Litchfield enquirer., 1881-10-27

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 By the President
 JAMEs.G. BLAIEE, Secretaryyof State. i, .T9l1e ----.se zs sl.- - = -s = -A oSom
 ''UxcLz REMus."-A coffespondent of the Post, writing from Atlanta Ga, gives the following dsseriPsion of Josl 1 cbsnelsr, Harris. widely read and 90 thoroughly enjoyed:
 A little nsan, just turned thirly:one, Toe. Fs Mevea win ted unkenlps haiFt sa 6erYs half U vieieus rAoustAche, eajfseckied 1face~ aud fsec- kled hands, with receding chin; and there is nothing especially neat or striking about him-whst strange habitatiant -tisxs gs4ids choose among men! Hns eyys efssa sthss' hair, complexion, haLds, chin, manner and clothes are the property of Joe Harris. Gen. jus has laid DO claim to tlese very -cl,nn.s,fi. place things His eyes l0s,k stfsiStl fofWatd as man or Q subject. and have the power of twink ling most appreciatiyely ct whatever is bum0rodG He eaat Ilaugb9a hlirse laugh but . little gurggiidg daughter shakes the little chin when tiie eyes twinkle and thus in sosae poor way the irrepressible hun0f of the silal, that itself hgs sent cUnicaI tbbdy for fts dwelling place, nnd expression,
 "Uncie RemusT fresIu eptIy speaks off 'Rut mon" county. ,swhsE ole MisSus iahda Miss. Sallie lib." It was in Putnam County. Ga., that Mir. Harris was born n- 6 back woods region where the lightsof civilization shsne but pin,I ly and is by no means effulgent yet. What he learned forsthe first half dozen yearsooHis. life probably amounts to little, except the characters, the humor and the dialect of the old plantations. No one vcauld write Uncle sReinus" who had t,go to ws,rk to learn the character os the dialect. Harris learsei it asI 9 SUDcIe Remus himself leafBed it. Like aif southern children who lived on plantation, his early associates, playmates and slaves they were all these-were negro children. q L was in the huts Of the old unces and annts on the plantation that all this knowledge. which has been turned to sO good an account.-was required. It was a part of his rearing . part his growth. lad MT. Harris own word for it. that he can think in the negro dialect. He could translate even Emerson, perhaps Bronson Alc0tt. into 1t, as well IS he can tell the adventures of Bred RabUet. But in tfie } essriy days of his life. Hafrisgnor any one else eSet dreamed Of Uacie 4Rehiusin litefatufe.~ .~&-
 When Harris first conceived the idea of publishing the folk lore of the old plantation itwss. minis mind AY very doubtful veatufe Ihaveno Idea but Be ~woHld:- two yeafs ago, rather have sealed a contract with the publish CT of story paper for 2 serial love story tiiaa contract with the Appietons topublish "Un. cle Remus." He was not afflicted with van
 ty. The work was 90 easy topShifn tAat he, could not believe t valuable. And, even G when the book was wellreceivcd, ,Aie thougnt that he had simply made hit, that's all. Not until the English critics passed high praise oE 1t did he begin to realize that he was already famous and had already made himself per- manent place in literature TT, r -