The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-07-10


The following exhibits tho method
upon which the average psrson con-
slructs his delectable discourse:
Brethren, the words Of my text are
cid Mother Hubbard. she vent to the cupboard
To get hsf POOR dog bone
But whea she got there the cupboard vas baie.
And % the poor dog had none.
These bcnu'ifui words. dear friel d..
carry with them q solemn lesson |
propos- THIS evening to anslyzs their
meaning. aud To attempt to apply it,.
lofty ~ It may De. TO our every day life
"'old Mother Hubbard. she went to the cupboard.
To get her poor dog bone.
"Mo.her Hubbard, you see. was old !;
there being no mention Of others. We may
presume that she was alons; a wido "
u fticndless, old. solitary widow. Yet
did she despair: Did she SIT down
aud weep, or read q novel or wiring rer
hands. No! sae rent to the cupboard
Aud here observe that she ,cent to the
cupboard. She did not hop, or skip, or
run. or jump, or use any peripatetic
arutica; she solely aud merely seent to
the cupboard.
I'VE have seen that she was old ana
lonely aud we now further see that she
was poor. For mark, the words are
tile cupboard Not 'oue Of the cup
boards or the right-hand cupboard. or
the left-hand cupboard or the one
above, or the one under tho floor. but
Just The cupboard. The one hubble
little cupboard the poor widow possess
ed. And why did shs 60 to the cup
board Was il to bring forth golden
Roblets. or glittering precious stones
or costly apparel. or fvasts, or any other
attribute Of wealth ? II ,eas to get her
poor dog lone, Not only WAS the
widow poor. but her dog. the sole prop
Of her age, was poor. too. We can i'm
agiue the scene. The poor dog crouch
ing 10 the corner, looking wistfully At
tho solitary cupboard. and the widow
going to that cupboard-in hope, in sx-
pectation. mAybe-to open it, although
We are not distinctly told that it was
not half open or ejsr-to open it for
that poor dog.
" Bat Vhan she got there the cupboard Was bare.
And - the poor dog had none.'
".When she got there!' You see.
dear brethren. what perseverance, is.
You SEQ the beauty Of persistsncs in
doing right. She got there. There was
no turnings and twistiugs. no slippings
or slidings. no leaning 10 the right or
falter,ng to the left. With glorious
sim mplicity We are told she got there.
"And bow was her noble effor: re-
wsrded?"
The cupboard was bsrer 1t WAS
bare. There WAS to be found neither
apples. nor oranges, nor cheesecskes,
nor penuy-buns. nor gingerbread. nor
crackers. nor nuts. nor lucifer matches.
The cupboard was bare There WAS but
one. only one solitsry cupboard in the
whole Of that cottage. aud that one.
the sole hope Of the widow. aud the
glorious lode star of the poor dog WAS
bare! Had there been leg of mutton.
loin Of lamb. 6llet OF veal. even an
ice from Rrer's. the case would have
been different, the incident would have
been otherwise. But it was bare, ny
brethren, bars ~ . bald head bars -
an infant born without . csul.
MANY Of you will probably say,
With oil the pride Of worldly sophistry
The widow, no doubt. went out and
bought the dog biscuit Ah. no. Far
removed from these earthly ideas. these
mundane desires. poor Mother Hubbard.
the widow, whom many thouahtless
worldlings would desrise. in that she
only owned one cupboard, perceived
or might even say, sa~-at once the
relentless logic OF the situation, and
yielded to it With al the heroism of
that nature which had enabled her
without lewiston 10 reach the barren
cupboard. She did not attempt. hk.
the s.iff-necked scofers OF this genera.
,ion, to var against the inevitable; she
did not try, like the so-called men of
science. 20 explain what she did not
understand. She did nothing. The
poor dog bad nooe.' And then. at this
point, our information ceas~s. But do
We not know sufficient: Are w- not
cosnizant OF enonghs =.
"Who would dare TO pierce the veal
that shrouds the ulterior fate OF old
Mother Hubbard, her poor dog. the
cupboard, OF the bone that wss not
there, Must We imagine her still stand.
ing at the open cupboard door ! depict
TO ourselves the dog still dsoopire bis
diAppointcd tail upon the door: the