The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1849-10-19
CHARLOTTE. N. G. oCTOBER 10, Isao
WHAT is your name, my lad = asked

WHAT IS your name, my lad J aske,
Dow.
6 btipl, sir, replied The boy, lifting
new sira" hat, add shown. his ivory, whit
he actively stepped to keep pace with tn
preachers horse.
Can you blow uFon tina, ho:n ?
Oh, yes, master can foot l,ile.'
We'll. lie, me hear you
So the nero iun hed his velve, cheeks
and made the woods fcsound
DO YOU know tall pine tree near The
stand al Sharon 2 said Dow.
Yes. that does, very well. master
LoretZ1 then put his hard in his pocket
and pulling out silver dollar, showed II
10 the boy, and told hin if he would clint
up into the pune tree before the people mel
at the meeting, and keep quiet there unt,l
( the preacher called out his name, and lher
blow loudly on his horn, as he had Just done
he would give him the silver dollar, il be
did not tell any body absat il.
The negro expressed himself highly dc.
lighted al such 40 OFF,, AID promised pune.
'uaIty with secrcsy.
o. the Sabbath, large meeting assem-.
bled at Sharon to hear the famous Lorenzo
Dow. Serious old men and their wives,
Wild boys ard her sseethearls, almost all
on horseback, somslInes by t~os and
Ihrees, te<idrs negroes from great DIS
lance, on foot, being readily cap;Ivaed BY
The naturally eccentric, for they love ans,
thing tia, has n laugh attached to il, and
they knew that Lorenzo vas COED for joke,
even if it d hi, hard.
Dow selected FATHER birthstone text,
and made tie application as s,tong as pos
sble, but he forced his way slowly among
the mercurial, heahhul, homes, hearted
people, who were hard to frgh'cn. He
enumerated the cnofmiiy Of The vices he
though, 10 prevail, hui they were so Used TO
them that the words Sid over them like va.
ter over ducks back.
A, length be boldly described, in the
pia'n-a: -" vi language, The appearances
end character Of the last grea, day. and
what would be their condition when tina,
day came Suppose. exclaimed 1.-the preach.
er suddenly, and then pause - that this
we're the day lie saw that some Of the
women bFcame ittlo flge,y, and nudged
the fellows into silence and attention. Sup.
pose, repeated he, e'eyalng his voice, thai
this day Gabriel should blow his trump
Al this monen, the little negro showed
he was a trump and from the TOP Of the
lofty pine, loud and clsmorous bias, over
wnelmed The audience. Tie women Shrek
ed, the men rose in great surprise, The
horses, tied round the camp, neig hed, reared
and kicked, While the terrified groeschan.
eed their comp'f xion to dull purple color.
NEvcr was alarm, surprise, and aslonlsb.
ment, more promptly exhibited.
Lofetz, Dow looked with grave but
pleased attention upon the successful result
Of his experiment, unt,l The first clamor had
aud some began to estimate the
character Of the artificial angel, and were
u bout to apply lniIe hickory after the pine
But thus suggestion was arrested by the loud
and solemn tones ofthe preacher, "ho look.
ing very firmly into the features of his dis
tuI bed aud ence, as he leaned over them 10
continue his discourse, mpressvely re.
marked
aud now, if little negro boy, with
TN horn, on the top Of a pine bush, can make
you feel So, how el you feel when the day
does come I AMEN.