The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-12-16


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TAOus0mA 9t1lngo.
Nr BELovED BsErHkhIx0: an. IN unlarnt
preacher, Of whom you've no doubt hesfa be-
fore, and l nov appear % expound the Scrip
lures and pint out the narrow way which leads
from vain world % the streets Of the Juroosa.
lum, and my text which ! shah choose for the
occasion il in The lsds Of the Bible, somewhere
between the second Chronikills, and the last
chapter Of Timothy Titus, and when you viii,
end it you win find IL in these words
"And they shall knAw . file and Dee unto the
mountains Of Hepsdam, whAr the lion rOaseth
and the wang doodle mournsth for his nEss
bora. ~ ~ eoisbstieaets sA etGn4
Now, my bretherins, - / have before told
YOU, I am m uneddicased man, and know moth.
ing about grammar talk ard coolidge highlaiee-
ting but I'm . plain .unlarnt preacher OF the
exPound the Scriptures to . dyiu' world, and
prepare pesverse generation for Tho day 81
wrath, sfor they shall gnav tils and nee unto
the mountains Of Hepsidam, whar the lion roar
eth and the wang doodle smoarneth for ito first
born" ss..e .ssr4aa a9ssss
Ny beloved brsethering, the text says 'sshey
shall gnaw kle." l. don't say they may, bus
skaA. And now, there's morn one kind Of
file. There's the hand cav hle, rat tail file, sin
gle file, double file and profile but the kind Of
dlespoken of here isn't one Of them kind mel
thers because ito igor of speech, my brsethes-
ing. and means got in it alone, getting unkecr
ed: s"for they shall gnaw file ndsflee unto
the mountains Of Hepsidam, whas the lion roar
eth and the wang doodle mourneth for it, first
born."' ,s,st-5 No aoasa Ia @s.{sssa
| And now, there be some here with lne Gloss
ON thar backs, brass rings ON thar fingers, and
lard on thar har, what goes it while they're
young and thar be brothers hens what 40 long
a. thar constitutions and forty cent whisky last,
goes It blind ; and thar be sisters here what,
when they get sixteen years old, cut thar tiiler
ropes and goes il with . rush but, Lazy, my
breethren, take care You don't End when Gabriel
blows his last trump, that you've all went Il
]. alone and gat ukeered; ''for they SHALL gnaw .
/ file and fee unto the mountains Of Hepsi0am,
whar the lion. roareth and the wang doodle
mourneth its first born" 9ae a
| And, my brethren, there's more darn besides
| HepsidAm.t Thar's Rotterdam, HaddaM, Am
sterdam, milldsm and don't care-s-dam--the
last Of which, my dear breethering, isthe worst
Of all, and reminds me Of circumstance / once
knew in the State OF lllinoy. There was man
who built him mill on the East Fork Of AuEur
creek, and it was . good mill and ground site
! of grain, but the man what built was miser-
able sinner, and never give anything to the
church and my brsethering, one night thar
come dreadful storm Of wind and rain, and
the fountains Of the great deep was broken up,
and the waters rushed down and swept that
mans milldam into kingdom come, and 10 and
behold! in the morning, when he got up, he
found he was not worth q dam. Now, my
young brethren, when storms of temptation
overtake ye, take care you don't fall from grace
| and become like that mill-not worth dam
'for they shall gnaw file and fee unto the
| mountains of Hepsidam, whar the lion roareth
and the wang doodle mourneth for its FIRST
born" lesH s-i.' HI
Whar the wang doodle mourneth for its FRS,
born. This part OF the text, my brethren is
another 6gger Of speech, and isn't to be taken
as it says. II doesn't mean the howlin' wilder.
ness whar John, the hard shell Baptist, was fed
on lOcusts and wild asses, but it means my bree
thren, the city OF New Yorleans, the mother Of
Harlots and hard lots-whar corn is worth sir
bits bushel one day and nary red the next
whar niggers are as thick as black bugs in q
spoiled bacon ham, and gamblers, thieves and
pickpockets go skittiRg about the streets like
weasels in barn yard-whar they have cream
colored BOSSES gilded carriages, aud marble sa
looms with brandy and sugar in 'em-whar hon
est men are scarcer than hens teeth, and d
strange woman once tuck in your beloved prea
cher and bamhoozled him out Of two hundred
| and twenty seven dollars in the twinkIins Of
isheep's tail; but she can't do it again, Hallelu
jah ''for they shall gnaw a file and fee unit
the mountains of Heps,dam, whar the lion roar
eth and the wang doodle Enourneth for its firs
born" re 2ss@'
Pass the hat, brother Flint, and let every hare
she II she'll out. Amen.