Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-01-20
Satan and tae Rumseller


evening Nov. l3.
To his majesty Satan alias Bel
zebub, Lord Of the Regions of Dark
ness and King Of Hell; Father of
Liars andF osier-brothcr to Gamblers,
Rumsellers and IIypocrities, Greeting
l have opened apartments fitted up
with all the enticements of luxury,
for the sale ofrum, wine, gin, brandy,
beer and all its compounds. Our OBJ
ects, though different, can he best
attained by our united action.
therefore propose a copartnershil.
All want of man is his money, all
the rest is yours. Bring to me the
industrious, therespectable, the sober,
and | will return them to you drunk
ards, paupers and beggars. Bring me
the child aud | will dash to the earth
the fondest hopes Of the father AMI
mother. Bring me the father and
mother, and l will plant discord
between them and make them bring
reproach upon their children. Bring
me the young men and / will ruin
their character destroy his life and
blot out the highest and purest hopes
of his youth.
Bring the young woman TO me aud
| will destroy her virtue, and | will
return her to you blotted and with
cred thing, and an instrument TO
lead others 10 destruction. Bring
me the mechanic and the laborcr, and
his own money-the hard earned
fruit toil-shall be made TO plant
poverty, vice and ignorance in his
once happy home. Bring me the
professed follower ofChrist, and will
blight and wither every devotional
feeling of his heart, and send him
forth TO plant crime and infidelity
among men. Bring me the minister
of the Gospel, and | will detile the
purity of the church and make the
name of religion d foul by-wOrd in
the land. Bring me the lawyer and
the judge, and | will prevent justice,
break up the integrity of our civil
institutions and make the name Of
the law a Kissing by-word in the
street. Awaiting your reply, / am
yours truly, A. RuMsELLER.
AREPLY.
My DEAR BROTHER Il address
you by this endearing appellation
because Of the congeniality Of our
spirits, and the great work we are
: both engaged in. | most cordially
: accept your proposals For five thous-
and years l have sought, for man
so fully after my own heart, to do
my work among men. | ransacked
the lowest depths of hell for spirits
, who could do for me the whole work
, of destruction. But little success at
| tended their efforts. send out the
, demon murder, and he slew a few
} thousand, most generally the helpless
| and the innocent. But his mis-
, sion was failure. / bade my SER
vent Lust go forth. lie led imO-
cent youths and beautiful mai
dens in chains, destroying virtue,
wrecking happiness, blasting char
acter in untimely deaths and dishOn-
+ ored graves. But even then many
victims escaped through the power OF
God,-my enemy. l sent out Avar'
ice, and in his golden chains some
. where bound, but men soon learned
= to hate him for his meanness, and
, comparatively few fell by him. The
twin sons, Pestilencc and War, went
forth, and Famine strobe behind
/, them, but these slew indiscriminately
the old and the young, the good as
+ well as the bad, and heaven gained
D as many accessions as hell.
In sadness my satanic heart
e mourned over the probable loss of my
c crown and Kingdom asI contemplated
the tremendous strides which the
t gospel of Christ was making in saw.
$ ing men from my clutches. But
when I received your welcome letter
o l shouted till the wclkin of hell rang
il agaid, EUREKA! EuREKAtI have
: found him! have found himl My
dear friend, could have embraced
a you a thousand times, aud l have
given orders to reserve place near
a est my person, the most honorable
s place in my Kingdom.
t Your cell you may be sure, will bO
It well supplied with fuel and the hea
t will be uniform. You will also hav,
G this advantage: Your victims will
G be confined near you, and if l do no
c misjudge you, their shrieks viii
+ sometimes make you forget you
It own sufferings in contemplation o
your glorious success in bringing
1 them here. .
t In you are combined all the quail
II fications;of just such friend .and
partner as l have long wished for
t and in your business are all the ee-
d ments of success now shall ny
# throne be established forever. On
+ ly carry out your designs, and yot
k shall have money through it bt
: wrung from broken hearts, helpless
,. women and mouths of innocent chill
II dren. Though you fill the iails
IS work-houses and poor-houses
through you make arson and mur
n der abound, and erect scafiolds an,
n gallows in every village, town ant
h city, you shall have money. 1 vii
8 also harden your hearts so that you