Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-07-23
NEGRO PHILOSOPHY
Onclo Simon Explains why the UnivorsO
Il Like . NoW-LAId EWr.


around the eating tables I'm the city
market at Tallahassee. The central flg-
urcs, says the Now York Sun, were a
well-dressed, slick-lool<ing young school
teacher of of color and an old man,
worry black, wearing a battered stove
Pipe hat and a faded green frock tail
coat, evidently plantation preacher of
the old school.
Don't tell mol" exclaimed tho OH
man. "non't tell me dat dis worl' turns
'roun', kase knows dat 1t don't, an
Rim prove it. Las night fore went ter
bed coed out ter de we'll an drawed a
bucket or water, an fotchcd it IN dc
house an BOT It on dc shelf, an dis
mornin' when got up dar was dc buck
ct, an de water was in dc bucket. an If
my ole 'oman hadn't er dipped it out
wild dc gourd dat water would er becn
dar till yit. S'pose de yearth turn 'roun'
in dc night, dat water would err all bin
split out"
well, Uncle Simon, If you had re.
ceived the advantages of an education,
and had studied astronomy"
''What is 'stronomy2"
Astronomy is the science that teaches
Of tho sun, the moon, tho stars"
81 Ia studied datl Many an many n
night is gone up on top or dc corn crib
or de hon-house an lay dar on my back
nu' look up ut do stars an de moon, an
at de clouds, an study an study, an
wonder what dc worf wuz, an what de
stars w,Iz, an what dc whole universe
WIZ At las ono night 1t all como ter
mo straight an clear. l saw it all an
knOwed it all an rs gwinc tor tell dis
crowd bout IT, But fore l does dat
wants ter say ono ting ter dat smart
teacher dar what read so many books an
thinks he knows so much moro Ian dem
whose har am white. Young man, go
homo an burn yer 'losophy an yer
astronomy an study yer Bible, an may
b" somo day yer kin preach de Gospil
ter peri worl'."
Tho crowd cheered and the old man
bit of chew OF tobacco. rubbed his
hands together and began again.
"Now, my brcderin' an sisterin'.
wants yer to listen in silence an in
wonder, for rs gwinc ter toll yer dat
dis worl' - dis whole universe - am
muffin but great pig cgg-Jcs simply
"Eg--an Is gwinc ter prove 1t ter yer
Sister Nancy" he turned to tho
woman in charge of tho nearest eating
tnblc-"is yer got n egg, n freshlald hen
egg what amt dono?"
She handed him one, which ho hold
up 80 all could acc, and then proceeded:
'Scr here, now; l takes dis egg. an
wild dc thum an fust finger or my lef'
hand holt or de big cond. nm wild do
thum an fust finger or do right hand by
o. I /; 4
rOun' yer SOC de light shines through
dc egg. Yer know what make dat? I'll
toll ger. 500. dc egg-sholl an full or
lrctlc holes, what dcy call pores. an dc
white am clar, an do light go
through an yo 500 do shape or dc yclk;
but dr y"lk d)n't turn roun'; Il stands
still nm dn shcll goes roun', nm dat am
d" way wild do worl' an do nunivorsc
Do nunivoran nm do egg, do wOrl' am dc
yolk, dc skies am dc shell, an all what
'twiXt Ito yearth an do skies am do
clouds, an dey am de whites,
an all t,thor side or do skies
nm glory. an do sun. moon an
n,ars AN do pores In do shcll an dc
light or do sun, moon m stars am dc
great glory light shinin' through do
pnrna Same as dc light or do sun am or
siintn' through do pores or dis hen egg
Dn y"l't ain do body, dc white nm dc
fnddcrs, dn shell nm do case what holds
dom Logc1lcr. an when dat great day
oomo--oh, gluryl whom dat day do como,
wild cr noise like dc mighty thunder,
shall dr sltiCs 10 bust in sundcr, IN do
great glory light shall como n-pourin in
llltr or Hood, m all dom which from de
b"ginnin' bab dicd In do faith. nm dem
what's found Twin in dc faith shall
ccivc iny wings from do clouds, which
ain do white, which am do fcddcrs. and
wild hcy rrcnt white wings doy will nv
awny up into glory forcbber more; an
drm what FROM tho hcglnnin' what has
died In d7v sins, an dom what
IL found twin In dcy sins, on
dat day shalt $50 lof' wild do frnripents
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