The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-11-01
UNCLE REMUs's HOME SHOT.
And How He saved Young Mars
Jeems's Life BY II.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
For several months old Uncle Remu:
has been in the country raising, as he
modestly expresses 1t, "a han'iul O. con
al a piller, case iul o cotton" He Wat
IN town yesterday with some chickens tc
sell, and after disposing of his poultry
called around to see US.
'Howdy, Uncle Remusr
"Po'ly, boss, poly. Desc here sudden
coolnesses in de wedder makes de ole mig
ger feel like dere's sump'n outer gear IL
ais bores. Hit sorter wakens up dt
rOomatIZ."
chow are crops, Uncle Remus2"
"On. craps Is mIddhn'. Ole master
mem bered de ole niger wen he wu2
'stribulin' de wedder. l amt complsinln'
boss. Pm done wild farmin' srter dis,
is Ter tsc. De niggers don't gimme
no peace. Ic4n't res Ter UNI. Dey stea
nv shoCes, an dey stesl my chickens,
No longerin las week l wuz bleedzd tel
fling a 6an'ful Wv squill snot inter mig
ger what wuz runnln' off wld 10 pallets
an rooster. I'm a gwlne ter drsp farm
in sho. Pm gwine down inter ole
Putmon County an live alonger Mars
Jeems.'
somebody was telling me the other
day, Uncle Remus. that you sav'd your
Young masters lite during the war. How
was tnat?'
well, ! dunno, boss, with grin that
showed that he was both pleased and EN-.
barrassed, 81 dunno, ooss. Mars Jeems
al Miss EN- y, dey say did"
Tell me ABOUT 1t"
"You amt got no time fer ter set dar
az hear de ole niger run on wild 8 moui
Is you?"
"On, plenty of time"
Boss, is you ever bin down to Putmon
County"
Often"
"Den YOU know whsr de Brad Slaugh'
ter-place lisp"
Perfectly well"
An HARMONY
"Yes.'
"Wel, hit wuz right long in der'
WAR Mars Jeemes lived. Wen de wal
come long. ne wuz hvin' dere wild oil,
Miss and Miss Sally. Ole Miss wuz hi
ma. an Miss Sally wuz MS sister. Mars
.leems wuz les eaIchln' fer ter go on an
feat. but ole Miss and Miss Sally,
.iry ;ul, ON 50 dat he could'n git OIL Dc
fu, wear. Bimeby times gun ter get put
" not, an Mars Jeemes. be go up an
I'D he les hid ter 90, an 90 he dld. h'
..oU . overseer Ter ter look arter de place
an he went an jined de army. An n
.Wuz lighter, too, Mars Jeems woz-
one or de WIS kiLe. Ole Miss useter cal
me to de big house ON Sundays, an reaC
what de papers say bout Mars Jeems.
"sRemu., seq she, here wat de papers
say bout my baby, an den she'd 90 on
NJ read ont, wei. she couldn't read tel
yra'
Hit went on DIS way year in an yea
out, an dey wuz mighty lonesome times
po.s. sho's YOU bon. De conscrIpton
man come long one day, an he jes ever
lastin'iy scOoped up dat overseer, an DER
ole miss she sent srter me an she say:
g. Remus. l amt got nobody fer TEL
look arter de place but YOU an L say
.Mlstis, you kin jes pen on de ole niger
Il was ole den, boss, let alone What
Is 4owl-au' you better b'leeve bos,eC
dem hans. l had dem niggers up TO
dsv. an de way dey did wuk wuz eau
tion. Dey mad plenty bread and meat
AN good cloze ter war, an dey wa
a.. fattes' nIggers in de whole settlement
"Bim, bv, one day ole miss she cal M
an AZ tel me dat dc Yankees doho On,
and took Atlanty, and den present y
near dat dey wuz marcnln' down to rd
Putnam. AN de ius' thing knows, Mars
.Jeems he rid up one day wild a who'll
company NV men. He jes' stop longe
DutF fer ter change HOSES an snatch al
y moufull NV sump'n feat. Ole Miss toll
i'm dat | wuz kinder bossin' roun, an
be call me up NJ say:
ID.ddy'-all ole MISS chillun cal
me dadd\-'Daddy, he say, 'pears lik,
dere's goln' ter be mighty rough time
ronn' here. Da Yankees Is done down te
Madison, an 'twont be many days oeio
devil he all thru here Hit amt hkel.
dat deyll DO oder mother er Sis; bu
daddy eff de wus comes ter de wus,
snec' YOU ter take keer un EN-
"Dtn, | say, You bin KNOWN me
long time, amt you, Mars Jeems"
essence | wuz baby, daddy, SEE he
".Well, den, Mars. Jeems, sez l, 'yor
kn,w'd 'twant no use Ter ter AK me te
look AFTER ole Miss and Miss Sally
Den de tears came In Mars Jeems'
ewes an he squozs my han an jump ol
de 6lv bin sav,n' fer i'm, an gallop of
krow'd by de way hetslk an de Wa.
he look dat dere wuz gwineter be sho nui
trubble, an so begun fer ter put d
house in order, as de scripter SEE. 90
all de cattle an de bosses togedder an
driven over to de TO mile place.
made a pen in de swamp an dar l pu
de hogs. An | haul nine wa gin loads u
con an w'eat an fodder TO de crib on
TO mile place, an den l groun my Ak.
"Blmebv, one day here come da Van
KEGS. Dey jes' swsrmed all over kerstior
d.. woods wuz tull un um, an de ros
WAS full un UNI, an de yard wuz full u
UNI. | done ;heerd dey wuz comm tor
dev got i'll sight, an went to de we'll al
wash nv face an hans, an den l wer
an put on my Sunday cloze, an by d
time de Yam KEGS had srrove, | wuZse.tlr
in ole MISS room wild my Ak tween m
knees.
"Dem Yankees, de jes' ransscked q
whole place, but dey didn't come in d
house. an ole Miss she sed she hoped de
wouln't. W er les den We hear steps o
de po'ch, NJ here come two young teller
wild strops on dere shoulders an sore
draggin' on de flo an dere spurs rattlln
| won't say l wuz skeerd, boss, cause
wuzent, but had mighty funny teelir
! in de naherhood Nv de gizzsrd.
"Hello ole man" SEE one W.:
you dom in here?' Ole Miss didn't tur
her head, an Miss Sally look straight 6
de fer.
"'Well, boss" seq l, i bin cuttin' som
wood for ole Miss, al jest stop Ter te
WON my hans little
"a Hit is cole, ats fac sez ne. De
got up an went and stood behine ol
Miss and Miss Sally, lesnin, on m