St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1860-04-19

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EDITORIAL CoRREsPoN
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s,y...ss.>sa~..R Red Vino, >April4th, go -,
zDEAn Will Here ! am, : little, Old
woman living under a hill; and if Idon,'
soon be dead, I expect TO- be, living ke1r<
still. liam staying at an :cstabltshneal
which rises up from tho wharf Ike ! tall
tomb stone. I II is built ,agatns*sa hank *
step that the third door: is about lcvvel
with the back yard. l noticed from the
boat there i*' an inscription on it, "Metro:
polisau," and ] have been tempted all day
long to run down on the wharf and look
up to see if it tells when the poor gentls.
nan died, or what particular virtues were
his, that his successors took this queer
way Of handing down his name to poster.
ity-don't like to ask questions Of those
around mo, fcrthey all appear te.havc been
relatives Of the dear departed, arrived at
that second stage Of grief, when the 6rst
anguish Of bereavement is followed BY ex-
haustion. 1t would be cruel to reawaken
their sorrow by speaking Of it. So, as po
litenezs requires, have entered into their
feelings and We are having solemn time.
It did no; occur to me at first that the
building was q Mausoleum and guessed
that there had been revival Of religion,
and that the folks were Ill under convic-
ION. Then I thoug ht thcro might be
some distinguished stranger in the house
some chile takin' notes, with the mali.
eions purpose. Of printing them, aud that
folks were under rest' aint but the ab.
scncs Of groans convinced ne the first was
a mistake md lcok at all the faces ban.
ish:d all thought Of the second conjecture.
The: I thought there must be corpse in
the house, and the whole truth flashed on
ny mind at once.
You never saw such sorrowfnl set Of
;.:op'e, and when in solemn silence all, We
march into The dining hall: the "Serious
Fs'nily' are = noisy set compared to US.
One seldom speaks above Whisper
Even tho knives and forks appear dumb
and when one does venture a remark the
s:ho Of his voice evidently frightcns him:
Opposite me sits a young lawyer, NTH a
very curly head, who has apparently
brought hi:ase!f to hi. present state, by
gre.t exertioa. To my left sits 4 Judge,
*ho is quite in his element in the solemn
tier of this occasion, because the cares OF
state have long sat heavily upon his shout:
dcrs. One Of the proprietors appears to
be cherry little man by nature, and
would be'Eillins to enjoy life once more
'fhe were not deferred by respect for the
other mourncrs, while I, who have sorrow
enough at home, would gladly have gone
up street to stay with a friend if I had not
found that by SO doing / might miss q boat
Il one should ever come along.
Through the interior stages run but
three times = week, and I must needs
spend two days at each place; but at
Brownsville they assured nc daily boat
was a mater Of course. So I made daily
appointments from Winona up tho river !:
but there was no up river boat, from that
on which I came to Winona on Friday
evening, until Monday evening. the time
At which I should have been At Reads
Landing. I came on to Red Wing and
here again I have been two days and no
boat. It is 50 late now that 1 could not
reach my appointmcntat Hastings if there
were boat here; and if it were not for
the solemnities which surround me, i'm.
patience might ensue; but all boiling over
is out Of tho question in this atmosphere.
Outside the wind raves until going on the
street is impossible; and therc can be no
boat until old Boreas gets tired. leigh
no! wish I could get on spree, so far as
to outrage tho rrop'ietors BY hnmming
'Cld Hundred or 'Hark from, the Tombs;'
but s"ch light amusements are not to be
thought Of on the present solemn occasion.
Good bye! take care of. the DExocaA1
aud my Rose Bushes. If I I've until :,
beat comes you win hear from me. II.
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