New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-12
UNCLE GEORGE WAS THERE.
VIEWING THE CELEBRATION FROM TIE
HEIGHT OF SEVERAL CENTURIES.

hIIluIl1 Ne lAlhEAL NIS-N y lNl4A''
Egypt, Va, May 5.--As the crazy, swaying and
noisy bat unmuslcal vehicle hched by rude rope har-
to a superannuated skeleton that vivid magma
don enables 10 believe may once have been
horse, 70 deliberate halt before tho little log
church, suppressed mnrmur Of excitement and en-
thuSiasm running through the motley crowd already
assembled announces the fact that the hero Of tho
CASTOR has already arrived, George Washington Jack
son, a dusky centenarian who cherishes u distinct
recollection OF all the important Of the last
hundred and hfy years, has just returned from tho
Centennial celebration and his dock have assembled
en- mass" TO wolceme him.
Heah IS brederen an sistahs, heah is chIen oh
my lobe by de strength OBJ de Spit, an de powah Oh do
Lo'd IL RENTED once mo- to assemble wild my flock
To- do las an only'est time" The voice IS little
breAShess but has lost nothing OF the 1ch melody
peculiar TO the native Southern negro and 1t obcS
r1Any a murmur Of Praise DO dc Lo'd!7 Dc prOdi-
gal returned n strong hands assist the venerable
prodigal' TO tho ground and conduct him To the
church porch, whcro he IS almost rcvcreny placed In
the chair OF state amid running commentary OF
congratulations: " Fo' de Lo'd, Unclo Glwge, yous
youner den you wah fifty yeah ago. why, how
peet you is, honey never sec you so clipper afore
As he scans tho eager faces Of his listeners, his
own withered framed IN IT'S halo OF snowy
wool grows radiant and benign, and with voice
Quiverug with emotion, he says: ChIfen, my Dressed
lambs, rs main glad TO- 10 git back in yo midst
Time ia been q fcastn' fom de hesh pots OF Egypt.
rs heon loaan' round do throne OF do earthly rulers,
stead Of wstn' humbly at dc feet ob my Bresscd
Mastah Is seen de New Jcrlsalum, what da IS
striyin' TO- to form dis ycarth, Wild dab gran
palaces built 90 many color stones ana DC WINDOWS
set with precious jewels Like the Good BOOK scrocs'
But brrricron an sistshs dun you go hankerin aTer
dem flesh pots an palaces yo' might is bcttah DO
lbln' on he cakes an sorgum 70 day dun got no
time 10 Toy de Dressed fam de- Good Man spread aforc
DEM but da jcs goes taJdn' long, pnshn an shown
an a rrachln' after mo-, an q loodn scaTcd an
anxious like, an ! jos look at dem an 'qure oo my
min what NASSAU Gawgc Washington I'd sag II no
could come back an what dis glorious sutton
what he sarve TO- dom am comm 20, him As wan
pcber too busy to cogniLe poo nIgSah llkc me.
,.ter riy my hat 10 MaSsa GRwgc Washington. but
he stop light In ho Trucks an pass de time an quire
how's 20 rheumatic an go 'ralgo, Unclo Gawgc'
An 20 was sposod TO dem plants IN dem days,
tOOT
Law. yes, chm. rs bcou prcdcatcd dat way ebcr
since I kin rccolect hut rCnarhn, sOt
on de- scsts In gran city an SEQ de Princes an
lie presdsno"s, an DC PcFlccccS, an dc GubucrS a
sAiIn' by tAlrk huckeJcrrcS IN June, an MaSss
Gaver Washingon's movement a lookln' down on dem
an qulr's to nyscf Agin will all dis Pcnsae yo 10
dc chilblains so get IN crossn Oh q" DolaWah tn dc
cel"
Nov Brrdor Gawrr, you dun gwint'r toll Us YOU
wah r'chi dab 10 lat boatl7 anticipates ono VI the
pillars Of tie church.
wen Brodah Johnsng, l vahn't jes In dat Same
toat but wsh loAhn rUun' on d. shoah. jeS As Is
stanin' Toun' now on shOah Oh de rlbOcr Oh Jor
ding .,,,-., ,u., 4. ,,s g..
hgton 'puf TO- 10 show an wah do big hNu do
IC heft Oh lie work oh ghtu' prSlse a. dc L"d via
'oasunAl nft rom DC upstairs VOhippcsS IN dc mos
difficult places, but wah do downstairs sinners ain
lowed no show an look roun' on dat vas 'semby
Wild dAh gran clos, an dat high an mighty ans an
OURS tD uysci ayn cf Massa GawET vlh N walk
IN yeah DIS Dressed mUnlt hrl ct Dc do shrf IN Eo
face, low. An ! say back 10 my min. let me get
tack a. my own HUE log church wah It's hop swcp
au gArnorcd TO- dc comm Oh de Mastah, al yah We
can praise His hIHSsod name viii voice an heart, an
dun 'quirr no organ TO- n do de hcr Ob dc work ~
u. So. my bloved hea'hs let me hrah yo' once mo-
r'nitc YOU voices IN gIbiu praise rom dc heat To-
wants 10 h"ah sumln' dat VIII take dc taste 90 dat
chino music Out'n ny tvat-
on" Of the sistrrs begins q hymn, irrmulOuSy, and
The swaying, excited crowd Joins IN tho chorus, HAN
the sisters thrr knees, rapidly getting happy
while GawGr Washington has received dr pOwah7
and been totCl 10 his vehicle, limp. hut smiling aud
blBsful, and thus the morning meeting breaks up.