Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-03-21
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Gated lady; an she is plumb good
COOK. Her preachin' didn't ben whit
VEAL air longin' to heah: mare
shakin' of de soul ovah de mouf Of
hell. mare mo'nin', mare REVEALS: but
we hit our peace. an Zion attended
regular, an las socherable gatherin'
there ben nigh a hundred. big an
little presint-"
And she gave us all cake and can.
dy and lemonade with ice in it!'' a
Woman's mellow voice called out.
The heads of the congregation went
,, round in the direction of the voice
and large number OF rolling black
eyes stared at the school-teacher.
whose comely brown face showed that
deepening of tint which is the same
as an Anglo-Saxon's blush. Teacher
had been educated al Tuskegee and
was suspected of being t'biggity.'
The chairman gave her gloomy
nod. No doubt, my sistah, no doubt
hankerin' ayfter de flesh-pots Of Egypt
done fotch some po' sinnahs t. de al
tar. amt complainin' of de carnil
an carniferous food she done give US,
but Of de spitichul nu'ishment. / new
did see a mo'ner rCllin' on dis flo
whist Sist Humphreys ben we're. We
all ben thirstin' an famishin TO-
good oP-time revival. But we enjured
ontwel one day de glory come on
Br'er Pope, an he hollered-tryin' to
lif' us all up-sAmen! Amen! Let
de sinner quit sinnin an he shall be
saved! An dat ar woman she call
out: Yes; let i'm quit sinnin'! Let
i'm quit sellin' of aigs to de sto wen
he don't be keepin' only one hen!' Dat
ar remark incinerated false an wick
ed notions bout Unc' Alick Pope, who
lives nigh de cunnels chicken-yard."
CA solitary giggle from the school
Mistress.) She done faIy r'ar an
charge bout chicken-stealin'. Dat
amt promote edderfcation nor good
feelin'." (Groans of assent from a
deeply interested audience.) .'But mex
Sabbath come wuss. She done an
nounce she ben lowin' to preach us a
serious discourse On de Ten Command
minis. Well, veal done look dem
commandments up an study on dem a
heap. We felt tol'able secure on de
Fust an Second. she lumpin' dem to-
gedder TO- one out at preachin'; an
we sat back easy, hopin' To- grace an
true religion; but she jes slued roun'
on to conjure-cha ms an such, invagin'
ag'in' dem twell we got all de devo-
tional feelin' plumb squoze outen us.
Third Commandment we natchelly
didn't expec' no harm of; but ayfter
de fust cody words bout profane
SWARM, eff she didn't git on to false
warm befo' the gran jury, bout
crap-shootin', en- git us all terrible on
comfortable. Mex command she
didn't ben sound on, sayin' heap
bout washin' UP in tubs Satiddy
nights, an tew little bout de spitichul
observation of the holy day; an come
down hard on respected brother who
sayd once, isn't to wash in winter
an sayd bad wuds bout sisters dat
went visitin' Sattidy evenin's, stidder
washin' up ready TO- de holy day;
sayd some sisters ne did wash de po'
little tricks shirts, jes' taken new
fiour-sack an cut holes in 1t. She
talked like dat ontwel it ben right
Indecent and onchristian; an one SIS
ter OATS subjec' to fits providencheliy
done t'rowed on an bruk up de meet
in. But VEAL sorter done spunK up
on de Eff Commandment; looked lax
hit ben sho' harmless; an we done
fotch de chillen to learn DER july
to DER parents. Well, dey sho got It!
But den she done scorched de par
ents nightly bout de 'zample dey
BEN 'bleeged to set de chillen. Dat
ar ben a fearful, sufferin' hour, an |
new did see dis yere congregation so
dry an havin' to git out de pump SO
often. Dey went by whole famDiles;
an befo' she ben frow mighty nigh
ever las chill ben taken outside. we
didn't dast let 'em see frow It,
(Groans all over the house, She
nigh bust de chu'ch on de Sixth Com
mandmint wild outrageous remarks on
razors. An next Sunday comes de
Seventh COMMANDMENT, an we amt
nowise willin' to enjure her handlln
of dat. nohow." deep groans OF as
sent from brothers and sisters alike.l
Nor de Eight neider." (No, no."
from the seat of Uncle Alexander
Pope.) s'Wust is, de ongodly outside.
de Methodists an de cullud folks from
de Ridge. is fixin' to come over an
see veal ripped up. De chu'ch house
ben plumb full over Sabbath, an we.
all dom dast stay way. not known
what scandillous stories will be circu.
lated" ("Dat's sol" "Holp, LORD
from earnest souls in the audience
can, de chu'ch is losin' OF members.
Bruddah Dan Williams done moved
away" Ono. sab, no. he amt; ne
ben sent to de pen') Il didn't say
how come he moved, Brudder Car
roll: he are gone. Unc' Jim Hollis
done 'bandon his crop. Aunt Gale
donia Ray lef' las week count OF IN
iur,us reflections bout mince PIE
She done mix up by mistake wid ae
n ,,es wash she taken fun de big
house We done pied wild Sist' Hum