The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-09-24

ONES TOGETHER AND soT DOWN To
LUNCHEON"
any one of 'em away from US and dc
loss could not be made up in a hun.
dred years. Natur' makes no mis-
takes. She knowed what de GUILD
man would want when she created
him, and as sOou as he arrived on
airth he found dose four things wait
in for him. and he was told to go right
ahead and enjoy hisself.
81 shall speak of de watermillyOn
alone dis e~avenin'. It has de shorte9t
season of any Of de four. and it seems
to- come clusser to de culId man daM
any of de rest. De pCSSum. de y21H
ana de chicken bring up bright antici
Dasnuns, but when you want sunthf3
to make ye mouf water and de heels
to lift up off de ground YOU sOt down
on de doahsteps and let your thoughts
dwell on de watermillyOn.
who was de first cull'd man? l
answer Ham. I can't find out any
thing about his fadder and mudder
but as nigh ae 7 kin find OFT abort
Ham hissplf he WIS lest like any "
us we're tonight. ! don't reckon he Old
n mo- work dan he was ObleeSed to,
and if dar had been any Odder Guild
man around he would probably AVE
tried to b0rry a dollar now and den.
Found Heap of Good Things.
"Ham found a heap of good things
vaitin' fur him. Oar was fat rab-
bits, great big wild plums and straw
berries on de hillsides. Oar was wild
taters and r~azorbacked hawgs and
ducks and geese flynn around. He
nbed high and slept late in de mawn-
in, but dar come a day when he lost
his appetite and got dumpish. He was
lOngin' fur somethin' dat he hahnt
found vet. He begun to fall away in
speerits and flesh, and nobody kin tell
what would hev happened to him in: de
end had he not made a ~diskivery.
Ham was wanderin' about n sum
mer's day, thinkin' he was not long fur
dis world and havin' a yearnin' dat
made his head ache. when u mammoth
twenty-eight feet high and weighin'
| O. pounds got after him and put
| him on de hump fur Ober twenty
| miles. When de old mammoth let up
| Ham found hisseIf in a strange ken
try and in de midst of q waterm11yon
patch of five acres in extent De Erul'
had no name at dat time. It lay dal
ready to be devOured. Some OF dc
fruit was about as big as a ~stoTepipe
hat and some as big as a bari. Some
was green vet. and some was hustin
open and shown de red core:
Don't you go to bettin' dat Han
didn't pitch into dose millyons. HI
knoved he had found what he haC
been huntin' fur so long. He jest roll
ed twenty OF de biggest ones togethei
and sot down fur luncheon When h
had eaten all he coulG - went to sleel
| for a couple of hour and woke up t
fear de red hearts out of some mo
He was lest like a steer in a co'nfeld
He STAYED right dar fui two dav IS an
nights and hogged down millyons an
slent nv turns, and when he finally 60
frev he was a different Ham. He ha'
also giben to mankind dat was to com
arter him q new fruit and q new joy.
"You can't find anywheIa in de ScriI
lures or in history dat de white ma
diskiyered de watermillyon. He Wa
on airth befo' Ham. but he wasn't !ool
in around.
"Christopher Columbus disaivere
Amorica. in which at de present tin
I'm 456 trusts. maxim il as lively a
possible fur &c peep ~ Fam di
sive-ad de FIT dat brings Joy to SOC
100000 peop'e annual
} Napoleon corG-crel d. world, bt
Ham Glib de world sunt,.n' 10 t1r
; around on and lick Napoleon.
II Hams Great Discovery.
"Harvey dislsiyerei 20 circulation
lie blood. but Ham discovered s1rtai