The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-01-13
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From Our Regular Correspondent.
ED1ron JounNAL-Thes papers in
form US that the Mississippi river is
frozen over, and sleighs and horses are
crossing it pt>St :Pasl end} other. poirts.
This indicates cold Weather: How dif!
'ferent. the weather here! On aeeeanteft
railroads and steamboats, bridging space
I'VE do not eeem to be far removed SOUTH
wardsj and! yet when l. look on the ,map;l
l. find it is:near fiftesa hundred. miles
from st. Cloud. But the climate gives
us . realizing sense Of thej .faot. y, The
ground is warm and soft. The green.
grass is'in all the: pastures The CATTLE
are regularly turned in mornings and
the gotes; closed, as in the summer
time. Hogs are fatteuing on beech
euuts iai the woods.c Even sheep are
seen 'grazing en- the hill sides and the 4
! mildssoft wind aud genial warmth of
the sun indicate anything but tho near
1,approach Of Christmas. On the whole,
it is delightful. :.OEercoats arc not
needed. Muflers are unknown. Fnrs
and buffalo overs shoes would be curiosi-
ties in Green county. A cutter and
string. Of sleigh bells would be as much
ola showsin,the streets of Groensburg,
asa Chippewa Indian 10 his blanket and
3 moccasins. Men sit on tho corners,
read newspapers and, talk politics, with
hats of. Ladies Fit by in thin ap-
+ parcl with thinnest gauze over their
shoulders, and wells on for head gear.
Sambo sings merrily from. the horse
block, and whistles joyously as he lazily
trud ges along barefoot over the warm
j pavement: IT -. ~
!, f. I, myself, sometimes wonder where
q Lam in this December Of the year Of
] our IlordslS69-what country I inhab'
y |sit haven't got used to such things
4 January is pear BY, and no :'frest----paq
!. GiIoe-no, suow-no oxen on :sledsez with
e1;hnge loads Of maple to keep peepll'
y warm, ins their. chimney, corners-nt
!. music of Sleigh bells, andlgayn driver
O. wrapped. up to the ayes: in J. buffal!
d hides--no rapid movement to:keep tn
d blood warm in, the fingers pushed dovl
"a in tho aimmeasurable depths of fur NIT
<: tens; January close at hand, blu
- heralded by none Of these mysteries.
= However, with all my love for m.
= Northern home. I cannot sigh owe
: their absence, 1 wish,I could, just t
a show my consistency. I try to sa
~ these things ought not. to be. TIL
sigh turns into smile, the protest in
: to an endorsement. While I live il
y this genial land, I will let consistenc
=. 60 to the dogs, and remembering tn
- winters OF Minnesota, and beholdin
=. the green grass about me, praise bot
81 at the same time with the same breatt
- Il am sorry life is short. I wish it wer
longer, that I might live hundre
=. years at Linden Terrace and hupaee
! someThere else., ~. :.
There was an unusual sensatio
i among the students few days ast
- occasioned by a vague rumor. thu
- Mayor Marshall intended, on Fr,da
evening, to open: the doors Of his Of
brown stone mansion, for reunion q
~ regents students and teachers of Ne
~ Athens College. Accordingly, la
% evening the spacious rooms Of the MAJ
y or's house were filled with one bur
:" dred and fifty, from or connected wit
d" the college. 1t was a very merry an
- a very entertaining company. Virg
20 was declared a myth; Anacreon Low
" sick and dozen fingers at once wei
v mapped in the face Of old Professe
~ Davies. There was music-and sue
y music Imagine six Africans, with &c
% dies and banjos, standing erect in
u straight line, at the head Of the hal
IL engaged as they only can be whe
~; honored with position, with all thei
e. mind, might and soul on their iostre
% ments, with time the most perfect, wit
y every note Of banjo and fiddle in til
IS oompletcst accord. That was the must.
1t was. the best music for dancing
10 ever heard. And the young folks wer
~ clearly Of the same opinion. So tn
a. music and dance was kept up clear int
= midnight, am sorry to say, by tn
younger, while the graver portion 6
!. :, the company divided their time b
~ tween looking on in the hall, aud cor
e q graduating themselves on the earl
o- coming Of the Louisville and Chats
d: ,oooga Railroad, and such like digni6e
~ themes,