Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-10-12
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"And when they ria early in the morning. behold
they was all dead corpuees.
"My friends and hearers, will preach
onto you this day-win and weather per-
misten--irom the thirty-sevingth chapter
uvsIsaisy. thirty sixth verse: An the de-
stroyin angel smote in the camp NV the
Syreeianss a hundred and foreseore and five
thousand men-ah. And aohen they ris up
edrly in the morning, behold theg ,oGs all dead
corptsesP p An thus it is. my unconverted
frens and hearers, that the destroyin angel
stalks abroad with his peat axe, ready to
sen us to the boneyard before we kin set
down to breakfast -ah.AAnd it is said my
frens, that roses are red and yielets are
bluerah, but it's no use of tryin to honey
fdggfe round the angel Gabriel when he
toots his horn tur You to tuck 70 tails and
git under dirt7ah. 4p,faie tsf.a91 4i5-i
"And when they riz up early IN the
morning, behold tney was all dead cor
puses. .sEe z
NV wretehed brethring and sistering, es
was riding along the road one day, ]
seen man a settin on the top nv his fence;
with a doubled barrel shot gun on his lap
ah, and a swettin and swettin and fam
min NV hisselt with a nolde straw hat. an q
cussin uv'the forth nv July, an North
Ameriky, an the Constellation. and the SUI
preme Court, an the bird nv liberty, an the
Presidentuy the United States -ah, an when
hearn that man cussin an seen.that big
shot gun, thinks to myself, in the words
OF the tex-ah,e q
.sAn when they, riz up early in the MORN,
ing, behold they was all dead corpuses.' .
IAN tole old Roam too wo, and sez /, my
ungodly frep, If you swear in that air way
you will forever and eternally ruinate yo
immortal soul-ah, and never git nibble
when you go fshin-ah; and seq he.tsYou
go TO hell, yon dan'd ole misshapen, mis-
begotton, mistake NV vscreation-ah, ,1ef you
had to git the grass out nv cotton crap
with free niggers, you'd git npon stump
and cuss y0uself out Ov yo dam'd ole yal-
lerhide, an go to hell for yo health -ah. A n
ser j, my erin fren, it scut me TO the
marrer to see you strugglin In the bondage
NV sin-ah.l And seZ he, My punkin faced
customer, rssef you kin cline that air tall
red eak tree thar and see anything in this
here miserable land but bonding and crab
grass, you kin take my old hat for hem
ness-ah" An sez H-'My hard swearin
fren, lam afeared you will never register
yo,naine In the book of eternal lite-ah.n y
And ,sez he II went to town las Monday to
register anaI couldn't git sight nv the
book for the dam greasy niggers-ah -ah:'
"Oh, mistaken human,n sez /, II trimble
fur 20 future. fur you are on the road
leadin too perdition-ah." An sez he, "You
are dam'd ole liar, for Pm on the road a
leadin to sBenton-ah." heaved groan,
my hearers, and sezi La, ~ I.ss sai 2 l.s-sl
MAnd when they riz up early in the
mornin, behold they " as all dead corpuses." !"
San seq he, LET en- rise and be dam'd to
EN- all-ah.n s'Oh, my sufferin felier cree
tur.s, Il sez j, ''ef you would but sue fur
grace you might come jine that heavenly
Quire, and be mancipated frum the shack
les of sin-ah.p And he cooked of his gun
and seq he, II had twenty1six likely mig
gersmancipated on my hans wonst an eff
you open yo jaw bout mancipation to me
again I'll make buzzard vittles out of 70
dam'd ole eswivered up carkass befo hell
coliid cripple Nv gnat-ah." Ny constant
frens and hearers, when seen that wicked
man a cockin nv his gup-ah. begun to
feel exceeding jubous, an the words nv the
tex smoted upon my ear-ah.
IAN when they riz up early IN the
morning, behold they was all dead cor
puses."
But my christian hearers, felt called
upon to try my han one more time on this
obiurit map-ah and sez /, = My blasphe-
NOUS fren, you are continually and forever
dam'd-ah, el you don't immejitly git down
ofner that air fence-ah, and 90 to some
sequestered spot an pray fur your souPs
redemption ah." And ne jumped down
ofner the fence shore enuf, but he didn't 90
to no seauestered stop-ah; but, my uncon-
sciof,s heerers, he stuck that big ole double
barrel shotgun close up to my reverend
head-ah, and eez ne, - We nearn seQuester
was the next thing to contseator, an eff
that's yo business in this here settlement,
yons had better begin to grow nsity dam
small and beautifully less-ah.pS Ansmy
hearers. 1t looked to me as of "a drove NV
mules could a trotted down the barrels NV
that air ole shotgun-ah, an put spurs to
ole Roam, an galloped through the will
derness fur TO an twenty hours-ah; an
thinks l, my hearers, eff that air man don't
pull up soon he'll git to the end NV his
roDe-afl.sa a So Ioa5 i2-h eia'd 'i.1 -
.And when they riz up early in the
morning, behold they was all dead cor
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An sure -enuf, my patient hearers, in
about three days that protanated man was
tux upsby the freedman's buro. and tried
by niiliingtary commission an hung for
a KILN nv Niger, ah; an my nsDen
freus and hearers, when i seen him asian
din or, the great einensity nv space an
kickin at the forth district, sezl too my
self, In the laDguig Nv the Inspired Minister
= One more sinner Is dead and sose.
err "A SILVER spade too d. g his grave.
golden chain q let him doNn. .,..sa
A bugle horn 70 blow on-sn, HF
aAu when they riz up early In the morn
ing, behold they was all dead eorpuses."
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