The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-07-19
SENTIMENT AND FUN.
GA little nonsense, now and then
Is relished by the wisest men,"
Nasty.

lfTOm the 1Oieoo Blade.
ri CoNFEDRIT X ROADS. (which ]
is in the Stait NV Kentucky
5ee 348 on July 6, 1866 j
preached last Sabbath, or rather
tried to, from parable of the Prodi-
gal Son. We had splendid congre-
gashun. I notice a revival Of the
work in this part Nv the Dimocratic
vineyard which RELY cheersjme. The
demOnstrashun our friends made at
Memphis, the canin of .Grinnel by
Rosso, and the call for johnson
Convention at philadelphia, all hev
conspired to comfort the souls of the
Dimocrisy and encourage EN- to re-
newed effort. 1t is bringing forth
fruit. Only last week five Northern
men were sent whirlin out Of this
section-they busted in the night to
escape hanging, leavin their goods as
prey to the righteous six niggers
hev been killed and one Burow officer
shot Trooly, there is everything to
encourage us. 9e9 ~ y <e te /"
The house wuz full. The weather
wuz hot, and the, pleasant incense Nv
mingled whisky, tobacco and snuff
which arts wuz grateful to me. The
sun shone in on Deekin Pogram s face
ez he gently slept, and when the sun
hits him squair ken alluz tell where
he sits, even eff it IL dark. He drinks
apple-jack instead NV corn whisky,
and chaws fine cut tobacker instead
Nv plug, and consistently when in the
pulpit | ken distinguish the Pc
collar aroma of his breath from those
around him. s,-....-..f 49,. ..- =
Ny brethren, SEE I, " sich NV 700
ez hev Bibles in yoor houses, kin get
somebody to read 700 the parable to
witch IlsheH call yoor attention. A
man wunst upon a. time had sons, ez
| many men hev since, and one Nv EN-
wuz a tough one He left his home
and went into far countries, making
the old man shell owt his shareiuv the
estate, and he lived high, jist my
brethren, ez yo0r boys q, do or
rather did when they went to Moo
Orleans, in the days when you he'd a
niger or two wich 700 Good sell to
supply EN- with money. He played
draw poker and faro, he drank fancy
drinks and boarded at big hotels, and
he follored after strange women
which'll bust man quicker nor any
one small sin the devil hez yet invent
ed, ez yoor pastor kin testify. Wv
course his pile give out and he got
down, my friends, did this ingenious
yooth, to rags and wretchedness, and
ended in being an overseer of swine.
What did he do? He ariz and went
to his father, and the old man saw
him afar off and went out to meet
him, and fell onto his neck, and give
him order for SCOT of clothes and
pair NV boots, and put a ring onto
his finger, and made feast, KILN fo1
4 the purpose the fatted calf witch he
he'd saved for another occasion.
My friends you kin find in the
skripter suthin applicable to every
occasion, and this parable fits the
present time like a ready made coat
The South is the Prodigal Son. We
went out from our fathers house, on Z
expedition which hezent proved alto
gether a success. We spent our share
NV the estate, and a little more. W.
run through with our means and he1
i cum down to rags, and dirt, and filth
and hunger. We are, and hev bin fO
some time, chawin husks. We rul
out after them twin harlots, Shaver.
and State Rights, and the've cleaned
us out. Our pockets are empty. N
more doth the pleasant half dolla
Jingle in sweet unison agin its fellows
our wallets is barren NV postal cur
rency, and the grocery keepers mourn
and refuse to be comforted becoz w
are not. We hev got to the husk stag
, NV our woe, and would be tendin hog
eff the armies witch past through thes
countries had left us any. We. he
}. KUN back. In rags and dirt we hay
wendell our way back to Washintol
and ask to be taken back Now, VIII.
don't our Father, the Government
fulfil the skripter? Why don't it Sc
us afar off and run out to meet US
Why don't it put onto US purple
robe?-where's the ring for out
finger, and the shoes for our feet? ant
where's the fatted calf he ought tt
kill2 My brethren, them Ablishin
. lists is worse than infddels-whil
they preach the gospel they won
practice it. For my part, L
At this point a sargent belongin t,
that Internal Burow, who wuz in tn
audience with enough Nv solers tt
make opposin of him unpleasant, SEE
he he'd ben a sort NV exhorter in hi
day, and desired to say word in ex
Z PLANTATION of that parable, ez applica
BILE to the present time, and SEE he
"ef | am interrupted, remember tina
| belong to the church military, wicl
is, just now, the church triumphant
And eockin his muskit, he proceeded
very much uninterrupted.
The prodigal son." SEE he, wa
received by the old man with consid
!. cradle doins, but my worthy friend
he went out decently He didn't, e
soon ez he withdrawed from the house
| I IL.