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Show Observations by the Parson of Coonville 1 I observe this mq'nln', my brederln. that some ob do ladies present am a wearin' hats, de bigness ob which am supposod to make up.fo' do smalincss ob do head. I observe, also, that every time a pus-son pus-son grin at de mlsfo'tunca ob othe's he exposes a weak place in his own brain. I observe that some ob de loftles' Ideals am found in do lowliest places. I observe that some ob de citizens ob Coonville . celebrate so riotously. or rccereate so extravagantly on Saturday that they can't go to church and worship wor-ship de Lord on Sunday. I observe that hit lake mo than the elevation ob de chin by an "uppah cut" to mako a fellow see the higher Ideals. I observe that goodness haint determined deter-mined by the size of ob. do fist. I observe that there mo' In do race question than Jes beef! I observe that tha Is something wrong wld the " fellow's brain who thinks he can settle tho race question by a prize fight fo money. I observe that, de colahed man haint no bettah case Johnson got de bes" ob do fight, nor de white man haint no worse case Jeffries got licked. I observe that hit take mo' than the whlppin' ob de one man to down de white race, and mo'n the success ob do one man to elevate de black race. tll I observe that L'ookcr Washington '1 am a hlltln' harder licks -than cber Jack ijH Johnson did. and yet de black man am , H de under dog. 'H I observe that the only way some ob you black folk? v.-ill cber get de 'spect fl ob dc white man v.-ill In? fo you first to ' fll earn de 'spect ob yo'self an' yo' colahed vl neighbors. V-l I observe that the forco ob an argu- il merit Is not always determined by tho 'H swlftnens ob dc blow. 'H I observe that some 'ob yo' colahed 1 folks Imagine dat yo' can excuse any ''H kind ob cusucdncss by jes callln' hit a t'H religious duty. dl 1 observe that all dc revelations that '1 cover sin wld a cloak ob religion am re- H ccived aftnb de sin hab been commit- -iil 1 observe that hit am never the right- -'H eous rrlnn that try to convince hcself iH "that there is no hell." il I observe that tho man what ncbor breaks dc law ob his country don' bo spendln' no time watchln' to sec If de -H sheriff am a comln'. 'H I observe that the bes' place to scare H de life outen a nlggah is in his neigh- H bor's watcrmllllon patch. 'H I observe that no one cber sees a ghost jH through a clear conscience. rl |