The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1869-04-08

General business is improving. aud
when tho roads are dry We expect to
have right smart run Of trade.
Prospects for big businss 10 1869
about gin out. ~
ALAsl ALAS!
EDITOR JouRNA1.-Alas! Alas!
Mr.. Agitated, is surely .auihilatsd, de-
molishsd! What = sad catastrophe {!
Boots, ho1rid, miserable boots, dangling
beneath the cover, led to the grand
discovery that Mrs. Agitated was in
deed Of the masculine order, and had
Mr.. Agitated fully appreciated the
montal power with which he had to
cope, tho wonderful sagaoity Of his
sharp sighted sister, his disguise should
have been less patent. Mr.. Agitated
admires the fne taste exhibited in the
choice quotations from foreign aud ma
tive authors, which are 80 logical and
convincing, and if We felt disposed We
would quote from able minds on the
opposite side, equally relevant, lucid
and convincing. But We conclude tina.
our readers are capable and can make
their own selections, judge for them
selves, aud exercise their own sense,
without attempting to give it additional
emphasis, by attaching it to opinions
which are in themselves already over
vhelming.
Never having rested our brains on a
Shakesperiau pillow, nor delved into
the mysteries Of German lore, NO may
not DO prepared to meet our erudite
sister on her exalted plane; her orbit
is among luminaries of the most shin
ing order, while We are moving in the
lower sphere, our vision limited, stars
Of lesser magnitude reflect our views,
and therefore from Agitated's stand
point one will not look for such fash.
e. Of Wit and wisdom, such scorching
sarcasm % emanates from . brain 90
heavily charged and 70 we'll balanced
W. feel under the greatest obliga'
ton 10 our sister for enlighteniag Us on
some points Of history, especially a.
ered. How dsvoutly does she nam.
Moses, the great agitator, whom she
had repeatedly pronounced = myth
Lather-ws respectfully defer to hin
l-(whsre il Mn. LutherD to Crom'
we'll aud lost Of others. We do moi
deny that good has come: Of agitation,
bat ~ necessary result of agitation
~ represented in the article under the
head "Agitate," We will not for mo
ment admit, and We are willing to stake
our reputation and take issue with on,
special advocate, that the result on this
question, if carried, is evil and only
evil; it is turning the world upside
down, producing a moral chaos. These
views have been ably set forth and dis
eussed by men Of thought, talents and
experience, and We need not repeat
them here.
And now, what does our would-bt
agitator ask ? For the largest civi
and religious liberty. In the name O
common sense, what liberty, civil o.
religious, is denied her? The agitated
are all ready to listen to the diatresse'
Of these oppressed beings. But, oh
"Our griets how swift, our remedies
how slow
Those beautiful lines Of the poe
"are not the perfection Of poesical ez
pression." Qulntessence of criticism
then giving literal Interpretation Il
ths lines, the intent aud spirit OF tn
poet is entirely perverted. "Be sur
yourself, and your own reach to know
says Dryden, and then ne are in n
danger Of being wrecked or lost in al
tempting to fathom the fathomless, o
in affecting to comprehend the incom
prehensible.
| And now to Our Luclferian proclivi
ties. Mr.. Agitated processes Sigh
acquaintance with his majesty, aud a
to the familiar terms alluded to, de
poneut sayeth not. II is not strang
that she seeks information Al to th
position and character OF this falle1
spirit, as most of tho leaders in thi
"new dispensation," like tho Sadducee
Of old, ignore the existence Of angels o
spirits.
| Mr.. Agitated would again compli
ment his friend on her fine discrimina
ting powers, distinguishing 30 olear],
the boots; but the sine qxa non re
mains-the veritable pants must ye
prove H.. Asitated, or Ar.. Agitatet
will maintain her ground. And nov
viii pou permit, Nh: Agitator gracious
y to dof the boots, and don the
SLIPPERS.
! "A correspondent Of the Knoxville