The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1926-04-29

| If you had called Doc Bloom "horticuturst" he
would have been insulted. "Nawsuh" he would say.
"Ah's es' gardener de week days an preacher O.
| de Gospel Sundays"
Docs success gardener may have been deter
mined by his preacher Certainly it takes
understanding heart of brotherly love make sue
cess minister. And it also takes understanding
heart of the love of growing things to qualify man
as gardener
At any rate the flowers and lawns of Mercer I'm
iversty thrived under his capable hands And in
sprngtme when members of the faculty began study
seed catalogues they always called upon Doc. If that
worthy darky had been shrewd bargainer he would
have waxed prosperous his conuring of their gar
dens. But he did most of it for the love of making
things And then those learned pedagogues would
go about Dragging about "MY" gardenD
Professor Mount asking Doc how he prepared
his He wanted know if he made notes. out
lines etc.
"Nawsuh All doan make nothin An whuts mo-,
desc uppity nggers whut's allus writin things an
readin EN- in de pulpit amt inspired! Efen dey wuz
inspired dey wouldn't need notes an writin. De
Lawdd tell em whut ter say!
"Ah members young niger whut studdyin'
ter be preacher e studyin at de Tuskeegee In
stoot. An e ter wild letter from Booker T.
washinton hssef an axed me ter try i'm in one O.
nah cheches
"Well, All gwine down ter Silver Creek Chech
ter preach de mex Sunday, an All TUX dat young
niger long. An whilst gwine down de
train dat niger git out lot o papers an gins ter
Iread en- An ak I'M "nut dey WIZ, an tell me Qey $
is sermont!
"Ah says ter i'm, Niger, doan yo' dar ter git up
in Silver Greek Chech an start ter read dat stuff!
Cause dem niggers amt dedicated an deys spicious O.
preachers whut reads dey sermonts Dey b'eves in de
OF fashion religion whut inspires ter speak de
word o de Lawd an efen yo reads yo sermonts dey
thinks yo amt been called o. de Lawd!'
can dat niger git skeered ter death! e tell me
dat e can't preach a-ta efen e amt got notes f
wuz kinder ptful de way talked, an finely All thinks
Anil try hep i'm out All tells i'm dat dis Silver
Greek Chech is built logs an dat deys lot O. knot
holes in de logs benin de pulpit So All tells i'm ter
roll up de paper whit is sermont's writ an stick
EN- in o. de knot holes 70 de people comes ter
lchech An den kin slip hit out aft e gifts up ter
preach an e kin stick de papers in de Bible de
folks can't see EN-
$50 dats whut e DONE An aft dey sings de songs
an e gifts up preach reach benin i'm an stick is
finger in de knot hole ter slip out de papers, But wen
'e poke is finger in hit de papers an pushes em in
furder
"Lawdy, how worried dat niger wuz! e gin tie
sweat an ter kill time e keep maxim interductry
sayn's But de mo- e tried ter git dem papers, de mo-
dey got pushed back in de knot hole So finely dat po
niger jes burt right out, Breddren an sstren, Abs
got pufecky good sermont back hyah in de knot hole
but fo' de Lawd All CANT git hit QUIT
"Well dat nearly broke up de meetin, an All had
ter git up an preach de sermont masef. An yo know
me, Perfesser! De debbil hssef doan know whit Abs
gwine say"