The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1854-03-31
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FRIDAY MORNING. MARCH 81, 1854,
Rlography 81 ) cram 81 Vheat.
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BY ,. 7. o.,oF MIssIssFPI FEMALE coLLEeE
sTife Is = Otrsnge avenus Of variOns trees ant
tl0wers.
| 4 expect I know about as much Of my,
selfas any one. so I Il be my own biographer
/ The FIRST recollections have Of myself
were in '46 when was one day carried to 1
| field in wagon, with considerable mum.
Der of other grains Of Wheat. When We
arrived in the field the wagon stopped. and
some FIVE or six negroes came with THEN
sacks and filed them with wheat. So soon
as their sacks we're filed they took their
Ihandsfull of wheat, and commenced scat
tering it over the pIoughed ground, and
was among the FIRST grains that were sown.
Notlong after / had been sOwn, servant
came along with horse and plough and
covered me over with earth, aud there re.
NAMED in my dark and lonely abode for
several days. Fortunately for me the
Spring was favorable. / burst out of my
prison house and grew rappidly, and how
proud was I to see that was taller than the
rest Of my companions?
One day gentleman came into the field
to look at the wheat. He came near me
andstuck a stick up by me, and then walk
ed away without saying word. Thought
he was one of those men whose motto was
s'A still tongue makes wise head.p AL
though my imagination was quite fruitful,
/ could not imaine why that stick was
placed near me. Not long after this, my
color / saw, was changing from beautiful
pea green 10 a brown one. Several weeks
afterwards this same gentleman returned
accompanied with another. They came
where was. and praised me very much
indeed, and said when il wasreaped must
be separated from the rest: for I was far
superior to it.
A brief time after this conversation took
place, saw those same FIVE or six laborers
come inta the field, each with his sickle,
and they commenced singing them, and
obi how rapidly my companions were fall
ing to the ground! As soon as they had
moved some eight or Ten rows, some more
servants came in with Wagon, and tied
the moved wheat up into sheafs. and threw
them in the Wagon, and as soon as the
Wagon was filed an old negro somewhat
similar to Mrs. Plainlove's carriage driver
in the Mississippi Scenes, = drove wag-
gon outof the. field, and It soon returned
empty; and repeated this process till all
the wheat was taken out Of the field except
myself The servants seeing the stick did
not modest me. The overseer came to see
if the wheat was well saved, and cut me
down with his knife, and carried me to the
house and placed me in box where there
was nothing else, and ! have never yet
heard what became Of my companions
Well, remained in this box until the next
Winter, and was then planted By myself
and went through the same process as the
year before. was replanted ill made
several bushels Of wheat. / was then car
ried to thrasher and fhrashed. and as soon
as thrashed, was carried to large vessel
which contained water, and was put intoit;
for what rearon, then, could not imagine,
hut I thought Of Thetis pluuging Achilles
into the styx, il otderto render him invul.
nerable, and did not know but that / was
placed in this vessel for similar purpose.
was soon carried away from this vessel,
and was placed on scafold il order to be
summed and dried. AS soon as | was tho
roughly dried, ! was put into box, and
carried to -four mill ii the city Of Memphis
The owner Of the mill vas surprised to learn
that Mississippi could produce such ire
sOheat. had not been here long before I
vas carried through tie torturous process
q tanning and grinding ] was very well
pleased With the color and size the mill and
bolt caused ne 70 assume Immediately 81
ter MAS ground and boiled, sas placed
Is barrel and fastened Up. Z could not
help thinking 81 Young Who said
fortunes slast n train.s
remained II the millsrs ehefge o cl
three weeks. When one dry q gentleman
eame into The nil house md aid he wo,|a
ike 70 purchase some spel eur, and
s. course aas shown so hin. ioI th1s 20
Sc name assumed as ihat ih llr,s anq
after brief cohRelsaier 80 Ne price
olme and vas told dollars Faid