The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1864-11-23
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80 = ,drinkin whisky ard s'ea''n' anu 'o''
; IO", inf won't do. So ! thinks deyS gone
n X" Case c YOU know, Mo*s, when dc people S
loves %p de Lord, he leaves del" 100. H '''
EaSs' ~, m,,st tell me how dc people come
an "V scr;n' their masters out here IN I'll" '''''
"' IL wa~ rompcy, Is =winc to tell 20" dc
"e% mn. IN some mighty COOL folks out
""''' ,,, same dat smells of fish. 70" Know
" '' ,Iw,v: did b'licvc in de OH Nc'n"a'H
We '''S" ,.. she was right, and Niger had
"""'' chance of -oin to hesvcn; Dut aver !
.h. sDlit in two, dat part dat went '0"'', ia"
tm.;l his ma<Sa dah-h"t J 90 mol "H NV, ~"
W." &c; to de lmppy la"l-''c "Gp'"; '4se
" ~" ii. hdy-scrvan,, anil donl! de- ch1 m
h. would have no time for h'$<s''' '"',
romp,y. Is been hcr mos, TWO , year, ~ ".
: =: ,ntn bc,rcn the white folks talk wax :
~, work wi,l my hands, and ! ''a" my
.... wide open. ease know'l was "'' CURE
49,, -, ,c wood, :casr YOU know M ole
:,,r tx. me can always smell little "r''n-
.,,., dem southern christians. ana
, ,,.h,, ,;u', no L.ttcr, gin TO pray.
i, ,h,, Union church dcy pr'yS Tor
,o,,,,r. that is cool. and old father .Ab'7'-
hmm, ~. don, kcre if de- Er'e'S ';car GIN
,,,. .,,r nm mt' much danger oil he'Ti
vL,, is said in dat church. Well
ponpry. thought would =" mp I" Inc
,I.n.h with dc biz hell and hear some ''.
,yavn and hi" pr,achin. Well ] went up
in de- .allilcc: look down, ] 'Sec Old Nr'
s..,>b an! old Mrs. St>c<h, and all dc Young
s.,c.h thought at first ! was ~ iicil'
uod wl.r i, am all seSc>h. WE'LL b'me .!
tie preacher h. 'gin t" prHy-r pray OH = ,,
limo, ,imc-!c say nothin' about dc President
y., * dc white folks say. lc. got 7Ght,ch :
IL. r.uiuox,ia! line and li"pray cast, and he
rray west. bu, he wouldn't pray north nor
.ou,I, hut he stuck on that line IS tight rs -
uossomS tail to 4 Ipr>innon lin. come
OH, q church, ! say. dat keats Moses: y
white man was l;<,rlin" t" me, and he say
.wha,., :ha, h2a,< Muses. Why, say,
ia, pr,a,!,,r never prayed for de- President.
ilr say. NOW. Moses. il YOU say n"tllin.
a'mu, it will ;c!l you how il larp'ncd As
vor: see, ain just c.joying the joke ut their
expense. You >rc there is three or four men
down here Luyrs Sccr>h paper and sending
it TO Dixie. and arr making Il heap Of money.
Then there is some farmers AMI merchants
pretty we'll to do. Srmm give twenty and
>"nr fifty ',"!s!< year and there Is Where
tho grub r"nr> ir.m, aml they have mrnly
limited this so that i, nigh, Lc understood"
Then y"u SO they are l'nilis The wool OYER
t!r' l'ni"!s men, cyr., anl "rt AL i!ry "an
90; ii !!:rm, 10y ,rIn- y"u tia, yoa ln,i>:
moi ny politics and NIi.inm So You >rr
"!Ii'. til, ""a,< ~. milking themselves they
t.? H.. ~! Il, 'I2 Yankee say Iri' the >irrp
ESQ. $, YOU 49, 5rtwts" the goats AZ! lie
~h'c!, il j. pretty good living iur u preacher
:! !" raa >:a:H; the m"!;!. wnI blowing "a
on -.r!,' and he >"'!:h "n III" other. Now
"rr >"r il hr succeed; in !o:,,i:i. a union
between e." i.c.'> and the !'nion :n!&<. villa,
s ln, y: mu!r> 'nrlr sam would have. How
=" y"H !jh' il. Moses ?' e
/; ""''; w"!H." said !. Every bigger
~" k South &m"wS. da, father .lLlular,'s
i'"'N, an! .l"n Davis :iork, c:n'. Gy.l in dc
,;'H:' "a|''r'. Moses SIN.