Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-11-09
THE GUARDIAN.
erstbss eEdaet On Astron omy.

II hold hear, In NV htn.7 began
Brother Gardner, ns the thermone
tor showed the usual 40 degrees III
tho vicinity ~ the stove, ~ letter
from Philadelphia AKIN me II |
believe wii de- Rev. Jasper, OF Rich
mond, dat de sun do move. Slrtln
| do. know ,le white folks claim
dat il am de airlh which am moNiu',
while the sun stands still, tut right
dar' We split. Joshua waS about ~
nigh bcin' IN angel rs any white
man will eh~r git, AN WHEN he
ordered tie sun 10 stan still he knew
what he was talkiu' bout. Ii would
have been just It's easy fur hIm to
have connmlnlrI dc airth To stan
still, but he didn't do it. If Joshua
didn't know his biznrss tie rest of us
might rs we'll hang mp.
"An' now, you Guild folkses min
I'ze gwine To say. Doan let de
'stronomy biznrss keep Non awake
nights. DE sun am mp dir toy day,
an de moon an stars am up ddr by
night. De Lawa pm dr san dar To
thHw tie ice of l. back doIh step.
make curunb'lS grow an tolch mp
de grass an lie con. It'd dn't do
any wuSS when Astronomy was m
known, au' it woH'lni ID any bet
ter if ebrrY family IN the kr try had
e n telescope To hundred feet long
De moon was hung up dar dat tnlks
might see 10 move hy night when
de rent got too high; dat lost COWS
could see to tin' dar way home; dat
folks could ste to chop wood and
empty bar'ls 1T ashes .n d. Il rpct;
dat wimiu comm home from pray'i
inectin' could avoid de nail heads
stickin' up in de plauks, AN fur
varus odder reasons. lou jist take
de sun as he runs, alr' de- moon ~
YOU fin il, an de less Nuu WORRY
bout 'rm lo mo meat an Eaters
you'll have in tie winter. DE poor
est child man | rhrr knoNcd was
an old blac, man down III Nar.iuul
who was always wuudrriu' II drN
bad a rrg'lar lprk on dr gates OF
Heaven ar ONLY II latch string.
While his nay hurS war plantln' he
was WONDERING; Whllr drN war hmu'
he WAS tlrOrlIing; while drN was
leapin' he WAS ragged an hungry .
Let the sun move or stan Silll-.rl
de moon he made OF old silver OF
green cheese let lie stars he ten
miles ar 10000. 900 miles away
keep de whiirwnsh brush gNlnr an
de buck saw in good order an ;ou'ii
he all right. - Detr0it Free Press
LimctifH ftU6.
One OF the funniest incidents of
the War came under my observation
the day the Federal troops liu,lrd
in Nashville. Taking "a position uu
the corner of Cedar aud Church
streets, | stood and WITNESSED IrgI
ment after regiment move mp th"
former thurou. uidrc. Only one
civilian (that SAW gtIrd upnu
that long i,uc 81 llGioIioIs drirn
ders of their conutrN's flag, aud
that civilian was u we'll clad nrchin
of about eight or nine summers and
he stayed lWrch.d upon frncrpost
in front OF the residence OF Hon.
john Bell, opposite the Catholic
Cathedral, until the last stIaggirr
came mp, when sid eivillpn, IN II
tiny voice rjacuiutcE, quickly. "Hdr
rah Tor Jen Davis" aud then curFd
himself mp, snmc Way. 81 That he
looked like Il hundIr or a ball, while
his little, ginning, wicked face IL
minded the of Il picture tn comic
almanac. The soldier, who WITS at
least six feet and two or three
inches tail, turned toward The sin
ming Juvenile as quick as lightning,
and giving the dtSiniai turm 1t
whitening look, grniurd. in accent :
OF Indignation, "ilurrhh for the
devil.' "Ali right" chippcd in III"
little torturrr, "Nou huilAh tor Nuul
man and III lHtrth tor mine" and
down he jumped and >cImprrcd uu
Church street. The soldier loukcd
after him, laughed ont, and then
mutterrd. "wrll. I'll hr -" and,
as | moved away az Il different
direction, dM not hear the last
monosS liable.
Two Brave Women and a Bear.