The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-05-01
HOW UNCLE SHADE LOST HIS
RELIGION,

GbG4AG4ON.
Everybody about Rockingham il
acquainted with Uncle Shaderick
Leak, colored. Uncle Shade as he
is more generally known, has, during
his lengthy and not altogether une.
ventfal existence, experienced two
rather heavy falls. According to a
statement made to us by him, his
first great fall was in the time Of the
Sherman raid, when he fell from
grace, land that was a time, you
know, when everybody's religion
was put 10 severe test)-his next
downfall being from an OK cart in
front Of our office about $50 feet Of
lumber falling upon him, and which
tickled Tom Hurt SO. But we will
let Uncle Shade himself relate in his
own peculiar way, how be fell from
grace his first great fall, in time Of
the raid:
Il wuz living wild mars Watty den.
! had heard a good deal sed about de
Yankees white folks sed da wuz
mighty bad folks; sed dat I must be
better ticker an tell dem muffin but
de trufe, as If da cotch me in lie da
would DO shore to kill me. Well, /
wuz standing III de front yard near
the piazzy when de fuss Yank seed
made 'pearance. He wuzent dress
like sojer. but had on high crown
hat and rid up mighty quietly, sing
in Of a lynne De lynne was dis,
believes, dat he was siEgin':
Hallaloo! Hallaloo I!
! b'longs to dc ban hallaloo
had been d preacher myself up
to dat time, and | wuz satisfied from
de way he cum up dat he wuz
preacher too, or at least mighty
good man. SEES he as he rid up to
me, sammy ida called all de mig.
ger men, Sam, how doz ye do sir y
Puty well, tank you, boss,' (ses y
'how doz you do 7
Use quite we'll, sammy
Sammy, has you got any pig
hams be axed in his sweet way.
NO, sir, boss, have no hams !
sed.
Got any chickens, den. Sammy z
he further enquired
We had chickens, but | told him
no, cause | didn't want him to git 'um
Amy eggs, SammyH'
No, sir, no eggs, boss replied.
Please hold my boss, sammy. -
I tuck hold OBJ dc bride, and he got
down offhis boss and went to do
chicken coop, and pulling a large
bunch ofkeys from his pocket, un.
locked do door, went in and filing
his high hat wild eggs cum toating
dem back where | wuz, felt dat
my time wuz about up, having told
a lie and been eotch IN ii. But my
faith Ia de Lord had sofur sustained
me. He sot the hat oh eggs on dc
piazza and as he turned round to git
up on his boss, down went de old hat
and broke ebber egg but four
Umph how was skerd ! felt
shore dat ! should soon be dead
niger.
Sammy said he as he looked at
de eggs on de ground, 'ain't dat a
hell OBJ q case
was astonished to hear him use
such ugly language, and sed yes,
massa, dat is bad case.
Yes, SEE he, but amt Il hell
OBJ a case r
Not wishing to cuss--being q
preacher II said yes, mossa, dat is
q very bad case.
Den he drug out an old sword, and
ses he, his eyes flashing fro like dc
debil:
Damn your old soul, didn't ! Ak
you lift want a most hell Oh ! case Z
Thinking he was gwine TO cut me
ia two jumped about three foot
high, and followed out
Yes, mossa, damn my soul If It
amt most hell OBJ case /
rs bin q wicked man eber since,
but il rs lost, dat nasty Yankee will
have to answer forit, which il some
consolation. -l2ockinghaDs Shirt Of