| Show GAVE A SOLEMN WARNING providential escape of a darky urged him to prophesy gdal john palmer formerly commander in all chief lef of tho the grand army of 0 tile the republic told tills story at the grand union uhlon hotel one sunday while in camp near the rapidan Ra we received word that a baptism the auspices of the colored church would occur on the banks ol of tile the river at 11 ll 11 and nearly the whole regiment went dawn the river was rushing like a millstream and the outdoor baptism was a risky performance the first one abne to wade out and reach the minister who had secured a good tooting footing was a young buck about twenty years of ago aga As the minister laid him film down an and d he felt the cold water covering him he struggled so hard that ho he got away from the minister hild and went down own out of sight ht in d a second tile the witnesses were shocked to stillness and 0 were wondering what to do when about feet down the stream the negros head was een conling coming up and as lie had struck a sunken tree ho he kept climbing along sputtering out tile river water vater right and left seeking a perch where he could got get his breath tile the observers ejecting e some expression of thankfulness oil hab part after his narrow escape were shocked a second time when lie he hollowed hol liol lored out go on go on up there 6 but some bodas gwine to lose a nilzah sure fore you git broo wid dis nonsense new york times timea |
