Show SERMONS OF UNCLE RUFUS G ft of eloquence possessed by t arafe darky near my home over in irginia says the 1 ness woman there is a mail baat st church where every bunday a negro called uncle rufus preaches I 1 1 ave always suspected that uncle bufus doean doesn t know how to read though he won t confess it I 1 am sure I 1 is eldest daughter selects his texts for bun but I 1 wouldn t dare him I 1 think so he came to see me the last time I 1 was at home and I 1 promised to send him a new bible from washington his last name Is robertson or robinson and when I 1 was aal ing how I 1 should address the package I 1 inquired how he spelled his name uncle rufus gasn wasn t to be caught by any such transparent trick as that well miss betty he said I 1 ain t a goin to tell you how I 1 it you jes spell it the way you likes best I 1 certainly am t going to d chate to a lady I 1 went once to hear uncle rufus preach a funeral sermon says the same woman it was a flowery d eloquent address garnished many quotations uncle rufus re berred touch angly to the untimely tak ing off of the deceased and to the ways of providence which are beyond mortal comprehension sherely my fr ends said he what the poet says is a tact god moves in a mischievous way his won ders to reform washington post |