The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1853-09-15
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N3GSEA OLOGY.
There is world of meaning in this,
: if our philosophy could out find il OUT
Mr. JULIUS CESAR HANNIBAL, the
colored exhorer, 10 whose lay.sermons'
we recently alluded in these pages. has
lately met with sad misfortune. To use
his own words, he 'hab bin Goaghed in do
mos dreful manner all which he thus
records:
OK de mornin in .quepshun, | dress
myself in all had, determined TO see de
CrtStiie Palace, and so SET out for dat
purpose. On my arribal at de door, de
man dar wid a star on de cote was not
gwine 10 luT mein told him it was
necessary for de good oh dc community
dat ! should see de show, TO tell my con-
greeation bout it: den he ak me who |
was, and wen tell'd him my name, de
dore was at once opened, de sogerin
police opened on both sides OBJ de grand.
plank, and walked in. as proud as a hen
at de head ob her brood OBJ one chicken.
When got in dar. was astonished and
Putrifefat at de sights seen. On one
side was row OBJ WeniS OBJ MedicenS,
and on de oder, row Of APOLLO Belize.
derO, in state Of nakedness, dat [ t'ink
shood be ackted on by de Moral Deform-
ed Society. Fig-!eabes must hab bin mi.
ty scase in de country where desc tings
war made. 1t struck me as bein curious
dat no colored woman, man, or child,
war in de exhibition; and don't no dc
reason why: kase III turn dem out agin
de world on shape. II was quare TO me
too. dat de sogerin police wood pass desc
naked statutes and wink at de immodesty
OBJ de ting; and III bet de Post-Ofice
ag'in de. Astor. House, dat if desc same
sogerin police was TO see me or you in de
same state OBJ inosence in de street, no
matter hsw beautiful a nattytude we
might assume, dey wood lake US afore de
ole Cheei, and we git tree months at hard
labor.
Il can't tell you much bout what |
seed in dere to.nite: sacrifse it to say,
dat arter seein all Good, / left, and was
a comm home to come here to lecture,
when seed sine dat krockerdile was
TO be seen, and as was slIll firstin for
nolage, went in TO see it. Vile dar, a
wife man scraped my acquaintance, and
was nifty friendly. He sed he had heard
OBJ me so oiiin, dat he wanted ME 10 take
a drink wild him; and when we lelt de
krockerdie we journed to a soger.water
shop for that pupois told him didn't
drink nunfn bur soJer-water, and when
it was poured out, he sed | had better
take stick in ii for my slomlack-sake, SO
| told him to put it in, and he did, and de
first ting node didn't noe muffin; and
de aer Ting node ! found mysel home
in Anty CLAwsoN's, wild de doctor on one
side and tin pan on de odder. / took
an emitick and ii woodn't stay on my
stomjack. Twas so bad. am told dat
was found on sellar.door fass asleep,
and was carried home widout my hat,
which was stolen from my venerable he'd,
on a wheel barrer.
Now see how prone womankind and
mankind am to gossip and slanderize;
and | speek de iust ting heah viii be
dat | was drunk. and dat | went on a
spree; but de lust one is dis congregashun
dat seq it. III find 'em Two dollars, and
take der cote till its paid, and den Ill
read him or her out ob dis community
1t am yet TO be shown wedder ,odder
folks can't be GOEghed as well as JOHN
B: dereiore warn you all not TO luff
your tongues run bout me. I'm deter
mined to scrulinze my character at all
hazard, and III stick 10 myself like
warm tar TO darkey's head. don't feel
in good trim tonight; my he'd am as hol-
Ter of idees asa dried bass drum; but mex
week, if hab helt, you may look out for
a lecture eat will be remembered