The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-03-30
~ K-MIaRU WXTCH MEEriNu.


Tho New York Sun has long account
ofa negro watch meeting somewhere in the
South and it contains most extraordinary
sermon, from. which The following extracts
are made: -~
m tefl' You little allssorio or speech By
d., figger. Truth and Lie started out for
| to trabble. They stopped to drink at dc
ribbcr Of Jordan. Truth was thinking no
fevil, but lie pushed him, aud 'Ge fell in and
was drowned. Lie got 7oat,r stole TRUTHS
boots, and meetin' a cullud pussou, who was
rootin' round whar he had no business,
entered into him and sot up his habition.-
So Lie has loved to dwell along wild cullud
folks ever since, It's my bizness to pint
out desc tings TO sense you. of dc tricks of
de dcbble. Lie den sowsd his seeds among
US cullud folks. lakes you, amt dis fac?
DontSde produce correspond with the
seed 2sss,H gs,aW sa.f 30 ,ea- ..a .....
Nh matter how hungry you gils, if you
|shSvS faith the LORDS gwine TO feed you
,Dcre wos Daniel, man who was sot agin
circus shows. De. clown cotch him prayin
out der windcr, aud put him to starve in
the lions den. De angel one day met
Beelzebub carryin' soup to his farder, who
was hoein' his crap. Ebcnezer come ridin
along on a mule. He had been to town to
buy some whiskey. De mule he seed the
angel, and he kicked up and Knocked Eb-
enezer heels over head, and he drapt his
whiskey bottle. Belzobub he seed de bot
tie and picked up and put in his coat tail
pocket. You see, he found it, and dat make
it hissep. Do anxel kotchcd Belzebub by
his wool on his beSG and toted him off list
as he was, wild hisstih bucket Of soup aud
je bottle of whiskey aud he drap, him in
do den: where Daniel was.
. / neber heard dat Dannel got drunk, but
Scripter tells US Noah who was shy of water,
1sg bottle sSS & H% SRdE NSsb h
dc. casion of lie brak folks in dis wise -
Noah had one gal child named Cane Amy,
a sassy, dissipatcd gal who would steal her
daddy's bottle when he wos asleep and drink
his rum. He ketch her one day tipsy and
maxim spectacle of herself Dc ole man
cussed her good fashion till she turned right
black in dc face. don't pend much on
dat, case it can't be proved Cane AIMS
head got kinky. No, my 'pinion is colorcd
folks is dc most wonderful production of
nature-dcy growcd jis so. I axes who
made dem? when was dey made, and
whar? nobody answers. Desc p'iuts can't
be proved by dc Bible; dars muffin in do
Holy Writ about negroes, and dat circum-
stance shows dey is nation 'culia to derc
own nations, an Ise nebbcr seed dat one
was not proud of his coior De 'postlc says
TO de 'pistle, Know thysclf' l 'terprets
dat, BE yc seekers after knowledge how
yous so comically made in dc flesh
You HIvc uii oe>l Al.> hlistara ON de svc
amore tree dat circumstance is berry in.
tercstin' fac in dc bible Derc was very
small coorcd man named Niger Demos
He kept public house and done his own
cooking. He heard one of dc 'ciples done
borrowed jinney and was comm in great
glory to preach. Niger Demos thot if he
could only get to sec dat good man de 'lum-
bagcr he carried in dc small of his back
flung down his dish cloff and went out to
see dc 'ciple, but by de 'casion of his stumpy
legs he couldrt' see muffin. A big sycamore
was CROWN right before his cabin, so he
shined up dar aud looked down at de 'ciplc
who went ridin' by and nebbcr seed Niger
Demos. Poor Niger Demos did cry =
He was so hurted, his tears was SO hot dey
blistered dc bark wharever dey touched
One of dem tears hit de jinney on her back
and hurt her SO bad she kicked up. Dat
'ciple den looked up and seed Niger Demos
and said Come down poor fellow! I'll
stop at your house and take glass of your
'simmon beer. Niger Demos was proud Of
de honor. Sycamores been blistered over
since. Now, We must bury our heads in
de dirt and pray long and fervently. 1
hope my endeavors to give you de true light
to carry you froo de next year will bring
forth fruits without insects. The Lord be
wild you all
LAUGHTER.-Laushter very often shown
the bright side of man. 1t brings out
his happier nature, and shows of what sort
of stuff he is mode Somehow ue fall M