The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1859-07-07
IFrom the San Francisco Golden Era
A Short Patent Sermon.
by DOW, JR.

"A SllOrC FaCeuC OeIIQOu.
by DOW, JR.
Ny text is in the words of Jane.
Brown, Esq, a colored gentleman ant
native of Oyster BaysLong Island;
MY foot slipped, and fell down
Twill never do to give it up SO, Mr.. Brown .
Ny HEARERS This is very slip.
perry world we are in; full Of ice-spots,
except where there is midland the mud
holes are about the slipperiest of any. II
couldn't be much slipperier If it were rub.
bed with pork-rind every once in twen-
ty-four hours. Some few glide through
it as if they had been born with skates to
their feet they make start, shoot ahead,
ard never find a horizontal position till
tripped up by the great Leveler of all
human flesh. My no sooner get under
full headway than they find themselves
fiat upon their backs, and gain an up
right, perchance. only to again lie spraw-
ling as before. And there be others, too
who, when once down, lie frozen as it
were to the spot, apparently benumbed
and lifeless, and waiting with sullen i'm
patience for lucky sun TO thaw them
out.
My brethren TO such of you as have
thus far slid along the smooth pathway
of life without even slip-up, you may
think there is no necessity for my preach
ing; but, let me tell you there is no know
ing what may happen before you slip in
to that hole whence there is no slipping
out till Gabriel blows his bugle. A mere
triae, of no more importance than an APP
pie pairing, potato-skin, or an orange
peel, may yet cause you to turn fork up
ward. Therefore, take heed, lest you fall.
SupposUall your riches lie in "yellow
BIRDS" and you have vast number of
them Gagged in some bank. That bank,
my brethren, may.some day suddenly ex-
plode; and away will fly your pets, to be
seen by you no more, and yourself will
be sent heels over head into the slough of
poverty 4!
You may think you own great extent
of land. That can't burst, to be sure;
but, in an unexpected hour, along comes
some pretended heir of Americas Vespu-
cius, and, between him and the lawyers,
your title will be so befogged that you
couldn't see to read it through a glass
that magni6ed molehills into mountains.
A stout, able-bodied wife is generally
TO be good property, if free
rom membranes, but know ye, my
brethren, here in California she will get
! divorce from you if you getinto bed
With cold feet, snore in your sleep, or re-
use 10 take your turn at rocking the ba-
BY or, what is next to it, she will do
business on her own hook, and you may
70 and do likewise, or hire out to her at
about four bits per.day; or "go to the
levil and shake yourself" Verify, / say
into you, when married couple plant
themselves upon the shore Of the Pacific.
he twain are no longer zone flesh
mes fish and the other frog.
My friends: Brother Solomon of old |
nee said "a just man falleth seven
ines and riseth up again" Whether one
# the sort be just man or not, he is just |
he man for me. Your gumelaslic preach.
r has fallen, time an again--in all man.
Ter of shapes, and from almost everything
Except from grace and garret window !; |
'ut as the truth within me was bound to |
rise again." so | always came up with /
t, undamagrd in body, toggery, intellect,
'iety and pride. In fact, | rose higher
nd higher with each successive fall and |
vhen kicked from the ladder by the iron.
eeled boot persecution, | received the |
Dftiest hoist of all. Let all prosecutors
ear in mind that | possess the India rub
er qualities Of the venerable James
ROW; and
" The harder that you throw me down,
The higher up bounce
Now, my brethren, | hope see good
many of this same sort around me. With 7
uch, an occasional slip up is not set
ack; but it rather adds. yigor TO their
erseyereing powers, and accelerates
heir speed toward ultimate success
lever mind the slips, but combine cheer
llness with spunk, and you are good
nough for the heat. The first book ever
rinted tells US that cheerfulness doeth
ood like a medicine" Keep that in
lind; for if you lose your spirits, you
eedn't look for them in ademijohp, but
id goodbye to home, and crawl to your
raves the best, way you can. There are
lree things that cause fatal slip-ups in
First, Aattery second, envy5
bird, murder. Listening to an oily,
uileful tongue, was the first e1rof com
lifted by mankind-in the garden. En-
y-that found root in the heart Of Cain
-was the first SIN. Murder--by the
and of the same rascal--was the first
rime. Avoid these fundamental evils,
$ you value happy and prosperous life /;
n, when once thrown BY either Of them,
our shahce ofcver getting on your pegs
gain, will be mighty weak in tue back,