The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-04-19
A Free Pulpit.

II chat Il bear would leave white
rack on his skin, threw up his posi-
ion as sexton of Mount Hyaenth
and established Il newspa-
,er, the weekly cotton Pen Mr., Par
;er is a writer of great ease and iluon-
", and it was no trouble whatever for
i'm to produce an editorial Of great
lopth and keen insight Shortly nj
er the first issue of the cotton Pc, ),
he Rev. Anderson Radsey entered
he office, and as the smiling editor
net him, said:
"Pse powerful glad to see, sab, dat
vessel hab made etTert ter highst dc
cullud folkes. De power o de press
an de pulpit goes tergedder."
"Yas," replied the editor rather sar-
castically.
eff it want fur de pulpit, dar
wouldn't be no press"
"Yas," replied the editor rather cor
temptuously.
T'll jes take one O yer papers er
long, an ef | likes it, III scribe"
"Holo on dar, Ain yer gwino ter
pay me fur dat paper!"
oyer doan charge fur EN-, does
yer?"
Goose does, Put dat paper down,
er give me nickel"
eyer forks like er crazy man. De
preacher doan charge de editor fur de
pulpit, an de editor shouldn' charge
dc preacher nuthin' fur de paper"
"Take it er long, den," and as the
preacher walked away, the editor adj
ded: an make dat man powerful
sick o dat game. Let him
know dat he kan foal wild de cullud
press. De white press ken be ruined
obcr, but dc niger press, uh, HUH"
The following Sunday, while the
Rev. Anderson Radsey was preaching
to large congregations the editor en-
tered, walked slowly up the ailse, APP
preached the pulpit and said.
"Wall, Pse heah."
look heah, black man, doan yes
sef know better den ter come roun'
heah sturbin' de Worship O de Lawd
Take err seat dar an ef yer wanster
come ter de mourner's bench, I'll
hab place prepared fur yer?"
81 ain arter de mourner's bench"
"Wall whut dc debbil-may de
Lawd 'scuze de 'spression-does yer
want?"
"Whcn yersef WIZ at my office tuth
er day, yer said dat de editor didn
charge de preacher nuthin, fur de pa
per, an dat de preacher didn' charge
de editor nuthin' fur de pulpit"
"Wall, OATS whut | said"
"Uh, huh, an now psc come arte
dc pulpit"
"Sot down dar, den, an lissen.,'
"Didn' come ter heah talkin'. Com
, airter de pulpit, l tell yor?'
II doan understan' SIGH precogir
: Whut does yer mean by yer language
Whit am hid under dc bushel?"
"Git down outen dat sulpit, fur is
? gwine ter take it erway, an CT likei
' III scribe fur it,"
The miliistea was stupeficd.
: "Come, git out, ! tells yer?" and til
!, newspaper man seized one corner {
$ the shackly "rostrum," gave it jerl
: and turned it over, sending the minis
ter out amongst the congregation i
i an unpresentable shape. The congr'
CATION sat speH-bound, watching tn
! editor in his efforts to compress tn
q pulpit into portable compass. N
one lnterfered, except the preache
who advanced boldly to find the editC
!. on guard against invasion. AftC
awhile, the journalist thouldered I'll
pulpit and marched out. The preacl
err rubbed his wool, and said
. 81 wanster make a proclermatio
ter dis 'sembly. Dat wuz de blame'e
. trick ! eber seed. On some ercasiol
u de Lawd gibbeth an de Lawd taket
;. er way, but on dis ercasion, de Law
= gibbeth an de debil tuck it er way"
The affair was taken into court, b.
- the action Of the editor was sustaine
- 1t is said to be one of the most Just d
- cisions ever rendered in Arkansaw.
. -TeraS Siftings.