Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-06-01
4 New version OF an old story.

the following to Lippincotts Maya
zine: Gu&oWAlAH
I As l approached pond, few days
ago, where some negroes we're cutting
ice, | CHANGED to hear the conclusion Of
a conversation between two of the hands
on the subject Of religion.
What do you know bout ligion
You don't know nothin tall bout Zig
ion. !"
81 know heap bout 'ligion; amt
done read de Bible2' 'aos.bgus l.s
What you read in de Bible? | say
you can't tell me nuthin what you read
in de Bible?' a1tjeil lf
But l kin, dough (though). i read
bout MorroG E5Isf3 a6aEsss-
| I What sort of 'Morrow--toImorrow2 7
," No, Go-Morrow. -
We'll, whar he go, and what he go
fur2p
"ShOh, imam 0 he didn't 90 nowhar,
caz he was town.
Oar didn't ! tell you you didn't
know nuthin' bout nuthin. You read
de Biblel Hoccum (how GOMEZ de town
name Moro, aud how de town gwyne
To- go any WHARF Town amt got nc
legs" U gH
S"M Man, you's a born fool, sho'. De
town named Go-Morrow, hut dey call il
Moro, 'cuz dey didn't have no time to
stay talking long talk. -
Debbil dey didn't Eff they stay
dar to-day, why can't dey stay dar to-
morrow. Splain me dat. iI
ie But dey all gone, and de town too.
All done bun up ;" lms ...s,..
Ef dere amt no pepul, and dere
amt no town, how de town name Nor
row2 Glong, niggerl Didn't l know
you didn't know nuthin tall bout
ligionl But (sareastically) tole me sum
mo what you read in de Bible"
Well, Morrow was big town--'bout
mighty nigh's big as Washington City
and de pepul wat live dar was de mean
mes pepul in de whole worl. Dey was
dat mean dat de Lord he couldn't abear
EN-, and he make up his min dat he
gwine bun de town clear up. But dar
was one good man dar-member of de
church, p sidin' elder-named Lot"
"Yaas, / know himF HinAst tssi
"Whar you know him?'
On de cannell (canal) He owned
Datt0 ana urOr IL nlsSelf.
n Heist, man l talkin' sense now.
Den de Lord he come to Lot, and he say,
Lot | gwine bun dis town. You and
you wife git up and gether you little alls
and put out TO de crack o day, coz /
cert'nly gwine BUN dis town and de
pepul tomorrow. Den Lot he and his
wife riz and Snatched up their little all
and travelled soon in the morning. And
the Lord he took two light nd light
wood) knots and some shavin's, and he
set fire to dot ar town NV Moro, and he
bun it sprang up clear down to the
groun."
4" What come o LotGN q tkAl "
" He and he wife, dey went and dey
went and dey went, t'well pres My he
wife say, Lord eff amt gone and lef
de meal-sifter and de rollin' pin, / wisht
| may die' and she turn round and
and-she dar now 3"
/" What she doin' nowP"
f"Nuthin.'' 15TCF
Must. be mons us lazy woman" On
No, she amt. De Lord he tn her
to pillow nv salt, cos she too quisitive.'
Oar everybody know bout sack o
salt Nv who ever hear bout pillow o
salt2 But what come O Lott "
Lot, he weren't keerin' tall bout no
rollin pin and no meal-sifter, so he kept |
straight long, 'thout turnin' NV he head |
to the right, neither to the left u
And lef de old oman dar?" ttaf
g" Yaas." iu 5Hu
{" In de middle of de rOad2"
U" Yaas." aiFuw
=" Must keered might little fur her
want to git married to seckn wife, l
spec, But de fus' man come long
and want to git some salt to bake ash
cake, he gwine to bust piece out'n
Lots wife, an stroy her; and what you
think o dat? Call dat 'ligion? And
De ole man lef' her and you read
dat" .....l g lIgr-r
Here a peremptory order from the
foreman to go to work, broke short
the conversation. lII-Ts ~
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