Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-07-02
NO. 155.
Mistellaneons.
ANOTHER "COLORED DEBiTE."

nished in the April Drawer a report of the
Colored Debate" sends us an account Of
another meeting of the same organization,
giving the arguments brought forward to
settle the question. " Which hab produce
de mos wonders-de lam or de water P''
The meeting having been called to or
der. the chairman said, Water takes
lie lead"
DR.. Crane came forward. He said:
" Mr.. Chairman. geografers tell US dat
one-quarter of de yaath's surface is lam
an three-quarters is water; in one squaar
foot of dat water is more wonders dan in
forty squaar rods OBJ lam Desc chillen
settin' round hyar can 6gger on dat.
OATS argument introduce JUS to keep
the chillen quiet while. When yon
spill water on table it spreads all out
thin-on a clean table. [ mean. Now
sposen de table dusty. Note de change.
De water separates in globules. (For de
information of some of de folks wonid
explain dat globules is drops. separated
drops) Now why is datP Isn't dat won
deriulp Can de Ian do like dat' No.
Saar. Dere's no such wonder in de lam"
Mr.. Laukins said: "Mr. Chairman,
| don't see nothing wonderful in de wa
ter gittin' 10 drops on de dusty table.
nothing wonderful in anything actin
'cordin' to hatcher. Sposen it wasn't its
hatcher, what causes it to get into drops?
De dust. De dust de Ian! de Ian!
De wonders in de lam, after all. Mr..
Chairman, DR.. Crane makes no argu-
ment for de water at ALL but all for de
lam. He makes a pint dat de table
should be dusty. DE dus. makes de Won
derfu change in de water. an dust is lam.
| wants no better argument for de Ian
dan DR., Crane makes"
Mr.. Hunnicut said: "Mr. Chairman,
speakin ob de wonders in de water, /
take my position on Niagary Falls--de
gran, stupepjus, magestick wonder OBJ de
hole world. Dere's no such or-inspiring
obeck in de Ian. Den see de waterfalls
oh minor importance scattered all ober de
face Oh de yaarth. Who eber saw de Ian
rolin' ober de precipce like de water?
See de mitey oshun. She hole up de ship
| full ob frate an passengers widOut props,
an yit de ship move along in de water If
JUS little wind touch her. Put de ship
on de Ian an load her; forty locomotives
tear her all to pieces tore she move.
DR.. Crane tells us dere's more wonders
in one square foot oh water dan in forty
rods ob Ian. He's right. Why. one night
las week Is ober to Doc Russers house,
an de ole doctor he asked me would l
like to see a drop oh water in his glass
| (his magnifyin' glass, l mean) | tole um
sartinly. SO he rig de glass, an when he
get um all right. he tole me to take good
look. Wa'al, Mr.. Chairman, in dat one
drop OBJ water l seed more wonders dan
| eber saw in de hole course OBJ my life.
Dere was a animal like a gran'mOthers
night-cap wild one string, scootin' roun'
alter another thing like curry-comb wild
a ruffie down each side, an de fuss ting
| knowed base drum come swimmin'
along an JUS swallered it. Talk about
wonders on de lan!--dey amt patchin'
| to de water"
| Mr.. Lewman said: "De fuss part OBJ
| Mr.. Hunnicut's argument seems to me is
all for de lam. Dere would be no Mag
ary or any odder falls If de Ian wasn't in
a most wonderful shape to make falls. De
water falls cause dais its nacher. JUS
look right here in Mount Vernon. Dere's
| Norton's Dam dere's de same law oh ma
cher. Take away de dam, de water is no
more than common water. No, Saar,
dere's no wonder in de water at Niagary,
de wonder is in de LAM"
DR.. Crane said: perhaps it's generally
known, but still it is fact. dat if it's not
for de water in de air. we'd all die. Dere
must be water in de air we take into our
lungs to sustain life. An strange as it
may seem, dere mus be water in de air
to sustain combustion. Mr.. Morehouse
said: "Mr. Chairman. | hope dat you'll
rule out all dat DIR. Crane ius' said. In
struet de committee not to take no count
OBJ it. Such talks too much fool nonsense.
Excuse my spression, but | get so excit-
ed when hear sich tomfoolery an ridic-
ulous slush in a spectacle meetin' dat |
forgets myself an don't know for de min
it wedder is drivin' mule waggin or in
meetin'. Scuse me, an I'll try to keep
my feelins down. But as | say, when
sch trash is lugged in as sinsible argy-
ment. it riles me.) DR.. Crane says we
mus hab water to breeve. daar him to
da TRIAL He may 90 down an stick his
college he'd (excuse me Saar,) his eddicat-
ed he'd in de creek, an take his b:evin'
dar, Saar. an I'll take my stan an my
breevin' on dis platform, by the stove. an
let de committee decide de case on de
merits ob de proof an who holes out the
longest.
Den listen to what he sez about water
maxim de fire burn. Did You eber-did
YOU eber hyaar de like? Now. 'cordin' to
Dr. Crane, sposen l wants to start fire
in dis var stove. gifts some shavins an
puts in. den some pine kindlin's den berry.
carefully pour on little, JUS q little
karysene. den puts on few nice piece
oh coal. lights a match, sticks her to the
shavin's an she don't burn lights q
newspaper all frows her under de crate
de shavin's don't light. l gifts mad, an |
slaps in bucket OBJ water, an an away
she goes. all ablazin' in second. Oh.
shaw sich bosh Don't take no count OBJ
dat. II would be wonder if it was true
but, oh my. what cabbage it is! Jedges.
don't take no count OBJ sch idle talk. l
say, Saar. dat de Ian produce de mos
wonders. Look at de trees, de flowers.
de grain. de cabbages. de inguns, dat
spring up out OBJ de Ian. Look at de
Mammoth Cave, more wonderful dan oil
de falls that eber fell. See how dey bore
in de groun' fifteen hundred feet an more,
an, out come coal oil two thousan' bar'l
mint. I'd JUS like to see any desc water
folks bore hole fifteen hundred feet down
into do ooeon an, unmn ont ona OallOn oh