The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-05-29
HOW ADAM AND EVE LOST
THE GARDEN.
A Rival of the Reverend Jasper
Expiating upon the Bible
Truths.
BY REV. PETER sKoLLmoFFER.


no jess how many-wuust upon a
time. de Lawd he 'cluded he'd make
this heah world. An when he'd done
made it, he think he'll put Adam an
Eve into de new earth, an so be
done up Adam fust. He wuz jess
made outen de dust an' dirt what
wuz q iayin' roun' loose. An'de
Lawd SEE when de fust man was fin.
is he'd: See heah. you Adam, stan
up till talk to you" Adam he
stood up. an his Marster tole him
be wuz a gwine to give him nice
farm, well stocked wild plenty of ami
mails an cattle ov all kinds. Dis
wuz called de Garding ov Eden.
Well, Adam wuz monstrous glad,
an went in at de front gate an KEEP
de gates shet, case de debbil some.
times cum a lOafn' roun' on Satur.
day evenin's when he'd beerd ev it,
he KEEP de front gate locked tight.
Now Adam was told he mought
jess eat as many apples as he could
stuff, 'cept from one big tree in de
center ov de garden. Desc wuz de
Lawd's winter pippins, an eff Adam
TUX any ov 'em, goodbye de gardin'
and all de cattle. Adam didn't have
to wuk like you uns an we uns. He
jess lay roun' in de shade an done
nothin all de day long. Glory hal
lelujah dat's de niggah's heaven.
Ye see. Adam he wuz monstus
'feard O. de debbill. an used to sleep
out in de back garding under de APP
pie trees wild his front eye open.
Wunst upon time, suah huff, de
ole scratch did cum along de high
road, an he tried de front gate, but
found it locked. So he shut de gate,
an seem he couldn't get in, hestOod
up on tiptoe an looked ovah de pa
Inns O. de fence. Den he SEE, "Hel-
10, Adam !" Adam SEE, Hello yo'
selfF De debbil he put his over
coat roun' hisself to hide his tail. an
says he, q hearin' we got some
mighty fine winter pippins heah in
dis garding. Can't We give neigh
Dor a few fur seed. or some cuttins
TO plant?" Adam says he amt al
lowed to tech de center tree. What
says de debbil, has yer Master so
little confidence in We dat he won't
low We to taste dem pippins? Well,
/ never! Why, eff a man eats dat
fruit, he'll know everything-good
and bad
Den the ole fellow-I tell We he's
mighty sharp. he is-he jess begin
to laugh an make all sorts O fun on
pore Adam, an he ak him why he
didn't git sum clothes an not go
about naked. De police might cum
long an tuck him in, an so forth.
An de debbil even offered to lend
Adam his linen buster till his tailor
could send some clothes in-at least
pa'ar O. pants.
But Adam he KEEP MS temper an
never sed nothin' at all. Den de ole
scratch give Adam up an SEE, We'll.
good bye, Adam, when you want
some nice roasted apples jess call an
see me- an he laughed wicked.
Now AID he got monstrus tired
Twin, by hisself, an he tole de Lawd
he was gwine to resign eff he couldn't
have somebody to lib wild him. So
de Lawd make Eve right out of
sparerib oh Adams, and set her up
agin de fence. Pretty soon AID, he
sees her, an runs up to her, an hugs
her, an kisses her all over de mouf
He kissed her into life, an she love
him for it.
Now Eve she was cullahed gal,
but Adam was plain white. When
she got kinder used to him, he used
TO 90 off wild his hoe on bis shouldah
to tend de watahmelon patch, an
left Eve nigh to de front gate to
watch the apples. So one day de
ole boss debble dress hisself up in
long linen dus tab and come loafn'
roun' loose agin, an he see Eve.
Soon's he seen Adams wife he gan
to sing "Oh, so lovely !" an Eve she
look up and listen wild all boff her
ears. Den de ole fellah he put on
his best company manners, fur, we
know, he usen to be a very specta-
BILE pusson when lie live up above
oh, yes indeed. Sed he to Eve, when
she look up: Beautiful angel of
cullah, has not lost de way an fell
ovah &c edge Of heaven? Seems to
me I've met you in society up dah."
An he KEEP on ahatterin' till. when
he ak her to please open de gate an
let him in, just to look on de golden
pippins in de back garden, she done
it. De debbill bowed an kissed
Ewes fingers. DRESS coulden't i'm
prove you. 1 never seed a creatur
half so lovely" You've been up
dab den?'' SEE Eve. as innocent as
a sheep. "Ah. yes, often an often;
an he sighed hot. In fac 1 was
born and raised up dab; but de air
was too close for me, an l pinned fur
furrin fraveIin an cum heah. Rut