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UJK’LB REJU’S A8 A KKItKL.
For several months old Uncle 11 emus
has been in the country raising, as he
modestly excesses it a *' handful o’
corn an’ a pifler case full o’ ecttofi.”
He was in town yesterday with some
chickens to sell, and after disusing of
the poultry called around to see us.
“ Howdy, Uncle Remus."
*• Poorly, boss, poorly. Dese Imre
sudden coolnesses in de woder makes
de old nigger feel like dcresump’n out
er gear in his bones. Hit sorter wakens
up the roomatix."
•• How are crops. Uncle Remus ?"
“Oh, craps is midliu. Ole Master
’membered de ole nigger we’n he wus
’stribntin’ de wedder. I ain’t com
plainin’, l)oss. But I’m done wid farm
in arter dis, lis i’er a (act. l)e niggers
don’t gimme no peace. I can’t rest fer
inn. Day steal mv shotes, an’ dey steal
my chickens. No longerin las’ week I
wits bleegd ter fling a handfull uv squill
shot inter a nigger what wuz running
off wid fo’ pullets an’ a rooster. I’m a
gwine ter drap farmin’ sho. I’m gwine
down inter ole lhitmon countv an’ live
alonger Mars. Jeems.”
“ Somel>ody was telling me the other
day. Uncle Remus, that you saved vonr
young master’s life during the war.
How was that!*'’
*• Well, I dunno, boss," with a grin
that showed that lie was lKith pleased
and embarrassed. “ I dunno, boss. Mars.
Jeems an’ Miss Km’ly, dey say I did."
•• Tell me about it."
“ You aint got no time fer ter set dar
an’ hear de old nigger run on wid ’is
mouf, is you?"
*• Oli. plenty of time."
“ Boss, is you ever bin down to Pnt
mon county?”
“Often."
“ I>en you know whar de Brad Slaugh
ter place is?"
“ Perfectly well.”
“ An’ Harmony?"
“ Yes."
“ Well, hit wuz right ’long in dere
whar Mars. Jeems lived. Wen de war
come ’long, he was living dere wid ole
Miss and Miss Sally. Ole Miss wuz his
ma, an’ Miss Sally wuz his sister. Mars
Jeems wuz jes catching fer ter go off an’
light, but >le Miss and Miss Sally, dey
tuk on so dat he couldn’t git off de fus
year. B’m by times ’gun ter git putty
hot, an’ Mars Jeems he up and sed he
jes had ter go. an’ go he did. lie got a
overseer fer ter look arter de place, an’
he went and jined de ninny. And he
wuz a fighter, too. Mars Jeems wuz—
one er de wuz kinc. Ole Miss uster
call me to de big house on Sundays, and
read what de pajiers say ’boot Mars.
Jeems."
“ 4 Remus.’ sez she, 4 here’s what de
papers say ’bout my baby,’.and den
she’d go on and read ontill she couldn’t
read fer cryin’, ”
44 Hit went on dis way year in and
year out. and dey wuz mighty lonesome
times, boss, sho’s you born. Dey con
scripting man come ’long one day, and
lie jes everlastingly scooped up dat
overseer, and den ole Miss, she sent ar
ter me ami she say:
4 Remus. I aint got nobody fer ter
look arter de place (u on and I say,
Mistis, you kin jes ’pend on deole nig
ger,—(l wuz ole den, lioss, let alone
what I is now) —and you better b'leeve
J lH>ssed (iem hands. I had dan nig
gers up 'fore day, and de way dey did
wuk wuz a cantion, Dey had plenty
bread and meat, and good doze ter w ar.
and dev wuz de fattest niggers in de
whole settlement,
“Hiineby, one day ole Miss she call
me up and tell me dat deyankees done
gone and took Atlanty, and den pres
ently I hear dat dey wuz marching
down to'rds Putmon, and de fust thing
I knows, Mars Jeems he rid up one
day, wid a whole company uv men. Jle
jest stop long miff fer ter change hosses
and snatch up a moiif nil uv sump'n
t'eat, Ole Miss tolc him dat I wuz
kinder bossing roun' and he call me up
and say:
•• • Daddy'—all ole Miss's chillun call
me daddy—' Daddy,’ be say, • 'pears
like dere’s going ter le mighty rough
times round here, De yankees is done
down ter Madison, and ’twoat be many
days befo' dey'll be all thu here. Hit
ain't likely dat dey'll bodder mother er
sis ; but, daddy, ef de wuz come ter de
wus, I spect you ter take keer un ’em.’
“ Den, I say, ‘ You bin knowing me
a long time, nint vmij Mars. Jeems !'
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VOL. II—NO. 10.
and de way he look dat dere wuz gwine
ter be sho'miff trubble, and so 1 begun
fer ter put de house in order, as de
scripter sez. I got all de cattle and de
bosses togedder and I driv’eiu over to
de fo’ mile place. I made a pen in de
swamp and dar I put de hogs, and I
haul nine waggon loads uv com and
w’eat and fishier to de crib on de fo’
mile place, and den I ground my ax.
44 Bimebv, one day, here come de
yankecs, Dey jest swarmed all over
keration. De Wixkls wuz full un um
and de road was full un uni, and de
yard was full un um. 1 done heerd dey
wuz coinin' 'fore dey got in sight, and
I went to de well and washed my face
and 'hans, and den I went and put on
my Sunday cloze, and by de time de
Yankees hed arrove, I wuz setting in
ole Miss's room wid my ax 'tween my
knees.
44 Dem yankecs. dey jest ransacked
de whole place, but dey didn't come in
de house, and ole Miss, she sed she
hoped dey wouldn't, when jest den wo
hear steps on de porch, and here come
two young fellers wid strops on dere
aboul lers and swords draggin’ on de
flo' and dere spurs rattlin'. I won't say
I wuz skeerd, lioss, ’cause I wuzent.
but I had a might}' funny feeling in de
naberhoo i uv de gizzard.”
“ Hello, ole man !” sez one. 44 Wat
you doing in here?" Ole Miss didn’t
turn her head, and Miss Sally look
straight at de tier.
44 ’ Well, boss," sez I, 4 1 bin cutting
some wood for old Miss, and I jes stop
fer ter warm my ban’s a little.’
44 4 Hit is cole, dat’s a fact,’ sez he.
Den I got up and went and stood lie
liine old Miss and Miss Sallie, a lean
ing on ray ax. i)e udder feller he wuz
standing over bv de side-bode looking
at de dishes and de silver mugs and
pitchers. Dey man what wuz talking
ter me. he went up to de fior, and lean
over and worn his hands. Fust thing you
know he raise up suddenlike and say :
44 4 W’at dat on yo’ ax !"
44 Data de tier shining on it,’ sez I.
“ ‘ I thought, it wuz blood,’ sez he,
and den he laft.
44 But boss, dat young feller wouldn’t
a laft dat day, cf he’d a knowd how
nigh unto eternity lie wuz. Ef lie’ jes
laid de weight of his hand on ole Miss
Sally or Miss Sallv in dar dat day, boss,
he’d a never knowd what hit’m er whar
he was hit at, and my onhest grief
would a bin de needcessity of spiliu
ole bliss's karpet. But dey did'nt Imkl- j
der nobody ner nothin, and dey lrowed j
derself ont like dey had real good |
breeding—dey did dat.
*• Well, de yankees dey kept passing
all de morning and it 'peared ter me dat
dcro wnz tt string nv 'em ten mile long.
Den day commence gitting thinner and
thinner—searcer and scarcer, and bime-,
by I hear skirmishing going on, and ole
Miss she say how it wuz Wheeler’s cav
elrr a following nv cm up. I knowd
dat ef Wheeler's boys wnz dat close I
wuzent doing no gbod setting round de j
house, so I jes took Mars. Jeetns’s rifle
and started out to look nrter my stock.
Hit was a mighty raw day, dat dey
wuz, and de leaves on de ground wuz
wet so dey didn’t make no fuss, and
whenever I heerd a yankee riding by I
jes stop in my tracks and let him pass.
I wuz standing dat way in de aige uv
de woo Is, when all of a sudden 1 see a
little ring uv blue smoke bust outen de
top uv a pine tree about a half mile off,
and den mos, I'orc I could gedder up my
idees, here come de noise—bang ! Dat
pine, boss, wuz de biggest and de high
est on de plnntashun, and dere wasn’t a
limb on it fer mighty nigli a hundred
feet up, and den dey ar branched out
and made de top look sorter like a urn
berill.
“Sez I to myself, ‘ Honey, you er
right on my route, and I'll see what
kinder bird is a roasting in von ! While
I wuz a talking, de smoke bust out
agin,* and den—bang ! I jes drnp back
inter de woods and skearted round so's
lowedpine between me and de
HARTWELL, GA„ WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1877.
cool as a cowcuniber, ami he had his
lioss tied out in de brushes, because
I heerd de creoter (romping round.
While I wnz a watching un him. I see
him raise dat spy-glass, look fru ’em a
iniimit, and den put’em down sudden
and fix hisself fer ter shoot. I sorted
shifted round so I could see de road,
and I had putty good eyes in dem days,
too. I waited a niinuit, and den who
should I see coming down de rood but
Mars. Jeems! I didn’t see his face,
but, boss, I knowd de filly dat I had
raised fer him. and she was a prancing
and dancing like a school-gal. 1 knowd
dat man in de tree wuz gwineter shoot
Mars. Jeems, if he could, and dat I
couldn’t stand. I hed missed dat boy
in my arms many and many a da} 4 , and
I hed toted him on my back, and larnt
him how ter ride and how tor swim, and
how tor rastle, and I couldn’t liear de
idee uv standing dere and see dat man
man shoot him. I knowd dat de yan
kees wuz gwine ter free de niggers,
eaze ole Miss done told me so, and 1
didn’t want ter hurt dis man in de tree.
But. lwiss. when I see him lay dat gun
across a limb and settle hisself back,
and Mars. Jeems going home ter ole
Miss Sally, I disremembered all about
freedom, and I jes raise up wid de rifle
I had, and let de man have all she had.
II is gun drapped down and come migh
ty nigh shooting de old nigger when
hit. struck de ground. Mars. Jeems. he
lieered de racket, and rid over, and
when I tell him about it, you never seed
a man take on so. He come mighty
nigh crying over de nigger, 1 declare
ter graslms ef he didn't. And ole Miss
fairly hugged me, and when I see how
glad dey wuz, my oonahuns bin resting
ever sence.”
44 llow alKiut the soldier you killed?”
“ We had ter cut down de tree fer tor
bury him.”
“ llow did he get up there?”
I 44 Why, boss lie had on a pare uv dcse
telegraph spurs-j-de kine wliatde fellers
. clime de poles wid.”
I “ Your Mars. Jeems must be very
, grateful.”
| 44 Ixir’, chile, dey ain’t iiuthin Mars.
! Jeems is got <lats too good for me,
I I hit’s what makes me say what I do. I
ain't gwineter be working round here
j among dese chain-gang niggers when I
i got a good home down yonder in Put
-111011. Boss, can’t you give de old nig
ger a tlirip fer to git him some sody
water wid!’’
And the faithful old darkey went his
'way. J. C. 11.
The Cincinnati Man's Gume.
| Detroit l*out
Amorig the guests summering at the
Alexander House Crosse fsle, are sev
eral gentlemen from Cincinnati, who
are noted for their flow of animal spir
its, and their disposition logeUas much
fun as iH>ssihle out of their vacation.
During the long evening the billiard
room and adjacent bar are always lib
erally patronized, and there has sprung
up an intense rivalry among the festive
individuals to see who shall succeed in
“ sticking" bis neighbor for the great 4
number of drinks and cigars. All soils
of tricks and devices arc resorted to by
the adroit schemers, bat it was reserved
for a Cinncinnati inan to invent a little
scheme by which even the most, ex
perienced of the tricksters were beau
tifully taken in.
A few evenings ago the assemblage
was unusually large, several Detroiters
being among the number. Billiards
and other light amusements had 1* -
come a bore, and things liegan to be a
trifle dull, when the Cincinnati man,
gifted with a sudden inspiration, sang
out, “ Now gentlemen, I've got a ner>
game,” At once there was a rush, and
in less than thirty seconds fifteen or
twenty thirsty gentlemen were ranged
alongside the bar.
“ Each one put his fore finger on the
counter,” said the joker at the same
time setting the example.
Instantly every man gravely com
plied after the manner of the young
I Ulatwpaity who wouldn't crook their
vl&NeMViivMvLhiiigJe3s thim twenty
fits never smoked
lyof'fmg'l tlm finest llavniina. The
Kiser was destined to have a nice little
hill to settle.
For one hour and twenty minutes the
hapless victims stood there, their fore
filler gliujd to the bar, while to add
tijjlie discomfort of the situation the
(addition was imposed that, no man
should drink or smoke while the result
was pending, The situation was be
coming very interesting, when another
Cine i mat! min rushed into get a c ; g ir.
lie had some im]Hirtant correspond
ence to prepare for the early morning
mail, and was in a tremendous hurry.
44 What’ up?" he inquired, as he wit
nessed the strange spectacle liefore him.
*‘ Put your Anger down," said the jo
ker. Almost mechanically he obeyed,
Then the conditionsof the little game
was explained, and the new coiner was
mad. He raged and stormed and plead
ed business, but to no avail. The oth
ers wouldn’t let him off, and after hold'
ing out for half an hour he succumbed
witli a bad grace and 44 set ’oin up,"
There wasn’t change enough from the
five dollars, he gave the bartender, to
pay for getting bis lands blacked in the
in the morning. And the parties who
had been pressing their forefingers to a
marble slab for nearly two liours laugh
ed feebly and remarked that it was 44 a
tip top good joke, you know,"
Organization.
DeKaltt Count:/ Xewt.
Georgia now has the largest Detno
! cratic majority of any State in the
I Union, and she is proud of it. But
how long is this to continue? The
champions of Democracy, relying upon
the strength of the party will lose inter
| est in polities, and when wc least expect
it an Independent or Republican will
slip in. We feel no fears for the Gub
ernatorial race. That is settled for the
present, but the danger lies in the elec
[ tion of members to the General Asscm
j lily. An Independent is bound to no
i promise, represents no principle, and we
j are sorry to see our Executive Commit
tee fail to make a nomination. We
must have organization or there will
soon be but one party —the Independ
ent, which means a cross between Dem
ocrat and Radical. The following ex
tract from the Chronicle <{• OmMitution
nfixl expresses our views exactly :
“ In some portions of the State a dis
position is manifested to undo all that
lias been done; to allow personal pride
to outweigh the public weal; to supplant
patriotism with ambition; to throw off
the lilh'tfiamu* Uaw'vratic jp.arty.:
twjify the action of the Democratic
! to virtually disband the party.
lIA. irc this movement progresses further
itm; time to cry “Halt.”
fit will not do to say that the necessity
for-party organization no longer exists.
Thl“ necessity for such organization is as
grelat now as it has ever been. The
Kiulieal snake is scortehed, not killed.
Tint enemy has been driven from the
fieUi but he lies in ambush awaiting his
tilde to strike. Radicals are basing
their hopes upon the dissolution of the
Democracy. By all the means in their
power they are attempting to make us
believe that they have no intention of
renewing the fight. They expect to re
gain by cunning what they once held
through the bayonet. As soon as the
Democratic party ceases to act as a
party, as soon as personal ambition
makes irreparable breeches in its ranks,
us s<x>n as Democrats become hopelessly
divided in a squabble for the spoils, so
oon will the Radical party re*nppear
in all its strength and snatch the prize
which party discipline and party action
forced them to relinquish. The hope of
Georgia, the safety of the State, the
well*!* of the people, depend upon pre
serving the party organization intact.
To the people of the State, to the peo
ple of every Senatorial District, to the
|M in>le of every County we **>■■ xhtami
.. N
Two Idris In n I’oiul.
There is in Clarksville, Tennessee a
pond of water, an innocent looking
pond, but a deceitful pond. It is not a
pond given to unexpected holes, the
manner of its wickedness is of a dif
ferent character, as will presently he
found. In Clarksville two young ladies
were passing the summer, and on Sun
day, as they wandered near the poud,
they determined upon a quiet swim.
Disrobing, they entered the water and
had their swim. The remainder of the
story we give in the words of a ootein
porarv:
As soon ns they emerged from the
water the elder one, whom I w ill call
Susan for this occasion, saw quite a num
ber of black spots on the nook and
ankles of her companion. “Law!
What’s that?’’ she exclaimed. This re
mark was followed by a scream which
rang the woods for miles around. “Oh,
Lordy! I’ve got ’em, too !” was the next
remark from Susan, followed by another
scream in a fortissimo tone of voice.
“Pull ’em off!” they both ejaculated
in the same breath. Mure screams,
while with the thumb and finger they
grabbed the living tilings and tried to
pull them from tlit* flesh.
The slimy substance slipped from be
tween their fingers like a jelly fish. In
their fright they started for the house.
Through the woods they went, while
they kept up their succession of screams
at the top of their lung*. Nearing the
house, every soul on the place, men uml
women, came rushing out, of course, to
ascertain the cause of their alarm.
Bless yon, what a figure they cut! Yes,
two figures!
The men folks retreated in good or
der, while the girls rushed into the
house to learn from the well informed
old woman that they were covered with
leeches. An application of salt water
relieved them of their enemies. Their
clothes were returned to them, and they
then and there made a solemn vow that
they would never go swimming in boy
style again.
The Chain Makers.
Hilly Dawson, the celebrated Yorkshire
fanner, once appealed to a drunkard in the
following language : " Suppose yourself to
he a servant, and your master wore to
come in the morning and order you to make
n strong chain ; on the following morning
he came again, anil urged you to got on
with it; and thus, day by day, you were
ordered by your master to do the same
job. Suppose again, that while you were
working, a person came in and asked if you
knew what it was for; and that you an
swered in the negative, adding that you did
not earn so long as you got your wages.
Hut tills person tells you that he knows it
to be a fact, that it is your master's •inten
tion t*. y , U **- v 4 —W-rnv,
ilngc; would you, 1 ask, add another link
to do it.”
The man answered—“ No ; and all the
money in the world would not hire me to
do it.”
Mr. Dawson then told him that the hab
its of drunkenness are the devil's chain, in
which lie keeps poor perpetual
bondage, and that when added
the last link, he chains them in hell forever.
These words so impressed the mind of the
man. that iiis conscience continued to re
mind him, “ 1 am making another link for
my eliain !” until he relinquished his wick
ed course of life.
Sensible Almost to the Last.
(■Ur eland Undid.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Mulcahy lived on a
farm. They were shrewd and thrifty, and
had the reputation of being "close.” Fi
nally Mrs. Mulcahy sickened and was about
to die. Finding herself nearing the end.
she expressed a desire to put things in or
der before that event occurred, and old
Torn prepared to listen.
“Tom,” said Mrs. Mulcahy, “there's
Mrs. Smith, up at the erossing. she owes
ine tf 1 80 for butter; sec ye get it.”
“ Sinsible to the last, my dear ; sinsiblc
to the last,” said Tom. “I'll get it.”
“ Then there's Mrs. Jones at the Creek,
site owe's me ijl 50 for chickens."
“ Ah ! look at that, now, for a moind ;
she forgets nothing.”
“ And Mrs. Brown, in the village, she
owes me $2 30 for milk.”
“ D'ye hear tiiat? Sinsible to the last;
sinsiblc to the last! Go on, my dear,"
“ And—and—”
WHOLE NO. 6>.
utains an cxleccpngly tiraw ™
•ii.'l ,■ \lmiisttve argurnait against whn J
ippear* to be a dispos <,io in variotiM
i'll' e Ihe Slate to abandon the DctHj
orauization and bat# ho
ii ii iiniuntioM for the legislator*™
V.thiir. could lx* rfiore demoralizing Ufl
. if-* or disastrous to the future
faro of the ConinMtiwert)i.h. Thunks ■g
.M ini years of good government mV
united action, the credit of theHtntß
r.ipidU :* a :ui.'M, confidence IS Mltl
ning to be restored, and with the iuw™
. ma. hi of the new Constituj'rin the dr
luni *d' more prospcro.-.B tiw* tmy R' .
ivn-onahly expected. BufiJf ti the Ap
mo-ities engendered by seS' races, w J
the log rolling, cheating i id ill ’
which are their insoparijL M cone
touts, disturb the faugmaa .mv fiiw. v
• vi-tin..*, ;md who can trllp.oW long‘the
I loiuoeraey of Georgia, 4 ill retain it**
present supremacy. Li**a to the un*
( biding paragrupe in tl 1 article above
n forr. and to. — Tilegniph o lf< • -rnffjrl
Nine-tenths f the people of the State 1
endor. o the position we have taken with
reference to independent movements.
11,,* salvation of Georgia depeuds upon
the maintenance of the Democratic or
oani/.atioii. When that organization
• c
di-bands disaster and defeat will lie the
inevitable result. 111 the party the
rights of every citizen arc respected,
and full license is given to expression,of
personal preference and individual sen
timent. Outside of the party the ene
mies of the Democracy and of the'*'
will he enabled to control nljf'i
and to repeat the scenes of 1807, ' • Jk
and We are ixrf prepared
this. 'l’lic of Geor
gia Ims not its mission.
Tin* lime hnsjffot yet come for its disso
lution. linSfiTivmlonts who refuse to
subordinate personal ambition to tha
general good are not the ni' ii to rcccivdl
tb< votes of Democrats. They may not
la* actuated by any desire to do harm,
but no matter what may be the motive
effect is 1 lie same. The man who reck*
less I y throws a stone from the roof of a
building and kills a passer-by, of whose
proximity lie was ignorant, is as nuwi
a murderer as though lie had taken
liberate aim at the victim. Title duf
id I >i*mocrats is plain. They n|iust
oluti ly di.scountenufecc the candudftej*
independents* They ntu- t see to it
fair and legal nomination* arc *
and w hen such nominations are mt , e
they must dons they have always do e .
Hijuitrclu by th<'nomint'c*. -C'/o'CJ.
i/r A'- (oHstitutioitali#^
The Irishman a.nl the l'\g, I
A Vorkshireinan :w“ kill 4 } ~jg,
and,o<4 w aiding to l !l " i'll bis d''b
bor ,ns Vas tip v kl, 1 1‘ .id to to- tte au
(who, by the way,’tVinFa ;of the i nLf.
aid Isle), “Pat, if I the ncigUbolys,
who have given ' a rtf my pn.^-g.
Pi! In \<• Ibr in;, .-i It .10 you tell 111*-,
ull a! In do IJeila 1, sir,” said Pat,
“ it's myself that can do that snua-% ‘tea
•• tiood,” says the York
lii. hands ami at l'nf clnm^ * mm
me wiiat I
Pat. -5,,,.,- •trio'- I- I'd''M o„ cm.
.wain, Mai lor Jura* re and
be aliiier lu. • iat.ii.-l AM
1 •" . "SS. . waSB
on ot
early in the lnorriiiaT before
about, get HD and tiKc your pig and hli„
it away. Thin, wlieiryour neighbor* come,
just be nfllier telling tiiein tiiat the pig was
stolen.” ** (.’upitjjl idea, Pat!” exclaimed 1
tin- A iirksliireman. “ I'll do it. by CJoorge ”
So, when the pig was cleaned, it was bung
up outside, so that the neighbors might soo
it. The countryman anxiously awaited
the approaching night, and at last retired
to bed, but not to sleep. Pat, under the
cover of the darkness of the night, crept
around the house and stole the pig. AY hat
was the astonishment of the Yorkshiremii7, **
when at early dawn he arose to hide away
his pig. but found no pig there, cOh be bet
ter imagined than described. Pat came in
with his “ Top o' the uioruiu’ to ye, sir.”
and. giving him a knowing wink, said,
"Master, how about the pig?” “ Well,
Pat. the pig was stolen in reality.” “Faith,
and tiiat. sounds just as natural as if you
had lost your pig,” said Pat. with another
knowing wink. “ But. you blockhead, 1/
tell you the pig was stolen.” ” Faith, and
be gorra, tin. soi iu a *>it o’ mo thought you
could act so well, oust stick to that; it's
natural as life.” “By George !” roared '
the now irate Yorkshire man. “ 1 tell you
the pig was stolen!" “ Och !be
'•aid Pat. "stick *0 it. and vernal I
Ic-i.-ivo ymi. aid surra a bit "’'ill f HHj
Faith. I didn't think—' *i / BHH
-gnnJNTY. ,/ m
A solium can!y. Kv '< V. MB
(xmipUc^i
"nriiiiics tin* i'“* n;iiih* at my
depths i sound 1c77 ° C, °-
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d'-tii yanks out •
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