New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-05-18
.Tor :ia Sunday Republican
NOT FOR JOSEPH.
By ClfI!'S.

! By CHIvS.
! Asa late writer has proven. - his own
| satisfaction. ;la. Cain WAS insane when
! Abel was slowed. and would have been ac.
! quilted by any Abel. judge. OK any able
| jury. if lively: su.!, could have been pam
elled before reading the peoples paper OF
thcs. days. /. il JUS: as certain that all
goodness credited to Josoph-and 70 which
! the distance o: time lends euchantmen:-
! rightfuliy was ne: for Joseph. The stories
! of Joseph, AMI William Tel. and the little
| !atchet. and the young man who stood On
top Of the burning deck with the good little
boy who gave his p:cayune TO the mission.
airy. Instead Of buying the picked lime he
wanted SO much. have been on duty for
| long time. 5 mc rash innOvaters would
willingly give them a rest, and hazard the
| correct rearing of chill without the Use
Ot these little anecdotes. ! am not one OF
those. A good story can not DE told too
often. 1t don. hurt the story. It employs
the chin and conveys moral.
| Joseph was the son o: his father on his
| mothers 81 lie. His fathers name was Jacob.
also called Israel. Now. whether Joseph
was jacobs sou. O. ls:ael's son. does not
appear: bu: he had a mother. and eleven
brothers-:en older. and one younger than
! himself. His brothers were a.! Industrious.
/; and labored hard as stock rasers: but the
good Joseph never did work. Toll disagreed
with him. He dreamed dreams. he did. lie
| saw yi.ions for living. and told them 20
his father. This took the old man. Nothing
was too good for the boy. lie suited his
| father. and his father gave suit to him.
I The Goa. was regular Marii- Gras. 1t had
| many coiors. and many pieces: but it made
no peace in the family. The brothers didn't
| n nd the dream business much: but they
c. I'D lot s:aai the checkrvsd coa:. Al.
though suga,.coated to his father. Joseph
was bitter p:i: for his brothers. Que day
, they asked him to dream Tor them a little in
! the fields. and. when there. cast him into a
pit. Joseo,, may. or may not. have been
the first theatre deAdhead OK: record: but
ancient writer's. anserei against the
brothers. say Ii. wa. pu: ii. the pit ior
! nothing.
Now, az joseph was regularly p;tted
agains: his brethren. they had a family
| meeting and decided that the :hing to do
was to SCI! LIN instead c: KILN; him. A
little money was better than blood. AZ a
stage hero bushes from behind d canvass
tree Just the :nomen: lie IS wanted to res
Gu. a Aeeiu. mullen from the clutches OF
the front wood -chJc7. pursuing her with II
wide belt. buckle ami dark laLtern to a
violin step. s, a,.n. az this momen: comes
Potiphar. agent. aud buys ny joseph from
the PIT. jacob or Israel /. made to believe
his son is dead. fox the patch work coat
comes back TO him wal!owcc n the gore Of
kid. and his head is bowed IN sorrow.
joseph now feels that lie Ia. beer rcsu.
larry sold, bu: determines TO make the best
OF all the Egyptian Mumn;ery Ia. owners
may try TO come owe. HIM. So he travels
or through Eyvp:. down to tho land OF
Goshen. although {: wocll not pay to iivu..
date butte. in his mouth.
Introduced 20 the household OF phaEaol:.
bv strict attention TO basin, IS he soon found
favor az the cuuc: Of thai monarch. There
was none ot :Aa. Intelligent or reasonable
prejudice agains: hin. IN account CT his
failure TO have been born il Ireland. or
descended from the o'.ies. and worst fam;
lies o: n.is!tened Egyp:. Ihe grief as'
.uagns postscript. announcing that he
had been q r..iGtn: o: the place for .lc
last tweut, five years Could not have
been added to his obituary notice III
tina Egyptian Tunes. but us,kc othe'
yonny mea. he dia no: lag awake
zen. He had lis little Il. cams. AID saw
visions a. usual. Tnos. abou: the seven
lean and seven ia: cows. aud the seven ears
o.. com by the river. pleased the king. and
Joseph was promoted from chic: book
keeper to treasurer: in fac: lie became the
Pna-a.:i :an'.e. "f ;2~ ,:yal palace. lie
wa. i..n!. 49,. az! had cu.:v -
re.en.'..;u.. ~ ~ Contributor. VIE va.
a." :.e.. h.aI il: those days. Among
l.. ..r. acc oil: .!.s!lnri::. lie had tolev
a1.- god voice. and asei 10 sing ballads
! unde: cornc: iamH-l"s:s. and accompany
= himself en- III. avs iiar:.. w..ic:. 4. wa. al!
, lowed to br.r. witt. him.
lnbekncwE - Joseph. A.s eW""c So:cs
had its effect .u Mrs. !atipha:. She Wa;
an exceedingi. j.. ta.o.ci woman. aud was
no longer y"un.. hu: .oncee!ve'! great
liking 70: Joseph. Nn- da: Il. had a little
difficulty with 'i:. lady. and came away
without his uveIeca:. BEN: il =. hurry Il
attend to some I.s:ue-s down town in con
necton with ais han.. Nrs. Potphar te.
herself sDuhbeI. and informed Tie kug
that in her opinion tue youn. Hebrew gen
tleman was pot III person to have abou
: the house. Il was che Old story o! blame
!. upon the wrong patty. an. so Joseph wa
, cas-: into one OF the PRISON Wa DIS. deprived
. o: liberty wi.hou: :r.a; by ;a:v-a pvece
: den. 70: VIVA: ~. how cal. d Egi-Aandet
outrase-a!:hou,h j: wa. - low pso'ee!.n.
. then.
The prison M. indeed . eel. Blu: JOSEPH
, did no: despair. lie Wa. faithful. ard :olc
. | the Tailor 10 woIii 40: haze his iiter:,
again on any account. and fer that reason
was appointed overseei Of the hard !abo
! ward. where he enjoyed himself .ee!n.
other. work. bu. hardened &c: lis CIV,
, hands. He saw some more visions. and 90
, ! the ;r:soa ;,'e- - dean. also. TIA: AZ
! might practice OF Interpretation. Tit
baker tod cue laugh Co.. dream. wherein