Daily American organ., 1856-03-12

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And icrerer dwell on the sparkling foam s,i.
J,uf a foating prison he makes his home
Then the land, the land for me,
would rather have the glorious shore,
The rockbound cosst where the breakers roar--
Where far DER head the seagulls soar,
'Tis there love to stand.
Or climb the dizzy mountains height,
Where the eagle takes his lofty hight t
There are always visions of pure delight
To be seen upon the lana
How Deacon r. Iniertered in sells Se~iiy.
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Sol was an honest, clever man. In all his inter
course with his friends and neighbors he would do
what Ne conceived to be right and honest. FUnfor-
tunately, however, .he was not gifted with the
mental power" in an extraordinary manner. Sol
was member of the Methodist Church, and in his
neighborhood there was small schoolhouse in
which the Methodists held their different kinds of
meetings, as class meeting, prayer meeting, &c.
Over the class, on the members in that neighbor-
hood, was placed man who was kind Of reli-
gious tyrant, who would enforce with Shylock
strictness the rules Of his church, According to
So's account of the matter he held meetings three
times week and if the members failed to attend
each meeting he would arraign Them and solemn
ly threaten to exfolate them. He endeavorcd, BY
this means, to keep his flock together. Iut will
now let Sol tell in his own way, how the Deacons
strict rules operated on him and family: as
While we had meetings once a week" said
SOL al was happy, and Sally she was happy, and
my children they was happy; and loved Sally,
and Sally loved me. But then Deacon f., he must
have mectin' three times week. told him it
was too often; he said it wasn't and that should
come, and my wife and daughter they should
come. SO he interferred in my family, and told
them they must come, whether wanted them or
not; they went.t Now, il was too bad for poor
man like me to 60 to meeiin' three tne6 Z week.
When we had meetin's once week, my feather
cost me three dollars year; but when it Was three
times a week, it cost me four dollars forty-seven
cents and e-fourth! For my family wore out
their shoes runnin' to mcetin'. A poor man can't
stand it. It's not right for man to interfere in
another's family. 1t uso to be they would do what
! wanted them, but now they won't listen to me.
" And the other day when come home, don't
you believe Sally turned her back to me, and
wouldn't notice me- Oh it nearly killed me for
loved Sally. Now, when stranger comes, and
Sally cooks meat for supl err my childer, from the
ttlest to the biggest, will just pick up their forks
and sock them right into piece of meat and be-
fore Deacon, he interfered in my family, they'd eat
their mush and milk and 60 to bed. And in the
mornin', when Sally cooks biscuit they'll, the FIRST
thing, snatch biscuit instead of eating corn
bread as they use to do. And now I'm about out
of wheat, when, in the fall, counted up, and had
plenty for breakfast the year round and this is all
cause he interfered in my family. Now, wasn't
that enough to make anybody lose his religion
And that's pot all N&A
"The other mornin' catched turkey, and was
goin' to bring it to town to buy some coffee, and
don't you believe Sally screamed OUT Pat down
that turkey; you'll have everything on she place
destroyed \ In course drapped it like hot Ia
ter, cause | loved Sally. What was 10 do for
coffee? Well put the bride on old Rosum, and
lof
Sally come out and saw Rosum and the corn, and
hoered, What are you going to do 2 told her,
softly as | could, that was comm to town to get
some coffee; and don't you think Sally made me
hitch up Rosum, and said she was goin' herself so
she was! And l hitched up Rosum, cause low
ed Sally. But thought I'd kinder check her, 30
pulls off my pants and hands em to Sally, and
told her she had better wear them. And, my starsl
if Sally didn't take 'em and put 'om on. 81
"Now what was TO do !? Them was my over
as, under-alls, and all-in-as Well, Sally brought
me an old, slim red striped linsey dress-cuss the
old thing, can just see her now shakin' it at me,
I had to put 1t on. And hadn't morn got it on,
till sees neghbor comm What must do,
thinks to myself run and jumped into bed,
and begun to groan awful He come and says,
Not well, Sol? No. says T. neighbor, not we'll
My little imps of chider was ssttin' round snig-
germ and laughin, and presently Bill says, Mans
coat makes dad groan powerfully jumped up
and who wouldn't?-to whip Bill, before thought
Neighbor jumped up and stared LAT me, and no
wonder, cause my coat hung right straigAt down,
and didn't touch the foor by foot and a half l
was sight, tell you. & And this was all 'canse
he interfered in my family. Well, neighbor kinder
compromised tween me and Sally, and got my
pants, but guess | slept with them on for the
next month A fs&
Well, Sally comes on to town and got the cof
fee and what do you think she told the storekeep-
erss Why, not to credit me Z come to town,
after a few days, and wanted to buy some goods,
and the storekeepers said they reckoned / was
broke, as my wife told EN- not to credit me. Thnn-
deraticn, couldn't squashed heri i couldn't
stand it any longer, cut for furrin country
and this all Cause he interfered in my family.
But guess / hadn't been gone long fore Sally
writ to me, and said she loved me harder than
ever she did. SO come home, and Sally did love
me as she use to did, and leved Sally, and the
childer they loved me and loved them. and thew
eat their mush and corn bread, and don't wear out
but three dollars worth of leather a year4--and
this is all cause there's no meetin' three times
week, and nobody interferes in my family '-Spirs,
Of the Timss. a.k
THE MORO AT HoxE-Judge Cove, who is
spending the winter in Florida for the benefit OF
his health, in a letter published in The Nashville
Oasis, speaks as follows of the slaves there:
The negro Is the gentleman of leisure here
His task is little more than half that of white
hborer At the North, and he never does bis whole
task He is the most happy, cheerful and content
ed being on earth. He is needless and careless.
and requires more labor to look after him, if any
one is particular about having things done right,
than to do it himself If prepared for such work.
But finding it so onerous to get things done to
their liking the people seem to have adented them.