The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-10-14
BILLY BUNDY.
The Ola Mans Views on "Shoutin'
lin de Meetln'-House."

couple OF exceedingly DlaCk WOHe
pass the fish stands. They gave th
cid man short look as they sauntel
ed by, which caused him to retur
she gaze in a most intense manner
Turning to the German 6sh-deale
inally, uncle Billy said:
Dem wimmen look at NE des lik
dew kDow'd me, but dey don't, anc
shafts mo- dey amt gwineter. l ain
aebber seed dem critters afore as
knows un, an / don't wanter see EN-
no mo-. But boup' eff de truf an
kDow'd denis shoutin' niggers, an
eff it's one thing more'n nuthr what
I'spises ter see it's shoutin' niger;
a. er meetin' what don't do de right
kinder shoutin'."
We'll, did you hear dot?" said the
genton to the man at the next stand.
dot oft man Billy vas losing his
reason"
Now will yawl, gemmen, DIES lis.
sea at dat German mani" retorted
Uncle Billy. HE nebber wait ter
hear de whole story. He thinks I'm
down on 'ligion, ! speck, but eff he
lissen gwine tell i'm a few things
boat de way wimmin shouts at meet
ms, kase dey am twix fish. Now
when | GO ter meetin' house an hear
3epreacher tell bout de sinful ways
Nv naonfe. an de debilr ent dat is
gwine on 'mongst US, l bleeged ter
moan er few times, myself, an eff de
same preacher picter ter me de great
zine when / gwine be in glory wild
no work ter do, gwine ter smile,
SIT mout clap my hams. An | bet,
too. my, old woman gwineter holler
'hallelujah' seberal times. But dat
amt gitten' ter de pint. Dem VIM
mel what pass here dis minnit ago
aIoks like reg1ar ole timers. Some
ximmen, when dey in de meetin'
house des makes er awful show Nv
deg sef' an eff was de preacher dey
would be throwed out quicken er
nsgger kin pull er razzer cuten his
BOOT leg. One time down in Tennes-
ste sr great meetin' was gwine On.
Niggers what had bin de wuss sinners
a. de county was tu'nin' ober new
lesf by de dozens, an bimeby one
right black 'oman what had er way
ov ,ralsin' great fuss 'mongst de mar
ned sskes an allut mix up wild some
eutrin scrapes, done showed signs er
gittin' 'Iigious. All de deacons, de
ssedren an de sisters was er tryin'
10 make her git ober dem bad ways,
m day done dere lebel bes' ter bring
her in de fole. She come ter de
neetin', an bimeby she gun ter git
wuk'd up. She would shout, an
scout twel you could hear her to de
nex' town. She'd git right out in de
middle nv de Ao' an holler fer some
aody ter kotch her, an say dat she
,ssnter fall. Now dar was one real
sice, slick-looking yaller deacon in
ssaSeuc,h, an it come his time ter
toseh her. She fell right spang in
his arme. an shot her eyes, an say:
oh. nv! Oh, my! Yass, my
Lawd; l feel like / was on er cloud
~ tia sideways, eatin honey wild
oaa b an en- pickin on er harp wild
e yather.' 1t went on dis way fer
.vs nights, when my ole oman whis-
ze1 e me, an say dat niger oman
sot mighty hankerin' arter dat yaller
sea N, an dat / better speak ter i'm
an AK him ter tes' dat 'oman's faith
By gsttin' her drap orce er twice
~ L. dirty flo. Sho' nuf, de mex
,sae she drap, de deacon let her fall
"A de fio', he did, an she lay dar
sw minutes an den got up, lookin'
cal mad when she gun ter bresh de
afrrs off'n her bran new linsey dress
DAT her mistiss done gun her. De
aaz zine she come to chu'ch she had
.n,o!a aress, an one er de deacons
sxed her why she come ter meetln'
Mid dem kinder. close on, when de
xkc,e congregation know'd she had
oey,ar. She up an spon' dat eff dey
think she gwineter drap on dat dirty
40 y id her bran new dress on, dey
mighty mistaken. Da preacher an
be congregation had done spent er
whole season on dat oman, an she
souldn't jine, SC dey gun ter glib her
40: an arter she done do all dis,
1aaes ERASMUS dey done fine out dat
sns didn't want ter jine no way cepin'
she could kotch dat yaller deacon.
OATS what she arthr all de time.
She des wanter drap in his arms.
An sech shoutin' as she done! Don't
,ell me bout desc loud shouters. Dey
a IL up ter some prQjick, an you
setter not let 'em hab too mudh rope.
/ bOun' dem wimmen what pass is
shouters from way back. But as !
3nno said YOU kin do de right kind |