The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-10-25
Gheqntetli9eufer.
UNCLE nEMUS.

an Apiller.Case iull O cotton" lie was
in town yesterday with some chickens TO
sell, and after disposiug Of hi' poultry
called around TO see US.
"Howdy, Uncle Remu,."
"Po'ly, boss, poly. Desc here sudden
coOlnessss in de wedder makes de ole mig.
ger feel like deres sumpn outer gear in
hi, bones. Hit sOrter wAkens up dc roo.
matiz."
allow are crops, Uncle Remus ~
'0h, craps Is middlin'. Ole Master
'membered de ole niger wen he wuz
ytribu;in' de Wedder. Iain'tcomplainin',
boss, But Pun done Wid farmin' after dis,
lis, fer a 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 ter fling
han full Nv Squill shot inter niger
what wuz runnin' of wid TO- pullets an
rooster. I'm q gwins ter drap farmin'
uho. I'm gwlns 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 thatT
"Well, l dunno, boss" with grin that
showed that he was both pleased and EN-.
barrassed, n dunno, boss, Mars Jeemq an
Miss Emily, dey say did"
"Tell me about IT."
"YOu amt got no time Ter ter ret dar
an hear de ole Niger run on wid is
moui, is your"
"Oh, plenty Of time"
"Bos., is You even bin down to Putmon
cOuntyT
"0fen."
"Den you whOw Shar de Brad sIsugh-
ter place is?"
Perfectly well.'
"An' Harmony"
"Yes."
swell, hit wuz right long in dere whar
Mars Jcems lived. Wen de war come
long, he wuz Twin dere wild ole Miss and
Miss Sally. Ole Miss wuz his ma, an
Miss Sally wuz his sister. Mara Jeems
wuE jes eatchin' fer Ter 60 of an fight,
but ole Miss and Miss Sally, dey TUX on
40 dat he couldn't git of de lus year.
Bineby times gun ter get putty hot, an
Mara teems he up an sed he les had ter
90, an 90 he did. He got overseer fer
Ter look AFTER de place, an he went an
iined the ahmy. An he wuz n fighter,
100, Mars Jeems wuz-oneer de wus kline.
Ole Miss useter call me to de big house
on Sundays. an read what de papers say
bout Mara Jeems."
"'Remus,' seq she, here's what de pa
pers say bout my baby an den she'd 20
on an read ontwell she couldn't 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 cOnscrip.in' man
come long one day, an he jes everlastin'.
" scoOped up dat overseer, an den old
Mics, she sont arter me, an she say:
"'Remus, 1 amt got nobody for ter
look arterdc place but you; and l say,
Mlsti', you kin its pen on de ole Niger,
II wuz old den, boss, let alone what !
Is now an you better bleeve I bosSed
dem ham. | had dem niggers up 10
day, an de way dey did wuE wuz eau.
ton. Dey had plenty bread and meat, an
good clOze ter war, an dey was dc fattes'
nEgerS In de whole settlement.
"Bimeby, ole Miss she call me up an
tell ne datdc yankees done gone an took
AtIAnty, and den presently lhear dat dey
wul marchin' down to'rdS Putmon, an de
ius' thing knows, Mars Jeems he rid up
one day wild whole company NV men.
lle jet stop longer nufF fer ter change
bosses an snatch upa mout'Ill Nv sump'n
eat. Ole Miss tGle i'm dat wuz kinder
bo'sin' roun, an 10 call me up an say:
"'Daddy'-all ole Miss chiIlun call
me Individuality he say, "pears like
dere't gOin' ter be mighty rough times
foun here. De yankees 10 done down ter
Madison, an 'tWont be many days beto'
devil be all thu here. Hit amt likely
dat deyll bother mother er sis; hut dad
dy, Ell de wus comes Ter de wns, spec
you ter take keer un EN-"
"Den ! say, You bin KNOWN me long
time, amt you, Mars Jeems?
"Sence wuz baby, daddy seq he.
well, den, Mars Jeems, seq |, you
Enowd want no use fer ter AZ me ter
look arter ole Miss and Miss Sally
Den de tears came In Mars Jeemss
eyes an no squoze my han an Jump on
De lilly | bin Savin' fer i'm, an gallop of.
know d by de way he talk an de way he
looked dat dere wuz gwineter be aho'nufI
ltubble, an so l begun fer ter put de
house in order az de scrip,er seq. / got
all de cattle an De hosaes tcgedder an
d'lv'rm over to do TO mile place. l
!nade = pen in de swamp an dar put de
NoSS' az ] haul nine wSggin loads Nv
SG'n an west an fodder to le crib on de
Io,milc place, an den groun' my az.
"Blmeby, ono day here come de yam.
See'' Dty ies SEarmed all over keration.
ID woods wuL full I'm um an do road
Was iGlI un um, an do yard wuE full un
gm done heCrd dey wus comm lore
uey go!in sight, an | went TO Dc we'll an
washed my lace an hands, an' den went
aa put on my Sunday clos, an by de
Time de yankees he'd arrove, | wuE Settin'
10 ole Miss room wild my OK tween my
"Dem yankees, dey jes' rausacked de
uV'e pace, but uey didn't come IN de
mouse, an ole Miss, she sed she hoped dey
wouldn't Wen jes' den We hear steps on
dsPo'ch, an here come two young ieIlers
Wild strop4 on derO shoulders an' s'ords
aGfaggin' on de 90 an dere spurs rattin.'
won't sayI wuE skeerd, boss, cause /
sulent, but 1 had a mighty funny feslin'
lnde naberhood Nv degiziard.
Hello, ole man 7 seq one, 'Wiat YOU
!5Oin' in hereF Ole Miss didn't turn
her head, an Miss Sally look straight a.
he fer.
"'Well, boss sea /, 4 bin cuttin' some
soOd Tor ole Miss, an lies stop fer Ter
Non my han'sa little &
Tilt is cole, data a fac seq he. Den ]
Sol up an went and stood behine ole Misl
and Miss Sally, leapin on my ak. d.
G1def TELLER he was stannin, over BY de
.lae'bode lookin at de disheA an do silver
aHgs an pitchers. De man wat wul
ak,n Ter me, he went up ter DO Ger,
~ lean over an WON his hans. Fus