The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1869-07-01
LETTER FROM THE SOUTH,

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Rurallsin4-A Delightful Retreat-A
Re1Ainiseenco Of the Third Mlnnosots
-soutAarn Gay o:les-Hasy Life-Anti
Radical Feeling.
GRl.1lx SPRINGS ua.zx COUNTY, Kr, |
June l8, 1869.
EDITOR JouRNAL.-You can safely
imagine your correspondent in the
widest wooded country in Kentucky.
The scenery is unequaled. The trees
are immense, with branches that over
shadow al below. Tho cliffs and
mountains are grand. It is watering
place Of some note in the region, aud
many come from 4 distance to rustieate
and hunt. How many packs of hounds
aro here making evening hideous with
the peculiar bark Of this kind Of dog,
1 cannot say. But every third visitor
has his pack and horn. He appears to
take as much pleasure in leading his
train Of prowling followers as ever a
general did his brigade into battle.
I came only yesterday, and return to-
morrow to duty. I wanted to got out Of
the heat, and out Of sight of bricks,
and the great scorohing sun: I have
succeeded. This il ~ cool as the
shades Of the tabled Academus. Here
Theooritus might be read without =
lexicon, for the surroundings conduoe
to scholastic acuteness and activity.
Tho birds sing everywhere, aud their
merry warblug is on every conceivable
key. In tho shades Of evening, the
katydids ell tho air With their unvary-
ing, universal music, which though not
the most musical, is not unentertaiuing.
Here On . sideboard, in one Of the
rough boarding houses, is Paul Clifford
and Pelham. Who would have e.
pected to meet tho polite, a1istocratc,
cosmopolitan Pelham here, in these
cliffs? Who would have believed the
adventures Of gentleman would have
ever extended to this remote point,
where he must mix With hounds and
horns, or not mix At all7 They said
he would talk Of nothing but high life
and high-lived company, with other
fashionable topics, such a. pictures,
tastes, Shakespeare, and the musical
glasses. But it is a mistake. He is a
sociable, heightened gentleman, and is
alike At home with mountaineer and the
retired planter.
The man dressed in Kentucky jeans,
who dances 50 well with the -prettieat
girls, neat, trinity dressed is . rich
planter from near Murfreesboro, just a
handsome specimen Of = handsome
gentleman Of forty. He has been here
on my seat under great tree for. halt
hour. He says tho proudest hour Of bis
life wa when he With others captured
= certain Minnesota Regiment. y. do
remembered the indignant Captain An
drews, and when 1 told him that Captain
Andrews Was our Minister to; Denmark,
he laughed heartily and said hs deserv-
ed it, for he Was tho worst disappointed
man he ever saw.
If you: will step over into the. next
shanty, I viii introduce you to Gen.
Ed. -Hobson, . short, stout, gooa:natur-
ed Kentuekian, who pursued and cap
tured Morgan. He is now Collector Of
Internal Revenue, with headquarters
At Groensb1rg. ,,..,.
Now must stop. There is . great
dance beginning oyer in the pavilion,
just above the cascade, extemporized
under row Of vast forest trees. The
Lights are streaming out against the ad-
jaeent cliff, and the meiiauous sound
Of music comes over to my locality
temptingly. I nevor dance, but I
must 60 over and see my versatile
Tennesseean and the charming Mays
vile beauty enjoy the dance. IF only
you were here J. I know you would like
it. You have some handsome young
ladies in St. Cloud, but I could show
you half dozen here that I believe
you would acknowledge superior to the
proudest and most winning among them.
1believe people take life easier here
than any where in the world. They
seem to have nothing to do. That is
it. They have nothing:to do. They
have plenty Of fat, pranoing horses to
ride. They have time to ride, and
hunt; and talk, and rustioate, and tell
stories, and cit around in the shades.
The women are released from domestic
cares that commonly tie them to the
house elsewhere, by handing over all
to the black women and girls. So
they too are joyous, and smiling, and
found At Ill fsstal places, adding their
merry laugh to every company. They
ride horseback, sing At concerts, go to
the spnngs, dance at tho parties, play
on al instruments except the fiddle,
talk politics, read novels, and 60 to
church witha punctuality that is truly
astonishing. They dress richly, and
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