Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1859-10-20
Written for the Yorkvi1le Enquirer.
JEssEEs REPLY TO MIR NOBODY

Mr. nobody have several excuses to make to
you as well as my Readers the first is am no orr
tor the next is am bad dictator or spellor but
commence under this consideration or promise
that the Race is not to the swift nor the battle to
the strong and another great consolation see on
record that is the weak things Of this world is to
confound the strong this all adds greatly to my
Encouragement want to know Mr. nobody the
reason you jump on Jessee and carry him befour
the eyes of the publick because he wants to make
his living by stlling don't think it is your bust
ness what occupation Jessee follows to make his
living I fear you have took sompthing in hand
that you have not in heart let US see what you
mean by making Jessee out such alaw braker and
do not say any thing about other bad carrecters
to the people fear mr. nobody you have been a
drunkard yourself and that was not all that aided
you purceive from your discorse that you are
Rapt up in predgidis and self conciet and l tell
you Mr. nobody this makes A bad patron examou
your self closely and see do you think because
you could not keep from Citing drunk only by
Joining A log or society as A gardean for your
behavior that Jessee ought to have one too OIL
ways got more for minding my own buisnes and
Jessees dus too am trying to git at you to in
struct you as wee believe the tale about the weak
things confounding the strong don't ride Jessee
no more bar backs if you ride him at all you have
no business medling with Jessees ocapation nor no
bodys else you used the commandments hope
you will give me leave to do the same was in
hopes when bird of mishonsrys coming in to en-
tighten the human family that wee wold git right
but fear wee git day older and too worse they
come and preach good sound bible doctrin almost
enough to melt rocks and all for our good If wee
would take it But wee are left to give up the old
way wee have been taught wrong as it may be
what good do teachers do on these grounds he
thinks sumtimes he has almost got US shookof
he gifts our hands and feet loosen from the lin
of sin then wee act the posom wee cetch round
the lin Cf vice with our tails put my self with
you Mr. nobody for see in my self and l am
shure you have the saim distemper and my in
struction to you is to e1amin your self take the
beam out of thine own eye and then thou shall see
clear to pull the mote out Of Jessees eye love god
and keep his commandments this is the hole duty
of man what did you join the temperance log for
as we'll as many other to deceive your self as your
god let me say one thing to you you may deceive
your self Mr. nobody but you cant deceive god
you may try when you please and hel beat you
every time you are commanded to love your neigh
Dor as thy self pray for your enemy that cusse you
and abuse you do you do this far from it you are
commanded to Enter into your closet and shut
the doore and pray in seekret and you will be Re-
warded openly do you do this fear not from what
saw of your or one Of your brother suns I tell
you what use the closet was put to the sun Of tenn
perance sent his boots to git them memded and
as he went back had A bottle in Each boot with
A news paper on top to hide the bottles asked
him ho that was for he said it was for master
said do he drink knew be was sun where does
be keepit to keep folks from seeing it he keeps il
in the closet he goes in there and shuts the doore
2 or times day that's the use you put your
closet to that is what call rapng the tale round
the lin now you never bird ofJessee doing this you
are commanded to SEX your neighbors Welth don't
you try to git in to be wheny had to
have one your self let Jessee make his whisky if he
wishes and you'll see if nobody drinks it he will soon
git tiard of making it then Jesses will be convnst
the wright way but thought wee had better LET
Jessee still on as long as there was so much poi
son in the sons and daughters of temperance and
that whiskey is good to kill pisen and the way l
aloud them to use it was to carry it with them
and when the poison come on the tongue take
your mouth full and bathe your tongue for will
ashure you as long as you keepit in your mouth
there will not any poison come but if you forgit
and swallow A little of the Greater it can't be
much Rong for the Book says tbs not that goes
in that defle the man wee think Mr. nobody that
YOU lack little of the sort wee lack A good deal
that is good hard sense if you wish to be A tea
cher comeout wright tell US your name then put
all the bad Characters together don't light your
candle and put it under A bushel the good book
says wo unto you lawyers and doctors is this all
il says wo to think not it says wo unto scribes
and farisees hipocrits I can't find WHARF it says
wo unto you stiller and believe I know the
Reson the stiler is excluded god said to man thou
shall live by the swet Of thy brow and if man
don't SWEET in stilling he don't do it wright Mr. no.
body YOU must look over the commands Again
and don't give it all to Jessee if you'll look where
it SAYS ask and you shall receive seek and ye shal
find mock and it sha be opened for it is not every
one that saith lord lord that shall enter into the
kingdom of heaven and he thstnoweth his masters
will and doeth it not shall be beaten with many
stripse he that think he is wise must become A
fool 1 am sorry that wee have the chance Of eve
ry blessing god allow us to have for our benefit
and that we are voatng our liberty away shal
come to A close by giving you my opinion on the
subject god when he made all things he pronoun-
ced it very good he made the tree in the midst of
the gardng that the first man eat of it should af-
ter being told he must not eat by the one that
Made him that tree had two discents that was
good and evil the nsim Of the tree ought to make
all the human race Rejoice for think it is good
for every human to have knolledge to know good
from evil
Distractions dangerous road
what multitues pursue
while that which leades the soal to god
are known or sought by few
believers enter in
by Christ the living gate
to those who will not lieve their sins
cnmnlain II is too strait