Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-03

How Preachers Brandy Soaked up
in the Leaves or His Book.

How u Preachers Brandy Soaked up
in the Leaves Of His Book.
Sin de good ole days befo' de wah,"
said darkey to a NEWS reporter the
other day, "when l was slabe in So'west
GeOrgy, l use to b'lOng to Mr. -, a
Clergyman who preached In.the Old Forks
Church, down in de naborhOod of Albany.
Ebery sunday he use to make me
hitch up his ole mar to de buggy,
and den in quiet sort o way say Sam,
you knO' whar my Bible tsp l oh course
knOwed what was coming, so / would say
Yes, sah.' We'll, Sam, TAX it in de
pantry, and you know wat ter do wild it
darY Vas, sah," and off Pd 90 and do
it. De book, you kno, boss, was 'Zactly
like Bible, but it was boiler in de mid
die, and oh course, dar's Whar Pd put
de brandy. Den we'd get in de buggy an
dribe of to de chuch. Wen we'd git
whar we was gOin' to hitch de old mar,
in a clump of bushes. he'd taxi de good
ole book from outen de seat an TAX
right stiff pull of aspiration from her, and
den he'd go to chuch and preach mos
'cellent sarmOn, cause, barring his
sperrits, he was a raal good man. Wen,
I'd set dar in de buggy a-watch-
in oV do mar an I'd git sorter
tired like, and I'd tink mebbe a little
outer dat good book mite help me, so ia
look round am eft nobody wus lO0kin' I'd
tax little drop Of aspiration meseif. Wen
de chuch was out de old maud cum up.
and gittin' de book out heseh would pun
her right hard agin'.
"Well, dis sort o ting keep up right a
long, an bImeby grOwed leetle boder
cherry time. So one sunday one of de Mig
gers from de place he cum to de chuch
and stead O gOin' Ia 70 hear de sarmOn
l.. IL,
had gone in de pulpit, and habiu'
sort o. suspicion bout dat book
he AK me Of de ole man didn't always
brung some brandy wild him when he
| come to sarVlce. l tried to keep from
telling de Niger, but be been so 'sistent
! like, and I'd got so dry meself, dat
! 'cluded 10 tell him, gle MIN a drap, and
talk pull mesei. Wen, dat play de deb
| bill. IL was SO NIFTY good dat we drink
| 'um all up. Soon AS de chuch was out
| de old boss he cum, and IL bein' an on
| common hot day he seem to be right
| tharsty, so he slip in dc bush and gle de
| book "A tip 90 de m0ut. But he was
| 'spOinted ,dar was no sperrits. Boss,ef you
| could er see de Hash ia dat ole preachers
| eye you would er taut dat de debbil
! couldn't hab any snow wild him. Looking
/ az me venumOus he say: Sam who's been
| fO0in' wild dis bOnkf All my brandy is
/ gomez ! sorter suffered like, bein' a
/ leetie tipsy, but gittin' my senses back,
I sed, i dunno, sar; I Expect he mus er
! leek Outen de book aud so-O-O-ak up in de
| le-e-e-bes, sab? He nebber sed no
! NOR jis den, but we git
I In de buggy am dribe toward home.
/ When cumm' tro0 dc road back 90 dc lot
/ la de piney woods he turned bout 200
/ yards IN dc f0ris', when he stop dc buggy
! and git out an tole me % lite.
! 'Soon's J got outen de buggy, he sed:
} 'Sam, You tole me dat yer tiuk De brandy
J soak up in dc liebes ob dc book Now,
/ sam, dat was 0np0ssiblo. Pll tell what
! tink. TAX OF yer coat Now, dat brandy,
! from 'pearHnces, is soak up in yer hide.
| an 1 think TN nab ter draw It outer
( YER. And he Glib me do hardest wip-
I PIN ! ebber hab IN my life. AN aldo We
/ went many time 10 de "Old Forks
| Chuch." Inebber bodefed wild dat Bible
a,Min. DE ole man 10 ded now, but IN
nebber forgit him. He wus a good ole
mtn 90 his niggers.'