The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-24


ct see. An as fast as foIkses die
off dey am graded into lots Nos. 1, ,
and 3, same as cabbages- DE wicked
est stop in No :, while de coolest
pass on to No. 3. Am dat de ideah p
Yes, sab, but when de wicked inn
prove dey am passed along to Nos. 2
an 8. If dey don't improve dey stay
in No. l an am a1lus in trubble."
An / am told, Brudder Court
wright, dat one O. de principles o
your doctrine am to pick up things
lynn around Ioose?"
In case one O. de elect am tooken
sick or am outer a job, he has de
right to gather food an fuel whar' he
may"
who may be de elect, as you call EN- p
4 DE good folks dat I pick out to go
to No 8. sah.''
"Uml I'm So it's fur you to grade
and 81
Yes. sab De Lawd has appfnted
me to do it. lie got a lane back to-
night an can't stand up long. an
hope you'll excuse me. IL cunle oDer
to your cabin any night an discuss
de matter wild you
Brudder Cartwright" said the
president, looking at him for a long
minute. you an your lame back an
lame doctrine kin now sot down. As
FUR comm ober to my cabin to discuss
things, you needn't bust your suspen-
De right yere an now, an / want cherry
member to hear all about it. Oar am
about tO'ty different sorts O. religun in
dis world an de man who can't pick
one QUITE, de bunch to hit his case am
either too mighty good fur dis world
OF orter be hung fur a villain.
II Waydown Bebee has bin Baptist
fur fo'ty years an am now beginnin' to
doubt. den he has nebber had huff re-
ugfon to keep him outer white mans
smoke-house on a dark night.
If Samuel Shin has bin a Methodist
all his life m hasn't got picked yit, den
ne halnr got no mo- chance of gwine to
heaben dan hev of fndin' a bari O.
ten-doilar gold pieces.
Dat new doctrine O. yours will cheer
some folks When de old drunkards an
Ioa1ers an cow-thieves hear dat dey
am gWine to be chucked into No. l.
which can't be no wusS dan de United
States. dey am gwine to wink an smile
an ak each odder to step up an drink
egin. Allus look out fur de welfare of
old sinners when inventin a new doc
trine.
An dar's anodder handy thing about
h-pickin' UP a hbin' from outsiders
Mhen one o de elect gifts up in de
mawnin' an don't feel like work, all
he's got to do am to reach out his
paws fur some one elSe'S 'taters an
bacon 1t must hev bin one O. your
sect who stole all my squashes an cow
cumbers de odder night.
Now, den, yere am de pints want
to make. I take it upon myself to
bounce Brudder Consolashun Court
wright outer dis club as either a fule
or a rascal
Il hain't boostin' up one religion oher
anodder, but I'm tellin' you dat dar's
huff of 'em to go around an some to
lead you to de top of de hill if you
keep in de middle of de road.
when man has picked up de sort
reIgun he thinks will fit his case he
wants TO buckle up de straps, light up
his co'ncob pipe an purceed to hang to
1t like a dawg to a root An he
mustn't make de mistake o. thinkin'
DAT he am entitled to special privileges
ober other folks
IAN any person knows about beaben
comes from de good books he has read
an de good words he has heard ne
hasn't gwine to bet his COW agin a val
Ter daWg dat dar' am any SIGH place
an yit he am gwine to hang to de he
lief dat dar' am too, no matter how
often we hev earthquakes an cyclones
IT'S Jist possible dat heaben am
wild signs of Nos l, 2. an 3 ober the
gates, but I'd expect to hear SIGH argy-
ments from lumatic or idiot asylums
sooner dan from anywhar' else I hev
ailus looked at 1T as a case of be good
or stay out O. it altogether an /
don't reckon nuthin' will happen TO
make me change my mind.
lie bin jined up to a Baptist church
myself, but 1 hain't feelin' sorry fur de
Methodists, de Presbyterians. de Epis-
copalians nor de Catholics on de
ground dat dey am all wrong an
bound fur predition. don't chen pitv
de heather. 1 hev nebber figgered dat
it was de color of de label on a peach
can dat told of de goodness or badness
of de contents.
TIE holdin' to de belief dat de man
who am honest an truthful-who has a
clean mouth an a clean conscience; who
hain't tryin' to be good. an yit who don /
want to be bad, am film de bill about as
night maybe. II we didn't hev a few
burrs clingin' to us arter Jinin' de church