Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1877-12-12
UNCLE REMUS As A REBEL.
THE STORY AS TOLD By HIMSELF.

THE STORY AS TOLD By HIMSELF.
For several months old Uncle
Remus has been in the country rails
ing, as he mOdestly expresses it, a
'han'ful o conn an a piller case full
o. cotton He was in town yester-
day with some chickens to sell, and
after disposing Of his poultry called
around to see us.
"Howdy, Uncle Remus."
"Po1y, boss. poly. Desc here
sudden coOlnesses in de wedder
makes de ole niger feel like deres
sump'n outer gear in his bones. Hit
sorter wakens up dc roomatiz.'
"HOw are crops, Uncle Remus :"
"Ob, craps is middlin. Ole Master
'membercd de ole .niggar wen he
WIZ 'stfibutin' de wedder. amt
complainin', boss. But Im done
wild farmin arter dis, l is fer fac.
De niggers don't gimme no peace.
| can't res fer um. Dey steal my
shotes, an dey steal my chickens.
No longerin las week | wuz bleedzd
to fling a han'full nv sqnill shot
inter niger what wuz runnin' of
wild fo' pullets au' a rooster. I'm "a
gwine ter drap farmin' sho. I'm
gwinc down interOld Putmon county
an live alonger Mars Jeems.'
"SOmebWly was telling me the
other day, Uncle Remus, that you
saved your young masters life
during the war. How was that'"
"Well, dunno, boss" with grin
that showed that he was both pleased
and embarrassed. 81 dunno, boss.
Mrs. Jeems an Miss Emily, deg say
| did"
Tell me abont it,"
"lou amt got 10 time fer to set
dar an hear de ole niger run on
wild is mouf, is youf r
"Oh, plenty of -timc.'
BOSS, is you ever bin down to
Putmon countyT
"Oftcn.'
eden you know whar de Brad
Slaughter place isl"
"Perfectly we'll"
"An' Harmony
eyes,
"Well, hit wuz right long in dere
whar Mars Jeems lived. Wen de
war came long, he wuz Twin dere
wild ole Miss and Miss Sally. Ole
Miss was his ina, an Miss Sally wu2
his sister. Mars Jeems was jnsi
eatchin' fer ter go of an fight, but
ole Miss and Miss Sally, they took
on so dat he couldn't get of de fus
year. Bimeby times gun 10 gil
putty hot, an Mars Jeems lie got UP
an sed he jes had 10 60, an go he
did. He got overseer TO look arteI
de place, an he went an jined de
ahmy. An he WIZ fighter, too
Mars Jeems wuz one er de wuz kline
Ole Miss useter call me to de big
, house on Sundays, and read wha
the papers say bout Mars Jeems.'
"'Remus,' seq she, here's wat d.
, papers say bout my baby an del
she'd go on an read ontwell sh'
couldn't read for cryin'.
slit went on dis way year IN an
! year ont. an dey wuz mighty lone
some times, boss, sho's you bon. D'
4 CONSUMPTION man come long one day
! an he everlastin1y scOOped up da
y overseer, an den ole miss, she sou
: arter me an she say:
Z .Remus, / amt got nobody fer to
\ look srter de place but yOa;' an
= say Mistis, you kin jes pen on d
/ ole nigger,-Q wss ole den, boss, lie
d alone what Lis now IAN you bette
y believe l bossed dem hans. ha
dem niggers up TO day, an de wa
dey did wuk wuz q caution. De
: had plenty bread am meat, an goo
!, cIoze ter war, an dey was de fatte'
niggers in de whole settlement.
:. "Bimeby, one day ole Miss sh
- - call me up an tole me dat de yankee
ID done gone and took sAtlanty, an
y. den presently hear dat dey W.
- marchin' down lords PutnOn, a.
- de fus' thing I knows, Mars Jeen
he rid up ono day wid q whole con