The Van Buren press., 1878-11-19
AUNT HANNAH.
Her Sad Experience at Ncw-Fan
gled Revival.
I From the Baltimore Bulletin !

From the Baltimore Bulletin
Aunt Hannah is an old colored woman
in South Baltimore, who has made her
living, for fouryears by selling pies, gin.
ger cakes, and apples al q little street
stand. She prides herself on being "ai
old-fashioned darkey." She is about
sixty years old, and came, originally.
from the Eastern Shore. to which she
means to return, ultimately in order-to
die. She may be recognized by an i'm
mense bandanna handkerchief which she
wears on her head in the form Of a tur-
ban, by her black face, and shining teeth
and by her extraordinary neatness at
punctilious courtesy. The other day, n
gentleman who does business In South
Baltimore, aud WHO bias patronf3ed her
forycars, stopped at her stand, as he Of
ten does, to buy an apple.
How's business, Aunt Hannah ?" he
asked.
"Poorly, chile she replied, shaking
her head sadly.
Allows that r.
"Well. sab, the gentlemcns Ike you,
is about dc only customers l has, now.
Desc niggers about here, is gcttin' too
high. toned"
TOO heightened p
"Yes, sah. Dey say dey cant buy of
me bekaso ! isn't quality--l isn't dere
style"
"Why aren't you their stylet {"
"Well, III tell you, massa; you SEQ
it's all desc rewiwals. You see rs a
church member AN believes in ole FASH
ion notwithstanding like We had in de
good old massl days. 1t pears like
sLontin' dos NE heap o. good: sort
o makes me warm all over But dey
won't low shouting in cur church no
mo- When heerd dat. | ups, | does,
and | says to the preacher:
"Whar do You get that from, any
how I"
Mrs. Bramble,e he said.
81 amt no Mrs. Bramble." says,
q Sc old Hannah"
AUNT Hannah he says, don't dis.
turb the hominy of de meetin'."
says to him, says |, What's got to
do with the hominy oh de meetln'f All
| wants is to boiler at meetin', just as
always does
He says faint considered the thing,
any more, Aunt Hannah, to shout ut
meetin'."
"Go long, chile" says, and | lef'
him.
De next Sunday, when de time came
for goin' to de mourner's bench, seed
all dc high toned darkies sittin' as qui.
I &C as n''e~, Iookiu' just like white people
does in dcre church. SO | ups, does,
an begins to shout, Dey all look as il
deyd nebber heerd such thing, before.
One young gal hid her face behind her
face, and laughed. What you laughin'
at Z says, you sassy'-but 'membered
de mourners at de bench, and stopped.
De preacher looked at me, wild de white
oh his eyes, and said;
=" Sister. don't disturb de hominy OBJ
de meetn'' .
But / just keeps on shoutin', aud dc
folks all around looks as if dey was ska
red Bime by de preacher says:
"'Will somebody move the sister from
de church z
And, massa, dey took me and put me
out! | had n mind to grab him, but
rasseled wild de debbl, al beat him.
"'What sort o. revival Is dis 2 said,
9 dey was carryin' N, out Day look
ed at each other and laughed, an told me
! was old-fashioned, wasn't qualit hadn't
any tone hash been to meetin' since
an all my customers is dropping of,
one by one
swell, what are you going to do about
it, Hannah ~
81 can't say, massa; but il ! ketches
ope o dem high toned gals about heab,
and kin lay my hands on her, III show
her what an old fashioned revival is."