Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1866-05-29

HANS BREITMANN,s SERMON.
From tho Brooklyn ,Eagle.J

1t was our intention this week to
republish Breitmann'ss sermon against
the Sunday Laws, but our solitary
copy was left "up the country" last
summer, and not being able to procure
another, we can only quote few
stanzas from memory. The Sermon"
is the most elaborate and, without
exception, the longest of the Brett
mann ballads. The author pretends
TO have ordered pictorial illustra-
ton for every verse, and then ex-
plains how by some accident every
picture in turn came to grief, and
could not be engraved. 1t does not
seem possible that the irrepressible
Hans was ever regularly ordained in
any sect, most likely he took to
preaching on his own hook, as many
persons Of different ages, sexes and
colors have done among us.
Hans Bretmanu preached u sermon, and did de
ting up brown,
He preached to all the good fellows and pooty
gals In town,
And every man that came TO church rolled q
parrei oflager down.
This verse was to have been illus.
trated with a portrait OF Hans "put
Mr.. Breitmann in prown sat to the
photographer for Mr.. buchanan in
stead of himself"
Hans Breltmann preached sermon against the
Sunday Laws,
lie spoke out like good fellow with round Dutch
words in bis jaws;
And when be quoted the Rteidwein1ied they
bust in the roof nit applause,
Here was to have been a picture
Of the Sunday Laws, but the concrete
mind of the artist was unable to rep
resent this abstract idea q! In the
next verse the "bottomless pitt is
mentioned, and this also was to have
formed an illustration, but the author
struck it out, "ior ] thought a good
many peoples would find out what it
was like without pictures"
Hans Breitmann preached II sermon aud quoted
what Luther said,
Who loves not women, wine and song, lisa
stupid wooden. head,
He shtays fool his whole life long, and goes to
do tuyful when dead. III
Pictures of Luther and the enemy
of man had been ordered for this
verse, but the artist probably a Jes-
nit in disguise, though Hans friend
doesn't say SO "made Toctor Martin
Luther and de tuyfel SO much
alike, you couldn't tell t'other from
which"
Equally felicitous is the reference
TO home:
Hans Breitmann preached sermon, and held
winning hand;
He made de tears come into our eyes when no
spoke OF FaderIand
And talked Of the beautiful btrchsoeih and the
elegant mu-c band,
How they play and sing Of a Sunday, and lance
like all be tammed
The artist employed to design
German Sunday, chad nefer peen in
Jarminy, 50 he makes a church NIT
peoples going into il" and thus that
picture was horS d@ combat.
Finally, the excitement was such,
that the audience could listen to the
sermon no longer, and began on the
lager, progressing from that to
punch. The punch bowl which was
to have illustrated the verse de-
scribing their jollity, "yos sent by
mistake to the printing Office, and
the printers drinkt it all up"
OF course the conclusion is senti-
mental.
Hnns Breitmann preached sermon /; The sermon
has gone out nit the wind;
De peoples have finished de lager bier; ders Is
nothing left pehind.
q Himmel rudSturn und Ewigkeit, vot fought
you put in my mind"