The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1876-03-08
Going aome.
Prom the Rcading lanfid.

Tho damp air cumo chilly up from
the river lnte yesterday afternoon
Around the bend Mt the Wyomissing
near the cave ut tho mill ON the op
positc side Of the Schuykill, IN aged
colorcd mail was sitting on Il stone
eatihg an "evening" moal that haG
no doubt been begged from q ncjgh
boring farm house. Tho strange,
was type of tho renl, genuine
Southern slave. His hnir was gray
his form rather bent, his little eyos
oncampcd III IL cluster If wrinkles
his hose br''ad, and all expression ot
hohcsty, Kindness of heart, gcniality
that could hot DO hid, but that burst
reeplondel.t through cloud Of sor
row that seemed to mantle him from
his old black hat to tho wcll-worn
boots on his foot.
"AIy name is Henry, sab, Uncle
Henry dey used to Gull me when
was liv1n' whar was raised," was the
reply he made to tho reporter
question.
"Dat was down in Georgia, sab, a
long timo ago. I'm beon gittin
around de Norf since do war, but
Ise gwino to try to go along
home agin, if can, before desc old
bones wear out and dcrc's muffin left
o me-
WANT to get back South again,
do you ?"
"Yes, sab. 1t kind O crccps in
my bones to 60 homo again. / call
1t home, but it's long ways of. Was
bortt thirty miles below Savannah,
and belonged to Colonel Higgins,
Colonel Archibald Higgins, Of the
Pine Hill plantation. Ever boon
darY
Uncle Hoi,ry was told mo"
I'm been to mahy places in Gods
garden, sab, but now. in my old
yoars, T duhno niry place like dc
old homo down DIR. Whom General
Sherman dnhn goho uway from At
laiita. Atasra was killed aud do Mig
gers waa frnod. + ct,m Norf wild my
son, but hos dnnd sah, and dars no
mo room for mo heah. I've got
childcrn livin' down dar somo'urs,
least dey was livi1i when We u,,D
Norf."
Can you sing Way down. Upon
the Swanee River, Uncle Henry q
The old mans eyes fairly
sparkled and glistenod in toars ar he
replied:
dat good old toon, how could I
ever forgit it 7 No indeedy, not me
forgit Dat was writ years ago,
sab, but when sing it now, away
from old homo, I magin it was writ
TO me right now. ., 1 tell you,
massa, dares plenty niggcrs in dc
world singing dat old toon what jes
like dis here old uncle, got no home,
and wishin' dey WAS back agin wild
massa and missis. Swanee Ribbcr,
far away" And the aged traveller
wiped away tho tears with his cont
sleeve as his memory ran back in
tho years that arc past, to the happ;
days he spent among the sugnr-cane
and cotton in the sunny land OF
Georgia. 1t was n sad picture and
one not met with often. He spoke
of mahy other good old songs the
darkies used to ing, and would have
continued his story further had not
the shades Of evuliihg suggested II
departure. Uncle Henry WAS
"helpcd" along, b,it whether he drift
ed, or whether no will ever reach
dat good old home" no spoke of, it
is hard to tell.
"Good-by, sail. dc Lord bless yous
all, were the last words hu said as
our carriage left him fur back in the
twilight.
CHIN Muslc.-The Unitn,l States
senators are beginning to .hnd out
TINT "chin-music" is proiitless
luxury. The Baltimore ,S"N peril
nontly says: "One of the most
valuable methods of rctrohchmcnt
and reform would be abstinence
from useless debate Members who
are always on their feet, and seem
to mako the keeping Of themselves
before tho public the whole object
of their Legislative existence, ftro
among tho most costly luxurics OF
representative government. A cal
culation Of what stntc loses by the
supcrfuous exercise among It's law.
makers of the gift Of CAB would
horrify the taxpayors,
In North Siam whom they 60 tc
law they have n cnriona custom
Both parties to tho s,tit arc put
under water, and whoever &c
mains there longest wins tho case
With ns tho custom is different
Both parties, being in hot water, arc
kept there without reference to the
right on either side.
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"Thn boy at the head Of tho clas.
NIL dtate what were tho Dark Ages
Of the world?' Boy liesitates: "Next
Master Bigg6, can you tell mo what
tho Dark Agds wcrn7" III guess they
were the ages before spectaclcs were
invented: $50 to yo,1r seats"
DIR. W. w. Hall says that "hd is