The Grange advance., 1874-04-08


Hoods 81 the great deep Eivered f6e -
tegl land there was 6hem, and there
- Ham, and there vas Japheth-ah,
I'll a-gwine into tho Ark-ah." !
Just At this point he stopped speaking
= 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 breth-
rem, to describe all the animals that
went into the Ark-ah. Your patience
and my strength would give out before /
got half through-ah. We talk, my breth
erin, about the faith of Abraham
and the patience of Job-ah; but it
strikes me they didn't go much ahead
OF old Noer-ah. It tuck right smart
chance o both to gether up all that
gopher-wood, and pitch and other truck
to build that craft-ah. am sort of \
carpenter myself, 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.
ali, an lookin' for his pay in another
worid.ah-1 tell ye my bretherin if the
Lord had sot job at that, it's my opin
ion he would a-tuck his wife's advice
inside Of fifty year-ah. Besides, no
doubt, his righteous soul ~as ve1ed ev-
cry day, hand runnin', with the filthy
communications of the blasphcmous
set that was always a-loaferin' and a.
saunterin' around.ah, a-pickin' up his
tools and a-misplacin' 'em, and a.callin'
him an old fool or somethin' worse-ah {;
and to clap the climax, he was preach.
er, and had that ongodly gineratiou on
his hands every Sunday-ah. But the
Lord stood by him and seed him
through the job-ah and when every
thing was ready he didn't send Noer
out to scrimmage and scour and hunt
all over the wild world for to git up the
critters and varmonts that he wanted
saved-ah. They all come to his hand of
their own accord 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
open-ah.
But, my bretherin, Noer-ah had
use tor patience after this-ah. Think
what time he must a-had a-feedin'
and a-waterin' and a'cleanin' out after
sich crowd-ah. Some of 'em, accord
ing to Goldsmith's Animated Nater'-
ah, was carnivorious, and wanted fresh
meat-ah; and some was herbiverious,
aud wanted vegetable food-ah; and
some was wormivorious, and swallered
live things whole-ah; and he had to
feed everything accordin' to his mater.
Hence, We view, my breth,rin.ah, as
the natter Of the animals wasn't altered
by goin' into the Ark-ah, some of 'em
would roar, and howle, and bark, and
bray, and squeal, and blate, the whole
indurin' night-ah, drivin' sleep from
eyes aud slumber from his eyelets-ah
and at the first streak O daylight the
last hoof Of 'em would set up a noise
accordin' to his nater-ah, and the bulls
OF Bashan wer'n't no whar-ah. I've
often wondered how their women stood
it. Scripter is silent on this pint.ah !;
but l think l know of some that would
a.been vapory and nervous under such
circumstances-ah, and in an onguarded
moment might a-said somethin' besides
their prayers-ah."
Here the speaker again spit, took
water, etc., and fastened to a conclu-
sion.
I" My brethren" said he, " one more
word for old Noer-ah and will draw
to a close-ah. After the outbeaten'
time he had, first and last, for 80 many
hundred year-ah, if he did by accident
or otherwise, take a leetle too much
wine on one occasion-ah, I think less
ort to a-been said about it-ah. Besides
[ think he was entitled to one spree-ah,
as he made the wine hisself, and, &C.
cordin' to Scripter, it makes glad the
heart O. man-ah.
My brethren, as it was in the days
OF Noer-ah, so shall the coming
OF the Son of man be-ah. The
world will never be drowned agin-ah.
1t vii! besot a-6re, and burnt up, root and
branch, with fervent heat-ah. Oh!
what will wretched, ondone sinners do
on that orful day-ah? They won't feel
fit for To live nor ft Eor do d;o- -.h