Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1857-12-29
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We Gnd IN loose exchange The fol-
Ioviag serlnoa ia the style o. the {. Harp
Of thousand s.rinss' oaa, aad quite as
good:
Ny BrLovzo BnETaERt>c: am a
unlarat Hard-5hell Baptist preacher, OF
whom you've 10 dou5- hearu afore, aal /
nov appear Lsre 10 cxpoond the ssrP'ers
and pint out the narrow way Waica ieaIS
from i vain U-erii the stree,s d Jaro3-
salem, and my text which shall use for
the occasion is il tie ledS o. the Bible,
somewhere between The second ClTon.h
ills and the Last chapter Of IImothyt-las;
and when you find II you will find Ii IN
these words: And they shall knaw
file, and fee unto the mountains Of Hep
sidam, whar the lion rolreth, and the
whang-doodle mouFas for his frst born.
Nov my bre;hering, as have before
told vou, am az uneddeicat3d man. ana
know rethln' about grammar talk aud col
lldge Ii ghfaIu.in,' BAT I'm plane unIarnt
preacher of the Gospi, whats been fore
ordained aud called 10 prepa re a pervarse
generashua for the day Of wrath-ah.-
:. For they shall knau a file, and flee un-
10 the mountains IF Hepsidan, whar he
bon roareth and the waang-doJdle moarn-
eth for his first born 'ah.
Ny beloved breth ring. the text says
,hey shall knav file Il does not say
they may but shall. Now there IS more
shan one kind Of file. There is the hand
saw file, the rat-tail Ale, the single file.
the double file, ana profile; but tn kind
of file spoken o. here isn't one Of them
z.l1 naytLler, blkaws its figrer Of
speech md means goingit alone and get
ukered; :" for they shall l;naw file, and
fee unto the mountains Of Heps.dam whar
the lion rolrerh and the whang-loodIe
mourneth for MS first b0rn."-ah,
And now Thar u some here with fine
close on thar backs, brass rings on thar
fingers, and lard ii thar har, what GOES
II while thar yuug; and there be other
here what, as long as thar consli;ushnns
and forsy-cent whisky last, goes j. blind.
Thar be sisters here what when til , gets
sixteen years OLD, cut thar tIller-ropes aul
goes il with rush. Bat I say my dear
brethering, take care You. doa't fad, when
Ga6risl blows his last trump, your hands
played out, and you've got ukered- ali =
For they shall lnaw a file, and fee un-
10 the mountains of Uepsidam. whar the
hon roareth and The whang-doodle mourn
eth for his first born" -ah.
Now, my bsethering, they shall fee
un.o the mountains Of Hapsidam:" but
thar's more dams than HepsiIam. Thar's
Rotterdam, Had dam, Amsterdam and
don t-care-a-dam the las, of which my
hrelherilg, is tie worst of all. reminds
me Of = s.rhuuistaus | onst kaoweI m the
Stale Of lllenoy. There was nam what
built him mi o. the north forks o.
Ager Crlcl, aud ii was a good mill ana
ground sight o. gram; bat the man
what ha.lt It vas miserable sinner, ana
never glF anything to the church; AMI.
my bEethenag, Que night there came a
dreadta. Storm q Wlai aud rain. aud the
mountains Of the great deep vas broke
Up, aud the waters rushed down and
swept tLe ...at4'- rr1rf. damn to dom
and when he woke ~ h fouud he wasn't
worth a-dam-ah. :. For they shall l.nav
file, and lee ante the mountains of Hep
sidam, uLar the lion roareth. aud the
whang doodle m5urneth for his first born"
-ah,
Now, "whar the lion roareth, and the
wlang- doodle m0urneth for hes first
born"-ah. This part Of mv :av NIX, he
seeching bretherinr i not IL ~ taEs, ~
it says. t doesn't mean the howljnr viii
derness, whar John Tie Hard-shaII Ban-
list fed on locust aaI wild asses. bnt il
means mg bre.heriag New Y'DrIaa3, III
mother u5 bars8ts aai hard los. wbar cor,
is wuth six Tits bushel one dav aaI ma
~ red the mex; WAR a.rr.rs ara As thic.,
rs black Tugs ~ spilled bacon ham An
gamblers, thieves and pickpockets poas
skiting about the streets ike weas.Is IL )
barn yard waar honest ulea are scarcer
than hens tech; ana wbar a stranr,
woman One took in Your beloved teac5.-
er, and ban beasicd him out Of two hun
dred and lweuty-sevea dollars in the
twinkanku1g 81 i sleeps; but she ca,,'t
10 itagaiu' IIaIlciuilh-ah. For they
snail knaw file, and dee unto The noun
tains Of IopsiIam, WAR the lion roaret1.
and the whang-dO0ile mJQrneth for his
first born"-ah.
Ny bretherinr, I'm captain ~ ,b,t H.,
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