The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-10-18
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1olit came to pass in those days that
pt,raoh dreamed dream, and behold q
rune was 10 the land OF Egypt and
,,S s all is borders,
", SoS the time OF plenty was at hand,
AZ T"o.epb Young man Of the Hebrews
anI .t;llrl in dreams and the interpreta-
Az" thereof said unto Pharaoh:
'C %1; c now: let Pharaoh appoint officers
ovoy the land, and gather all the food OF
y ,bo,, GOOD years, and bid the people lay
s MN that shall be for store to the land
u ip,;U.t the seven years Of famine that
Hi ,nrely come upon tho land Of Egypt;
sue, ,br land perish not through famine.
And In the famine, 10! it shall be return
'N tnS the thing seemed good in the sight
Pharaoh, and he made Joseph a ruler
u Egypt ,,,,., ,,,on,oor, war, ,bo
earth brought forth by handiuls, and he
S e.tS M all the food OF the seven years
SSicb was in the land Of Egypt, and laid
"ntbe food in the cities.
W And Joseph gathered corn as the sands
4 H 'Es . s Very much, until he left num-
Ss,inr, for It was without number.
ln1 tho seven years Of Righteousness,
h,t Va, in the land Of Egypt, were ended,
'u tho .oven years Of dearth was in all
IsD5. bnt in the land Of Egypt there was
bread in Pharaoh's grannFies.
And Joseph thought to open the grA-
naries for the people.
Then there arose man Of the Sap ieds,
whose name was Bill.Allen, who said I'M
utio to, now. Shall PharaOh's granaries
he opcned unto tho people and the wealth
n pharaoh be made common thing.
And who knowelh this Hebrew Joseph,
and how long the years Of dcarth shall
rago in Egypt until Pharaoh starve' :,
&nd Pharaoh heart was hardened, and
he cast Joseph into prison, and made Bill
Allen ruler in his stead. And the peo'
pIe murmured.
Bpt BiIl.AlIen was a Dem-Magog, and
he said unto the people, BUY ye corn oil
each other" ,,, An
We buy corn!-ior men buy corn with
cattle and sheep and oxen and asses, but
We have none Of these, and lol thou hast
ali the corn. Give US a sign"
So Bill.Allen gave them u sign, where
on was writ; 90
"ThC Government Of Egypt will pay
the bearer five or ten or fifty ephahs OF
corn, according to the denomination
thereof"
And some Of the great men Of Egypt,
who in the years OF dearIh had garnered
corn Of their own, said;
40! the people starye; let us sell them
oiour corn Tor money, which isPharaoh's
promise to pay corn even unto the holder
thereof, and hath corn basis, This shall
be our money also, wherewith we shall
buy horses and rament, purple and fine
linen
50 the great men Of Egypt sold their
corn.
And il came to pass that when their
corn was well.nigh gone they came unto
Bill.Allen, the Chief Treasurer, and said
unto him; "LO! here now ia PharaOh's
promise to pay us corn; give, therefore,
unto thy servants food In FIVE or ten or
twenty 81 hahs, according to tho denOmi.
nation which is hGreOn writ"
And BiII.Allen said: "lIave 70 not u
little corn? Go to, now, take Ye pha.
raOh's promise for naughr7 And he gave
them more promises to puy, ten for one.
Rnt corn was scarce, and that which
had bought ten cphahs would now buy
but a hnndrCdth part Ofan ephah. And
the people murmlred for money where.
with to buyit.
So Bill.Allen issued more promises to
pay, a thousand for one. And even the
granaries Of the great men were empty,
and the people murmured.
And tie great men filled their empty
barns with promises to buy corn, even
the promises that Pharaoh had made I'M.
to them.
And Il sandal costs million and agralh
Of corn ten million, until the people did
burn tho promises to pay for fuel.
So they went unto Bill.AllCn and said
"GoI hyservanR stArye; give unto us the
corn that thou dilst PROMISE"
And he liilelup his voice until IL filed
all the land Of Egypt, and the land Of As.
syria, and the land Of Gath and Peleg-
Ether, and said
aye will not take the promise Of Phar.
4Oh among yourselves nor sell therefor.
Doye bring worthless money unto Phar-
aol; the King Of Assyria and Of Moab,
will they give corn for what ye offer unto
Pharaoh Io! blind are ye and FOOLS"
Then The people Of tho North and OF
thcSouth and Of the West bumped them.
selves, and they broke open the granaries
Of Pharaoh and slew him and his house
hold, his man servants and maid servants.
And they prepared u gullOwS ninety Gu
bits high Wherein to hang Bill.Allen, but
the noise Of his roaring terrified the PEG.
pie 80 tina! they fell on their faces, and
Btll.Allcn SlopPd away in the land Of the
Sap-lleC, aud Dem.Magogs, where he
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