The Jasper weekly courier., 1877-11-16

How He Forgot About Freedom and saved
ssMars Jeems's' Life.

.Mnrs Jeemsss Life.
From the Atlanta Constitutional
For several months old Uncle Remus
has been in the country raising. As he
modestly expresses it, ga han 'ful o. CON
an 4 piller-case full o. cotton.' He
was in town Yesterday with some chick
ems TO sell. and after disposing of his
poultry called around to see us.
Howdy, Uncle Remus.'
"Poly, boss, poly. Desc here sud-
den coolnesses in de wedder makes de
ole nigger feel like dere's sump'n outer
GEAR in his bones. Hit sorter wakens
up dc roomatiz. !"
..TIow are crops, Uncle Remus?"
..Oh. craps i middlin'. Ole Master
'menlbered de ole niger Wen he wuz
'stributin' de wedder. Iain't complain
in. boss. But I'm done wild farmin'
arter dis, / il, fer fac. De niggers
don't gimme no peace. | can't res fer
um. Dey steal my shotes, an dey steal
INV chickens. No longcrin las week
wuz bleedzd ter fling ham full Nv squill
shot inter nigger what wuz runnin' off
wild To- pullets an rooster. I'm a
gwine ter drap farmin' sho. I'm gwine
down inter ole Putmon County an live
alonger Mars Jeems."
Somebody was telling me the other
day, Uncle Remus, that you saved your
young masters life during the war.
How was that?"
Well, l dunno, boss,n with grin
that showed that he was both pleased
and embarrassed, ~ dunno, boss.
Mars Jeems an Miss Emily, dey say |
did,
Tell me about it.
You ant got no time fer ter set an
hear de ole nigger run on wild 'is mcuf,
is you?"
.sOh, plenty Of time.''
Boss, is you ever bin down 70 Put
mon County,"
..Often.''
..Den you know where de Brad
Slaughter place is2n
:. Perfectly well.n
:. An HARMONY"
:. les.f
.Well, hit wuz right long in dere
whar Mars .Jeems lived. Wen de war
come long, he wuz livin' wild ole Miss
and Miss Sally. Ole Miss wuz his ma,
AM Miss Sally wux his sister. Mars
Jeems wuz ies eafchin' fer ter 60 off an
fight, but ole Miss and Miss Sally, dey
TUX on 30 dat he couldn't get off de fus'
year. Bimeby times gun ter get putty
hot, an Mars Jecms he up an sed he
jes had ter 90, an go he did. He got a
oyerseer fer ter look arter de place, an
he went an jined the ahmy. An he
wuz fighter, too, Mars Jeems wuz-
one er de wus kline. Ole Miss useter
call me to de big house on Sundays, an
read what de papers say bout Mars
Jeems.
49, Remus, sez she, shere's wat de
papers say bout my baby an den
she'd 20 on an read ontwell she could
MT read fer cryin'.
"Hit went on dis way year in an
year out, an dey wuz mighty lonesome
times, boss, sho's you bon. DE con.
scrirtin' man come long one day, an
he ies everlastin 'ly scooped up dat over.
seer, an den old Miss, she sont artei
me s.i she say:
"sRemus, amt got nobody fer tel
look arter de place but you;' an | say
Mistis, you kin jcs pen on de ole mig
ger--Q wus old den, boss, let alone wha
lis now) an you better b'leve bosset
dem hans. had dem niggers up 70
day, an de way they did wuk wuz ,
t.cauti0n. Dey had plenty bread ant
meat, an good cloze ter war, an de,
was de fattes' niggers in de whole set
tlement.
.Bimcby, ono day old Miss she cal
me up an tell me dat dc Yankees don'
gone an took Atlanty, an den pres
cn'ly hear dat dey wuz marchin' dowi
lords Putmon, an de fus' thing
knows, Mars Jeems he rid up one da,
wild a whole company NV men. He jes
stop longer nuif fer ter change hossc
an snatch up mout'ull NV sump'I
t'eat. ole Miss tole i'm dat wuz kin
der bossin' roun', an he call me up an
say:
"sDaddy'--all ole Miss's chillun cal
me daddy Daddy, he say, ''pears lik
dere's coin ter be mighty rough time
roun' here. de Yankees Is done dow
ter Madison, an 'twont be many day
bcfo' dcy'll be all thu here. Hit ain
likely dat dey'll bodder mother er sis