Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1856-03-06

NO. 80.
Five Winters among the New York Poor.
"Five Winters-dark and dreaw Win
ters-have we spent upon the Five Points,
surrounded by want and suffering, by beg
gary shame and crime. The fact Of liv-
ing here is not in itself so hard as the lack
Of means to supply the wants of the wor-
thy poor, and to afford shelter and pro-
lection to the houseless. We have been
compelled, by our relation to this people,
to witness little bare feet treading the icy
pavements, until the nails have been fro
zen from their toes; to their skeleton fin
gers reached out to us, and hear their cry
for bread, when we had no bread to give;
we have been compelled to leave the wild
ow with her newborn babe upon her bo-
som, friendless and shelterless upon the
street, because we had no shelter for her;
to see boys riPen into criminal manhood,
and girls into wanton womanhood; we
have been compelled to hear hundreds of
unfortunate beg in vain, even in the name
Of our Savior, tor an opportunity to reform;
and when denied see them give up in dis
pair, and afterward die hopeless and all
for want of little of that of which thou
sands are so prodigal. This is hard"
The above is from recent address to
the New York public by the Rev. L. M.
Pease, the benevolent head of the Five
Points Mission establishment.
GT The following rich Discourse issaid
to have been delivered recently by Pro-
fessor Julius Caesar Hannibal, Esq, to
a Hard Shell Baptist congregation Of col
ored pussons':
my tex. bruderen and sisteren, will be
foun' in de fus' chapter Of Ginesis, and
de twenty verse .,.i.. t,, s,.
so de Lon nuke man Just like HeseM ,.
'Now my bruderen, you see in de begin
MIN OBJ de world de Lor' make Adam. I
tole you how he make him: He make
i'm out OBJ clay, an he sot i'm on board,
an he look at him, an he say 'Furs-rate;'
an when he got dry, he brethe in i'm de
breff Of life. He put him in de garden Of
Eden, and he sot i'm in one corner OBJ
de lot, an he tole him to eat all de apples,
'ceptin' dem in de middle of de orchard:
dem he wanted for he winter.apples.
Byme-bye Adam he got lonesome. Sode
Lor' make Ebe. tole you hoao he make
her. He glib Adam lodlom, till he git
sound sleep: den he gouge rib out he
side. and make Ebe: an he set Ebe in de
corner OBJ de garden; an he tole her to
eat all de apples, 'ceptin' dem in de mid
die OBJ de orchard: dem he want for win
ter-apples. Wun day de Lor' 60 out
bisitin': de debbil come along: he dress
hisself in de skin oh de snake, and he find
Ebe; an he tole her 'Ebe why for you
no eat de apple in de middle oh de Or
chard T Ebe say: Dem de Lor's winter
apples Rut de debbil say: 4 tole you
for to eat dem, case deys de best apples in
de orchard So Ebe eat de apple an glib
Adam bite; an de debbil go away. Byme-
by de Lor' come home, an he miss de
winter-apples; an he call: adam! you
Adam?' Adam he lay low: So de Lor'
call again: You Adamp Adam say {:
.Hea! Lor', and de Lor say: 'Who stole
de winter-apples1 Adam tole him he
don't know-Ebe, he spec! So de Lor'
call: 'Ebe T. Ebe she lay low: de Lor'
call again You Ebe 7 Ebe say: Hea !!
Lor.' De Lor' say: 'Wbo stole de win
ter-apples .Ebe tole him she don't know
Adam she expect So de Lor' catch
'em boff, and he trow dem ober de fence,
an he told 'em, Go work for your libin' =
! Isn't that negro, 'all over r a4 3& @-
| Wellerism.-"Be-W Ware" as the potter
said to the clay. ~ So p
I'll be burnt if I do" as the clay replied
to the potter. =
! "Your doing smashing business" as
the gardener said to the hailstones.
s'There's meD-tual feeling between ns,' -
as the cat said to the kitten. ,s--
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