St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1859-11-24

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sentineft nisanthropid, gloomy and al.
surd. The writer Begins ! confb| with
the winds which round lis s. pathway
aoAR, and Instantly theae set up Y ID.
|gubrious Whisper and people il attcmpt-
| ing to initiate them, stick out their lips
! and pucker them up into the form 81 an
elevated auger-hole, and in the effort to
Esay something, give horrid groan which
ito herr, WOULD makefQlds Boress rave,
Not content with belieingi the winds, the
writer makes the waves come up and libel
t,tha. Creators in tAe. voice Of = half.choked
owl. Mrs iBRAlNARD and Mrs. KErcH,
! u Y \ did all that could be done to.redecm
the thing li hut we vote that be considered
i tbs hs final dismissal Of" Hinged Winds !"
from s. St {, Cloud and that il future "
content eourselyes With, the nor westprners
(which &travelom tladge wheels, stamping
and and roaring IL some purpose; and would
seorn e e, BE i caught whimpering ike these.
pEiipionea sssaqtt4inpentplists Likewise, IL
ssuggestt the oprbpriety Of styuinipg that
gentle sing ayain instead .of singing t'|that
gentle strain any more. a'When3 we'll
strained it; might b. canned, aP''a tightly
sealed to prevent i fermentation as the air
does not agree with ait.1 Plainly, that has;
.been 50 taricatur ed as to make ii suggest
IDEAS Of riqicule, alone, 10 most minds '';d
The ''Mistletoe Boughl''' might be done,
up intoa wreath, sent to Modena, land put
into that: '4old oak chest, "h':whent,the lid;
might be screwed down and left to repose:
Mrs. WEARY sang it better; Ii than We haEe.
ever heard Iit'sung, accompanying herself
on the guitar which she plays with taste;'
What We, object to, is the: song itself :;
words and muslc.nd We, protest sglipst'
taking thee Whole human lives; and large
fragments Of many others, and converting:
them. into PAPER. flowers to- drhameht'a
branch of Mistletoe. rsWe,s,haYe always IS
doubted whether there were any sMistletoe:
in theshall Of the Baron that evening is; !; But
/ if it were halffall IF it, thut had nothing
to do With the story. Certainly =. Ginesrr::
,Eiya" should have beenrthe ileroiue Of. that
tple:oI SEE InS reason Why 'l I there
4 lshouldsbe a boo-oo-poo over the Mistletoe,
as nothing happened e q. a'Th'eh,@Itt lls
] music is as inappropriate to the express
lsion ofaaaSreat grief as*are the words, 2
! There IS ho 5h1haeaa rtthr1b, nj pathos,, no
! tears ia t.. 1tIis Just boc. alff.Vay
/ between the solemn and ridiculous and
lis about as suitable to the expression
Of great anguish, as is =" Dandy jim - to
/ the. sentiment Of the One Hundredth
Psalm. g. -, ri.mxe - <...~..< '= -.
d. ALL the other pieces are good. The
=: opening and closing Choruses especially,
were grandly, gloriously,, sung. !" Grows
in the Garden" was wen sung and the
passage from Norma IS difficult ana ex
|quisite piece 'off music, and was ezqltuis-
itely sung but the singers should have
been dressed IN costume and made apprc-
pirate gestures. The objection that this
! would have been too theatrical, is simply
absurd I'll he n Whole world iissa $50 theatre,
aad every livllts thing i in 'alt1r9H1pr1ate
costume and.it would have beer n ENG; more
theatrical for these two sin gers to have Y
dsesseiiaas prieStessess and the ouc to has,
+ kneltat the others ieet,s as she says she.
Edoes-than for Mr. BRAINARD to- {putson
chat Quaker hat and play sQuaker.t to the
! life, while Mrs. B. played firt to perfec-
ton, in their admirable rendering of the:
}old Quakersonss. Tho Tattler Rebuked'
was very we'll sung, and was received with
great applause by the audience. \" My
Northern Homo" is sweet, and sad ] and
grand; and was well and sWeetly sung
1 ssAnnie Ger the Banks 10 Dec we did
not like sos we'll. The Anthem lacked
solcmpity. The higher notes were too
1 shrill !; but, altogether the music Of the
! evening was. q decided success, and affordls!
cause. ofssincere pleasure. to find that,
4 although our community is isolated from
q the great world, we have among Us album
. dant,means Of intellectual, elevating. and
refining amusements.s We hope the per
formersl!will conclude to favor. us ;Withsa
J, series Of Concerts through the winter. !. i