Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-10-15
MISCELLANEOUS.
from the Brandon RrPu oliean.I
A Hardshell. Sermon.

hold they were all dead corpuseS''
NV frens aud. hearers, will preach onto
you this day-wiu and weather permittiu-
from the thirty>sevingth chapter nv IsaiEy,
thirty sixth verse. IAN the destroyin aUgel
smOte in the camp of the Syreenians hund.
red and fOreore and Ave thousing men>ah.
And WheR they rag up early IN the mOrniH,
they was all dead cOrpUses." An thus il is
my uncOnverted freOs aud hearers, that the
destroyiu angel stalks abroad With his meat
axe, ready 10 sen us to the boneyard befo We
kin set down to breakfast-ah. An it is said,
my frens, that roses ara red aud viOlets are
blue ali, but it's no use tryin to hOneYfug-
gle round the angel Gabriel when he toots
his horn fur you to tuck yc tails and git un-
der dirt ah.
can when they riz mp early in the mornin,
behold they was all dead corpuses."
My wretched brethring aud sistring; es
was ridin along the road one day, seen
man settin on the top Nv his fence, with a
dOuble-barrel shot gun OH his lap.ah, an a
swettin un a fannin Nv hisseli with an olde
straw hat, an a cussin of the fOrthe NV July,
an North Amerikv, an the Constitution, an
the Supreme Court, and the bird of liberty,
an the President NV the United States-ah, an
when hearn that map q cussin and seen that
big shot gun, thinks l to myself, in the words
OF the tex-ah,
"An when they riz up early in the mornin,
behold they were all dead cOrpuses"
An l tOIe ran to wO, aud SEE /, my un god
~ tren, If you swar in that air way you will
forever aud eterually ruinate yO immortal
sOul-ah, an never git nibbIe when you 20 a
f>hiu-ah an seq he, You go to hell, YOU
dam'd ole misshapen, misbegOtten, mistake
Nv creatiOn.ah, if you had to git the grass
out NV cotting crap with free niggcrs, you'd
git upon stump aud cuss yOuself out OF yo
dam'd old yallar hide, and 20 to hell for 20
health-ah." Aud seq l, my erin fren, it
cuts me to the marrer to see you strugglin iu
the bondag Nv sinah." And SEE he, My
punkin faced customer, eff you can cline that
tail red oak tree thar and see anything in this
here miserable Ian but bonding and crab grass
you kin take my ole hat for henness ah."-
An seq l, "My hard swearin fren, am afeard
20 will never register 20 name in the book NV
eternal life ah." An SEE he, Invent to town
last Monday to register couldn't git a
sight NV the book fur the dam greasy nggers-
ali" ''Oh, mistaken human" seq /, 81
trimble for 20 futur, for you air on the road
leading to perdition.ah." Aud see lie, You
air dam'd old liar, for I'm on the road
leadin to Benton ah." l hcaved a groan, my
heaters, aud seq !,
IAN when they riz up early in the mornin,
OChOIN TIC was uedu COEpuSeS.
An seq he, LET EN- riz an be dam'd to EN-
allah" "Oh, my sufferin Teller cretur," seq
], ''ef you would but sue fur grace you might
cum to jine that heyingly quire, and be man
cipated trum the shackles of sin ah" An he
cooked up his gun, an seq he, Il had twenty
! six likely niggers mancipated on my hans,
an eff you open yo jaw bout Emancipation to
me agin, I'll make buzzard vittIes out ov 70
dam'd ole swiveled up carkass bcfu hell could
cripple of a gnat,ah." My constant frens
an hearers, when | seen that wicked man
cOckin NV his gun-ah. ! beganAO feel exceediu
| jubOus, an the words Nv the tex smoted upon
my car-ah-
IAN when they riz up carly in the morn.
lie, behold they was all dead corpuses"
But, my Christian hearers, felt called up
| on to try my han one more time on this OBJ
| jurit mau-ah an seq l, My blasphemous
tren, you air continually an Forever daIn'd-
all. ct you don't immcjitly git down ofen that
air tence'ah, an go to some sequestered spot
i 81 pray fur 20 souls rederas.:c: ali" An
| he jumped down ofen the fence sho nuff,ah,
but he didn't go to no sequestered spot-ah !;
| but, my Unconscious hearers, he stuck that
big ole double barreled shotgun close up to
my reverend head-ah, an seq he, 1--WE hearn
a sequester was the next thing to a cOnfedi.
cater, an eff that's 70 business in this here
| settlement, you mad better begin TO- grow
nifty dam small an beautifully less ~
An nv hearers, it looked to me as eff a drove
Nv mules could a trOtted down the barrels NV
that air old shot guu>ah, an put spurs to
ole Roam, and gal uT Ell through the wilder,
ness FUR 10 and twenty hOurs>ah an thinks
l, my hearers, if that air man don't pull up
soon, he'll git to the eend of his rope all"
IAN when they riz up early in the morn u.
in, behold they was all dead corpuses.'
An sho nutf. my patient hearers, in about
three days that proffanatcd man was tux up
by the freedmans buroand tried by a milling
tary commission and hung for a killing NV a
nigger-ah; and my lisnen frens aud hearers,
when L seen him standin on the great i'm
mensity NV space an kickin at the forth dis.
trict. seq to myself, in the languig NV the
inspired himestcr ali,
One more sinner dead and gone
| silver spade TO dig his grave,
| EOdng cha in to let him down,
| bugle horn to blow him on ah.
"An when they riz up carly in the mornin,
! behold they was all dead corpuSes"