The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1869-07-29

Aone l ans Vol, Because sec every
body else here DO that from day to day
aud week to week till tho sight has
tired me and moro than ever before I
am an admirer and advocate Of industry,
Industry o.. some kind ; if not profitable,
yet industry Of some kind. Ifaotually
destitute Of employnent,rlet US appear
to be doing something, # # = nothing more
thar. busting ones cane, and as OVID
advises
-% nslas erit pulri.. tamen erecuts nullsm.
III dust b none. yet brush that none away!''
So, in spite Of sun and weather, and
to practice what I preach, here is let
ter; 10 you Of some kind or other,
whether a sermon, dissertation, epistle
or speech, the sequel will show. Mean
time, you are to take it and be duly
thankful taking it as compliment that
your paper, hailing at SO unimportant
city as st: Cloud, should, in this stress
Of weather, be thought Of at all.
The fashionable and beautiful, the
gay, tho polite, the witty ard the young
are hurryingoff t. the springs. Every
node Of conveyance is brought into
requisition. Up to this time; horse
back travelling has carried the day. l
am looking for dull times for the next
four weeks. In twenty-four hours from
this blessed moment, there will not be
one handsome woman, old or young,
left in town, if the exodus continues
At the same ratio it has done for the
last twenty-four. There are three
points, none far away, but the Griffin
Springs being nearest take the MAORI
IT,. In former letter I gave you some
account Of these springs. The gen
tlcmen. who 60 there 60 for very differ:
ert objects from those which call the
multitude to Saratoga and Newport.
These springs are in . somewhat vast
extent Of wild country, heavily wooded
and mountainous, and afford a fine op-
portunity Of enjoyment to- gentlemen
who fancy hounds and horns. So it is
a congregation Of hunters one meets
there. They are gay fellows, full Of
frolio and fun, and, az = natural if not
a necessary consequence of the chase,
there follow music and dancing ): and
with: these attractions, wha: else
could be expected than that Ill tho
clcverj pretty girls in the surrounding
country should DO there ?. So they
are. The'towns all round about are
soon: left With only the old and ugly,
the halt, ths9blind and Sambo, with
bis numerous kin, has pretty much his
own w'y, with none to modest or make
afraid. = ID K, IS. -. ,t..r::.-. II r.
As one is likely to tire of playing
second fiddle in the concert, so Ishall,
in Ill probability, weary of ''doinng
nothing" with the skill Of my compan-
ions left behind, follow after those who
have gone before. l hate hounds and
despise climbing mountains even on
horseback, but then there is my gallant
Murfreesboro ex-Confederate soldier
friend to tell stories Of the war; and
tho I never dance, there is the music,
and the galaxy of beauties, and the
pavilion, and chandeliers, aad the
merry shouts of laughter, and the
grand old cliffs with all these I. can
pass few weeks there and return to
work and then truly say 80 ::' =.
''"Ho~ happily tie days of Th.lab. went BY"
/ The whisky ring ii: z powerful iinsti::
tuition in this District As they drink
more good whisky than anybody else, SO
they pay more tax to keep Uncle SAN.
good natured. Mr.. Walker, Of neigh:
boring county, came in and paid tho
Collector the small sum ST fifteen thou
sand dollars tax On six bundled and
eighty barrels Of whisky manufactured
ty him and just taken out' Of bond: I
vas Informed by Gen. Hobson this morn
ing that he was collecting one hundred
thousand dollars q month in this, the
4th, Revenue District, u At this rate
Kentucky must be doing her full share
in support Of the Government she so
cordi.lly aiSl;kes. The General says
tae dis.iller',, alone Will pay, m his Dis
trict Til. year, I've hundred thousand
dallats revenue tax: p Nov; Whatever I
may thidk' If whisky, blinking "aas IL 70 d
cation to be followed, Quo thing + will
sly Of these whisky maker; Of Ksa!!
tdeky, trey make sgood ;vhi.t y; Their
Whisky is good u idrink:.5 d II is the
genuine Bourbon. II will a. y go,ae good
If you Won't take tooo' much, fk of ID ID
stance. II strengthens. :z1t makes a You i
eat we'll. 1t makes YOU ,', sleep 2w,elr ID u
hot night. ''i:1t is oily,o.nd is ever ! 50
agreeable. II spsrklesi with a! trans
pareney Of color highly oomrendable.
As 4 consequence of these admirable
qualities, you may readily imagine
that u good many very respectable
I gentlemen, - Gncludiug your cor
respondent) now and then take glass
aud are none tho worse |fotrtit. The cid
farmer sits under hissgreat sycamore, q
tree IF heaven, and hands to bis visjto,
; the mint julip: InJbisS plain old cup:
board isthe demijohn Of tho best and
Z sHch ii the force If ciistom. His rosv,