Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-08-29

WDlcn uOlusIlilu utSCTlDcS Ill HIS AM
mated Mater -ah, what can jump seventy
five foot straight up-ah, and twice that dis
lance down-ah, provided his legs will take
him that fnr-ah, all a-gwine into the Ark
alb. And the heavens of the windows was
opened-ah, and the floods of the great deep
kivered the waters-ah, and there was Shem,
and there was Ham, and there was Japheth-
all, all a-gwine into the Ark -ah."
Just at this point he stopped speaking a
few moments, wiped his forehead, turned
back his wristbands, ran his fingers
through his hair spit and rubbed his boot
in it, drank little water, commenced on a
lower key, and proceeded as follows:-
"But time would fail me, my bretherin,
TO describe all the animals that went into
the Ark-ah. Your patience and my strength
would give out before 1 got half through
ah. We talk, my bretherin, about the
faith of Abraham and the patience of job
all but il strikes me they didn't 60 much
ahead of old Noer-ah. 1t tuck right smart
chance O. both TO gether up all that gopher
wood and pitch and other truck for TO build
that craft-ah. l am a sort of carpenter my
self, and have some idee of the job-ah.
But TO hammer, and saw, and maui, and
split away on that one thing hundred
and twenty year-ah, an lookin' for his pay
in another world-ah-I tell yc, my breth-
erin, if the Lord had a got job at that, it's
my opinion he would a-tuck his wife's ad-
vice inside of fifty year-ah. Besides, no
doubt, his righteous soul was vexed every
day hand runnn' with the filthy commun-
ications of the blaspemious set that was al
ways a-loaferin' and a-sauntern, around
all, a-pickn' up his tools and a-misplacin'
'em, and a-callin' him an old fool or
somethin' worse-ah and to clap the elm
AK, he was preacher, and had that ongod-
ly gineration on his hands every Sunday
ah. But the Lord stood by him and seed
him through the iob-ah and when every
thing was ready he didn't send Noer out
to scrmmagc and scour and hunt all over
the wild world for to git up the critters and
| and varmints that he wanted savedah.
| They all come to his hand of their own ac-
| cord and Noer only had to head 'em in
and fix 'em around in their places-ah.
| Then he gethered up his own family, and
| the Lord shut him in, and the heavens of
| the windows was opened-ah.
"But, my bretherin, Noer-ah had use for
| patience after this-ah. Think what a time
he must a-had a-feedin' and a-waterin' and
a-cleanin' ont after sich crowd-ah. Some
of em, according to Goldsmith Animated
Mater ah was carniverious, and wanted
fresh meat-ah; and some was herbivorious,
and wanted vegetable food-ah; and some
was wormivorious, and swallowed live
| things whole ah and he had TO feed
everything accerdin' to its mater. Hence,
I'VE view my bretherin-ah, as the mater of
the animals want altered by goin' into
the Ark-ah some of 'em would roar, and
howl, and bark, and bray, and squeal,
and blatc, the whole indurin' night
alb, a-drivin sleep from his eyes and slum-
Der fiom his eyelets-ah; and at the first
streak % daylight the last hoof Of 'em
would set up noise accordn' to its mater
all, and the bulls of Bashan wer'nt no
whar-ah. I've often wondered how theil
women stood it. Scrlpter is silent on this
pint-ah; but think know Of some that
would a-been vapory and nervous under
sch circumstances s-ah, and in an onguard-
ed moment might a-said somethin' besides
their prayers ah.
Here the speaker stopped again, spit
took water, etc., and fastened 10 IA conclu-
| son:-
My brethren" said he, lone more word
for old Noer-ah, and will draw to a close
all. After the outbeatin' time he had, frs
| and last, for SO many hundred yearah, il
he did by accident or otherwise, takea lee
| tie too much wine ON one occasion-ah,
| think less ort to a-been said about it-ah
Besides, | think he was entitled 10 one
spree ali, as he made the wine hissell, and
accordn' TO scripter, it makes glad the
heart O. man-ah. My bretherin, as it was
in the days of Noerah, so shall the com
ing of the son of man be-ah. The world
will never be diownded again all. 1t vii
be sot a-fire, and burnt up, root and branch
with iervient heat-ah. Oh what viii
wretched, ondoue sinners do on that orfu
day.ah? They won't feel fiji for TO live
nor for to die-ah. They will be put to thei
wits end, and knock and straddie arounC
in every direction-ah. Fer all at onct my
bi etherin-ah, they will behold the heavens
'a-darkenn' -ah, the seas a-roarin'- -ah, tht
tombs IL -burstin' -ah, the mountains a-melt
in'-ah and everything, think, will be il
a confused and unsettled state. May the
Lord add his blessing. Amen ~