New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-09-10

| hhHSed, nut ignorant exhorters? We have
ssLaugh and gAoE fatI is an old and sage
maxim, and & SOFA
"A little nonsense nov aud then .s.ssae
| -G' Ia reliahed By QUE wisett uaens,i 81 =
So We have concluded to publish if. Tbs
scene is laid in the town Of W aterproof: .
Imay say to you. my breth ing, that I am am
\ not an educated man, an am not one of them
| as believes that education is necessary for a
Gospel minister. for believe tie Cord educates
| his preachers just ss he wants 'es TO be sdu-
Gated; an although ! say it that onghtn't to
| say it, yet, in. the state Of Indianny, whar /
live, thars no man as gifts q bigger congrega-
tion nor what gifts. =
Thar may be some here to-day, my brethz
ring, as don't know what persuasion i am NV.
Well, l must say to you, my breIbring, that
I'm Hard Shell Baptist. Thar's some fulks
as don't like the Hard shell Baptists, hut I'd
rather have . hard Shell as no shell at all Yoa
see me here @day, my bretbring. dressed up
in fine clothes; you mou't think IEas proud,
but am not proud, my bretArlEg q aud III Though
I've been a preacher Of the gospel for twenty
years, an although Tn capting Of the fat5oab
that lies at your landing, I'm not proud, my
brethring.
| / am not gwipe,to tell edzactly whar my text
may be found; snffice TO say, iE's in the leds Of
the bible, and you'll find it someuhar between
the first chapter Of the book of Generations,
and eff you'll go and search the Scriptnrea.
you'll notonly ind my text thar, but a great.
many other te1es as will do you guod to read.
and my tex, v hen.you shall find it, yeu shiil
find il to read thus: zs-55.s5,
sand he played ON q harp nv thousand
strings spirits Of, just men made perfeek,' 2,
My text, brethriBg, leads me 10 speak oil
sperits. Now, thars o great many .kinds Of
sperits in the world = in the fuss place, tfsar's
the sperits as sum-, folks call ghosts, and
thar's the sperits NV turpentine, aud thar's the
speriis as sum folks call liquor, an I've got as
good an artickel of tAem kiGd of speriis on my
aatboat as ever was fotch down the Mississippi
riyer; but thar's q great many other kinds of
sperits, for the tex says, 7" He played a harp
nv a til o-p-s-and strings, spsrits of just men
made perfeek'' -
But III tell you the, kind nv sperits as is
ment in the tex, is. FIRa. That's the kind of
sperits as is meant in the tex, my brethripg.
Now thar's a great many kinds Of fre iu the
world. In the fuss place, there's the common
sort nv fire you light your cigar or pipe with,
and then thar's foxtire and campfire, fire before
you're ready and fire and fall back, and many
other kinds nv fire, forthe tex says.s He played
on a harp a thousand Strings, sperits nv just
men made perfeok." az s. g1 4a
But tell you the kind Nv fire as is ment in
the tex, my brethring HE'LL. FIRE! an that's
the kind Nv fire as great many uv you'll come
to, eff you don't do better non what you have
been doin'--for1 ts2He played on a harp iva
honsand strings sperits of jest men made per-
feck." .55 @f51 TG @t4T Z1
Now, the different sorts of frein the world
may be likened unto the different persuasions of
Christians In the world. In the FIRST place we
have the Piscapaiions, an they are high saiiin'
and high falutins set, and they may be likened
unto turkey huzzard, thatfies up into the air,
and he goes up, and up, and up,- TIL he looks no
bigger than your finger nail, and the fust thing
you know, be Gums down, and down. apd down,
and is a film himself on the earkiss of o dead
hoss by the side.of the road, and 8. He played
on harp Nv thousand strings sperits Nv jest
men made perfeck.n
a And then thar's the Methods, and they may
be likeuea unto the squirrel runnin' up intot
tree for the Methods believes in gwine on from
one degree of grace TO aeother, and finally on 10
perfection, and the squirrel goes up and up, and
up, and up, and be jumps from limb TO LIMB,
and branch to branch, and the fusf thing you
know he-falls and down he Gums ketfumxi and
that's like the Methods, for they is alters fallen
from grace, ah land s.'He played On harp uya
strings. sperits 6F jest men made
perieck." 49,
And then, my bretherine, thar's the Baptist.
ah and they have been iikened unto possum
on a ,simmoa tree, and thunders may roll and
the earth may quake, but that possum elings
thar still, ah and you may shake one foot loose,
aud the others thar, and yonsmay shake all
feet loose, and he laps his tail arouhd the limb,
aud clings and he clings furever for - He played
on a harp Nv aihoasand strings, sperits uE jest
men made perfeck.' 5A=. p e
ARAB ODDIrILs.-an Arab, entering house,
removes his shoes, but not his hat He mounts
his horse upon the right side, while his wife
milks their cows upon the left side. With him
the point Of a pin is its head, while its head is
made its heel His head must he wrapped up
.1.t - g ...arN
epou4 h 90 naked in winter Every article bf
merchandise which is liquid he weighs,
but measures wheat,s barly, and a few other
articles He reads and writes from right to
left, but figures are read from left 10 right.
He eats almost nothing at breakfast, about as
much for dinner, but after the work OF the day
ia done. sits down to hot meal swimming III
oil, or, better yet, boiled butter, lis sons eat
with him, but the females of the house weit
till his lordsnip is done.
BE rides his donkey when travelling, ms
wife walking behind. He laughs a. the laaa
of walking ia the street with hls whe, or even
yacatng his seat for woman lie KNOWS no
use for chairs, tables, knives, or even spoons,
unless they are wooden ones oeasteads' eo-
reaus, and fire places may be placed IN the
sams category. If he be an artisan, he does
his work sitting, perhapsusing ais toes to hold
,yhat his hands are engaged upon. Drinks cold
water ike a sponge, but never bathesin 1t, nn-
1ess his home be on the sea- ssheFeg Is rarely
seen drunk-too seldom epeass the truths
deficient in affection fer his kindre i--has little
curiosity and no imitation no wish to Improve
his mind-no desire to surround himself with
the comforts of life,
From the first of Januarg to the 36th June,
1865, the total killed by accidents on railsays
in Great Britain and ireland was lis, and log
injured /; of which three were killed aud lua
injured from causes beyond their own oontroi.'
1t appears that during the tSenty-si years
of high wine duties prior ee ls4o, the ave average
annual consumption of wine ~ fssiana lalf W. Mts
5 575. l6o gallons, and the revenue - Zo9'eou,
from 1896 10 1851, under low da,sss ,s.o the aver
| aoe annual consumption was q 4iauZ9 gallons.
and the revenue 81 ,72l,644 The decrsass Of
reyenue was 243 per cent, The increase in con.
4 snmntion. only 10 8 3 per cent,
A list Of consuls, vice .eonauls, and consular
agents in the service Of the British Government
shows the entire number of the three grades "
be 62s.