Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-11-30
Mistellansous.
From the Lancaster Intellgencor.
The second Book OF Chronicles
ACCORDING TO DIXiT.
CIIIIpTER !

CnupTER ].
l. And it came to pass in those days that
Abraham being dead and gathered to his
fathers, Andrew reigned in his stead.
9 And the war, which had prevailed for
many days being ended, there was much
tribulation, and the Blood Suckers and
Preachers and Harlots were much afflicted.
3. And raising their voices, they said,
Behold the honey-comb Of which we have
eaten is vanished, and the tcats we have
sucked have become dried up:
4. "What shall we do that these good
things pass not away fromsns, and we be-
come again as lean as goatY"
! 3. And they sent their cunning men and
painted women into the city of the King
that they might spy out the weakness OF
| his court, and lay snares that he might be
taken in their coils.
6. And going thither they clad them
selves in mourning, and lamented the death
of him who had reigned
7. (For they thought to hoodwink the
King and hide from him their deceitsl
8. And they cries out for vengeance, upon
all those who dwelt in the land of the South,
and imputed to them the death Of the King
who had been slain
9. Saying, "Let their men and women
| be slain. Draw the sword upon the babe
and the sucking let there be none spared
from the edge OF the sword. Let the land
be laid desolate.
TO- LET thy word, o, King lift oul
brother the niger, to the high placcs-le'
! him be even as ourselves.
IL. ''For behold, by these means shall We
bring downthe Copperheads, and our glory
be written upon the tables Of brass.
II. And then, Oh King! shall we wor
ship if thou wilt bow down and do our will
to thee shall Boxer sing ho.annas and Thad
Gus, the Cynic, shall praise thee.
l3. 1--WE will give to thee power and do
minion, thou shalt rule US forever, and tn.
glory shall shine like unto the mackeral
when it stinketh.
H. But Andrew, the King, looking upol
them, perceived malice in their hearts, am
their lying pretenceS were made manitcs
to him
| IS. He saw, also, that from the ruin q
) the Land they sought riches, and that tn
: chief of Devils had entered into them.
l6. And answering them he said, 1T
, written, Trust not the Yankee when h
4 smileth, nor the redler Of nutmegs whe
t he singeth Psalms"
/ and Baguios, and convcnticles, and brin
g Is. Put We off the weeds whercwith ,
{ are clothed, for perceive through your u
g NOR Of hypocrisy the wickedness of yo
hearts.
&c 10. "Yc have made yourselves friends
,t the mammon of iniquity-ye have hea
Is cdup prices in the day of atf1lction
le 20 "le shall no longer through the tel
N pest of blood add to your stores, for beho
a the night flceth, and the dawn Of coinm
y sense draweth nigh.
;; u. II have sworn that the Covenant
$ our Fathers shall be kept whole, and b
i hold the Yankee and hidden traitor shi
$ not lay his hand upon the law.
= %. The murders which ye counsel wi
y ! not do, nor shall your deceitful wore
+ lead me to the worship of'Obi, the god
}. the niger.
d 30. The day of baby-talk has passt
J. away, and the blather of towards hath b
II come as the East wind-empty.
IL 24. Even as the Devil did to the Son
If Man, so have ye offered that which is n
n yours to give, and like unto him shall
II fail in your guile.
n 2j. The songs of the Boxer are II
l. sweetness to my ears nor do desire the 7
1t membrancc of Drunken Lcaguers.
A. 90 And the LcaguerS, and Contractor
l. and Preachers, and Harlots went forth fro
n the presence Of the King, sore abashed.
v o. And they ground their teeth in tho
,c rage, their spittlc dried in their mouths, a
il they swore they had been sold even
ut Esau.
lie 2S. But the people laughed them to scol
:. and said, "lct us drive these unclean sp
re its from our borders"
IA %. But the elders and wise men sa
Mt NAY, rather let them be, that they III
e, die Of their own spleen and bitterness, ii
DC their names become proverb to the p'
er pie
n? COLUMBIA, Oct. 4, 1865.