Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1863-12-30
ARFIELD, PA. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 80, 1868

won OF his grand-Sons; de only ding id
wos noded for wos dat i'd tried nit all ids
mite tew take de blace of de old mans
garden angel id wos of shord durashun-
ids fader bekame enfeebled NIT him ids
stenght deklined-wen he woked nit tot
tering footsteps, id trembled-grim dcth
karied him off tew anoder world, den id
perished.
In distanse from de demple stood tew
spirids kontending NIT won anoder; da
had been engaged in menny a kombat,
sumdimes lie won wipt, and sumdimes de
cder; de won wos de perdicuar friend of
de demple- de oder wos ids sworn enemy.
De demple's enemy rosed up tew spirids ;
de won tew win de efleckshuns of de old
man, and den persuade him tew shrust
beeple from his sosiety on account of dere
berth and reloegon. In dis id hardly sue
seeded, and kommensed tew undermine
de .foundashun Of de demple De old
mans garden angel arrested ID in ids des-
/ trucktive kareer; ids desiples forsook id
and hung dere hods nit shame; and had
id nod been dat dere gRrmends had been
singed NIT de fire dat burned de unholv
offerings da offered up to de enemy Of de
/ demple, da wood have denied having eny-
thing tew do mitit. De demple's foe rased
a black kloud in de East and oud of id
kane sprid, small and insignificant ad
first, bud id grew larger and larger. Ad
first de old man and his garden angel
treeted id NIT kontemt. Dis dark spirid
J Of de demplc, for id foresaw dat by proper
management dis now small spirid wood be
able tew destroy de demple. De sworn
enemy Of de demple la5ored day and mite
tew gain influence for his dark 5pirid.-
lie appealed tew.de pregudises Of dc OLD
mans darters until he gained SUM Of dere
aifeckshuns for id, when he set up de
/ docktriEe dat de wite spirid and de gardon
angel were spirids dat were oud of date.
Dis da partly made de old man beleef.-
/ De garden angel made all onerable efiords
to destroy dere influence. De feeGd of
de demple told de old man and his dar-
ters tew shun dis dark sprd Of de East
as da wood a beStilense, bud ids good
| kounsel was in vain de enemy bad gain
ed dere atleckshuus in on unfortunate
over. De old man agreed in n few
months tew have no more tew dew nit his
garden angel dis he put in riten, and
wen he signed id rard Of de demple gave
way. De wife spirid wos bathed init teers
bekause de enemy Of de demple got lie
dark spirid tew deklare dat de wife spirid
went in for war, and ids docktrine wos
dat OF hate and revenge, Dis id ment for
ironee, but de old man took id for ernest,
Few set him rite de wife spirid told him
ids mission vos "peese and good will to-
wards all men" De old man bid id tew
begone, as be had no more use for id; for
de dark spirid Good dew both ids work
and dat of his garden angel.
For dis grade krime all de beeples OF
his household wer changed into snakes,
namely: biownadders, raddlesnake and
kopperheds De dark spirid made lean,
lanll, blownadder, king. To dis de rad
dlesnakes objected, and made a king
Of dere own. De old man set de blown
adder king over his family as chief stew
ard he let him sleep in his bed, eat from
his plate, and drink wine from his cup
Dis king called oder blownadders around
him as assisdenl stewards and kounsels
ia made de old man beleef dat de instroo-
mend Of riting dat lode on de otter konl-
PEELED dem lew make war on de raddle-
snakes, and dc old man sed "Po ahed. -
Den blownadders and kopperheds march
ed sgenst de raddlesnakes, but da traveld
back fasGer den da advansed. Den de
dark spirid persuaded de old man dat his
own preserwashun demanded dat he shood
permid de blownadder king tew treet de
instrooment Of ritiug on de otter as so
much waste paper. ID told him dat un-
less he wood make dis kings will de law
Of de land, de raddesnakes wood kill
him in his fright he konsented tew all
dis. De dark spirid drugged de old mans
wine. and wen his darters drank derefroln
da bekame drunk; den de blownadder
easily enslaved dem. Wen dere fader sip
ped id he fell asleep. Den dis king nit
his iangs poisend him, and he soon be-
kane a korps. Den all dc blownadders
made merry nit fdlng and dansing de
raddlesnakes made rejoysing ad de blown
adder king, for we'll da new dat id added
tew dere numbers, and endowed dem nit
strength.
Wen dc kopperheds beheld do lifeless
xorps Of de old man, da wept bidderiy.-
Wen all wer dus konfused, de dark spirid
by de ade Of ids favoride kIng demolished
de demple Wen die kane lew de eers ol