Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-03-11

un by a noise at the door 1 sot up IL
( bed 1eanin on my elbers and rubbIu nay
( ewes. and saw the foiierin picter; Ih'
I F,lfiar stood in the doorway, with taLel
consia I'm his hand. He hadn't ne
v-e9rin appeerel Oh except his might
elose. which futtered in the breeze like
Z a geceshun flag He sed, You're 6
man Of sin 2" then groaned and weni
away.
II went 20 sleep again, and drempt OF
runnin of with the pretty little Shaker.
! ess. mounted on my Calif0rny Bar.
/ thawt the Bar insisted on steerin stratt
for my doorway IN Baldinsville, and
that Betsy Jane cum out and Civ Us a
warm recepshun with painful Of Bim
water. was woke up ariy by the Elder
He sed refreshments was reddy for me
down stairs. Then ssyin / was man OF
sin, he went groanin away.
As was goin threw the entry to the
room where the vittles was, ] cum across
the Elder and the old femaii u met the
night before, and what dye spose they
was up t02 Huggin and kissinlike young
lovers in their gushingest state. oe1
"My Shaker friends, ] reckon you'a Det-
ter suspend the rules, and git maTriq
''Nou must eNcUs Brother Ouahi ,
said the feman; he's subject 70 hts and
haiD't rotno command over hlsself when
he's into en-
ssSartainly." sez /, "Tve been took
that way myself frequent
..Youira q man Of sin r said the Elder
Arter breakfast my little shaker friends
cum in again TO clear away the dishes.
My pretty dears, " sez 1, "shah we
gag again"
" Nay, they sed, and I nag'd.
The shakers axed me 10 go 10 their
meetin, as they was 70 haveservices that
mornin, so put on a clean billed rag ana
went. The meetin house was as neat as
a pin. The floor was white as chalk and
smooth as glass. The shakers Wa all on
hand, IN clean weski5s ami meal bags,
ranged on the floor ike milinFtery COM
panies, the mails on one siGe Of the room
and the females on the t0ther. They
cammen-t clappin their hands and singin
and dancin. they danced kinder slow
at fn-t, bat as they got warmed up they
shaved ir down very brisk, / tel YOU
Elder Lriah, ia p2rticier eXhiberateo
right smart chance ofspryness IN iis legs,
e0n=iGern LIS time ofliie, and rs ne cum
a double shuttle near where 4 sot, re-
warled him with a appTOyin smile and
sed Hunky boy, Go it, my gay ami
fastIv cuss," "
"You're q man OF sin! 20 he sed, con-
tinnerin bis shuttle.
The Sperret, as they called H. then
moved short fat Shaker 60 say few |
remarks. he sed they was Shakers and !
al was el1al They was the puresJ and |
seIeckest people on the yearih. Other |
people was sinful as they could be- but I
Shakers was Oil right. shakers was all I
g0in ker slap TO the Promised Land, and /
nobody want going 30 stand at the gate /
70 bar em out il they did they'd get run |
over.
The Shakers then danced and sung
gain, and artCr they was threw, one Of /
them aXed me what I thawu OF X.
Sez I, "What duz il signer1y2'
"What2n - sez he.
"Nhy this jumpin' up and singin' .
This long weskit bizness, and this anti
leaJ and tidy. Your land is ii0Win I
with milk and honey. Your hrO9ms is
Inc, and your apple sass is honest. When
man buys a bag Of apple Sass OF You he
!on't md CRATE many shavln1 under
ew layers Of sass-a little game, I'm
0rry To say, sum Of my New EnElan an
est0Ts used TO pruCJiSs. Your -arding
eeds l. fine, and eI l should sow en- on
he rock Of GibraiUer, pTobly, [ should
ai@e a good mess Of gsrlluE Sass. You
ir honest in your desiius. You air quiet
Id don't disturb nobody. For an this
give You credit Bus YOUR religion
5 small peTJ8Jers I must ssy. You 4
nope away your lives here in
.Hgle reteh=dness, and as you air all by .
ourselves, nothing ever couiicks with ,
our pecooiier ideas, except when human
aJur DUsts out among you, as / under
-and she sometimes do. / give Uriah ,
sly wink here, which made the old fell
NV sqUirm ike a speared eel. You q
-eaT long we-kits and long faces, and s
saG a gloomy life indeed. N0children's Z
rattle is ever heaTn around your hearth Z
-uns-you are in a drairy fog ala the 4
me, and you treat the jolly sunshine of q
fe as thUagh il was a thief, driven il /
ON your doors by them weslits, )
nd meal bags, and pecoolar no.
nuns Of y0urn. The gals among =
on, some of which are as slick pieces 2
caliker as / ever s0U ewes on, air sym /
} place their heds agin weskiDs, which O
liver honest, manly haTts, while you all d
lUl yourselves with the idee that thev C
r fulhllin their mishUn here, and air d
Here you air, all pend up by @
ourselves, talkin about the sins of the o
Orld YOU don know uOthiu Of Mean 3
hile said world c0ntnuers to resolve a
.uud gu her own aXeiUree OncU i'm every C
7eDty-iour hours, subieck to the Con @
tuition Of the United States, and is a i'
cry pleasant place Of residence. It's a
lnaUaI, unreasonable and dismal life "
5u're lesdin here. So it strikes me. a
r. Shaker friends, I now bid you a wei s.
me adOO. You have treated me ex- p
edin we'll Thank you kindly, one and {
D ~ o
"A base exhibitor Of Gepraved mon p
.ys and ouprincipied wax works &" q
id Uriah.
Hello, Urish,n sez 7, 'Td almost for y
t YOU. Wall, look out for them fits OF y
urn, and don't catch cold and die in C
G 1ouT Of your youth and beauty %
And / resoomed my jerney. v