Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-02

Berleeye in InericlIes? shud say did
But didn T. alwUs, jim;
Nd lost my grip on tn pious things a kid
Hez larTuped inter him.
Thar wuz a time, I own. when ses for fun
Bout Jonah nd IT, vvhaIe-Ike you begun
Jes nOw-'nd Moses fetchin' springs from stg~l
When Izrulites WuZ dry.
Went plumb agfn my grain to bIeeve them
things,
That mermaids, naerikIes, nd beasts 18th wings,
Nd Feenixes, md siren folks thet sings
All sech wuz in yer eye.
Nd merikIes wuz worst. Thet wuz my creed,
Nd nOthin', Opined
That any Twin preacher'd say or read,
Nor all the curious things 1 ever seed,
Cud ever change my mind.
But somepin' did! nd nowadays when hears
Bout healin' Nv the blind
"a all sech things, jes priokls up my ears
Cause I'm cOnvarted-been fer twenty years
tn OrthodOxist kind.
I spose you member, Jim, thet interview
q do We j6s berI66Te)
We he'd it'll Johnston's boys-'nd licked IN, too
mo harm to mention it JNyiX me nd you
Nd this ere empty sleeve)
Wa'al, long tO'ards night, when fghtin' Wuz all
'Cept shoutin', ez they say.
a pack of rebs-seemed like their coats wuz
In all at srnoke-come by, nd ye1liD' too,
Jes like they'd Won tn day
Hnint got no notion how it coined about
'Ith this ere gt1mp nd red stuff oozfn' Quit.
But quick ez quick cud be- a rebel scout
JeE fastened Onter me-
I 7lgUer lnowed what twas to be afraid
Nd hopes never will
But kinder hankered for tn old brigade
Tn day we marched inside that big stOckade
Down thar at And sOnVille.
VVs,sI yve,s1 ,tss Io7,o eosC7 Tss-e I,7-r,oeg he
Shuck hands tn other day
18th at gray reb that drawed bead on me,
Tho Onc't sWOre I'd hang him ter a tree,
Et he shud come my way.
Leave bygones bel But when old gojers meet
Like me nd you to-day,
tell ye, Jim, thar amt no bigger treat
Tim swappin' yarns-I'd ruther dot than eat
What was goan' ter saY?3
o, ya'sl Thet neriokIe you've herd about
Down thar at And sOnviIIe,
BerleeYe tn yarn? seen it out nd out,
ND what seen, I hahn t tn man ter Doubt
I'd believe it, viii or nil
That little crick whar we 'uns lister drink,
Nd wash our socks, nd shirt,
Nd cOOkln' pans, got IOuler nor q sink;
Nd jest ter look at it, some days, you'd think
'IWuz purity much all dirt
Nd boys WIZ TUX down sick, but KEEP a drinkin'
Tell one day it occurred
To some those piOus chaps nd set EN- Gh1nk1n
They'd find bevrage tibet want quite so
sUinkin'
hi they 6hud ak tn Lord
Jess made us Iaf one night t. hear 'en pray
Cause what's tn use, SEE
Thet water can't be filtered no sech way.
Not eff they SEE Their pTGy'rs tell Judgment day,
Or tell tn cTiCk runs dry.
Mex mornin' 'arIy news went flynn round
Made me feel awful mean
Thet right in camp, 'lOngside a stump, was
found
A spring w water bubbIfn' out tn ground
Tn sweetest ever seen.
No disrespec' fer Moses nd his spring,
But 'scuse me ef claim
TheG them al chaps at ulster pray and sing
While pOksd fun at EN- snickeriug
Did merickles jes tn same
Nd biggest nnericlIle Nv all WIZ when
Il reckon you II agree)
tn dOins nd tn prGy'rs Nv them good men
Saved jes tn worst old sinner in at pen,
Which you'll allow Wuz me.
Don't take much faith, I've heerd. to move a
mountain
Not more II O mustard seed
never seen it done, But thet ar fountain
Come sure enough b yfaith-th' same accOuntin'
For changin' my creed.
lIATHER D. KI3IBALL, Chicago, Ill.