The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-08-06

audience OF Chrstendom. We PROFOUND to-day the
philosophy Of cyniclsm."
THE extract was read line by line and with
running comments that created the greatest
merriment.]
Fancy 10 Wheelock standing on his tub,
IN puris maturali5us. [Laughter.]
1t must have been then that Frederick first
saw him, and resolved to make this lovely
"Greek Slave his own. [Shrieks of laugh
ter There is but one other marriage in his
tory that equals it. 1t is thus given by
Mother Goose:
The monkey married the balloons sister,
He smacked his lips and then he kissed her,
And she set up yell. [Laughter]
And what do you think the bride was dressed in?
White kid shoes and a green, green breastpin
Why this was the fair Josephine's costume
when she stood on the tub, and danced
Sioux war dance with a scalp in one hand and
dictionary in the other.
Great laughter and applausc.]
SUGGESTIVE IDEA TO REPUBLICANS
What has been the effect on the Republican
party Of the course of this paper? The party
has been torn, demoralized, and endangered.
1t has in one year cut down the majority in
the State one-half. In oneyear it reduced the
majority in my district from 2400 to $40. We
haze reached pass auhen the party must get rid of
that paper, or suffer in its dearest interests
Tremendous applause Its position toward
the party reminds me Of "a little story:
THE CATS OR THE SCHOOL HousE-w111CH?
teacher in a country school district be-
came unpopulsr and the boys to obtain revenge
gathered all the dead cats they could find in
the surrounding country and piled them
against the school house. There they remained
until they began to putrefy and something
must be done. A traveller riding along that
way observed party of very grave men sit
ting upon a fence apparently in deep thought.
Their appearance aroused his curiosity and
seeing little boy near by he accostcd him
and the following dialogue ensued:
Traveler-"Who arc those grave looking
men on the fence?
Little Boy-"Oh thems the School Commit.
tee.''
T+aueler-'' What are they doing there?''
Little Boy" Do you see them ere dead
cats?'' (pointing to the cats piled against the
school house,)
Tuvcler-:'Yes"
Little Boutwell, that ere school committee
is a deliberatin' whether they'll move them
cats or the school house.
Long, continued, uproarious laughter and
applause.
Either the party must be moved, or the
Press. The party must abandon its success,
or deprive that paper of its power for evil.
[Applause.
ANYBODY TO BEAT DoxNELLY.
Why do they pursue me? They cannot put
their finger on single jot or title of my rec
ord that is not right. Are they advocating
dear friend? cold excuse them if such were
the case. But no. First they urged WASH
burne; and then swapping horses while cross
ing tho stream, they advocate General Hub
bard. The fact is, they'd take the very devil
before me-auy body in order to beat Donnel-
~.
1t is like the old maid who went out under
tree and prayed for husband. An owl in
the tree sang out ''hoo hoo hoo p
anybody, good Lord,' said she, anybody"
(Great laughter. They would prefer to see
the Devil nominated-torns and hoofs, hair
and tail-rather than Donnelly
THE IRISH CHARGES
Amidst these multi.udinous charges-and
no charges are to low for them-s this that
my father was an 1rshman. 1t is because of
my ancestry that it attacks me. 1t denounces
me as an ''Irishman," "Celt," a "Donny-
brook warrior" What is the meaning of this
Chief Justice Wilson, Of this State, is an Irish
man by birth, yet it has never assailed him.
Ramsey is the son of Irishman, ESQ he
once told me,) yet it does not attack
him. General Grant is the grandson of an
Irish woman-Rachel Kelly-yet it supports
him, though maybe Wheelock would like to
tap him aud get the Irish blood out of him!
Look at Driscoll! He comes from the race of
O'Driscolls, who entered Ireland before the
time of Milesins, q thousand years before the
Christian era, and have been Irish ever since.
Laughter Look in his face! The express
sion Of that eye originated on the old sod.
Notice the look Of that face-that candid and