St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1861-06-20

WHICH,, ',lEOuC IduA) Cu0ISc WOVc1AcutS
with remarkable precision; but it was
when they came to "stick" bayonets that
they were most at home.
"Mosquitoes to right Of US,
Mosquitoes to left Of us,
Mosquitoes in front Of US,
volley'd and thunder'd."
(Tennyson slightly altcred)
1t would be impossible to relate the ex-
periences of that night-how we sweat
and sw-, and slapped, and fought; but
it was all no use. During the ordeal we
made a little calculation: IF the "vermin"
are as thick on any one mile Of Stearns
County as they are here, how many would
there be on twenty-five rods square? with
tho following result: 73S, 592, GAG, 1924, ,
689, 203, 497 stout, able bodied mosqui-
toes, capable of drawing quart Of blood
without stopping for breath. In the
above calculation we have not counted in
any of the quadrupeds under age.
HELP NEEDE1.-There will be great
demand in this county, and throughout
the entire State this fall, for farming
hands. Every person who is not engaged
in active business in town, has land under
cultivation. And then, many of our peo-
pie have been called away in the First Regi-
ment, and now that another is being form
ed, the deficiency will be still greater
Persons coming here from the East could
find steady work at good wages.
Read Vawter & Roses advertise
ment. The 4th will soon be here, when
candies and fire crackers will be IN univer-
sal demand. They are honorable gentle
men to deal with, their prices are low
and send them your orders.
DoGs.-Of all the miserable, pestifer-
Gus, worthless, yelping, snarling, contemp-
tible, ugly ours we have ever found any
where Middle town excels in. One cannot
walk up street after dark, but from three
to twenty of the miserable nuisances are
yelping at your heels. The quickest way
to abate the nuisance would be to tax
every dog in town-or at least every one
over the first, and the effect could not but
be beneficial.
BREv1T1Es.--A military company for
home protection has been organized at
Maine Prairie, and at Fair Haven. Capt.
1uman has procured six-pounder at st.
Paul, which he will take to the Prairie
Although no danger is apprehended from
the Indians, it is thought best to be pre-
pared.-A violent storm of wind swept
through the country on last Friday night,
but without doing any serious damage:
We are indebted to Hon. Cyrus Aldrich
for several public documents.--
river is falling rapidly.-Wild straw
berries are becoming quite plenty.-We
noticed several of the original sons of the
forest roaming through town the other
day.-Last Monday, George Boucr, who
lives few miles out of town, lost valua-
BILE horse. He brough: it to town Sab
bath, when it was taken sick and died the
following day--Logs have been run
ming very thick.-Tuesday was most
numerically hot day, aud we cannot see
that yesterday differed in the slightest
The thermometer stood at $50 in the
shade, no wind; and people we're lying
around loose generally. Still, it is "too
cold for Gavin. when Howard learned
Col. Miller intended to stop at St. Cloud
on his wayito Fort Abererombie, he made a
prime article of bolognas as present to
the COL. When, however, the SOL
diers were ordered back to Fort Smelling,
Howard shipped them to that place, de-
termined Col. Miller should have them, as
they are his favorite dish.-Camp meet
ing commenced yesterday.-Mr. Ed
mund Abel, Of this place, has received an
order from the owners Of the new boat
"St. Cloud" at st. Anthony, to go down
to that place, fix the machinery and run
it up here. He has not yet concluded to
accept.
ST. CLOUD SEM1NARY.-A few even
ings since we called to hear the exercises
Of the pupils in clocution and composition.
As with all the other departments OF the
school, it is divided into two classes, "A'
and "B;'' the former of which being COM
posed entirely of the smaller scholars, is
practiced in elocution only =; in the latter,
containing the larger and more advanced
scholars, Tie Tic boys declaim and the young
ladies read essays. On the afternoon we
were present, the performances through.
out were very creditabls,, ERRsssS ihSsiiBfl
fault with the yoqngeFFln class NaA t4at 9hieh
troubles ALI ,baYsv Hotthaving their, pieces
sufficiently committed BID, Still, 'thejs 6doaG
we'll asmosts dtyt4s"off the}r ags:a.' The I'esi
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were e3ssR$tiNGnes, At tRs . slq{s Of
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editor. The articles. veEa zesds n, a ileaa<F,
distinct voice, with good, smphasinand ins