Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1863-07-17
... Written for the Cedar Falls Gazette.
A HIGHLY ssCOLORED0 LECTURE

REPORTED By pAs De GUILE.
Last spring Cairo was full to overhowing
of contrabands, s,--darkies of both high and
low degree. A few Of the more progressive
"nigs" got together and organized sort Of
literary society, called the "African Mental
improvement Society," They held their
meetings in an old warehouse in the western
part Of the town. Mr.. DAN De GUILE, pri.
vate in the Goth Washoc regiment, attended
one Of their meetings and sends the follow
ing report Of lecture delivered before the
society on The Rise and Fall of Ancient
History, the Book of Moses and the Bible,'
by Augustus Jerome Doddgcr.
THE LECTURE
Mister President. ladies and gcnt'lem'
you speak'ah rises befo' you dis ebnin' as
de candle dats to fro light onto dc dark, de
obscure, and de almost oblitcrated writins
and doins oh ancient history. De Bible goes
back to dc fust rollin' togedder of de world
out OBJ a crude mass Oh chaotic void, an tells
how it was den hung into its orbic. All dis
part dc work dc Lord done finish in six days,
den on'de sevenf before breakfas he drive a
few wedges bout de norf pole, widen out dc
Mississippi little, sprinkle lot more O.
gold in Cal;forna, den rest hlsscf de balance
of dc day. De Lord now took de world an
considered OBJ him, pernounc'd him good I;
den dab some grease on dc axles an set him
gon'. You all know what mex happened
bout dis time; how dat ole bullsnake fool
Adam an Eve wild dc ruinbo apple Well
it's all long O. dat snakes doin's dat dars SO
many mean people in dc world now days
If dat snake had stayed in his hole jeff Da.
Wis and de Souf Confedercy wouldn't never
bin born. No, sab, .dcy'd bof bin chaos yit.
When de apple was eat and de ice broke, den
wickedness spread 'mong de fust settlers like
fire in a stnbble field. Den dc fust Copper.
head was born, an'shis gibben name was
Cain. He lifted up his fist agin his brodder
Abel in a muss dey had bout some sheep.
For dis rusty dat he cut up dar, Cain was
kicked out Of Canaan and sloped to Souf
Carlina whar he settled an went to increasin'
and multiplying ever since. OATS SO, you
bet! DE- Cain family is big down dat way.
All, ladies and gents, tell you dis ancient
hist'ry is a big thing! Glancin' down de
pages of sacred hist'ry, we see Job in de den
Oh lions and good ole Dan'l afflicted with bles
Of de most infamitory and extortionate ma
tur; we see Samson and Collar squar of
and go in on dar muscles; Aaron, what eat
raven and wild honey locuses for 4 lvin',
layin' low mong de bulrushes in bushel
basket, and dc hand writn on de wall oi
Bill Shazer's grocery store. BY hist'ry We
are wafted-wafted ladies' and gentle'em to
ole Rome, an feel ourselves, as it we're
stanin' amid de splendors Of Solomon's tenn.
pie, viewin' de gorgon apparel of de high
priests ob Israel, and breathin' the perfuma
tory atmospherics of de incensatory apart
ments in de mOst--dc most
Yes, dat's so. As remarked, previously
before, stan hcah befo' you as de candle dat
is to fro light back onto desc dark subjecs
Hcah, den, will STAN, lettin, de Elimination
blaze ober de darkness OBJ your brains, till
dc candle is burnt down to de very socket
and de weak blaze is seen to flicker an flick
er, feebler an feebler, jis ready to die out ir
de tops OBJ my boots. Yes, sab, dat's me a
de time. IF dsr was . call for it, you
speak 'ah is ready to melt down right heah,
OATS what kind OBJ feller dat's addressin' yo,
dis time. All de Doddger family is dat way
1t ails 'em all same Is me. No, sah,-fr,
me down to cracklin' Of de brownest kind
an I'm only more 30 nor I was formerly pre-
vious to dat time. Muffin can't stop me no
how
I1i scratch an bite,
An gp1ge aT hefk,
An tumble In De mud
An when at length,
I've lost my strength,
Ineber will glib In t
= but III catch my breath
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