, 1879-04-20
SUNDRY SPORTS.

Brother Bell, Of the Colored Bethel Cousre.
gation, Washington, D. G., a few nights since,
at praycr-mccting, took OCCASION in the course
OF an exhortation upon the duties Of life to fire
d passing shot at tic walking mania, now 60
prevalent, and developed some facts in relation
to pedestrian feats that seem hitherto to hare
escaped notice. lie saia:
MY beloved b7cdren and sisters, dar is Que
ting I'm bound 10 say to you befor' closes de ex-
ercizes dia mite. and dat il, don't you take 10 stock
IN dis here waikiki bisness. Let dem white tramps
men and wimmin. alone; don't you spcn' your
dem and for the Lords sake, an your own, DON t
you try to make fools Oh yonrselfs by trnn' to do
likewise. 1ou men will find plenty Oh exercise in
.attenlin to your WORK, and ron wimmln cnuf to
do obcr your washtuhs AMI nussn your bab!es In
stead OF sra1npin' roun' on dc sAwlusr, day and
day Oh, jig to please passel ob fools. an ruin
your own SELF Besides, mr. b'loved frens. all dc
bFaapin' dnt dey duz abnt dere long walks long
times, and what dey calls fzzikle ondoornsc.' >
Wild one putfornauce dot Tux place thousands OBJ
tlop it beka*s n9ns Oh desc sportin,,,,
tell you what 1t an It's the .reatest 'sportin''
march, as dcy calls it, dat ebcr cum of On dc face
Oh dis ycai None Oh ,you5 h'ppyd1nm bisn'~y
anrlntca truck measured, time KEEP (accordin' to
de Skrfpturs'. and rce-kord made-yes, an
ree-koEe Dat sant CT be done1 cause here It is-yea
ober yonr Bibles. my frens. an looe at fit chapter
OF Gensis, twenty SECOND ynss, an what do you
fine: Why you Gne dut Observation-Disclosures
t;oa!-,atfer he hce'attcd Meefoosaly)-threc
hundred wears ee-hundred-years! Dar was
walk for you!, Jis shut Yo eyes M fleet on tt.
observation-disclosures :! Besides dat de rec
kord says dat. when de ole man had made dat
match. and had chile twho kept on livin' until he
WINS nine hundred an' sixty nine years ole-mon-
strus good stuff in dat familyD-I say, when dc
ole man made dat MATCH IN had dis chile. he
e|hnndred-sears I Taf bout 20 20 .p:aes' ,S
Ole man has done laid out all Oh desc NOWADAYS
blowers as ftat as dead shad! So much for dis
'strodinary pufformnpce' But DAT afu't all oh It.
Dcrc's mo- ret. fyou!t jiss look at de twenty
fourth yuss OBJ de same chapter you will dne, my
bloyed lrens, what an orful watnin' is dat to
eich n-ekai matches. Did auy good come oo ole
man Enoch's walk: Did he make anything outen
It? Noi*- No! He loss by it-loss cberythfng by
ft-neber 'peared in de ring again-in fack. he
went up!' Jiss read the vuss: 'An-Enoch
-walked-Wld- o1-an'-he-wus-not' {dat Ia.
liml' To be shuah He tuck him! He WIS bound
to be rucE. He belt out a long time, de ole man
did: he WIS game to de Inst: he don his level
best, but Ole Master wns too long in dc stride,
an too sound in de wind for him. an tuck him on
de lust roun'. Yes. my b'loved frens, an He Will
him *highern ! kite" jtst as He did Ole Boss
Enoch. So take watntH' b. dis ORTIZ! lesson. an
tend to yo' proper calltns, like good Christshuns.
An now let us psay!'-.
The fight between Dwyer and Elliott, which
takes place Mar s, Is the exciting topic OF con-
versation among s'the fancy" at present. 4
Chicago man who returned few days ago from
visit to New York SAW both the men. Dwser