San Andreas independent., 1857-08-15
SAN ANDREAs CAIAVERAs COUNTY, SATURDAY, AUGUST

ANOTHER DISCOURSE FROM .THE HARP OF
THOUSAND STRINGs."-The following. together
with the well known sermon on the Harm of
a Thousand Strings is published in England
as yertable specimen of the pulpit oratorv Of
the backwoods of the United States:
Beloved breethering I'm the man what
preached the sarmon which has been printed in
the papers from the tex, . And he played on Il
harp NV a thousand strings-SperritS NV just
men made perfeck.' ! mout as well say don't
take pride in things ny that sort, for in the lam
guage nv my tex for tn day-lm an orful sim
ner, the chief among ten thousand, and the one
altergether luvly Them is the words which
you'll find in Genesee I'm gwine tn preach
without notes, kase can't rite, and kase |
couldn't read it eff | could my notes are bank
notes, NV which have pocket full, and notes
NV hand, which | shall give III our sqnar. to
collect when gets back to lndianny. fur-lm
an orful sinner, the chief among ten thousand,
and the one altergether luvly.
g This tex, my breethcring, can be divided
into three eceS-fust-second-thl Fust
I'm an orful sinner That means you indwid
ually, not me personally. Thar more sins
ner one. It's sin to drink water and catch
the ague whar a little sperrit will keep you in
heath-tis sin to steal, unless you steal
awhile away'-tis a sin to swear, unless you
swear and swear not-'tis sin to lie, unless
you lie low and keep dark. Pride is sin Sum
is proud of their books now | ant, though
I've the gift and the grit to speak in. Sum is
proud of their larnn; thank God I've none to
be proud of-for I'm an orful sinner, the chief
among ten thousand and the one altergcthcr
luvly.
Z" Second. Chief among ten thousand Thar
is different kinds of chiefs Thar's the mischief,
the chief of sinners, and the Cayuga Chief. The
mischief means the Old Boy, who keeps the fire
office below and lets poor folks suffer in the
cold on airth. The chief of sinners means you,
you wharf rats artcr-de melons, amtlebuss an
| imalS, what live here about the canawl. Look
at them ere hosses rise up in judgement agin
you, high NV bone. low flesh, tutf hides and
short memories hear the crows cawing, fur
! they know that whar the canawl is thar will
the crows be gathered The Cayuga Chief is
feler what pitches into my fire IS the sperrit-
dealers, and my other frens, the State Prison
officers. He is one NV your cold watur men
who goes fur the prohibition law what Gouvre-
ner Seymour vetoed. If twarnt Sunday should
hooray for Seymour-for I'm an orful sinner,
! the chief among ten thousand, and the one al
! tcrgether luvly.
'' Thurdly. 'Altergether luvly.' Different
things is luvly When my boat swims like a
duck say she am luvly-when my wife gives
me no curtain lecture, she has the gift OF
tongues we'll as myself) | say she am luvly
when the wind don't blow and it don't rain and
it don't nothin, say the day am luvly-fur I'm
the chief among ten thousand, and the one al
tergethcr luvly.
In conclusion, breethering, if that big pile
NV stuns one stun what big stun it would
be, eff you, my breethcring were one bruthcl
what a big bruther you'd be, and cf my biz
bruther should fling that big stun into the ca
nawl, what great big splash that would mako
fur I'm an orful sinner, the chief among tel
thousand and the one altergether luvly.
My breethering, | want to give notice there
will be some carvings at this place mex
Sunday afternoon at half past four, when shal
prove the doctrn that NV all the shells in the
world, the hard shells am the thckest and the
best-fur I'm an orful sinner the chief among
ten thousand and the one altergether luvly
. | shall prove that book larnin aint Of no use
my brcethering, that ritin sermons and getting
a celery fur um is a sin that deserves indemni-
fcaton-fur I'm orful sinner, the chief
among ten thousand, and the one altergether
luvly.
Brecthering, let us liquor, and then go hum,
remembering the words of the profit BE sure
you're right, then go ahead.