The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1870-05-11
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My hearers, ( shall draw for}bg g
horns of my argument from the 4Dll
ing hymn: HI stss
This world Is all a aeeltn' show h
To mans illusion given (; + "
Never asnfvo ~shavA :, ~, ~ rte, 10

Never aspire whore you can't Ut, sc ssss &
Or to the air.h you'll fall. iSs3
agree with tho tavern keeper, Slf6;
said When tho circus company sIof
without payiu' him for grub aud y
"this world is all feetin' shoN, IS 91i
[ also side with the hungry man, 6s
cried out in the Dustin agony 6fshtfs
heart, when he saw cooked pig's kaxf&k;;
shockin' in the magic lantern, tkst sst
is "for lnau's illusion given le Z q
friends you wrap your feelings asoIp
the rotten things of this world ever SS
monkeys do their tails around tho GsusSs
sound limbs Of old trees. s;,ss ss
When you get high up, you End.
your honay.boe hoIler turns out toS SbSaa
hornets nest, and when those little Ayx;;
ing belzebub's commence poklh. their
sharp pointed snouts deep into your cxSS
cass, you wiggle about like an'>eelSia Ss
fryin pan, your tail gets untwisted !, os
the limb breaks, that you have gsabkSds
as tight as leather sucker does 4 btISf
bat, aud you fall, cowhollop, upon t61ES;
broken glass bottles, which ere SlwAis,
strewed under the pizen Was ,trs9 III:
pleasure Oh the vanity of desiff93s
the slippery paths of this airth ~ YSas
run after EN-, you pant you blow, thspAyxS
spiration runs down you like sospsads 3ii;s &
a washing machine, your body is covered
over with the priokly heat of ;anxiety,ss
and your feet with the soft eorns Of care
and disappointment. And what are git,ss
these sufferings for? What max es youts'
nose bleed, and what makes your bloo6s
boil like hot pitch at tar gathertns ts
Why you've been running after the great
shoat of fmammon His tail has been din.
ped in Satan's lard kittle, aud vhvGs'
you think you've got him foul l-Whsn
you've poured the ashes of vexation oli
your palms, when you've dipped :yedr
fingers into the sand glue of experieRsS
and wisdom, SO that they'll stick .fSst.,
aud no mistake, the cuased critter RiFsa
grunt like the Dustin Of bladder, and
his tail slips through your paws lie
geese greased Eighteenth.
Oh, my beloved hearers how awfnfs,
is your situation in that perticuler tims 6
You see the hog that you're sbesiilss
runnin' after all your born days wagon
ever 80 far ahead, aud you're evers -
ditto behind |! All your precautions ,hass'
come to what hickory wood wilIiu The
winter time, smoke Your trowsera Ats
split, your shirts dirty, and your eysss
arc streaming like two lilo hoppers ohsRg
rainy day. Your head aches, cod yhasI
sec the sea turtles and canvass baJks4
rootin' straight into your skull. The
feas Of dispondency bite you thro1gE
the day, and bed bugs of consoiencei GO I;
big as sheep, keep you from s1oepS sSsI
night You're worse than man with
Ills hands tied, lying naked 10 rs
bayou, without muskcto bar? Out Of
rcmorsc springs just about ten million
nuskeetos, with comic stockings !. On.
their legs, aud augcrs in their nlonths,
all BORN strait through aud thrsHgis'
your body, and fillin up the holo With
COW itch and skunks cologne.
Your situation is too numerousy atos
mention. The molasses hogsheadt ofE,
generosity and good feeling is STAYED jp, q
and the sweet stream Of kiuducss and
humanity is mixing with the tar, dead
dogs and drunken Diggers lyin abog. on
the leyce Of vice and immortality. The;
Mississippi oflovo is at low water, tHoS
stcamboat Of prayer and the broad.Rof,if
of faith, both 10 len with the rich cargo
Of tho country above, git cruelty ,snas-s'
yed on the logs of despair; aud baths
sink deep in the yaller mud OF si6sE
the catd,hss of'hcll, which are born
the bilin spring Of iutempsrance, aoat
round your brains aud the screech. ow1s3
Of sorrow set boohooin" in tho i dom
r"ost Of your hearts. You're desertfd
aud despiscd-you're no more nse to.theaa
world than pair Of goggles arc tosv
stone blind man, and you're no moro lsS:
to yourselves than a problem Of Edalidi
to niger baby!