Middletown transcript., 1893-12-09
REV. pink PUNK.

q REV. pink PUNK.
u The CoIored Divine Gives few Rea
q sons for Thankfulness.
De poor man dat hez hahd struggl
! to git along an hez de burden OBJ
o wife an seben or eight young ones t
g stagger says to me. ''Wot hab 1 got t.
Q be tankful fo'? Dere's my neigilbo
: 'cross de street, he Ibis in fine house
? he's got loads OBJ money an no chillul
hangin' round an eatin' him out ol
I house an home. Wy amt tings NOR
!; ebenly dewided?'
L say to him:-My frien', va ought tx
, tank de Lawd dat va got sich a good
wife to help va to carry de load OBJ yeI
cares, an va ought to rejoice dat va
hab few youngsters tumblin' roun, de
xii chen, bekase wen va git ole, an
can't work no more, dose same chillun
dat va find SO much fault wild fo' eatin
will smooth de rough pathway wen
yer feet strike de road dat leads into de
vally OBJ de shader OBJ death, an wen
yer dyin', surrounded by de family dat
ye hab brung up in de fear OBJ de Lawd,
ya'll know wy it is dat chillun is a
blessin' an not curse. If va cud
read de heart OBJ yer rich neighbor 'cross
de way, ya'd probly find dat he'd be
willin' to glib up half his fortune to
hab jes' one chile, an eben eff he wuz
to offer va half OBJ his money in ex.
change fer one OBJ yer own youngsters
dat va complain OBJ as bein' sich nni-
sance in wouldn' take va half mint
to decide dat. va cudn't affohd to
sell.
1t is a good deal better to hab pow
erty and good health dan to had fat
bank book an a stomach so full OBJ
dy pepshe dat va can't put muffin into
it but bread an milk an baby food.
De poor man ought to tank de LaWd
dat he kin enjoy good nights sleep,
an dat he's not disturbed by night
mares in wich he would see millions OBJ
burglars running off wild his money.
He's not worried wild de de distressin'
thought dat he may git poor all OBJ a
sudden, bekase de possession OBJ riches
in dis country is as uncertain as de
game OBJ policy or craps am dere's
many rich man dat wishes he had
nebber known de difference between
povertyan' p wealth, SO dat he cud lay
down at night wild de perfeck know
ledge dat he wudn't be any wuss off
wen he woke up in de mawnin', Den,
agin, take de case oh homely gal, one
dat hez face dat wud stop de circula-
shun OBJ newspaper. She spends her
time beWailin' de fack dat she's SO un-
presentable, an wen people talk to her
about Tanksgibin' day she jes' sniff de |
air an says, "Wot hab / got to be
tankfHl fo', me, wild face dat wud
sour milk? l doan hab no fun like de
adder gals; doan hab no beau comm
regular on Wnsdys an Sundys an buy
in me oyster stews in de winter time
and ice cream in de summer! Ye neb-
Der hear OBJ two young fellers crackin'
each udder's skulls on my account-no,
siree-not much! Wen 1 come along
dey walk on de udder side OBJ de street
SOS to avoid meetin' me. Wot hab |
got to be tankful fo' on Tankgibin'
Day2"
COMFORT FOR THE HoMELY GIRLS.
say to such a pusson:-"Y oung
you are enjoyin' one oh de
yrates' blessin's dat de Lawd kin be-
,tow upon a woman. Ub course IT'S
mighty hahd o realize it an va prob'ly
Won't realize it till after ye die, an
nebbe not eben den unles va bow in
to de divine power dat saw
it to make yer face de way it is.
ell va, my friends, eff va vent down
m made a canvass OBJ de inhabitants
ID hell ya'd find dat nine out OBJ ebery
en- wimmen dere got dare for no udder
eason dan dat dey were pooty gals wen
ey were on de earth, an dey let dere
ood looks run away wild dere common
ense on sich fast gallop dat dey neb-
er stopped till dey arrived in de lake
b fire an birthstone. De homely gal
nay not nave lot OBJ chippie chasers
demselyes by de heat oh de
oal dat's been paid for by de sweat OBJ
e brow OBJ de ole man, but den she's
ebber put to de necessity OBJ runni'n
way an leabin' note behind, sayin'
at she'll nebber come back, an gibin'
e gossipy neighbors cnance to wag
ere itchy tongues an say, 81 tole
a so!''
De homely gal mebbe doan git SO
many oyster stews or so many trips to
9 theayter as her pooty sister, but den
er mudder's heartstrings amt
asuuder an her fadder is
pared de necessity OBJ turnin' her pict-
her to de wall. De homely face oh an
onest gal lookin' down from de par
or is a blamed sight pootier dan de
;ooden back OBJ gilt frame dat hides
9 shame OBJ de pootiest gal dat eber
rev de bref OBJ life. It's good deal s
etter to go fru life wild homely face
n clean heart, an SO win yer re-
iahd, dan il is TO hab few years OBJ
eayty mixed wild de wickedness OBJ
fe, an in de end be condemned to
pend eternity in de place where de
thermometer nebber gifts below six
undred degrees above zero winter or
ummer. Derefore Isay dat de homely
al ought to be tankful, an eben eff
be she neber nebber gifts married she
an study how to add to de cumfort OBJ
ose she is thrown amongst an wen
er message comes to go an she finds
erself drivin' fru de goldep streets in
er own chariot an Sippin' de nectar :