The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-12-21

permlttiDyy lrOnl the DIN ape Oh
lsaiah,i goth verse, which reads as fol
lows:
An the destroyin angel smoto in
the camp of tho SYrenians q hundred
and four scoro anu four thousand men
Ian, when they riz up airly in the
nlorpIn, behold theyIw all dead cor
pusses."
And thus It is my beloved friends
and friendly hearers, that the destroy
in angel stalks abroad, ready to send
US to the yard before we can rise up
inothe mornin and set down to break
fusts An it issaid, my frens, that
roses is red and violets blue, but it's
no use tryin to honey-fun9le round
the angel Gabtial when he tools his
horn fer you to. hand in your che, ks
nn-prepafe to GIT urder dirt, fur you'll
have to hunt your hole then saItin.
can when they riz up airly in the
morpins behold they WIZ ali dead cor
pusses." NJ Ergl
Ny wretched brethering and sis
teffffg, as I wuz ridin along the pub
lie road one day 1 seen a man settin
on-the- top-uv his fence, with a dou-
ble-barreled shot gun on his lay, an
a settin an . fannin NV him elf with
an2old straw hat, al cussin nv the
Fourth NV July, an North america,
an the Constitution, an the Supreme
Court, m. the President NV the Unit
ed States, an the Bird NV Liberty.
an the Freedmau's BHro, an the If.
teenth amendfnent-ah; an when l
heatA that man a cnssin and seen
that big shot gun, ah-thinks l to
myself, in the words NV the text;
"An whan they riz up airly in the
mornin behold they wuz all dead
corpusses."
An 1 tole rome to wo-an SEE I,
stmy ,ungodly fren, eff you sware in
that ar way yu4l furever and e%terner-
" ruinate yer Immortal soul. IN new
er git a. nibble when ye go a fshin''
An SEE he, You go to thunder, you
darned Old misshapen, misbegottei
mistake Nv creatTonI Ell you had
to git the grass out ny acotton crap
with free nisgers, you'd git o a log
or slump an scuss yurselt out NV yer
burned old yalleEhide." SEE !, my
erin fren, it cuts me to the marrer-
to see you struggiin in the bondidge
NV sin.,An-says he, 'aly pnnkin-
faced customer, ef you can cline this
tall red oak thareand see anything in
thisseTa missile land but bHndidge
and efabEgFaSS yoa kin have my old
hat for, a henSy nest. An SCI J, NV
hard swarm fren, I'm afraid you'll
never regKtrr Your name iii tie BOOK
Nv eternalaHf6." IN sez he, Il welt
to town last week to register but I
couldn't git site pyfthe b'ok for The
internal grees7 niggerS oh, mis-
takea1bunan,'lzez 4, II iuIaihie ior
yer fpuFs for you are on the g9ad
leadin to, Qertlis2un' An 81 be, You
are a cnssed ole liar, tor Pm on the
road1sadih to Benton" l hove a 81,
an sell, IN the lahgwiiae NV my text:
"Apawhcnsthry Fiz up airiy i'll the
mornia bshold they WIZ al dead cor
pusses."
devils fakesm an" sfOb, suifr;n fell.ri
creeteri" SEE I, "ef yoa- gsouII but
sue for grace, We might JON the hev-
emily ouire, and be m%ancipated from
the shaekes Nv sin and scape e~ycrlas-I
tin perdishun An he cooked up bis
gum, an SEE he. II had twenty six like
" nigyefs n1aneipated, an eft You open
yer Jaw Bone about maneipation to me
agin, IA make buzz1td lwftos- ioafhl
yer inferfallole carcass quickern hell
could scorch a aat."
MyscOnstant frens aH-hesrers, when
I seen that wicked man eoekin Nv his
gun, Lbegin.to feel mighty jubus, and
the words Nv my text smote upon my
ear: so miB5ac5
"Answhen they rig up airly in the
mornin behold they WIZ all dead cor
pusses-1
But my-cristian hearers,I felt call
ed upon to try my hand once more on
this poor objcrit man, and SEE I, MY
blasphemoos fren. you are continually
and eterpauy. damned eff YOU don't
immejfHYgiI sdpwli. that ar fence go
to sonia scqnsstSfea SPOT and pray
for your souls r~edempshun." And
shure nuf he did jump dow1 eftcn
the ferce-buth he dffn' hunt no Sc
questured spot, my hng Oily hearers;
he stAHk that big ole deu Jle-barrel,ed
shot guRclefe 10 to. my reyerened
head, and sez he II hateshearn that
q sequester was he next thing to a
confscater. na If that's yer business III
this here settlement you had better be
gin to grow mighty small and beauti,
fully less.1
An myshearers, it looked es iffa
drove Nv mules could have trotted
downlthe baEreisuv that ar old shot
gun, an i pat spurs to ole, roan an l
galluped through the wilderness, for
four and twenty hours; an 1 my
hearers; E f4hat ar man don't pull up
soon hear gft 10 the end NV his rope. |
and lake-upfffs ar.5de where the worm
dieth holland the Ere isznot ~siiuirched
for in the ianewidge rs my text, With
q slight ~yaIiatssn
"An vkdn he rises up airy in the
morn1n behold he viii be damned
An shure nut, my patient frens an
hearers-n-aboat three days thar
poor, upgodly. p~roaauted man was
tux up byaaslH iingtarf commission
an hung forkiAiA NV a niger. An
my listnin frenS aD hearers, when i
seed him standiBson tie great inimen-
sity W space, between wind AND
weather s. 6ckip,a at. the fcnEth DIS
trict, seq TN fRe IhapgyYidge 81 the in
Gone more s;pner dead and gone;
ga silver spadesto dig. his grave;
y golden chain to let Inn, down;
A bugfe horn 70 COLI hin on
can when they riz up AIRY in the
morniu kahah1afbau er,,- Ill Jao5 -