The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-04-19
I.6t and hIs We. 4 NsN YeFsIon.
IFrOm "Lippinnott's Monthly, .

days ago, where some negroes were
cutting ice, / chanced to hear the
conclusion of conversation be-
tween two of the handsron the sub
5eeto religion.
''What you know bout sligion?
You don't know nuthin' tall bout
1igion."
know heap bout 1igion: amt
I bin done read de BibleY'
s'What you read in de Bible2 I
lay you carn't tell me nuthin' what
you read in de Bible"
t'But kin, dough Qhough). I
read bout MORO"
''What sort o. Moro to-mor-
row?"
'cNo, Go-AEorro."
"Well, Rhar he go. and what he
go fur2"
''Shoh, mani He didn' go no
whar. coz be was town." ~ 80 /.
''DarI di6in tell you you didn'
know nuthin' bout nuthin'9 You
read de Biblei Hoccum chow Gomez
de town name Moro, and de town
gwine go any whar? Town amt
got no legs"
"Man, you's born fool, sho'.
De town named Go-Morro; but
dey cal it MORO coz dey didn'
have no time to stay dar talkin'
long talk. -......a
.Debba dey didn't Ef dey stay
dar to-day, why carn't dey stay to
morrow Splain me dat.
But dey all gone, and de town
too. All done bun up"
fSEf dere amt no pepul, and dere
amt no town, how de town name
Moro? Glong, niggerl Didn't
- Iknow you didn' know nuthin' tall
bout igion2 But (sarcastically)
''tole me some mo, what you read
in de Bible.7
''Well, 'Morro was a big town
bout mighty highs big as Wash
ington City. And dc pepul dat
live dar was de meanes' pepuI in
de whole worP. Dey was dat mean
dat de Lord he couldn' abear 'em,
and he make up his min dat he
gwine bun de town clean up. But
dar was one good man dar-mem-
Der av dc church, q p'sidin' elder
name lot
se "Yaas, I know'd him."
''Whar you know'd him?"
''On de cannell (canal) He
owned batto, and dror' d it hiss" ="
"Heist, mani I talkin' sense,
now. Den de Lord he came to Lot,
and ne say, Lot, gwinea ban dis
town. You andlyou wife gitup and
gether your little alls, and put out
'fo de crack O. day, coz I cert'n' y
gwlne bun dis town and de pepul
tomorrow Den Lot he and he
wife riz and snatched up their little
alls, and travelled soon in de morn
in. And the Lord he TUX two
ight'ud (lightwood) knots and
some Shawn s and he set fire to dat
ar town NV Moro, and he bun it
spang up, clear down to de groun'.
'.WhGt came o. Lot2''
'He and he wife, dey went, and
~ dey went, and dey went, twel
pres'nly he wife say, Lori eff ain t
gone and lef de meal-sifter and de
rollin' '-pin, I wisht may die!'
And she turn roun' to go fetch en-,
and she turn roun, and-and-sht
ddr noiot|
''What she doin dar2'
"Nuthin'." ("
,,f7a Must be mons'us lazy CONAN,
'tNo, she amt. De Lord he tur
her to pillow NV salt. COZ she toC
'quisitive.
,-sr. ssparl eY'Eybody know bout o
salt: who ever hear bout pillow ny
salt: But what come O LotP
sfe Lot, he wern't keerin' nuthin
tall bout no rollin'-pin and M
meaI=sifter; so he KEEP straight 'lonG
= 'thout turnin' NV he head, neither
to the right, neither to ihe lef'."
And lef de ole ,ooman dar2.
'a ,In de middle Of de road2"
4. 'tYaas.
,-s 'sMust keer'd mighty little flu
her-want to get married 90 seck'I
wife, I spec But de fus man eom
long, and want to git some salt t
bake ashcake, he gwine bust piec
out'n Lots wife, and 'stroy her
and what you think o. dat? Cal
dat 'hgion? And de ole man don
let herr And you dat tr
Here q peremptory order from
IH the foreman to ego to work brok
short the conversation.
& new style of entertainment
has been given lntely by many fasL
ionable ladies, the rule being ths
allinvited guests shall converse i
French during the entire evening
every one who fails in this respeC
being fined to the amount of do
lars and upwards, the money s
raised being given for the benefit {
4he French suffers IN the late wa
hEE
Many ladies express great dit
like for the "Dolly Warden" cot
tunes, and confidently assert thi
they viii never be seen wearin
them. If the fashion lasts an
length of time, however, we woul
not be too sure that they would M
change their minds.
r-r.f a young wife, on being latel
asked what she would do if ht
husband should fail, replied: civ