Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-06-27
Another 1Colored Debate

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Our Chicago correspondents who
furnished in the April Drawer a re.
port of the "Colored Debaten sends
us an account of another meeting Of
! the same organization, giving the ar.
guments brought forward to settle the
question, (which hab produce de
mos wonders-de lam or de water ?n
The meeting having been called to
order, the chairman said, water takes
de Lead
DIR. Crane came forward. He said
Mr. Chairman, geografers tell us dat
one-quarter of the yaarth's surface is
IAN an three.quarter 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 fgger on dat. OATS argument
introduce JUS to keep de CULLEN
quiet while. When you 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 /
would explain dat globules is drops
separated drops) Now WHY is dat ?
Isn't dat wonderful Can de LAM do
like dat? No, Saar. Dere's no such
wonder in de LAM
Mr.. Laukins said: sMr. Chairman.
| don't see nothing wonderful in de
water gittin' in drops on de dusty ia
bic. OATS de hatcher OBJ de aoater.
Dere's nothing soonderfM in anything
actin 'cordin' to hatcher. Sposen it
wasn't hatcher, what causes it to get
into drops? De dust. DE DUST! de
Tan de tan'f De wonders IN de
Ian, after all. Mr.. Chairman, DIR.
Crane makes no argument for de wa
ter at all, but all for dc lam. He
makes pint dat de table should be
dusty. De dust makes de wonderful
change in de water, an dust IS, lam.
| wants no better argument for de
lam dan DR.. Crane makes
Mr.. Hunnicut said: sMr. Chairman.
speakln' OBJ de wonders in de water, |
take my position on Niagary Falls
de gran stupenjus, magestiok wonder
OBJ de hole world. Dere's no such or
inspiring objeck in de Ian. Den see
de waterfalls OBJ minor importance
scattered all over the face oh de
yaarth. Who eber saw de lam rollin'
ober de precipice like de water? See
dc mltey oshun. She hole up de ship
full Oh frate an passengers widout
props, an yit de ship move along in
de water ifjus' little wind touch
her. Put de ship on de lam an load
her; forty locomotives tear her all to
pieces fore she move. DIR. Crane
tells us dere's more wonders in one
square foot oh water dan in forty rods
90 lam He's right. Why, one night
| las week rs ODER to Doc RusselPs
house, an de ole doctor he ak me
would like to see glass OBJ water
in his glass (his magnifyin' glass, /
mean; | tole um sartinly. So he rig
| up de glass, an when he gets um all
right, he tole me to take a good look.
| Wa'al, Mr.. Chairman, in dat one
drop Oh water | seed more wonders
dan | eber saw in de hole course OBJ
my life. Dere was animal like a
gran'mother's night-cap wild one
string, a scootin' roun' after another
thing like curry-comb wild founced
handle. Dere was year OBJ corn
wild a ruffie down each side, an de
fuss ting | knowed a six-legged base
drum come swimmin' along an ius'
swallered it. Talk about wonders on
de lan'!-dey amt a patchin' to de
water
Mr.. Lewman said: de fuss part
OBJ Mr.. Hnnnicut's argument seems to
me is all for de lam Dera would be
no Niagary or any odder falls if de
Tan wasn't in such a mos wonderful
shape to make falls. De water falls
cause OATS its hatcher. jus look right
here in Mount Vernon. Dere's Nor
toms Dam; dere's de same principle,
de same law oh hatcher. Take away
de dam, de water is no more dan COM
mon water. No, Saar, dere's no won
der in de aoater at Niagary. De won
der is in de LAM
DIR. Crane said perhaps it's not
generally known, but still it's fac,
dat If it's not for dc water in de air.
we'd all die. Dere must be water in
air we TAKE into our lungs to sustain
life. An strange rs it may seem,
dore mus be water IN do air to sus-
tain combustion. You could not
kindle fire were il not for de aaue.
Gus gases CD dc air. (By aqueous,
mean watcry.) l call dat wonderful
i can sec nothing like it in dc lam
DAT dc water which put out de fire
IL necessary to make the fire burn"
Mr.. More house said:"Mr. Chairman.
hope dat you'll rule out all dat DIR.
Crane JUS said. Instruct de com.
mittee not to take no count oh it.
Sich talks too much tool nonsense.
excuse my spreesion, but | get so
excited when | hear SIGH tomfoolerv
an ridiculus sush in spectacle
meetin dat forgets myself an don't
know for dc mint wedder rs drivin'
mule Vaughn or in meetin'. Scuse
me, an III try to keep my feeIin's
down. But as | say, when sieh trash
is lugged in as sensible argument, 1t
rites me.) DR.. Crane says we mus
hab water to breeve. | daar him to
de trial He may go down and stick
his college he'd (excuse me, Saar,)
his dedicated he'd in dc creek. an
take his, his breuvin' dar, Saar. an
I'll IL a No " nfnsi - -.