St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-06-05

letter.. ON ruth Hall."'
CuIcAol,io sslay2stb, 1862.

cuIo4oo, .,lay. 2stb, 1869. .
DEAR Mas. SwIssBELM.-1 &elgailty
every time receive : DxnoosAr, and
yet, what have l gat Il say that win keep
its favor in tsavelIAg Ito such 2 distance !?
1t might, like welcome plate Of soup on
cold day, be riquant and spicy enough
here, but cooled and made fat by length
Of travel, taste ,maukish. and sickening in
your fresh, green, Vigorous region. Cos
sip, unlike peaches, does not retai" it, fa-
vor when CANNED For instance, what do
tho busy inhabitants Of St. Cloud, each
desperately engaged in the bread aud but:
ter chase IS say nothing 81 f .'egg1'-c care
that We in Chicago are knocking, jjostling,
,crowding each other il tho same pursuit !!
tina: business is wild, nay ra'hpant, in its
, riotous prsper:ty,? that TIE world, is mar
iryins and gisi"g'iu marriage as .reckles ly
Is of Oh: that theatricals, and Shows Of eS-
cry kind are Furnishing ra"k:y? even
that tho chlvalry, our forced guests. in
uniform Of rags and butternut with COM
''plexions Of tawny lemon color, occupy the
place where our, ,reops formerly bivouack-
ed, aud feed and furiousy abuse US mud
sils US Of yore; nay, Their reculiari:ics Of
dress and Language, their assumptio" to
which their appearance a",l education are
20 inadequate, fails to raise smile, aud
they ure absolutely forgotten except by
those appointed to feed the beasts in Camp
Douglas menagcrie; now the soldiers ap.
pointed to this duty have been promoted
houorably to the field Of battle our home
guards are called upon to take thei, places
as showmcn for Il season. to which :.owev-
or degrading they may consider the daty
they are to- "a: ri't c to object, til once
important bit OF gossip having lost its So
vor here wuu!'i OF course be dry Lusks to
,innesotians.
Only as philau,hrop'st can YOU sym.
pathise in the f'ct tha' lawyers are bectm-
ing Obsolete and forced to honest uccupa-
ton or bold and open theft Cor bread. -
Where the newspapers every day ''treat US
to fresh and teverish excitement the yet
! ty wrangling Of Courts fade into i,,siyui6
csncc no hing less than peril Of lie and
| lfmb interests Us in war times, as when !,
woman one day last week walked rop. at
diz.y height rom one brick block to a,.
other over a stone-paved street, aud As the
day was very windy there wore .'hopes,' a.
Pat says. IF seeing PUPPY, palpitating
lnass Of flesh and blood dashed at our feet.
Ut course, with such prospect, the PEG.
pie we're animated and eacit d: particular.
ly as the entertainments was given gratis
Very sel6shly, however, the wona" per
formed the feat safely, aud the li<appoiut
I'd POP ulace grumbIed homeward There
Was also farce to .he playa warrant
was ISSUED for her arrest. and SHE walked
calmly through the line Of officers, none Of
whom endeavored to prevent her. and then
they staid t" see the afterpiece, the coun-
Gil decreed fine Of one hundred dollar,
and didn't get it, and SO tire curtain drop
ped. and the sas was turned IF, aud the
audience departed -
lis high noon and the temperature So
| mild that do not skutlder a, the blocks
! IF ice IN The show window of :he 6>hlnon:
gers opposite, where s'ive"y:sided s;,eci-
mems Of the funny tribe rcp,,se on their
cool, translucent bed, aud crimson co ted
HOLSTERS, brave in new 'regimentals, en-
nance their tearly beauties !; the tiny foun-
'ains playing over the bodies fail as in
cold days to suggest la Morgue, and the
aborers at work on All adjacent building
as they retire into hooks IN company with
bright TN pals, aud afterwards stretch
themselves On the the planks to,enjoy tile Tux
uries Of rest and short clay pipe, are OBJ
jscts Of envy, not u pity: e. '~ - -.
Fton Ny sanctum, IT, which too many
buildings turn their ,liscolorcd and anpic.
fturesque backs. there is not much ~ be
seen suggestive Of beautiful June. The
smoke wrea,hes trou. il lyrr's chimney,
rounded. and gilt or l""rpled by the glad,
sumo sun the delicate g'eenery Of one
solitary tree hid III u back yard, yet low
ingly lifting its rounde ''igrcea pillows, Of
tering its beauty to iIsaveno'like a prayer,
and to myself, pearrhhaan'ce to other II solitary