The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-07-05
MAHSR JOHN.

heahs heap o. peuple talkin', eberywhal
goes,
Bout Washintum an Franklum, an secl
genuses as dose;
s'pose dey's mighty fine, but heah's de PIN
rs bettin' on:
Dere wuzn't mar one OBJ 'em come up tC
Mahsr John.
He shorely wus de creates man de country
ebber growed-
You better hadgit out de way when he come
'long De rcadl
He hel' his head mp DIS way, like he 'spised to
see de gropn',
An niggers had to toe de mark when Mahsr
John was 'roun'.
only haste shet my eyes, an den it seems
. to me
l sees him right afore me now, jes like he
use to be,
A-settin' on de gal'ry, lookin' awful big an
widAttIe niggers fannin' him to keep away
de flies.
He alluz wore de berry bes' OBJ planters linen
suits,
An KEEP niger busy ies a-blackin' OBJ his
De buckles on his galluses wuz made of solid
An diamon'sl-dey wuz in his shut as thick
as it would hol'.
You beered mel twas a caution, when he
went to take a ride,
To see him in the kerridge, wild OF Mistis by
his side
Mulatter Bill a-dribin, an nIgger on benin,
An two Kaintucky hosses TUX 'em tearin'
whar dey gwine.
op Mahsr John wu1 POw'ful rich-he owned
Fibe cotton places, sides a sugar place in
Loozyan';
He had a thousan' niggers-an he worked
EN-, shore you born!
De oberseahs I'D start 'em at de breakIn' OBJ
de morn,
1 reckon dere wuz forty OBJ de niggers, young
an OBJ
Dat stayed about de big house, ies' to do
what dey wuz tol';
Dey had a easy time, wild skacely any work
at all
But dey had to come a-runnin' when OF
Mahsr John I'D call
Sometimes he glib frolic-dat's de time
you seed de fun;
De 'ristocratic families, dey I'D be dar, ebry
one:
Dey'd hab band from New Orleans tc play
for 'em to dance,
An tell you what, de supper wuz a ricler
circumstance.
Well, times is changed. De war it come an
sot de niggers free,
An now OF Mahsr John amt hardly wuf as
much as me;
he had to pay his debts, an so his Ian is
mostly gone
An declar' Is sorry for my pore old Mahsr
John.
But when l heahs 'em talkin' bout some
sullybTated man,
listens to 'em quiet, till dey done said all
dey can,
An den 1 lows dot in dem days at remem-
bers on,
Dat gemman warn't patchin' unto my ol'
Mahsr John
-[Irwin Russell, in Scribner for May
The Knoxville Tribune says: cit
is next to impossible for the daily
reader of the war bulletins from
Europe to form a clear conception
of the military situation. To do so
would require not only a close and
minute study of the geography of
South eastern Europe and Western
Asia, but the rare detective faculty
of discriminating, at sight, between
the truth or falsity of conflicting re-
ports, as they reach us through
Russian or Turkish sources. 1t is
evident, however, from the general
tenor of the news, that the fighting
thus far has resulted in favor of
the Russians, who have the advan-
tage of the Turks, not only in mum
bers, but in equipments and the
general morale of their armies. As
yet the engagements reported have
been but skirmishes in comparison
with the conflicts that must speed
lily follow. There seems to be but
little difference of opinion in regard
to the final result of the campaign
between the Russians and the Turks
single-handed. That the Gar will
succeed in reaching Constantinople
appears to be the general expecta
tion, and his purposes, In that
event, are already being nervously
inquired after by England and the
other powers. Lord Derby is re
ported as saying that the Gar must
be met at Constantinople with an
English as well as a Turkish force,
and there is no question that such
a sentiment is prevalent throughout
Great Britain. Will the Gar seek
to permanently occupy CONSTANT
nople?-that's the question that
now disturbs the diplomatic mind
of Europe.