White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1872-05-09

The following discourse, delivered by that
same old coon," the Captain of Mississippi fiat
boat, at a Harl-Shell Baptist protracted meeting
AT Tinicum, was phonographically reported ex-
pressly for the Mercury by samuel, the Scribe"
wLO was one of the anxious inquirers that sol
emn and interesting occasion:
"MY FRIENDS: Since had the pleasure of hol-
din forth to the benighted and heathenish rap
scallions nv Brandon, Mississippi, on the suLieck
- An he played on a harp NV Thousand strings,
sperrets NV inst men made perfeck AS the sper-
it hath moved me to take up my bed and travel;
and after visiting divus places, an propagatin'
the GOspill To varus nominations, have at last
fotched up, bless the Lord, mong the Hard-Shclls
NV Tinieum. My tex this evenin, my brother
ing, will be found somewhat tween the books of
Providence an Milkizc,lic, Il think the former,)
an when found, it will be read somewhat near as
follows: 'Whar no wood is, thar the fire goeth
Out-an' they played on SYMBOLS, dulsimers, jews
harps, aud dimmyjOhns.'
snow, my brethering, I'm gwine to say to ycu
as l said to the Brandonians on former 'casion,
I'm not an edecated man, but, bless the Lord, I'm
a mighty religush man, man what's born again
one what sperienced the holy ghost, and tuck
is, thar the fire goeth out-and they played on
SYMBOLS dullsimers, jewsharps, and dimmiohns.'
snow, my brethering, p'rhaps some We are
wondering and axing yourselves what denomina-
shun longs. Well, my friends, I'm plain spo-
ken man. although SEE it myself. as Oughtcnt to
say it, an I'll tell yer what swayshun longs to-
Perhaps some on We thinks I'm Mormon some
more ON We may kalkelate Pm Methodiss, and
Others NV ye may imbibe the nOshun that ar
Free Lower; but tells yOu my brethring Won
are all confoundedly confumbustercated if We
thinks any sich thing, for in the language of my
tex: 'Whar no wood is, thar the fire goeth out
and they played on SYMBOLS, dullsimers jews
harps, and dmmyiohns.'
the Baptists, especially to the Har,l-Shels; not
because I'm particularly fond nv cold water; for
my brcthering, I'm not one nv them ar sort o.
Christians as repudiates good whisky, or looks
gift horse in the mouth. Thar's the Rach-shells
the sOft-shells, the clam-shells, an great many
other kinds NV shells; but brethering, next to
the hard-shells, give me the man who shells out
literally when the contribution box goes round;
for 'Whar no wood is, thar the fire goeth out
and they played on SYMBOLS, dulsmers, iewsllarps
and dimmyjohns.'
Snow, my brethering having told Won what
swashun longs to Pm gwine to exemplicate and
lucidate on my text, which SEE, 'Whar no wool
is, thar no fire. &c. My brethering, don't 'spose
for the sixteenth part NV a minnit, that the fire
we read NV in the Scripters will go ont bekase
thar's no wood No, my Chrisltun friends, so
long as the anthersite and birthstone holds out it
won't make diff nv btterance whether the wood
holds out or not-the fire will he kept burning
for, they played on SYMBOLS, dulcimers, jewsharps
and dimmyjOhns!
"My brethring, when, accOrlin' to the text
SEE, they played on SYMBOLS, dullsimers Jews
harps, and dimmyiohns,' l mean that the good
perfect sperits-them by the sixth speer-plays
ON the SYMBOLS and dnlcimers, and the bad sper-
its, what lives in the lower speers plays on the
jewsharps and dimmyjohns, Especially the dimmy-
johns-for sWhar no wood is, thar the fire goeth
ont-and they Notwithstanding, smell
mice! Thar's a Judis in this congregashun, sure's
you are Twin sinners, and he must be dispelled!
All, told yon Thar he is, on that high seat
yonder, close by the stove. That weazen- faced
sinner in the bar-skin bang-up-a wolf i'm bears
clothing-settin thar as innocent as a possrIm up
'smmon tire, reporting my Letter chronological
ly!"
At this juncture all eyes were fixed on our re-
porter, who also began to "smell a mice,n and
hastily thrusting his notes i'm the pocket of his
q bar-skin bang-up," vamosed through a side
window, surrounded by a blaze of glory, and at
least q hundred Hard-Sheiss