The Opelousas courier., 1862-07-05

THE HEN SCRATCHES WHERE Org EXPECTS TO FIND
Fellow sisters brethren; men, wonen and chill.
dren; generally and particularly speaking. You
needn't hustle any pages for the text for it Amt there
Ii is special dispensafon to your appointed pastor
and he hurls it at you for what it is WORTH Where
the hen scratches, there she expects to find bug
Did you come from the race track of the world to
parade your trotting harness" before the meek and
iowlys Have you dropped the dazzling rattles of
business and pleasure to while an idle. hour away
listening the mournful melody that is rung by angel
hands from the sacred harps that hang forgotten upon
the dropping Willows of nopalitg?' Or are you here
only to rest from the rough and tumble tussle with
the arch enemy for the almighty dollar? Verify
say unto you, where the hen Scratches. there she
expects to find bug. Ny drowsg hearers, we are
all of us a lot of damaged goods, trying to palm
ourselves of upoa each other for more than our
market value and the old firm Of Time, Death l. Co.
10 doing heavy commission business upon our stock
in trade 4 hear the maet of Death, with its me.
chanical tap, tap, and stohd monotone of "going,
going" and the next minute down it will come upon
some Of our unconscious heads and we shall be fold
ed UP like the tents of the Arabs and as silently
bofte away to the other side Of Jordan where the
dry.goods man refrains from troubling, and the gro
Ger has nothing TO say, and the weary hen ceases
fron scratching, aud ihe preeioas bug is fonnd In
the midst of life We are in debt says notable pro-
phet, who was near xiii to yonr beloved pastor IF
any of you are tempted 10 stary in the tavern Of
life, and fail to settle gousisccoias with the land
lord, may the text rise up before you like abu.
lous Arabian giant ahd deter ou from that sink Of
utter deprsvity where bumHsers lead trusttuI hens
to scratch up the bugs they desour. Your undivi-
ded attention is furthermore solicited to the signif-
cation of the text mesaphoricaly aud collectively,
in small passages 10 suit every capacity, from the
boy shicking peanuts peacefully in the corner to
the hardened SIMMER who stalks 30 proudly into your
pastors presence And woe unto, you, young We.
man, sea.ssviHg up The broad aisle Nth your new
eoalscuttle bonnet and strearnela q hyin, for you
are vanity OF vaniies And you, young men in
your fancy necscloths, 60 on ttl you sHp up ever
bale OF cotton and are left Co.. drift away over the
broad brinstone sea Of national disgrace, by.word
and jest unto the world that yon lore not wisely
but too well. My beloved, I.varn you now, if YOU
manifest symptoms Of such !cawardice as has been
handed down 10 yon from high places, the biggest
pair Of ssoggy boots in thfs congregation will rise
Up in Judgment against g6u, md kick you out into
tie broad road that ieadsso everlasting ruin And
fnailygdwfen you 4csle the csist frorn yonr brown
bread loaf, and scrape the hard beans from the top
Of your noontide pot If you Snt attia iuso the soft
and scrape little below the crisp f0r the beggars
ana oiifcasts Bortoh, your conscience and digestion
will trouble YOU less; and as yoa steal out, as some
of You will to.night, where the silver moof Of
memory hangs low over the haunted hills of the
phst, 10 bow at some hailowsd finger post that
ipoinss the way a beloved one vent ,over your
broken heart 20 heaven, may the eternal yerdire Of
the evergreen hope spring up In the barren aposs
sFoa bard by the husy feet Of The absorbing. Now,
and bring yon to the sweetness Of that peace and
the tenderileas of tst love that oTeraows continual
Nv i'm deeds and words for the elevation Of the rag
auiuffins who march in thersar ranks Of che great
army of humanity; for the bafians are not al in
she ragged file, but snsay gem Of .puress ray
serene" wants but alifting from ths filth q shine
So mote it be. Brother osfast circulate the
platter for the root df uIs i y sf rooted out
Of this place. For verify Wy snto yea. the hsn
that scratches Esrs ssxpecss TO- End Q Bug. Shall
oslt. palaeS E1d.
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