New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-08-05
Gle Enoch. as he sat on a low chair

DOOCS, rs TO D0y OILS track O land on
de hill back heah, an make wine
yard Nv It. No use foolin' no more
wild little later patches, an eabbyges,
an tree or fob dozen hills o. cohn; III
sell de grapes, an buy all dat sort o.
ting. At de wine-cellar IN town dey'll
take all de grapes yoh Kin raise, an ef
| have to buy a horse an wagun to
haul EN- inter town, yuh won't see dis
yere family Walkin' to church no mo-
wild de mud up to dere knees and de
hot sun brilin' on ter deere heads.
A little after daylight the next morn
ing Uncle Enoch, wearing his tall whrte
hat with the broad band of Grape
around it which it had on when it was
given to him.; with his highest and
stiffest shirt-callar; long black coat
reaching nearly to his heels; a pair of
blue jean trousers rolled up at the
ankles; his enormous Sunday boots
we'll blacked; in one hand a. very small
cowhide trunk tied upwith. rope and
carried in the manner Of a violin-case;
a vast umbrella with.a horn handle in
the other hand; and thegreater part of
his recently paid month wages in his
pocket started off to walk three miles
to the naturalization on his way to
become congressional page:
Dick assumed the ox-whip, and as
there was no one else to take the
vacated place, he cracked it in pride
and glory over the heads Of Bob and
Bhnker, and although they ran into
more stumps, and got into more deep
ruts, than was good for himself or the
cart, the winter wood OF Mr.. Gregory
continued to be hauled.
One week, and two weeks, passed on
without news from Uncle Enoch,
and then Aunt Maria began to get i'm
patient. "Look a-heah, Dick" she
said, "wheny you comes home ter-night,
an has had yuhr supper, an has done
split up dem ole rails, what S too short
fur de fence anyway, fur faint no use
fur yuh to try no mo'h on dat black
gum log what yuh daddy done went
away and luf, an ef he don't come
back soon hewon't find no fence at all,
| reckin, when he do come. Yuh
ju' sot down and write him a letter. an
tell him faint no use fur him to be
sabin up all dat sebenteen hundred
dollars to buy vineyards while his
chillun's gwine about with. sca,ce no
close to dere backs.
i 'tDere's yuhr" sis'r Charlotte what
has to go to church wild dem light blue
slippers Miss Sally: glib her, an no
stockuns, an no wunner~ de people laf
at her. An dere' S yuhr daddy maxim
alldatmoneydown derein Washin'ton
wild de congressman.
can she gal, too, what's done won
de prize tree times in de cake-walk l
spec he's done forgot what tole him
bout de weddin'-ri fur me. Idone
tolehim to buy it wild de fus' money
he got, an to send it in letter Use
neber had none yit, though we
wus both married long back befoh de
war.
can it S no use waitin', nudder, fur
little Jim's funeral.till he comes back.
He kin sen de money, fur de cake and
wine JUS as we'll as not, an Brudder
Anderson is ready, he tole me las
Sund'y, widde fax an de tex. Little
Jim's been dead now,nigh on ter two
yeah, an it's, time his funeral was
preached.
81 amt gotno, 'iections to de wine
yard, spesh'ly ef' we. hab ter hab a
wagun to haul de grapes, but Idon' t
want yuhr daddy to come back heah
an find hissef 'shamed Nv his family
arter livin' down dar 'mong dem quail
| ity folks. I'll! send Charlotte, dis
mawnin' to borrer. a sheet Nv paper,
an pen an inksfrom Miss Sally, an
see eff She won'tlet her pick up, some
apples in de orchard while she's dar;
an p'raps she'll give her a bucket Nv
buttermilk ef she's done churned Wis
tiddy. An yun put all dat in de let
ter, an sen it jus as soon as yuh
kin"
Dick willingly, undertook this bust
ness, having made up his mind while
his mother was talking to him to put
in few words on his own. account
and before. he began the important
epistle each, OF his sisters had some
thing to say. to him in private in re
gard to suggestions which they wished
to make to che head OF the.family
The letteE~moyed more slowly. thar
Bob and B1inSer over the toughest
road. After three nights work it was
only half done, for Dick found s. PEI
much mora. difficult to handle. than 6
4 whip. and besides being a very stun
), bling speller, Invariably went to sleel
: over his paper after a quarter OF al
<. hours work. Late in the Afternoon
6 OF the fourth day after the commence
; ment OF this literary enterprise, Dicl
+ was standing by the b]aei-genn log
, with the. axe in his hand. wondering
T it would be better to take anothe
g rail froin the forlorr. fence, around til,
t little ya,ra-for what difference coult
$ it make when there We're sOnnany opel
l places, already?-or~ to split up a soil
tary post, which, Having nothing at
l tached to it, was clearly, useless, whel
4 he saw upon the high-road figure ap
: preaching him.
e 1t wore a tall white met with broat
: band OF rusty Grape around it; it lla'
1 ON high, stiff shirt-eollar, and Ion
/ black coat; in enc hand it carried al
umbrella with. a rough horn handle
e and in the other a little hair trunk tie
: up with a rope; it had brighss an
n flashing eye and a determined step.