BROTHER GARDNER ON DUTY
" At dis nlge an' date a good deal am beln taid about dooty " laid Brother Gardner as be looked op and down tht aisles and signalled to Samuel Shin to stuff somebody* h»t in'o a broken pans m the alley window. "If you go to one chorea, you har it am your dooty to look out fur de neatheu ; at another yol am charged to liev an eye. oat fat de.poo'} at a third you are held responsible far til de wickedness In your city ; at * fo'th It am sumthin' else, and you'll return homo wid a burden on your back welghln' 600 pounds. I has bin figgerin' up on dia dooty bfzaens, an' I has oome to de fol»---lerln' conclaslons .- 1. It am your do >ly to obey de laws au* lib respectably. 2. It am your dooty to provide far yonr family an' take keer of your savings. 3. It am your dooly to lib honestly deal squarely an' pay Gash down 4. It am your dooty to support what* eber is good, an' condemn wbateber Is | bad. Outside of de above no man or woman need worry. It' de Lawd expected me to worry ober de heathens iv Afiioa he'd hey arranged if- for me to be bo'n at Oape Town ! or Zaczlbar, an' he'd hey given m» mo' lung power an' mo* oaab. If it was In* tended dat all de sinners m AmirtM should be waved ole Satan would'nt hey bin 'lowed to Invent ao muoh wlokednces. If It war' eipeokted dat I should hand oat a dollar to ebery pusson m distress, It would hey bin fixed dat I shou'd fiod * gold mine mmy backyard. I hey dlikivered, m figgerln' on dese things, dab peoplj who am so muoh oonsarned about wiokbdness at home glnerally forgtt to pay their honest debts ; dit de people who preach de most about dooty have de least conoepshuu of it. In de fucber I shall seek to alrn.2 dollars per day ; keep oat o' debt; iqaW up at de grocery ebtry Saturday night; swear to da troo! on de witness oian' j keep «^ my pew tent ; celebrate Washington's Birthday, an* hey a dollar In my pocket fur any laborin* man who may moet with misfortant* Oat'o gvrlno to my dooty.
A timely use of Hop Bitters (American Co.'h) will keep a whole family m robust htaHtl a year with, buU little coat, &et4
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1597, 30 June 1887, Page 2
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409BROTHER GARDNER ON DUTY Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1597, 30 June 1887, Page 2
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