The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1869-01-07
DOUGLAS COUNTY.
More. About 3. NJ. W.-Wcather-Get.
ting nlarEie,i-About Correspondents.

IL Ing lyny"!us AsttsEi WAS ,.rece!Ve9 100
late fqr last veek's issue.] =: -. - =.
LAKESIDE, Dec. Oath, 1863.
EDITOR JoURNAL.-I had put my ink
away to freeze for The winter, but must
thaw it out once more 10 thank sYoung
Mia" for his courteous reply to my many
|, questions I. truly think he deserves a
vote Of thanks from that class Of feminines
yclept 'sstrong-minded' for placing them
on ''the square" before the public. Why,
supposed them to be<a sort tof rara avis,
instead Of being just like u woman. And
yet with all his compliments, he must needs
mix a little bitter with the sweet, (he would
be moro than man: if'lis did :nnot.) he says
''they are good. looking, but mot pretty:
Such contradiction in terms is decidedly
''not pretty: But that ::!"seven years old
bonnet" My goodness j.! Now we may
be and 1 presume are seven years behind
the fashions; but for woman to wear
bonnet for; seven. pears .ss;:gEhy where is
B.1nun Sven :Jeats,ls,And is willing to
wear it seven more.ts Nov, Iaen't want
to soy anything that is not *.pretty,'' but
-but-G don't believe it, Is x4atI neau.)
No, airs :Hept correspondent eannot be a
married man Or he couldn't be humbugged
so.
Last week the weather was: warm, and
such splendid sleighing; but on Saturday
evening Old Boreas and Jack Frost again
took change of the weather, compelling us
10 Keep closed doors; ana cutting Of oil
communication with tho rest of mankind
by such immense snowdrifts.
Death has been among ,,is this winter,
taking the oldest woman in our town, Mrs.
Kemp Formerly Of ,Kochestsrty;S also a
child Of saml. Jones. -
Judge CUPID has heldregal sway in our
teEn: for. The past eat,:and our young peo-
pie have obeyed: SC implicitly the royal
| mandates Of .ths littlsbliRd GOD hat'there
| are but three unmarried ladies' left. wish
aseetsrpdsias sanehpt,y; ~pshebring Us
a sleishload of girls: (Not from this place,
tif you splease.-ED.); ::-z.j.~s:,r, zr;r !.
%. have been looking, In, The JouaSA1 for
T the familiar, nodts: de- 2,tnnte: Of six months
fasdf, Where Orc hey? Where il .: L: p. %
I hope'hc ala NOT bia . final farewell to the
"circles"r, Is t::.Alaine Prairie" showed un-
der? And ''Mineryyta,' why does she stay
odt IN the eolu? i liked her 50 much ,i s. al
though she: would persist in calling me a
mascaline-but ,thqts was ;, only; q, case, o.
lRist ake9 Identity. ii Write ,again, sM,ner.
va" we'll be the best d: friends YET, Their
there are: 'sCitizsn, p s:Big Baag;,' ;'trix,,:
t and'"rathfnder::" f'xxiolnder If hey thinl
th aA because they have q paper,yall :alon'
Thy themselves, in lheir own town, that thd,
have nothing 70 do for the rest of the world
4 Return to y6dr Allegiance, gentlemen, ari'
! let us hear from you. !:
"A Merry Christmas and Happy New Yea
to you all! May Santa Claus visit eao1
one with.:prs3 isaa StftaAaA Blessings IN
not forget the editor of TIE JouRSA1-o
}. IT.. i.'' 81: =: *<;' ~ 70 BITTER SWEET.
y; 1--WE would bsgiad to hear: from all gu
Old correspondents and lots Of new onei
We,would like 20 have letter, regular Q
; OCCASIONAL, from every town 10: Norther
> Minnesota. Room will be, made, for vall.-
3 Who will lake up the pen 1iu'thc unoccup
e cd places ?-ED1ron JounNAI.l