The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-20
The Old Man Much Impressed by the
OutspOken Evangelist.

The Old Man Much Impressed by the
OutspOken Evangelist
'T amt seen so much O. you lately"
said the waiter to Uncle Mingo.
mo; has had sumpin better to do
dan to be skylarkin' roun wild you on
Goddess fellers"
Been goin' to hear Sam Jones?'
Oats IT; ben goin' edible day, an wot' S
mo- Use been risin mid de moaners eb-
Bile time.
You know I lows Sam is tryin' to
do good work; he's tryin' to lif feIIers
out de gutter, an dats frien'ly ac'. I
knows dat by speunce, cause Use been
cen de gutter myself Too be sho," add
ed the old man rather ruefully. de frien'
cen disguise is lible to haul you up befo'
de Recorder Cote mex mornin', dough &"
DO he use all dat kin o. wient talk
like de paper say?" asked the waiter.
well, yes" answered Uncle Mingo;
putty much-putty much Wen him
an George fus come. dey didn't; for de
fus two tree days de sarmons was all
smood talk, good as l eber yeard
"once or twice George look like he 60
in to fcrsi' hisself. He start 10 say a
minister wot didn't do so an so warn't
fttten to preach to-but Sam pull him by
George he say; dat remark you is bout
to make amt quite compos mentis' At
ter little vile. George start de same
way again. Sam pull him by de lef nan
coae tail en- say. 'Ho' on, George. de
words you is about to glib spresslon to
ain't ezac'ly cum-see-fo' After nudder
vile. George start TO call somebody. else
cot DER name, an Sam pull him by all
two coal tail. Min your eve. George,
1. f1oA ~t.y - 49,.
pern'Mnce a little dominix vobiscum'
"Howsomeber. after two tree days, dey
confer togedder up cen de room at lie
hotel.
"Geel SAM" say George, dat was q
hell oh a big crowd tonight"
big crowd 'nough." say Sam. but dam
po' pay Look TO me like de people Is
disappointed; dey amt gittin' de kim o.
preachln' dey spected to git"
well, OATS your own fault" say
George. "You always gone an pull me
down Eoon as start on any hot stuff"
Dat So" say SAM but 1t seem 10
me now dat desc Savannah people has
been l!bin' widn' half a mile OBJ hell so
long dat dey lubs de smell OBJ birthstone.
From now on le pitch cen an glib 'em a
whole lot o. hell; ] guess we kin do It.
Ell, Georger
Well. If we can't say George, I dun
no VINO KIN
so from dat time on, dey's sho' been
6oin' It. nebber see two feliers mo Ia
miliarer wild he'll an de debbil dan Sam
an George, specially Sam. / use to think
old Brudder Ebenezer out to Postum Ho-
Ter, knowed sumpln bout dem two SUBJ
Zee. but, Lordl he amt cen 1t wild Sam.
From what Sam say, lows he spec
to go to he'll some o. desc days; he's al
ways sayin' wot kim O. business he's goin'
to gage cen wen he go dere.
"One ting he say he eoin' TO do. Is to
start a soap factory. only don't see wot
dey want wild soap were dey amt no wa
ter. But Sam say he want 10 use up de
Savannah aldermen wen dey comes down
one al a time. or two tree cen a bunch.
He soy he want some for de I've an some
for de grease ] specs dat de reason wy
dey mos genraly picks out some o. desc
fat feliers for aldermen, 10 dey kin git
bote at wunst.
But It's particular interestln 10 see dc
corjal feehns OF lection an 'steern wich
perwails twix Sam and de barkeeper
Sam tell good story bout a bull-neck
Teller cen wife apron.
sam say a constable gone to res de