New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-03-17
"EO.MORROX.,
Lot and His Wife-A New y..,
from Lippincott for march,

Lot ann MS "Ae-A new versi.,
| From Lippincott for March,
A correspondent in Virginia send,
| following:
AS approached pond a few d,,,
| where some negroes were cutting sor't
I CHANGED to hear the conclusion If ss
versatinn hetw"en two of the hand. 20
subject Of religion.
~ NAT YOU Know bout ligion, +,
don't know nuthin' tai bout '1igions y
II know heap bout 'igion! aintIs
done read de Bible 2" ~
"Wbat you read in de Bible9 I,,.
carn't tell me nothin' what you reads,
Bible"
but I kin, dough (thoughl. Iread,.
Morro.'
"What sort O Acknowledgement
mo. Go-Morrow."
"Well, whar he go, and what be ~ r.,
"Sheh, man he didn't go nowhar. ssi
was a town.
Oar. didn' ! tell you didn't know ,p,s
bout nothin'. You read the ET
Hoccum (how Gomez de town name T,s
and how de town gwine 20 auyvSs
Town amt got no legs"
I'm
named Go-Morrow, but they call it N.
COZ dey didn't have time to stay dar h6
"Debbil dey didn'. Eff dey stay dr,
day, why can't they stay dar to-morr
'SpIain me dat ~
But dey all gone, and de town toe,
done bun up.
"Ef deere amt no pepul, and dere amt,
town, how de town name Morrow! en-
Niger Didn't | know you didn't n
nsthin' tall bout 'igion But sarc
callyl tole me some mo- what You raj
de Bible
Well. Morrow was a big town-N
mighty nigh s big as Washington City,
de pepul wat live dar was de meanes vs
in de whole worr. Deg was dat mea
Lord He couldn't abear EN-, and He nd
up His mind dat He gwine bun de To-
clean up. But dar was one good manda
member Nv de church-a p'sidin' eide
name Lot.
"Yaas, | know'd him
"Whar you know'd him q
"On de- camel (canal.. He ovua
batto. and drOr' it hisse'f.'
"Heist. man. l talkin' sense. now D
de Lord he came to Lot, and he say Lat
gwine bun dis town. You and you n
git,up and sether you little alls and paG
TO de crack O. day, cos | cert'n'y gm
bun dis town and de pepul to-morm
Den Lot he and his wife riz and sna;ehsl
their little alis and travelled soCn IN
mornin'. And the Lord he tux two Light
(Eghtwood) knots, and some shavil's
he set fire to dat ar town Nv Moro, and
bun it spans up clear down to de gruu
What come o Lot!''
"He and he wife dey went, and deg We
and dey went, twell pres'n'ly he wife =
'Lor. eff l amt gone and LEI de meal sih
and the roliin pin, wisht | may die
she turn roun' TO go fetch 'em. and she Il
roun' and-and-she dar now
What she dom dar!'
"Nuthin.'
Must be monsus lazy CONAN"
+" No. she amt. De Lord he tu'n ha,
pillow Nv salt. coz she too 'quisitiye."
Oar ev'ry Oody know bout sack 81
who ever hear bout pillow of salt b
what come o Lot p
Lot he weren't keerin' tall bout NON
in'-pin and no meal-sit'er, so he KEEP stray
long 'thcut turnin' Nv he he'd neither toa
right, neither to the lef.'
And LEI de ole CONAN dar:'
"Iaas."
In the middle of the road =
"Iaas."
Must keered mighty little fur ha
want to git married to seek n wife, Yc
But de fus man come long and want to
some salt TO bake ashcake, he gwine bus
piece outn Lots wife, and 'stroy her; q
what you think o dat! Call dat Igal
And de ole man let' her! And you NJ
dat
Here peremptory order from the To-
man to :" 60 TO work " broke short the Cd
yerSatiOu.