St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-05-08
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! The following ,n'p4ieal, gert,cissp III 10
its style, iuimisable. . 1t 1:is. taken from
the .lHieogo X. r. Gezstte--,a paper that
in genuine Wit and caustie sarcasm % far
exceeds anixy Fair 81 Brick Pomoroy''
us eau easily be .imagiucd. Its Editor
Stanley G, Fowler--undetst.nds the .rt
of being witty vithout being :yplgal, .od
Of telling T. story In good style without
laadins it with coarse slang. Read this
piece aud judse' ...:, .ua :. ..!
MUslcAt. THE last concert .f the
Philbarno,ic Society vas; given to. a.
crowded house, The principal feature
was Keethoven's symphony M. 5 il ifou,
grand divisions,, termed in musical /, en-
Z ature the Allegro; Andante, Scherzo aud
Allegro 6aale, Ikea very proli1 four head:
eI sermon Nth numberless horns. There
I*as much professional skill ,evinced, and
remarkable contrasts of heavy and hight
tones, vigorous wind blowins, and ,.esper !.
ate 6ddtng slI through this performance.
BY the time the finale WIS reached. We
never! saw ~ orchestra worked up into
such, a;lather OF profuse perspiration. The
audieuce bore it like martyrs, vsiniy try
ing to Comprehend the grand ideas, and
beauties Of this wonderful ''tv.e 1f crea-.
ti"t,''' - called, by. dilisent study of its
analysis - written by some transcendental
spiritualistic ,Bedlamite, and printed on
the back If the programme. There We
found it characterized az the "struysle Of
"a human soul to escape pain and sorrow-
and alta a Inward joy aud cheertnlneas."
The .'soup' 6nds itself in 4 sort Of psy
cholosical pureatory. aud ,moans, gruhta;
! sqdeals, kicks, cries, and thrashes stounj
y':heraliy,, mue' Eve suppose) as :. very
raw infant' in its first entrance into the
material worli,. First, said .'soul' gets
very .!wretehed-is the "prey o. anguish
and dismay"' succumbs to nocturnal de-
NOUS approaching to a goal Of sbsolate
despair" Its suiferines ~e are ready to
| asmit - horr,d and excrue: siing- In the
| SECOND movement, the ;.-.soul'''' (,he same
oue) finds > leam Of comfort. Though
battered aud shattered, it: is inspired by i
joyful presentiment Of success" !" IL w Word>
ca. t "dcscribe the souls mysteries'' + (the
writer here parenthetical'y y and palhetical,
ly. exciaims) aud adds: ... -:
.'I.et me simply allude to The transporting
and celestial passage where the key Of A dat
minor enters 10 the swelling gtsh of sweetest
feelings near the close. to the impet dous fer:
vor OF the 22d aud 23d bars before the end.
Did ybody notice it! We didn't -
Did anybody gush !? Not IS We know Of
We are nevertheless complaisant enough
to cry out-Bully for the 22d AID 23d
bars, tetvre the end r s1t's ill right, nc
doubt. Though if the painter hadn' writ
ten This is horse" underneath Els work
40 oae would have Known what it was.
! Next comes the third crisis in the histo
~, Of this poor bedcvilled .'soul." Con
found that Scher.o! ''soul'' tumblcs iu.,
the dumps again. Once more, misery ant
discomfort tear 1t 1t. i; It tries to escape
1t succeeds, represented BY a twitter OF
the 6ddles fiddle de tid-dle-de, &c., Their
it don't (H.re the sounds rush dow1
from the <fddles, jump on 70 TIE flutes ant
clarionets: skip on and over the Wilt noel
| ~, ,u'h hclter skclter to tn. Wind i..styu
atehts hen rattle down deep into the b,w
4 els Of tho double bass like numerous fright
ened rats into an unfathcmable rat hole
1t was hot scramble. Soon .'soui' get
: over.i lis scare and comes out aea,n. Fool
ish venture, for again the inevitable. cat
hauling process goes on: Again it is rack
ed and thumb screwed until at last in th
Allegro" i. breathes ,easiear-is pestere,
90 longer-begins to feel; good-feels bel
-jolhty incresses-is quite jubilant- :
is at last erfraptllred lot II, cur Graz
friend expresses 1t in burst OF 6nc phren
: fsy ;,,''the ''soul'. seems to swim i'm indis
/ turbable fuIlness Of ent'ya,ent a,,d revel
: in ever swelling foods Of dithyramtiojin in
] spiratiott." .,t'tser. .-:: 14, q.
!, Cuck:a dood'c,doo! We never felt =
:, delighted at ''souIs' success. II eve
D Peri ... ''." "
: "Earned It's tile c,ea,
Il .''l -. @To n.dnsionsia the sk;es"--->.s',-
/ by virtue Of lorg suff6erlng,tks same "soul
did: : We INCREASINGLY pray, il may senjo
. itself cup there and sincerely hope
J. Twill henccfor:h-. ...;u
D '.si':: IBID tareseeA to epe,y fear, .,:
). -; And wips it, ,ceeping eyes"
}. ''''To return to our mutt. ns" or pr,
: gr mme ,Mss-7ersors. Id6n't kno
her name, wasn't DOWN 'eeaug jan Ar
fror' ';Jerusalem:' 1t was we'll done Pan
j. ttor the 6rst time, the audience a,,phu 'ee
d The only objection to it w.s the fact tn;
d she sang in Chinese, with which LAM. ua2
but few here (besides ourself are faainiIia
I'ePassio then sang ID Aria ~hiohEcs
!" RED us hack :to the good old tines-ofAi