wakes building a fire a? night, and spearing
Will. Yis. To be shure an* they
hiv some petatte3 an' corn, but the
divil a bit of flour. An? as to the fleet upon the.condition of any Irish
cattle. That's it! Shure tdhey sind man brought up dacently in a mud
committies to see how we'r off, an' cabin, beside the pig, where his father
and his grandfathers have aiten pra
ties, since tdhe minn'y a long dhay
before Saint Pathrick, rest his sowl,
chased tdhe frogs and thoads out uv
on, an" nwwife died and left me tdhe eat or sell as many fish n$ he nits
four childer. I .sint thiin twinty dol- mind to, and to trap or slioot game on
lars of me wages an' tdhey hivcr got liuoting groim-lf*. which three years
it. Tdhiu raked an5 scraped twin- ago, afforded sustenance to the nativf
ty more an' sint it in a roistered loth- owners. Bnt tltose miserable spal
er an^ tdhe hohrah o' tdhat ivcr peons, can it not be proved on them,
to ban1. Tdhin I harrowed wan htm- by their own mother.-, that they were
dhred dollars from Misther Wait, for born in America? Think, then, of
which same he lies mo noat tdhis day their impudence, co be dictating ways
bearin' three per clot a month inthrest land means to ore of the blood of 1!K
an5 tdhat's what's thrubbUn' inc. I O'Donahues.^ We, for one, would.
Oh, Mr. Wait m\\ not trouble you vote a remedy for all such insolence
when times arc so hard, You can- and think tha h^xcr town men who
not expect to pay money when you I intherfared to stop the canthribu
cannot feed your family. Mr. Wait, tions^1 richly deserve a taste of the
even if he wished, could riot take shillelah
awa)' the means of supporting your
children, for your land is not yet pre
empted and cannot be sold tor debt,
"& oi flour ar !r 'o:
in is a
Nor a hit
conthrij&titidni did I tver git.
neighbors wanted me to apply,
tiiese have never been forthcoming. 'li There too was the platform from which the
Tdhe orchestra had lately flooded the place with
mu-ic aud sat many feet lively motion.
Will, tdhe ouldest is near as big
as mysiif^ most a grown man, an' tdhe
youngest tin.!
Well, if you have any other cases
of distress I wish you would let
know, and if things get desperate,
the lower town men will call a public
meeting and take measures to send
heard nothing from that quarter,
a
a
go?* enough for the lazy a I
tj Sauk are most likely tired of
barrel of these scaly substitutes for
bacon.
Ireland. Think uv him, in tdhe wilds
of Amirika, wid nnthin' but wan hun*
drid and sixty acres uv land and only
two or three feet deep uv soil en that,
wid only twinty acres uv id finced,
and tdhe nrvir a spot to lay his head
in but a bit uv a log house,"' no better
than a Buckey cabin, wid niver a
thing to ait but praties and corn, wid
tdhe sup o' miifci" Think of him,
teo, starving, and nothing to sell
barrin six hundred weight of beef,
and him with not a morsel of bacon
in the house! The bloody Know
Nothings may say he might have cut
and cured some of the thousand tent
of hay which lies four or five tons to
the acre to rot or burn, and which
would readily bring him Ave dollars
ft ton, or that he might have gathered
some of the thousands of bushels of
hade nuts that are left for the squirr
rels, ami which, worth, at least,
W m*'»'wore
TT. naww
,T, MOWATT, Publisher,
Oi
keep
von
beside the law allows you to
$1000 worth of property. Hav
more than that
re tdhan a tdhousand dollars!
Oh, tdhe saints no. Slmre I tell ye
0 0
irt
Hso.
0
-cn- dispensable to religious service.
varied
5,
A Sermon,
the lust Sabbath of the year wa at
tended the service of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Congregation which meets
in Wilson's Hall, where there is ne pew
rent, the service*-of.the preacher and use
of the hali. with fuel, being all gniraUou*.
As the meetings havt
in the upper pait of
a re a 4 he
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an
fonnerjy been neb'
ne of ij r. Lowry's
arrangements for the
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liave you no corn or potatoes the late ball. The walls were sunnlv ili^
nr 0t is
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irothic windows are byJ no means in-
a a
a little a The product often hear Lorn the sacred desk
of three-quarters of an acre of po-1
or
tatocs could scarce be less than two
hundred bushels, which would give
forty bushels to each person but
those at all acquainted with the his- gertnon. We should have greatly en-
folks arc in a sad way when doomed *x'he anathemas of such a speaker,
to live on corn. An old farmer there delivering the first sermon in such a
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nd ir it was not, they would have to such anopuor
{f l{kc
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'clxtih^
a
ing
eat it any way, for there was scarce- ^QSQ was to speak of the sermon as it
ly corn enough in the cribs to last his
a
own table until the crop name in Th text was from the. parable of
hut he had not learned that eating the Supper. ''-I pray thee have me
corn was starvation. Th stifferers^j excused
hole in the ice,
ut we beg o( our readers to re- This was the second sermon we
heard Mr. Calhoun preach on
Tiv.i»»i.
,r:t
)ardinu- and bluddinj which sup-
weaihcrb
ported it. Over head was covered wth
loo^e boards laid across thejos.1 and oc
casionally a board wa wanting. This af
forded a View to the roof and left no
doubt of perfect ventilation. The wall*
and windows ha! been profusely deeorated
with evergreens fr the late festal ecu
siov., a:ul iitis wa.-i ritili in its p!ace.—
It was screened in front by a huge
skeleton map of Minnesota ai.d die
large, pictorial map of some eaterpri-
sin^ carriage maker. In one corner
stood the writing deskvtable, screw
press and chair of the proprietor,
who uses the hall as at offices and in
tiip opposite corner lay a '^'g
6
heap
of firewood, ready for the stove.—
Our party arrived ilv^L next came
the preacher, in a slouching felt hat,
and constituted himself chairman of a
committee to make a lire in tUo stove.
The warmth this imparted to tlie at
mosphere was scarce perceptible,
and if the air had not been mild was
who speaks better English than
forum. So that, to a critical ear,
his discourse lacked harmony with
his surroundings, and Ziilzil to meet
the ordinary ideal cf a backwoods
r. Calhoun for spoii-
with
pportunity but our pur-
The speaker enumevated the maa
and ordinary reasons given, lor
refusing to recognize the Divine Law
a.-j the only rule oi action, or, as it is
commonly expressed, for refusing to
become christians.''
nave
this subject, and wc have never heard
any one take a more definite and com
prehensive view of it. The being a
christian signifies not only joining
some church, saying prayers, and sub
scribing to religious and benevolent
institutions. It is all this and very
much mora. It is the earnest pur
pose of tbs soul to make the divine
Jaw, the one complete yule of action, to
set aside all considerations of expedi
ency and live by the raie o( right-—
No matter what may he the sins or
shortcoming's of other professors. If
a man acknowledge the mora! beauty
of the Divine Law, the fact that it is
disregarded by all others, would only,
if possible, increase his obligation to
square his life inflexibly, by that rule.
No man refuses to be a farmer be
cause so many wicked rn.cn engage in
tilling the ground. Nor do men de
cline to become merchants on-account
of the dishonesty of niarchants.
He might have added that men do
aot refuse to farm because there are
so many bad farmers but, ou tho
contrary, most men, axe amhittotts to
show much she
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