The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1866-09-13
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toasts With tho reld
responded 70 by gray:.
and 70. him had II been. RI.

IOOSts with tho rem
responded to by gray.,~
and 70 him had Il boom re-
Woman-withouf whom whes.>
your President? Where your Cons
Where your Railroads.&c. He was.not q
ried man--ho was sorry to- say it--but y.
Of US have hid Mothers some Of whom Ire
mingling their gray hairs with the morning
Of eternity, and it is to their care and
tears in our younger days which have shs-
ped our lives, Upon entering the cFrs that
morning-drawn by the locomotive which
chews wood and drinks water, and which
was, he said, the only live animal that
drank water in that crowd-and looking
around he saw many married men among
them-reterring to some by name-and;he
wondered In his honest simplicity, how can
it be that these men leave their wives at
home while they come to st.: Cloud and
bow at tho feot Of its handsome ladies?
While sitting at these tables drinking. and
still pretending not to drink, he had been
watching them, and he thanked the ladies
for the kindly care they had taken Of these
wandering married men. Mr.. Heard clos
ed with some happy hits and delicate com
phments to our ladies, to which We cannot
do JUST &c in the report. Il. -
in our State Of any iSportance to which they have
not run line. Rain and snow storm may CUT on our
communications with other States and sister cities
but the Minnesota Stage Company was, and 10 always
on time. = .''i'I:.-' .. 80
Responded t.. briefly by Capt. Dlakely,
xho said that the people who have known
die, Stage liSe betxaen. tnia.nhes- andf 1T
Paul for the past eight years, will know it
no more forever. Its successor has arf
3D.: willie; hss.eoam mike; no promises
eoncsra,es III cAnpany for tho .futurs{fS
va, glad thst i !Asa. mon ,our enooniumns
for the past.
This close&the regular to&ssts, which
had been idteiispesssd: With music by
:ths.h.nd epd aelxee Of artillery. Calls
we're made fora: 3. Curry, Eeq., Of
this city, 70 respond to thu. toasts;;to St.
Cloud. Mr. :S;Gzry referred y the
astonishing growth Of the place since
1851, when he hrat came hertz =
Through two distinguished advertising
| mediums, he said our name had gone
forth through the whole country these
were George F. Brott and Mrs: Jane
ia. Svisshelm.. To unlink their names
from the progress Of Minnesota would
be doing violence to our history
Whatever they have promised has
been or soon will. be realized by ou1
city. However our people may differ
in nationality and politics, they: are
united in furthering the advancement
of the town. He was glad if our guests
were pleased, and all the credit was dut
to the efforts of the ladies. He extend
ed the right hand of fellowship to thu
citizens'ot all the towns along the rcat
and beyond. What we want next is
telegraph, that our Mayor may commu
nicate to the Lord Mayor of London
the price Of railroad land; in the vicini
ty Of St. Cloud.
+ Vociferous calls brought out Ossla1
E. Dodge, the famous imprompt'
poet: and singer, who after half:dozc'
anecdotes, illustrative Of his feelings o.
this occasion, and which were greete'
with roars Of laughter, proceeded t
sing an impromptu poem, descriptive
Of the trip, the supper and the speech
es. 1t was full of splendid hits, ant
literally drought down the crowd
We followed MIR. Dodge for fully on
hour with opportunities, entreaties
brlbes and Enthusiastically LOSING
goodly share of our dinner; in en-
deayorinq tn net a cnnu If this mem fa
publication, but he was obdurate-h
said it should never be published. W
are sorry, for it was too good to b
Lost. ., 49,.
Several volunteer toasts were offered
some of which were briefly Responded
to; and'it was after five o'clock whe1
the company began to dispense. Th'
guests slowly wendell their way, through
town, and across the river to the depot
all expressing themselves highly please'
with the days entertainment. AT
quarter passed six the train moved of
amid rounds OF cheers. e., vi,
In the general and almost complet
success Of the Celebration, there wa
but one occurrence to which We mus
now refer, and it becomes all the more
painfully prominent from lis being 81
completely alone. It was the want o
courtesy, or rather the discorirtesy
manifested toward lion. I. DonrpA;
and Gen. German in the matter of tht
toasts. Although it. was known tlla|
both of these gentlemen would be pres
ent, yet no toast had been assigned ii
thor. They rank as among the very
best speakers iu the State, and this
slight, especially toward Mr.. Dopne'ly,
was Severely felt: aud commented on
by very many who were guests Of thu
day, and was almost universally regret
| ted by citizens Of this place, .wht
are very naturally indignant. We dc
not pretend to say that this work Of
disrespect was intended-we have been
assured that it was not-but in tn
greatest charity it can only be charac-
terizoa as an unfortunate blunder. To
these two distin ished guests; W
would say, in the name Of the people
Of St. Cloud, that they had no part in
the occurrence. =:
But, on the whole, it was one OF the
'E;maddest, merriest days. ever known
in St. Cloud. LET IT BE so RECORD
BoLT1Na.-The Minneapolis :dtla'