The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-08-13
"a HEARTLESS JOKE ON AN EMINENT
DIPLOMAT"

Inc st. cloud JOURNAL, which never QlO
like General C. C. Andrews, undertakes to
make public laughing stock of him by
gravely ascribing to him the production Of
autographed letter which he AYERS tohave
been sent in great numbers to his confden-
tial personal friends, the substance of which
as given by The JOURNAL shows remark
able talent for satirical travesty on the part
of the editor of that paper. +
The St. Cloud JOURNAL must have great
confidence in human credulity to pass off
such an exhibition of egregious personal
vanity as this, as emanating from our dis
tinguished but still modest Minjs1.er to
Sweden.-S. Paul Press.
1t grieves us to see the Press endeav-
oring to neutraliz:c the well-meant eff:
forts Of HE JOURNAL to assist Gen.
eral Andrews in securing his mission
against the interference of the Mime
sofa delegation and in rallying his
friends to his support as candidate
for the U. S. Senate, by calling into
question the authorship Of his letter,
extracts from which were published
last week. Our sorrow, however, will
be weak when compared with the fiery
Indignation of Gen. Andrews when he
reads that the Press refers to his ap-
peal to his friends as nonsense" and
characterizes his carefully prepared
epistle asian exhibition of egregious
personal vanity" But his friends
cannot be made to doubt. They have
known him too long for that. They
would have recognized the letter as
the production of their distinguished
leader, the Minister to Sweden, even
had there been no name signed to it.
Every word spoke of Andrews.
Further, we would state that this
letter was dated at Stockholm; was
mailed at Stockholm, and was pre-
paid with Swedish stamps it was
signed by G. G. Andrews; was in G.
G. Andrews well-known handwriting,
Autographed so accurately that nine
persons out of ten would think it had
been penned specially for the one to
whom it was addressed and whose
name had been written at the head in
the same round hand and it brought
within its folds photograph Of G. G.
Andrews, taken at Stockholm. There
is one person who will not call in
question the authorship Of this letter.
and that person is G. G. Andrews.
We must take the Press to task fol-
stating that the JOURNAL never did
like" Gen. Andrews. This is to strike
at our ability to appreciate native
brilliancy and modest worth. We arc
proud of our distinguished former fel.
lowtownsman. We always have beer
proud Of him. We have eagerly an.
ticipated and with glowing emotions
have given to the public faithful &C.
counts of his doings in civil and mill
tary life; and if the General has not
drawn very largely on the space of the
paper in this direction it has been be.
cause of his we'll known Discrimination
to have his name appear in print
His famous treatise on "The Only Way
to Cook Beans" which has made him
an acknowledged benefactor of the
race, we can repeat as readily as the
catechism; and as to his "What
Know about Making Butter" is it
not in everybody's mouth? Many a
time and oft have we sat by the hour
and heard him speak of another
matter bearing on the amelioration Of
the condition of mankind, viz: "Hen-
cries or how people in towns and cit
les can become rich raising chickens
and selling eggs." He would work
up this great subject in the simple,
easy language Of a Department Of
State Documents style which, by the
way, is one of the charms Of the
Generals everyday conversation
1t is pleasant, gazing on the photo
tograph inclosed in his letter, to see
that Time has dealt SO gently with
him. It seems as but yesterday thai
he was here, passing along his accus
toned walks with the tread Of Ro
man Senator head thrown back nost