The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-06-09


I "match" with him. She abused hin
at round rate, as being 'old enough
for her great-grandfather) ugly assd
crooked as sin, and mean rs "gaz-
BROTH" and she declared he never
should mention sdch thing to hqe
The old lady tried to mollif3 her D.
tie, by telling her he was 'rich'Athat
she had better be an old mans dar-
ling than a young nons slave'--and
what a nice little queen She would be-
setting up in Parson Walton's big
house entertainin' all the great folks
that come up the canal.
But it was all in vain. Becky main
tanned her ground, vowing resistance
to any such bargain and corruption +"
She was pledged to Bro. Thompson,
and him she intended to have, if he
didn't have q shirt TO his back
On the first opportunity she dis
closed the whole matter to her lover,
the young preacher, and he determined
to "norate" upon the matter in meet
in. And this brings us to lire
couRTIN' sARNoN.
Ny Breederen and Sisteren My
minds been nightly set on to sence
last meetin' day, upon that importer
tex whar it says "Put off the old man
and put on the new, or ruther, young
man." Now this lex has a speretual
'tarpretation and a worldly 'tarpr9ta-
ton. 1 Will 'splain to you first the
speretual 'tarpretation, The old man
here pinted out is the devil, who is
going bout like roarin' lion tryin' to
tcatch somebody. Y6u must put him
off That is when he comes with his
deceitful lies, making big promises,
how he's going to make you rich,
dress yon up fine and make great folks
of you, clothing you in purple and
fine linen every day, then it is, my
brethren and sisters, ah, you must
put off the old man, as the tex says,
for hewas liar from the baginnin'
ah!
And agin, ah!-my brethren and
sistern-you must put off the old man,
the devil, when he comes with smooth
face, his har ali combed back slick Is
ingon, all his cloven foot all GOV
cred over with shiny shoe boots, and
his tongue smooth as lie, ah!-take
care, he'll desaye you certain shure et
you dent put off the old man and put
on the new, or ruther the young man
as the tex beautifully 'spresses itself
/ all
E And now brethren and slstern-
specially my young sistern-thi
/ brings US to the worldly tarpretatiol
; of the tex whar it says-put off th'
old man and put on the new, or ruthe
a young man, as the tex says, ah! Tn
l 'Postle tended hire to warn the youn!
e sistern agin the old wolves what g
i about the country trying to catch tn
j young she lambs, ahl as they skip.ant
e play about on the hills, ahi They tr,
J., to put on young he-lamhs airs ah
They try TO skip and jump-they com
J with their old wrinkles smoethed out
i their har with half box of hlackini
S on it to hide their gray hairs, whicl
5 they ought to consider an honor t
e thein-with fine clothes and big prom
4 ises-all for to tempt and delude tn
e young she lambs of the Lord, all
|, Stead of going to some of the nice fa
: ewes, who'd be mighty glad to git 'em
/ they comes smaeking their old carna
5 lips and trying to frisk with the youni
y lambs, ahl Then it is, my young sis
IS tern, the 'Postle warns you to put Of
d the old man, as the tex says-that
d Just as if it had sed tell him to ge
e behind me, satan, or make track
r from here, you old deceiving sinner
d ahl
d I know he'll try to make you b'hev
e he amt moren fifty-that he'll low
r you better than all the young hos
a that he's got nice home to take yo
y to, and viii treat you Ike queen
g that all his children are married an
# gone off, and that he and You'll hay
# such a nice time by you two selves
e But tell you, my sistern, ah-I tcl
!, you, Becky Jones and Gincy SpruiI
It and all the rest Of the young sht
e lambs of the Lord, then is the time
d remember the tex whar it says-pu
off the old man and put on the new
y or ruther young man., ah! Then
d the time TO sing to him one of tn
Ie sweet songs of Lserl, whar It says:
n 80! never marry an old man,
IL And PIl tell you the reason wlyf
3 He always has drip at his nose,
And carries a ;sllous eye;
An old mans locks are gray. gray
An cid mars locks are gray;
e But a young man Is full of love,
Up So away, old man, away"
n And now, my young sistern, leas
re wise some on you should think II
y giving all this warming ease +