The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-11-18
NUMBER. l4s
A HARD SHELL Disco asE

ing. behold they wus all dead corrUsts''
My frens and hearers, VII preects1
onto you this day-win and weatLer per
niiting-from the thirty -sevingti' ch hauteu
Nv Isaisy, thirty~six:h verse. Az tue Dc
stroyin angel smote to the camp ur tAe
Syreenians hundred and four s. sTe ani
five thouslng men-ah. And when tEey
riZ up early in the mornin, betotl iley
was all dead cOrpuses. And llus l. -
nnconverted frens and hearers, lHai ne
destroying angel stalks abroad ~;ih Ai=
meat-aXe ready to sen US 10 the-5oJ.eysrG
before VIC kin set down to breakfgs.-sh
An il is said, my frens, that roses ara red
and viOcts blue, but it's no use a trs -e--
in to lloneyfuggle round the angel GAbcies
when he toois for you to tuck yer Isii-
and git under dirt-ah. ''And when tlcy
riz ur early in The mornin, behold tbsy
was all dead corpuseS."
My wTetched brethering and sisteriaE.
es ! was ridin along the road oUe day.
| seen man sitliu on the top NV rvs f-nce
with double bari shot gun on his ~ -sh
an swetIin and a fannn Nv sseff wi.n
an old straw hat, and a cussn n az tho
forth NV July, an North AmeTiky. aa tas-
constitution, an the supreme court. Hn6 t-y
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United States-ah, and when Lee1a ,Ea-
man cussin, an seen that big sLp! gun.
thinks TO myself, in the words u b g tex
ah, IAN when they riz up ear!y in ~
morning, behold they was all dead o.
puses."
An tole Roam to wo, and SCI s'1er
ungodly fren, if yo swear in that -7 vYsy
you will forever and internally ruins
your immortal srnl-ah, and never get r.
nibble when you 60 a iishin-ah; ga PCS
lie, ''You goito hi, you Id o-3 mis-
shapen, misbegotten, mistake of croaGo1-
ali ef yo had 10 get The grass oCt pv
a cotton crop with free niggers, yo'd see
upon stump and cuss yoself GU Vi
! id ole yalar hide an go to HI io- y5-.
| heaith-ah." An sez l, ''Aiy erin fren
| ii cuts me TO the niarrcr TO see V s;ruE
! lin in the bondag az sin-ahi" and se. BE-
'My Punkin faced customer, ef 30 csa.
climb that tall red oak tree thar, anJ seur
/ anythin in this here miserable Ian Ga.
bondag and crab grass yo kin take a. as-
for henness-ah." An sez |, ''My aarc
swearin fren, / am afraid yo will never
register yo name IN the book Nv iu.erna
| life-ah." An sez he, 81 went to ior
last Monday to reg lister, AN | couldn'; ee-
sight Nv the book fur the dam greasy n'1
Gers-ah." ''Oh, mistaken human" sez
Il tremble for 20 future, for yo air Or l'.s
road leadin TO perdilion-ah." An ST. Le,
''Yo air ID liar. for I'm on the rosZ
| a leadin to Benton-ah." | heaYeG -
groan, my hearers, and SEE |, San wle..
they riz up early in the mornin, boho-
they was all dead eorpuses.'
An sPz he ~ ct 'efn riZ an he d
| 'em all! "Oh, my sufferin feller cree
ter" seq /, ''ef yo would but sue for gr,s..
yo might cum to iine thai hevinely qvi..
AN be mancipated from the shackiee "a
sin-ah' And he cooked up his gun e.
scz he, 81 had twenty-six likely niegs-s
mancpated on my hans, and eff you ocea
yo jaw bout Emancipation TO me again It
make buzzard viitles out Nv yo id oil
swiveled up carkass befn HI could crip
pie Nv a gnat-ah" Ny constant frers
an hearers, when seen that wicked ,osr
u cockin Nv his gun-ah, l began 10 Zee
exceeding jubous, and Tie words uv lhs
tex smoted upon my ear-ah An wAc.
they riz 10 early in The mornin, GclciA'
they was all dead corpusses."
But, my Christian hearers, felt Gale
upon to try my han one more time on Iiits
objurit man ali and SCI /, ''My bias
! phemious fren, you are continually an for.
ever dam'd eff you don't immejitly gel dow.
ofen that air fence ah, an go 10 some s--
/ questered spot ah, an pray for your SOU
redemption ah." An he jumped doY
ofen the fence sho nuff-ah, but he dils's
60 TO no sequestered spot-ah; but, my ON
conscious hearers, he stuck that big u
double barreled shot gun close up to 10
reverend bead-ah, and seq he, Il hearn s.
sequester was the nexushiag to a corfsc..a
tor, and eff that's yer-business in this yer
settlement, yo bad better begin To rrs
mighty small an beautifully less-al."
| An hearers, it looked to me AS if "A drUre
Nv mules could have trotted down IT,
barrels that air ole shot gun~ah al
put spurs to ole Roam an galluped th,u
the wilderness fur TO and twenty-fU-r
hours ali an, thinks l, my hearers, e
that air man don't pull up soon, he'll g.-
to the end ov his rope all. ''An wLe;i
they riz up early in the mornin, behOl
they was all dead corpusscs."
An sho nuff, my patient hearers, /
about three days that proffanated man wea
tux up by The freedman's buro. am trie3
by "a military commission, an hung fuy
killing a nigger-ah; ar, my lisIia
frens and hearers, when | seen him stanG-
in ON the great immensiiy uu space, an /.
kickin at the foth district, sez to mysei..
in the lanSio Nv the inspired himmisttr-aL
One moro sinner dead and gone.
A silver spade to dig his grave,
A golden chain to lot him down.
A bugle hUrn to blow him on-ah.
'An when they ris up carly in tte
mornin, behold they was all dead coz,