Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-03-18
ought to have been done.

tenderness withheld in life, but poured
out too late in remorseful and unavail-
ing regret. Let US be tender to our
friends while they are with US, nor wait
till they are dead to find out their good
qualities. Let us bring all possible
sweetness and tenderness and truthful
ness into all our relations, thus blessing
and being blessed let US keep our aims
high, our hearts warm, our hands ready
to do good. So shall we ally ourselves
with heavenly legions, who will fight
our battles with the powers Of darkness.
So shall We, amid the changes of our
earthly lot, plant ourselves upon the
everlasting foundations, and calmly note
how the things of this world fade and
pass away, knowing that we have laid
up store of the things that endure.
A COLORED DEBATING SOCIETY.
The "Colored Debating Society of
Mount Vernon, Ohio, must have had
some very interesting meetings this WIN
ter. Your correspondent happening to
pass through Mount V. about Christ
mas-time, was invited by friend to
accompany him to one of the debates. .
Your correspondent went. The object
of the argument on that particular ev-
ening was the settlement at once and
forever of the question, (Which am de
mightiest, de pen or de sword ?''
Mr.. Laukins said about as follows
"Mr. Chairman. what's de use OBJ a
swoard unless you's gwine to waar? |
isn't, Mr.. Morehouse isn't, Mrs. More
house isn't, Mr.. Newfome isn't; I'll bet
no feller wot speaks on de swoard side
is any ideer oh gwine to waar. Den
what's de use OBJ de swoard [ don't
tink dere's much show for argument in
de matter
NJ. Lewman said: whats de use OBJ
de pen less you knows how to write ?
How's dat ? OATS what wants to know.
Look at de chillun OBJ Isr'l-wasn't but
one man in de hole crowd gwyne up
from Egyp' to de Promis' Lam Good
write, an he didn't write much. A
voice in the audience, "wrote de ten
comman' 'ments, anyhow, you bet. !"
Cheers from the pen side. Wrote EN- :?
wrote EN-? /? Not much guess not; not
on stone, honey. Might p'r'aps cut 'em
wild chisel. Broke EN- all, anyhow,
fore he got down de hill. Den when
he cut new set, de chillun OBJ Isr'l
broke 'em all again. Say he did write
'em, what good was it? So his pen no
count nohow. No, Saar. De swoard's
what fotched 'em into de Promis' Lam,
Saar. Why, Saar, it's ridiculous. Tink,
Saar, oh David a-cuttin' off Golian's
head wild a pen, Saar! De ideer's alto
gedder too 'posterous, Saar. De swoard
Saar, de swoard mus win de argument,
Saar."
DIR. Crane said 81 tlnk Mr.. Lewman
leetle too fas'. He's a-speakin' OBJ de
times in de dim pas, when de mind OBJ
man was crude, an de ham OBJ man was
in de ruff state, an not tone down to de
refinement oh cibilized times. Dey wasn't
educated up to de use de pen. DER
hans was only fit for de ruff use OBJ de
swoard. Now, as de modern poet says,
our swoards rust in deir cubbards, an
peas, sweet peas. covers de Ian. An
what has wrot all dis change? De pen.
Do [ take a swoard now to get me a
peck oh sweet-taters, pair OBJ chickens,
pair oh shoes? No, Saar. jess take
my pen an write order order for 'em.
Do | want money? l don't git it by de
swoard | writes check. [ want a
suit OBJ clothes, for instance stroke
OBJ de pen, de mighty pen, de clothes is
on de way. Is DONE
Mr.. Newsome said "Wid all due
'spect to de learned gemman dat's JUS
spoke, we mus all agree dat for smoovin'
tings off an a-levelling' tings down
dere's noting equals de swoard.' y
Mr., Hunnicut said II agrees entire
ly wild Mr.. Newsome an in answer to
what DR.. Crane says, | would jess ask
what's de use oh drawin' check unless
you's got de money In de bank, or a.
DRAWN de order on de store unless de
store truss you? S'pose de store do truss,
amt it easier to sen boy as to write
a order ? If you got no boy handy, tele-
graf. No use for pen-not bit.
Who ebber heard of Mr.. Hills pen
Nobody, Saar. But his swoard, Saar-
de swoard OBJ ole Bunker Hill, Saar-is
known to ebbery chile in de Ian. If it
madden bin for de swoard OBJ ole Bunker
Hill, Saar, WIZARD We niggers be to-
night, Saar ? Not hyar, Saar. In Geor-
gia, Saar, or wuss, Saar. No culled man,
Saar should ebber go back, Saar, on de
swoard, Saar.'
M. Hnnnicut's remarks seemed to
carry a good deal of weight with the
audience. After speeches by number
of others, the subject was handed over
to ..the committee" who carried it out
and "sot on it. In due time they re-