The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1867-12-20

'u''"'e your Immortal soul an; ana
Sez ne, You 20 TO he'll you dAm'd
old mishappen, misbegotton, mistake
NV creation ah, if you had to git the
grass out nr a cotting crap with free
niggers, you'd git upon u stump All
cusT yourself out Nv yo dam'd ole yal.
Ter hide, and go to hell for 70 health
ah.' And seq |, M y erin fren, it
cuts me to the marrer to sec you strtfg-
gIin in the bondag Nv sin ah,' my
punkin faced customer, eff you can
cline that tall red oak tree thar an see
anything in this miserable Ian but BON
dig and crab grass you can take my
ole hat for hen ness ah.' And sez |,
my hard swearin fren, am afraid
you will never register yer name in
the book Nv eternal life ah.' An SEE
he, Il went to town last Monday 20
register and couldn't get sight Nv.
the book for the dam greasy niggers
ah.' 'Oh, mistaken human, SEE I, . I
trimble for yo futur, for you air on
the road leadin to perdition ah' An
sez he, You air a damned ole liar, for
Pm on a road leadin to Benton ah. [
heaved a groan, my hearers, and sell,
And when they riz up early in tho
mornin behold they was all dead cor
puses'
And sez he, LET EN- riz and be
dam'd to em all ah oh, my suffer,
in Teller cretur' sez I, 'ef you would
but sue for grace you might come to
jine that heavenly quire, an be manci-
pated trum the shackles Nv sin ah.'
An he cooked Nv his gun and sez, i
had twenty-six, likely niggers manci.
pated on my hans, and eff you open
yo jaw bout Emancipation to me agin,
I'll make buzzard vittels cut Nv yo
damn old carkass before hell could
cripple nv knat ah.' My constant
flens and hearers, when / seen that
wicked man a cockiu Nv his gun / be-
gun to feel exceeding jubuous, and
the words Of the tex smoOted upon |
my ear ah--'And when they riz up
early in the mornin' behold they was
all dead corpuses.' N % i
But, my christian hearers, | felt call
ed upon to try my han one more time
on this ohjurit man ah; and sez [, My |
blasPhemous tren, yOu are continually
and forever dam'd ah, of you don't
Immediately git down often that air
fence ah, and go to some sequestered
spot and pray fur your souls redemp-
tion ah.' And he jumped down often
the fence shO nuf ah; bat my uneon-
sciOus hearers, he stuck that big
double barrel shot gun close up to my
reverend head ah, an sez he, 1--we
hearn sequester was the next thing
to cunfedicator, and if that's 70 bus
iueSs in this here settlement you had
better begin to grow nifty dam small
mi beautifully less all. Aud my
hearers, it looked to me as cf drove
Nv mules could trotted down the
barrel Of that air gun ah, and l put
'pur to ole Roam an | galloped |
Trough the wilderness fur 70 an twen-
y hours ah; and thinks l, my hear
,rs, eff that air man don't pull
Up soon, hen get to the end Of his
'ope ah, . ~. .... ..r
An when they riz up early in the
nornir' behold they was all dead cor
,uses -. ... .- !
An sho nuff, my patient hearers, in
bout three days that proffanated man
vas TUX up BY the freemans buro and
ried by millingtary commission an
Jung for killing Nv niger ahj and ,
ny lisnen frens and hearers, when ] |
cen him standin on the great immen. ,
ity NV space and kickin in at the
ourth district, seq | to myself in the ;
lnguig Nv the inspired himester ah.
Oue more sinner dead and gone,
A silver ,pade to dig his grave, ..
A golden chain 10 lead him down,
And atugIe horn to blow him Ah.
'And when they riz up carly in the {
,nrninJ hahOlI 9hat. twao oil 1and f,n,.- |