Sharp County record., 1877-12-07
UNCLE REMUS.
How He Forgot About Freedom and Saved
"Mars Jeems's" Life.

"Mars Jeems's" Life.
from the Atlanta Constitution.
For several months old Uncle ReMuS
has been in the country raising, as he
modestly expresses it, "a han'ful o. con
an a 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 de roomatiz."
"How are crops, Uncle Remus?"
"Oh, craps is middlin'. Ole Master
'membered de ole nigger Wien he wuz
'stributin' de wedder. amt complain
in, boss. But I'm done wild farmin'
arter dis, 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 ter fling han full NV squill
shot inter nigger what wuz runnin' off
wild fo' pullets an a 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 thatP'' '
"Well, | dunno, boss" with grin
that showed that he was both pleased
and embarrassed, 81 dunno, boss.
Mars Jeems an Miss Emily, dey say l
did"
"Tell me about it,"
"You ant got no time fer ter set an
hear de ole niger run on wild is mouf,
is you?"
"Oh, plenty Of time"
"Boss, is you ever bin down to Put
mon County?"
GOTTEN
"Den you know where de Brad
Slaughter place lisp"
Perfectly we'll"
can HARMONY"
Yes.n
"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,
an Miss Sally wuz his sister. Mars
,Jeems wuz ies eatchin' fer ter 60 OIL an
fight. but ole Miss and Miss Sally, dey
tux on so dat he couldn't get off de fus
wear. Bimeby times gun ter get putty
hot, an Mars Jeems he up an sed he
ies had ter 90, an go he did. He got a
overseer fer ter look arter de place, an
he went an jined the ahmy. An he
wuz a fighter, too, Mars Jeems wuz-
one er de wus kline. Ole Miss usetel
call me to de big house on Sundays, an
read what de papers say bout Mars
JeemS.
"'Remus, sez she, 'here's wat dc
papers say bout my baby an der
sha'd 90 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
scriptin' man come long one day, an
he les everlastin'ly scooped up dat over
seer, an den old Miss, she sont arte1
me an she say:
"'Remus, l amt got nobody fer te
look arter de place but YOU an say
Mistis, you kin jes pen on de ole mig
ger-G wus old den, boss, let alone wha
I is now) an you better b'leve l bosse(
dem hans. had dem niggers up 10
dav, an de way they did wuk wuz
caution. Dey had plenty bread an'
meat, an good cloze ter war, an de,
was de fattes' niggers in de whole set
tlement.
"Bimeby, one day old Miss she cal
me up an tell me dat de Yankees dom
gone an took Atlanty, an den pres
en'lv | hear dat dey wuz marchin' dow
to'rds Putmon, an de fus' thing
knows, Mars Jeems he rid up one da,
wild a whole company Nv men. lie JeS
stop longer nuff fer ter change hose
an snatch up a mout'ull Nv sump'l
t'eat. Ole Miss tole i'm dat | wuz kin
der bossin' roun', an he call me up an
say: 49, ,:u., 90,
me daddy-'Daddy, he say, ''pears llk
dere's goin' ter be mighty rough time
roun' here. De Yankees is done dow
ter Madison, an 'twont be many day
befo' dey'll be all thu here. Hit ain
likely dat dey'n bodder mother er sis