The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1880-12-18

aud the birds, they went of after
Alss TadpoddIe and Miss Chatter.
mouth and came tagging them back
W my arbor. Now | must here in
firm YOU, that / never swear-that
~ never use profane language; 1
mean to say ] don't curse aloud; but
snentally | was an expert at the bus
iness. never was that way though
until | made the acquaintance of
those amiable females. If cursing
would have done the subject justice,
4 think Ishould have broken my
rWle, and exhausted the catalogue
Ut oaths upon them. Bat know
that the modern style of eursing
would be inadequate for the occa-
SION; | therefore struggled with my
thoughts, until / got the two hags
discharged, then | began to watch
the sun as it was going down among
the trees on the Arkansas side Of
the river, looking like a huge ball
OF fire, and my thoughts must have
went down with the sun, for
stretched myself out or the bench
and soon was sound asleep. | said
that my thoughts must have went
down With sun, but that was a
lnis4akN3and sIss~stsevSHai"s I was
SOUNDS asSep, my thoughts were
/ busy. Idon't think the mind sleeps
at all; it seems to work with more
vigor, when the body sleeps, than
il does when it is awake. Some.
times our thoughts will stray across
the dark valley Of death and make
an excursion to the Internal regions,
while the body is asleep. Some
times they will knock at the golden
gates OF heaven, and when admitted
l.ley will survey the streets of the
new Jerusalem. Ones thoughts
can make the round trip to heaven,
or hell in less than a second. Ho%
quick the soul must know its final
doom alter death, when 1T cg.n Gravel
so swiftly. How long | slept ON the
wooden bench l did net know, but
the soft white rays Of the moon were
CHANGING down Oh my face when
awoke, and some Ohiug much pref
Tier than the rays Of the moon
was glanclng down on me. My
sleep had been sound and refresh.
ing, and full Of most pleasant
dreams. 1t seems that my thoughts
had concluded to change the pro.
gramme, as soon as they had dis.
charged Tadpoddle and Chatter
mouth, for | was interrupted with
nothing unpleasant during my nap
4 dreamed that | was in heaven and
that a beautiful angel, who had beer
there long before my arrival, met
me at the outer gate, and an
nounced herself as the guide, who
had been sent out to escort me in
and 10 show me the charming beau
tics Of the place. She conducted
me along the main street for some
distance, where solid blocks Of gold
constituted the pavement; then shC
led me through a beautiful land
Escape tlickly studded with green
trees, whose foliage gave forth thu
snost delicious perfume. Ate
wandering through those delightful
groves for some lime, she brough
Inc to the banks Of a beautiful river
whose bosom was covered with lit
,ie boats, gliding over the smootl
surface Of the water. Each boa
contained band Of angels VIII
were singing hymns Of praise to th'
aireat King of Heaven. My guido
conducted me to a lovely spot nea
the bank OF / 10 beautiful river, an
instructed me 10 take a seat OF
y bench Of goIt that was covered
with cushions Oh exquisite patterr
The spot was covarcd with strang
looking hnWefe WHO y -
ed all the AR with a sweet seen
NV guide then informet me tina
there was an angel in heavens VII
had been watching and waiting 70
me for a long time; that she ma
been besieging the great IHron
with her prayers in my behalf; an
she told me TO keep my seat an
wait a short, time and she would !
form the angel Of my arrival. Sh'
then spread out her golden wing
and flew towards the northern par
Of heaven; and, as soc as she disap
peared, | was seized with a drows.
feeling, and | laid down on the sof
cushions, and soon was asleep
Alter a while thought that thu
flowers overhead began to fall gent
~ down o ii me. | felt them softly
touching my cheek. Ny guide re
farned accompanied by an othe.
angel. Oh, she was the mos
bad avor 0aau