The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-07-29
Another Discourse from the
"Harp of IL Thousand
StringS.',

The following, together with the we'll
known sermon, the Harp of Thousand
Strings" is published in England as
vertiablc specimen Of the pulpit oratory of
the back woods of the United States:
Beloved breathering, I'm the man
what preached the sarmon which has been
printed in the papers, from tex And he
played on harp of thousand strings
sperrits NV wise men made perfeck' |
mout as well say | don't take pride in
things NV that sort, for in the language Of
my tex for to-day, I'm an orful sinner, the
chief among ten thousand, and one alto
gether luvly. Them is the words which
you'll find in Genessee. I'm guine to
preach without note, 'kase / can't rite,
and 'kase / couldn't read it eff | could;
my notes are bank notes, of which have
p pocket full, and notes of hand, which /
shall give to our square to collect, when /
gets back to Indianny, fur-I'm an orful
sinner, the chief among ten thousand, and
the one altogether luvly.
This tex, my breathering, can be
divided into three pieces-fust-sec second
third. Fust I'm an orful sinner. That
means you Individually, not me perso-
nally. Thar are more sins nor one. It's
sin to drink water and catch the ager
whar little sperrit will keep you in good
health, its sin to steal, unless you
steal a while away'-'tis a sin to swear,
unless your swear and sin not-tis sin
to lie, unless you lie low and keep dark.
Pride is sin. Sum is proud of their lar
min; thank God I've none to be proud of
for Pm an orful sinner, the chief among
ten thousand, and the one altergether
luvly.
"Second-'Chicf among ton 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 in the office
below, and lets the poor folks suffer in,
the cold here on airth. The chief of sim
ners means you, you wharf rats, tartar
dc melons, amfiebuss animals, what live
here about the canawl. Look at them
ere bosses rite up in Judgment agin you,
high NV bone, low NV flesh, tough hides,
and short memories; hear the crows cav
ing, for they know that whar the canawl
is, thar will the crows be gathered. The
Cayuga Chief is teller what pitches into
my frens the sperrit dealers, and my other
frens, the State Prison officers. He is
one of your cold watur men, who goes for
the prohibition law what Gouvernor Scy-
mour vetoed. If'twarnt Sunday should
hooray for Seymour--fur I'm an orful
sinner, the chief among ten thousand, and
one altergether luvly. 80
"Thirdly-'Altergeth luvly.' Diff
ferent things is luvly. When my boat
swims like q duck, | say she am luvly-
when my wife gives me no curtain lee
lures, (she has the gift of tongue as well
as myself) say she am luvly-when the
wind don't blow, and it don't nothin',
say the day am luvly-fur I'm an orful
sinner, the chief among ten thousand, and
the one altergether luvly.
Ia conclusion, broadening, if that big
pile NV stuns was one stun, what bio
stun it would be; if you my breathering
were one bruther, what big bruther YOU
would be, and if my big bruther should
fling that big stnn into the canawl, what
big splash that would make-fur ]. am
an orfrl sinner, the chief among ten thou
sand, and the one altcrgether luyly.
My breathering, want to give notice
that there will be sum carvings on at
this place next Sunday afternoon at half
past four, when shall prove the doctrine
that NV all the shells in the world, the
hard shells am the thickest and the best
fur Tm an orful sinner, the chief among
ten thousand, and the one altergether
luylv. ss4,. 5. n
Il shall prove that book larnin' amt NV
no use, my breathering, that ritin' sar-
mons and getting a celery for UNI is sin
that deserves misunderstanding I'm an
orful sinner, the chief among ten thousand,
and the one altergethcr luvly- :.
Breathering, let us liquor, and then
90 hum, remembering the words of the
profit, Be sure you're right, then go
ahead es - -