The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-28
.yVf1llMS OF / THE IDL Err
What's Doing III the Country.

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LEWISTON, VA. Aug. 27.---Dear Editor;
II the folks III spotsylvanin county
aren't good by now, there's no hope for
'em. and they'd better surrendcret to Old
Nick without another struggle
Both the white and coiored people have
been having ".all-day meetings ecently,
md if any man, woman. child or sue s.
Ling babe stayed away from worship ne,
she or 1t must have been hidden pretty
deep In the srayricks, for verify y looked
10 mi as the whole Ion went 70 70
church. is
Religion hereabouts Is everything and
what's better still, 1t appears II, the forrti
lsof practical piety and evoke d degrees Of
reverence Y which ought TO delight the the
souis Of the clergy II .53
At both the white and colored meeting
! places, despite the vast crowds. tho dust
| the fy-bittch, thirsty horses, the unre-s
generate hound dogs, and the oceans ms. 9 r
food Tor recess time, saw no thing LIN the
fsslgitest degree dlsordcrly on. fllppunt.
The nearest approach, to sensationalisn1.
during the meetings occurred last Sunday
at old Walters Church, founded IN 1853,
4 when a worthy citizen inadvertently lieu
I3his team OF mules over he domiclle of
al, exclusive set Of yellow jackets. Dur
ling the services the mules and the insects
| got stogether--noti in a spirit Of brothcrlS
Hove. hut after the manner of the Nltisco-
i Mites and their Oriental opponents. The
a.little yellow fellows soon woI, I; nj thes
4 Sstrngetic points and mad such directive
attacks tliat the mir became charged with
1 1.-the mos unholy asininc braSinEs.
nyone who fances that ~ mule n. vii
only to give the ANNA "a lei tier OF intro
Ilduction to a gel low ciets' nest and his
lfinind will quickly be- disabused of the err
Erroneous Impression. Ed
1@GIt Is \ fitting t5this juncture, too that
4 i should ether my Pegasus FOR a moment
inthe sassa fras brush my pa arr slT
nation and pause 10 place a laurel cha n
isletsonathe hairless sea lpss OF the Spotsyl-
Il vana babies-ora at 1eas Il tina & por ton OF!
Them who go to church s38
The infants In 1 his vicinl and ne
Kcrop has been Al, splendid ore this YEAR
/; tend 4. protractcd 5rneetini Icanipped F5as
n they are Will g,,tta-pcrcila tu,n .tumss
land zinc Sdigestions they ems ~ wi thstal,d
1.-THE pie pickle, country ham spa re ribs
|ehine and chicken gizzartl viii q, come
II their way and M a N oment. get
1ssqurnly, Whitney 81. whinlpe they
a $are good listeners and good 81 eepers3 nd
sl5better# still, q nbsolutel w fly proc,
4 So far as infantile ululat lions are COLI
Il cerned 4! one would snove tn wv that there
was d bah i Iii tho count ut as ~
Il ter Of fact nearl Keeps esP
II one. 8 And more a re expected
II The gist Of the colored pa rspn isr
u Scourse. last week when tftngs be- an5Sto
glow and the sisters we re- f't,u every
Isminute g was hat S,'w mus be hornesi
Surely he could not b yes ma 1ta! &c
q more potent rgumenti In this sWee e land
of peace and plenty Ih ere = e ne Rod q
Infancy one long, so srla r, moth.
ling but food and slumber and occasional
We're Il a lowed G the &C tual. physical
lgprivilege of being e horned agin, N'ould
|iunqu ionably lect TO begtl SPOT ylyania
Il bal by, otled wi all g hts prlSl-
8|5leges and PREF ogati ives his favored
4 class.
thing 8 /, earth so ividl vi Illustrates
81 the vast ference between he " hite Sallt
II black ncesS as their respec tiye odes $ot
worship Al a gro oh urcl inBtne
A country- tina Isl such services us we have
II at @protra cted d meetins sea son--is Utterly
Il beyond Caucasian powers q OF I'd escr1p ion.
Il 1T Is a3swhirl-W Of emo ton a. \ llrri-
\ cane of pious emit usi asnl 81 a. cyclic pf
contri tion,8 ch, no viewer, d es8 moi ke
A Hong to dwIndle doWn in to q mel f II
4 zzephy Tyr OF II pentance after The meetings
d And BY the way. the '.cullud brcr''!5I Is
4 absolutelys and hear It lessl linc tonablo
S|int tier Of all world duties he az
Hits comes to attending reviyals. 8ss Fle viii
lsunhesitatingly leave the to bacco fields
of the best Y master " hen the meetings
II al
Il Ia mass OF worms mn 81 OK ers.is ny orse
4 still he never announces befcreha nd that
A heaintends to quit no prefers ito turn up
4 missing, b and to stay nissip 8 Until the
last sinner has had his sins wa ed away
II in th @ creek
But once at 4 protrncted meetin' hegis
4 saIlErcllg ion-genuln heart felt. soulTstlr-
4 ring and 81 soul-upltftlng rel gion, ba cked
by o. faith hat quest Ions nothing II =
I 5this zeal could be made to- go ~ steady
gait. througho the entire year theSlnegro
would be the best man On IN ea Fl
The process OF e getting happy s the
d Sweirdest, & strangest 81, "a most thrilling and
a withal the most pat he tic thing a thin king
4 fwhite person could behold. II carries one
A completaly out OF tho realm OF ciyiliza7
q ton and yet it cannot be said that y
n 5transf ers the 81 beholder i8 sccI g I
I barbarisnl, Rather say that the whole
1 peculiar process Is myst erlous and almost
I inexplIca bio. 4 TO my mind getting happy
lis possibl " the blended result Of negro
4 5nusic and negro emo onalism. One. never
|''gets happ until the services take on
\ a certain rhythmic swing md the MOURN
Ling sisters become inspiring with, their
cronings. Then the sVo lumes I of noise--or
4 rather sound ---beg gins to swell and swell
j and swell until IT. Ills the whole church
Land the whole sur pundlng grove Il VIII
ia strange inimitable music, sy53 Z! y |,
/ the parson has u apsed Into n nletric;a leo
4 strain and breaches almost In blank verse
y which seems To come nm ural to him iun-
4 der the excitement ot the occasion. II he
4 lis a good pnrson;-tl hat Sis to says good
4 producer Of shoutin s. lis boz " Will keep
/ |stlme with hisfown intonat Ions and posi-,
4 bly, IL the day Is conf ortably warm and
! there's plenty of perspl Tor, he'll slip
Into q kind Of clrcnnspect jtg-d ancing
A (which sets the congregati lon wild,
A 84And here's where the shoutinN and the
4 seelsin. and the mournln and the Egettln'
n happy begins 4 In earnest NJ ID the leaven
commences to work In the loaf Just where
Ia fs,iI wild TX