The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1900-03-17
How The pishop Hrole The Record
..Tro.wooa'' in Hone Review

dueed him 10 go to the Episcopal Church re-
Gently and hear the famous Bishop Of Ten
nessee preach. The old man went wild over
the sermon and this is the peculiar way he
took 70 tell about it.
ssWall, sab, | went in dar an sot down
in dat part OBJ de gran stand set of fur
de colored folks. | look erroun' an seed
leetIe bannisters an things runnin' round
bout de procties' an neates' mile track
you eber seed, wild de fence all painted
wid gold an lit up wid 'lectric lights
Beautiful pictures hung up in the club
house gallery an de soft light cum in
through de painted winders- / tell you
sal, desc yere Piseopaliums kno' how to
keep up dey church track, if dey do stick
to de high wheel sulky, an kinder think
dat er record made dar, an dat way OBJ
gwine, will title EN- TO registration in de
final year book, quicken emmy yudder
track. An it Wus er good un-fur If run
erroun e. smooth es er widder' eourtship,
an it he'd bin harrered an scraped an
rolled till it wus Is slick es er carpet OBJ
banana peels
"You amt nurrer noticed how desc
church tracks differ from one er nudder,
hes you, Boss?' asked the old man, with
a sly smile. avail, dey do. Now, eff
dat he'd bin er Mefodis track it wouldn't
er he'd no fence erroun' it, kinder free fur
all, no money to be paid at the gate and
free lunch fur ebrybody. If it he'd bin
Baptis' track it would er bin out in some
biz medder bottom, an std OBJ bein' roun
it would jes' foller de meanderins OBJ de
ribber, handy fur spungin' off the horses
An dey wouldn't low muffin to go on dat
track but pacers, Duther. an dey must all
be oh de Hal fambly--kinder close kin,
yer kno'. De Presberterians would er
had dey track Is rouI e. it could be, an
sech er high whitewashed fence 'roun' it
dat nobody cud see ober it, an bout ebry
hat hour dey would run ont er big TO -Oss
sprinkler, fnreber sprinklin' an sprinklin'
it, chen fur de yeariin' races. o, it's
funny ter see how dey all defer, he said.
''But dar the one wus, Is prooty es it
conld be, an free fur ALL An jes' of to
de lef dey had de nices' leetle jedges'
stan all painted in silver an trimmed wild
gold, while de timers box sat on de rig ht
wild leetle peep holes in it an pictures oh
Hyin' things wild wings jes' erbove-hosses
dat had broken de recurds, l spec. Jes'
den de ban in de ban stan struck up de
sweetes music | uryer heard 1t went all
through my soul an made me feel like |
wus er chile ergin an my good ole MANI
my, long dead an gone, wus singin' me
ter sleep at de cabin On de ole plantashun,
to de tune OBJ DE ole folks at home Den
de perfume foated out like de smell OBJ de
Jess minis / useter smell by the cabin do
an de candles hiekered on de quarter
posts like de firefies in de dusk OBJ my
childhood days, an al desc things jes
made ME hongry to heah sum good gospil
ergin. Bimeby, sum leede angel boys all
dressed in white wild sbiDin collars cum
marchin' in singin' an bringin' programs
fur de races in dey han s-leastwise dat 8
what | tux EN- ter be. | tell you, sab,
it wus gran, an es | sot dare an tuck 1t
all in an looked at dat shinin' track wild
de golden fence, / sed TO myself:
''Great Scottl but eff dey can't go fast
on dis track / lakter kno whut de yuse OBJ
tryin' emmy yudder?
When de music stopped de teller in de
jedses stan made sum nouncements, an
den he lowed dat de Bishop oh Tennessee
would 20 er exerbishun mile ergin time,
an den | heurd de bell ring lingering,
lingering, an de ban struck up lively
lax, an de Bishop came pacin' in. Soon
es looked at i'm, seq [:
"He'll do-he's er good uni Got mos
too much riggin' on i'm to suit my taste,
but den ebry man knows whuts bes fur
his own hoss. If he wus mine, L d take
off dat sweater an white blankit wild red
embroidery, dem knee boots an dat ober-
check. His gait's all right an true es
clockwork, an he don't need muffin but
err pair OBJ quarter boots an TO ounce
shoes. But OATS all right, | sed ergin,
'ebrybody knows what's bes' fur his own
boss, an dem fancy higgins am pooty, ter
be-sho
"Graceful? He wus es graceful es er
swan on er silver lake, an es he paced up
de quarter stretch to SEQ down, | seed dat
he was gwinter Glib de recurd er close call.
Down he cum 80 smooth you cuddent see
his riggin', an es nachul es er eagle draps
frum his mountin peak in the valley belo' :.
Dey didn't halter say go to him but onct
an den he went er way lax her winged
angel on de top spar oh er fyin' yot
He that loseth his life for my sake
shall save it, he said, an ebry lick he hit
went home to de ole mans hart. o, hit
wus er clip. He tuck up Greek art an
literachure an he painted it so beautiful
you cud see de statue OBJ Diana beam outen
his eyes an de grace OBJ Apollo fall frum
his hands. Away he went at dat prooty
clip till he sud ny shifted his gait an
struck de follies OBJ dis wurl, an den |
seed whut all dat riggin' wus fur, fur he
turned it into er toga and he looked like
Jupiter es he shook de roof wild his speed
an his stride. "
''He gwine too fast fur de fust quar-
ter, | sed, es | sot holdin' my bref but
befo de wurds wus out he seed it, too,
an he check up er leetle an he cum down
es gently es de summer winds play-but
ergitten' dar all de timel-an' den he tell
us how all dis art an all dis iuterlect want
muffin eff we didn't lub God an do right
an lib pure libes, an his voice wus like
de music OBJ de winds in de valley, an
ebrything he sed jest peer to be dat way
an no argyment-an' all de time he wus
just ergitten' dar-an' es he passed de
fust quarter cuddent help it, | jes' tuck
out my ole watch an snapped it, an dar
it stood--30 seconds, holy Moses!
i'But dat didn wind i'm fur he started
in the naixt quarter 50 fas' / thout sho'
he gwine ter fiy in de air. But he, didn't
He fairly burnt up de track OBJ sin an
folly an littleness an meanness, an he
made de leetle rail birds OBJ selfshness fly
to de woods, an gamblers OBJ society went
off to de hedge, an de drivers of trick an
cheat hunted fur ernuther track, an de
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