The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1872-03-28
HssMoRous DRIFTS
Il 81 "a IElfe-A Ner 90.

Les end Ass Nile-A New efSon.
As ] approached a pond s few
days ago where some negroes were
entting ice, I chaneed to hear sAe
conclusion Of 3 conversation be-
tween two 0f the hands on thc sub
jeet q religion.
what ysn know ibout 'Iigiohf 2
Yea doH't know nuthin' 'tali boat
'ligien.n
II know heap bout 'ligion; aln't
] bin done read de Bible"
s.AF hat yob read in de Bil5le7 i isY
goa can't teli me nuthin' what sou
read Is de Bible
"But Z kin. dough fthoHgh.) j
read bout Moro. .
,siK het sort q A6omoW--to-mos
Fowf
eNo. Go-mcuos
elis whar he 60. end what be Sc
furg
aShoh. mani he didn' 20 newhar,
COG he was s town
"Dari didn' / sell you dfdns know
authia' bout nnthin7 Yon read de
Bihlel EIoccam (how comel de town
name Moro, and how ae town
gWine go aaywharS Town amt got
no legs
sAian, You's a born fool, sho'. De
town named Go Morrow, but rley
call il Moro coz dey didn' have no
time to stay dar talkin' long talk
'.Duce dey didn't IF dcy star
dar tO-day, whay can't dsy stay daF
tomorrow 'Splain me dat"
ssBut deY all gOne. and dc town
too. Ali done bun up"
sEf dere amt no pepul, ana dere
ain't no town, how de town name
Morrow G'iong niegerl Dian't
know you didn' know ngthin tall
boat 'ligioag But (sareasticaliy) }
t0le me sonae mo what yOu read ia.
de Bible
"Well, Moro was big town
bout mighty highs big rs Washing.
ton City-ahd dc pepul IN he Worl
Dey way dat mean dat de Lord he
cculdn't abear' em, and be make up
his min dat he gwine bun de town
clean mp. But dar was ono good
man dar-memler nv de church,
ap' p'sidin' elder-name Lot.
"Yaas, ! know'k him."
'.M har you knoW'd hingS
Goa de cannell (canaL J He owned
g battO, and dror Il hisse'E
HEST, man! / talkin' sense, now.
Den de Lord be came 70 Lot, and he
say, Lot ! gwine bun dis town.
fon and you wife git up and gether
you little alls, aud put fo' le crack
q day, coz I eertn'y gwine bun dis
town aud do pepul, tomorrow.
Den Lot he and his wife riz, and
snatched Ep sheir little alls and
travelled soon ia de nornin'. And
de Lord he tux light'ud (lightwood) }
knots ana some shavin's, and he
bun it spang up, clear dowa 70 de
groun'" /"
@Ayhat come o. LotY'
Gle and he wife, dey went and dey
went and dey went twcl prcs'n'iy
he wife say. Lot eff I ain { gone and
lef, de meai-sifter and de r0llin' pin,
I wisht may diet and slle tu'n
roun'. .and-snd-shs dgr nolgr'
what she doin' dargn
"NnthiE'."
"Mast be mons'ns lazy 'o0man."
''No. she ain's De L.Sra be tn'n
her to pillow uy salt cox she too
'qHisitiye. =
'-i>ar. sv'ybody know 'b0nt sack
o salt; who ever hea- bout pillow
nv salt? Bus what come o'Lotg
Lot, he weren't keerin' nuEhin'
'tall bout no r0liin' pin and no meal
sitter, 50 he KEEP straight long.
'thout tu'nin' ny he head neither to
le right, neither to de leF.1
''And lei7 De ole 'e0maE aarY'
'sYaas.v
ain dc middle Of de roadg
sYaas."
aAlnst keer'd mightey little fur
her-want 70 git married 70 seck'n
wife, spec, But de fus' man come !
long and want 70 git some salt to
bake asheake, he gwine bust a piece
out'n Lots wife, and 'stroy her, and
what you think o aatg Call dat
iigionT And &c ole man ier here
and yoa read dat
Here a perempiory order from the
foreman to go to work broke short
-he conversation.