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


surd. The writer begins l conhb Wit,
the winds which round his apathwa,
ROAR, and instantly these set up 4 III
gubrious Whisper and people il attempt
! ing to initiate them, stick out their lip!
= and quicker them up into the form OF al
elevated auger-hole, and in the effort tt
say something, give horrid groan which
TO hear, would make Old Boreas rave
Not content with belieing' the winds, thSt
writer makes the waves come up and libc
:. the Creator in the voice Of 4 half choked
owl. Mrs. BRAlNARD and Mrs. KE1c1
UNI did all that could be done to redeem
the thi ing; but VIC vote that be considered
the final dismissal Of g Winged Winds y
from St: Cloud and that in future we
content ourselves with the nor westcrncrs
which travel on t@anse wheels, stamping
and roaring to some purpose, and would
scorn to be caught whimpering like these
.piuioncd sentimentalists Likewise, We
suggest the "pr6priety Of stsotnirg that
gentle sing: again instead Of singing "that
gentle strain" any more. When we'll
strained it might be canned, and tightly
sealed to prevent fermentation as the air
does not agree with it, Plainly, that has
been 50 caricatur ed as to make it suggest
ideas Of, ridicule, alone, to most minds. '"':;
The "Nlistletoe Bough". might be done
| up into wreath, sent to Modena. and put
into that "uld oak chest,"' when the lid
might be screwed down and left to repose:
Mrs. WEARY sang it better than We have
ever heard it sung, accompanying herself
on the guitar which she plays with taste:
What we, object to, is the song itself
words and music. We protest !: against
taking thee whole human lives and large
fragments Of many others, and converting
them into raper-A overs to- ornament a
branch of Mistletoe. We, ,.haye always
doubted whether there were any .Mistletoe
in the hall Of the Baron that evening; but
if it were halffull Of it, Mut had nothing
to DO with the story. Certainly Z: Giner:
va. should have been, the heroine of that
tale: We can see no reason why there
should be boo-oo-eoo over the .Mistletoe,
as nothing happened to, q. Then, the
music is as inappropriate to the express
sion ora great grief as are the ~words:-:-.
There is no |: .hteart!thr6b,, no spathos,;'' no
tears in it. It. is just a boo oo-77-ha1ff.w way
between the solemn and ridiculous and
is a(ont as suitable t. the expression
Of great anguish, as is " Dandy Jim - to
the sentiment Of the One IIundredt's
Psalm
All the other pieces are good. The
opening and closing Choruses especially,
were grand}y, gloriously sung! "Crows
III the Garden was we'll sung; and the
passage from Norma is difficult anI ex-
quisite piece Of music, and was exquis-
itely sung; bat the singers should have
. been dressed IN costume and made aUprc-
priatc gestures. The oh}vctioo that thi:
would have been TOO theatrical, is simply
;sb):ura :T1:c Who'll, world is>a t].entrc
'aau' every !lvlls->.. til;ny i in .otF"Ii'iato
cost and il would have bcvu ~ n't'f"
theatrical ior these Two singers r. have
dressed as ITcStc $50 ana the ouc to l,a2s,
knet at the others iect, as she says she
}oes-than for Nr. BRAANAHD to Put On
that Quaker hat and play Quaker TO the
life, while Mrs. =. played firt to perfec~
ton, in their admirable rendering Of the
old Quaker SON. The Tattler Kebukcd
was very we'll sung, and was received with
great applause by the audience. "My
Northern Home is sweet, and sad, and
grand and was well and sweetly sung
fannie DER the Banks O Dec we did
not like so we'll. The Anthem lacked
solcmpity. The higher notes were too
shrill but. altogether the music Of the
evening was a decided success, and affords
cause Of sincere pleasure to find that
although our community is isolated from
! the great world, We have among us album
dant means of intellectual, elevating and
refining amusements. We hope the per
formers will conclude to favor us with ::
} series Of Concerts through the winter.
A New PAPER.--WM. Fl. WOOD
ESQ.,, has purchased the establishment 0
/ The Ftontte'm,a'., at Sank Rapids ant