The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-11-17
SOCIAL HONAD1.
Fro" @s 1osdos Ssf'~dey Rsviss.
1HE NoNAD1c sP1Nsr1a.


unmarried, nom.die, and still young
work themselves into every movsmsn ,
afoot; and even face tho perib and dis-
comforts Of war times, and tell their
friends at home that they ars eoiae sst
q nurses to the wounded: That sdaGh.
OF the adventures, of which - hase Z.
spoken before, runs throughall thu ~, :.
ton Of the social nom.ds !; and on
can only wonder that some ua-
ole or cousin, some aunt or family
friend, does not catch them up in time.
If not attractive or passably young,
these nomadic spinsten are sure to b
exceedingly odd. Constant friction
with society in its most selfish form, the
absence Of home duties, the want Of the
sweetness and sincerity of home love,
add the habit of change, bring out al
that is worst in them, and kill al that
is best. They have have nothing to
hope for from society, and less to loss
it Is wearisome to look amiable IN
s"eettempsred when you feel bitter
and disappointed aud politeuess il Z
farce whore the fact Of the day is fight.
So . nomadio spinst,r who has lived 70
long in this rootless way that she ha 8
ceased even to make such Aeet;ne :.
friendships ~ the mode of life sfordss
has ceased even to wear tho tsanspari
rent mask of such thin politeneo u u
required-becomes "eha1,eter," nots-:
rious in proportion to her eaados. She. :;
never says long in ono estaolishuent, :
and generally leaves abruptly because
If misunderstanding With some other
lady, or may te because some gentleman /
has unwittingly aaroated her. She .,
and the officers widow are alusys On
peculiarly unfrieudIy terms, for sAa ss- :.
sents the pretensions of the officers :
daughter, and calls her 4 abold miaxY,
or = "sly puss" almost within hearing;
while sho throws grave doubts on ths,
widow herself; and drops hints vhishs
the rest Of the community gather :ap.
like manna, and keep BY them, to:nsshs :
the same result. But the nomadie
spinster soon wanders away to smother
temporary restiug.phee; and bsfore
half her life is done she becomes as
we'll known to the hands Of the various
establishments IN her line q the tgx>
gatherer himself, and dreaded almost
! as much.
NoMADIc MALES.
Nomads are generally remarkable for
net leaving tracks behind them. You
see them hero and there, aud they are
sure to turn up At Baden Baden, or q
Vichy, At Scarborough OF At Dieppe,
when you least expect them; but you
know nothing about them in the inter-
I'm. They are like those birds which
hybernate, At some place Of retreat no
one yet ever found or like those which
migrate, who can tell vhere! They
come and they co.. and you meet and
part and meet again in all manner Of
unlikely places !; and it seems. to 20
that they have been over half the vsrld
since you last met, you having mean
while settled quietly to your work, save
for your summer holiday which you arc
now taking; aud which you are enjoy
ing as nomad cannot enjoy any change
that falls to his lot. He is sa:ed with
change; wearied of novelty F.; yet una.
BILE to fix himself nov, however much
he m.y wish it. He has got into the
habit Of change, aod the habit clings
even when the desire has gone. Always
hoping to be at rest, always intending
to settle as years flow on, he never tinds
the exact place to suit him ; only when
he feels the end approaching and BY
reason Of old ago and in6rmity is . nui-
sance in the community where formerly
he was an acquisition, and where, too,
all that once gave bin pleasure has
now become an insupportable burden
and weariness-only then does he creep
away into some obscure and lonely lodg-a
ing, where he drags out hi remaining
days alone, aud dies without the toueh
Of one loved hand to smooth his pillow,
without the sound of ono dear voice to
whisper to him courage, farewell, and.
hope. The home no did not plant vhsa
he might, is impossible to him now.
and there is no love that end1reo If
there is no h"me in which to keep il;
aad 20 al tho class Of social uomads
find when dark days are on then, >sad
society, which cares only to be anIssd,
deserts them in their hour Of greatest
need. ''.s d: =, : 81:
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I THANKSGIVING PRoCLAlAIIoN.
r srAfs'oI M1x11soeA, 1&a
ExEou1Iv8 DsPA11AKy1. ?;
i. 81. PAUL, Nov. 4, 1870.
In tho mercy and goodness Of Gsd, tho
seasons Of the year Of our Lord eighteen
hundred and seventy have brought efea&
prosperity to the people Of Tie Csaas1.
wealth Of Minnesota. In the blssuiass Of
general health and peses, and gsahsrine Of