The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-09-28
Littl Johnny on the Heated Term.

Ole CATER Peters is sech ole fool |
shud think he wude bust, cos the other
day he was to our house, and my mother
she said; "Gafer, the sun is Ollie hot
to-day" and CATER he said; Yes,
there amt nothing like warm day for
to make the sun hot. But Jest gimme a
griddle cake, plenty of butter on it, and
that's the Teller for mew Uncle Ned
says there is folks in Pershy which wer-
shops the sun, and one day one of these
fellers was down onto his knees, wor-
shippin hard rs ever he cude, like he
wude do hissef iujery, and a good
mishnary came along and he sed, the
mishnary did, Wot a fool for to wor-
ship thing which you can seev' But
the man which was 10 his devotions
said: al got you there, old Teller; no
chance TO do any dismiss with me; line
blind as bat" A man witch WAS sent
out to a place in Africa for to be n
mishnary wasent herd of for long time,
but bime by he wrote home TO his
preachers, add the letter sed:
deer Bruthen; ben labrin in this
corner of the mortal vineyard for three
years, and this mishen, has ben self
sportin and haint cost the Sunday-school
puppies a red cent, cos all benited beth
ems wich wudent accep the means of
grace | sold TO the slave traders for to
pa expenses of the good work; but now
there amt poor, mizzable sinner in ten
to one hundred miles wich wude fetch
fifteen cents Tor scare Gro in q later
feeld. So you got to take clecstio up
and reel quick, cos the immertle soul
which have brot to kanollege of the
livin trooth will back slide les he gifts a
cupple of tomato cans for his ears, and
harth brush for tail, and risin sun
painted fresh on his belly"
Its dretfie hotter in Africa than il *
here, COS there is were the Hottentots
lives. And there is ephalents there,
too, and rinosy roses, and highpota-
muses., and crackydiles, and hull
show for nothin, no buyin tickets, Jest
wock right in and be ct One mornin
reel erly there was natif niger in the
Sary desert, and he seen lot of sab.
bage animels, and there wasent any
place to hide hissef. So he la down and
cuvered hissef with sand, all but Jest his
nose, and thtt he was smarty, but
tiger had seen him do it, and tole the
others. So they all come up and stood
in ring around his nose. And the
tiger wank its eye and said: Wot's
thatW Then the lion luked very sollem
and said: "That is a dismantle fort
ress, don't you see the portfolios for the
cannonsY And the rinosy rose IL said !:
-" shud think it was a nose mebby, only
it amt got no horn on it,"
Then the ephalent it said "How
cude nose have horn on it, you
fool? But this amt one, cos where is
the proboscus?' And vile they was a
having their own fun the sun it kept a
gittin hi upper, and the sand it begin
for to be hot, and the natif niggers there
don't wear no close, but if thay wude try
it here, the notify things, it wude be
lifely times, but no base ball, cos the bats
wude be wanted for to spank EN-. So
the pore niger witch was in the hotsand |
he stood it as long as ever he cude, till he
was jest nothin but blister, and then
he shuke hisself out and said: line
ofile sorry KEEP yure dinner waitin,
but dident like to Spite sech elligant
roast by takin it out fore it was DONE"
And when the natif niger was ct evry
little tiny bit up, the tiger it licked its
lips and sed Let me do the cookin
for these niggers and don't care who
makes their laws" But mebbe the mig
gers wude care.