Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-09-24
Not Gospel Men.
a SHOCKING REVELATION ABOUT
FOREIGN MINISTER'S.


The wife of a member of the Cabi-
net brought with her to Washington
an old-fashioned colored NANNY
who is famous for her piety and her
cooking, and the dinners she has pre-
pared during the last two seasons
have been the delight Of the Cabinet
circle and the Diplomotic Corps, be.
cause they have been so different
from the conventional dinners fur
nished by the fashionable caterers
and the French chefs. There has
been nothing like them in Washing
ton since the war. But the other
day Aunt Melinda came to her mis-.
tress with a very solemn air, and de-
cided that she was going back to
Georgia; that she could not live in
"dis hyah wicked, God-forsaken
town no moh."
A little questioning disclosed the
cause of dissatisfaction. Mammy's
heart was broken.
"l'se toiled an rs 'spired in dat
dark ole basement kitchen, ober dat
good-for-nothin' range, which amt
no place for decent cooking nohow,
'spacilly for sech as has he'd cook.
houses all ter themselves, an Use got
the best dinners in de town, c. sc
you'se told me so yourself, Miss
Susie, 'sposin' dat dose forren Min
listers what comes hyar so often was
gospel men. But las' week | find
deys nuthin' but od-for-nuthin'
worthless, trifiin' trash, dat amt nc
preachers tall, and amt no better
dan infiddles. Dey don't preach no.
whar, an dey don't go to no church
an dey amt got no religion, an;
some'er 'em cayn't speak the CHS.
tian language. cayn't cook fur no
such folks, Miss Susie, no, 1 cayn't.
b'long to de Lod's people, an l
cayn't."
&" But, Linda" demonstrated the
mistress, they are ladies and gen.
tlemen. and have done no wrong
If you mistOok them for ministers
of the Gospel, it was not their fault.
They never pretended to be. They
are members of the Diplomatic
Corps; representatives Of foreign
governments who come here to see
the President, and they are called
Ministers for that reason. don't
want you to go away. I can't get
along without you. Now go back to
the kitchen and think it over"
pse' done thunk it ober, Miss
Susie, an I'se rastled an I'se prayed
but nobody has no right to call his
self a minister onless he breaches de
Gospel. Dey is wolves in de sheep's
clothin', an Jesus hab no part wild
dem furriners an sech."
But Jesus was a foreigner" re.
sponded the mistress. "Jesus did
not live in this country. He lived
in Turkey, and the Turkish Minister
is one of those that came here.n
Aunt Melinda gaZed at her mis-
tress with astonishment. "Is yon
shOah OBJ dat ?" she exclaimed.
" Yes; get your Bible, and l will
read you about it,"
So began mammy's lessons in &C.
clesiastical geography and history,
which resulted in modifying her SEN
timents; but she will never recover
from her disappointment when she
discovered that the foreign Ministers
at Washington were not Gospel men.
GOT EVEN WITH THE BOY.-This
is the story of crusty book-keeper
and bad, bad messenger boy. The
book-keeper is employed in a large
Chestnut street house. The messen-
ger boy is part of the mighty SER
vice of the Western Union Tele-
graph Company, says the Philadel-
phia Record. The boy crawled into
4 hn nfHnn yuhnrn hn
at his desk early yesterday morning
and asked for Mr.. c., the head Of
the firm.
"Got message ?"
No." said the boy; ga man
asked me to come here and see if he
was in"
"Well, he's out" snapped the
book-keeper.
"I'll wait" said the boy.
What fOr?" inquired the other.
"Cat fur" retorted the boy,
quickly.
The book-keeper looked back for
d moment, then he said. " AL right,
walt" and went on with
his work. The boy sat down and
began to whistle " Paradise Alley"
He fidgeted around and sang bit
just to tease the book-keeper. The
latter paid no attention to him. The
hoy grew weary after an hour or two,
and finally he asked:
"Say, when's de main guy o. dis
place comm back ?''
Don't know" said the book
keeper, without looking up.
HWhere'S g at ?D asked the bOy.
"In Europe" said the other.
Then the bad boy used language
that thoroughly proved his badness
and made it necessary for the porter
to eject him.
Two HIGHWAYMEN.-O one oc-