Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-01-21
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\ kantas CITY despatch o. NcW Work
star d.. ths fulloeing Interesting 49,
cuuui ~ thc lifr ola hiely-'lccea'~i col.
"r,si man
Florida psr-rs aunounor the uvrnt
irsth uf uli ukH santa Quania, near
Nr.llsr. Ti1., no ti- rmsrkthlr az -
Uur hunlrvi AMI tsruf,-thrr~ ,vtr..
flir writer hni che pleasure ~ au Inter-
sirv With III oil man sr,su years $50,
gulng to his hui Co." miles from town Inc
company with th~ Nillsgr iu1tur ~'mr
distance nut we u,ruuok an uld auutS
trudgiug along, Wlu tururi AMI made
"a nld time yurtsV. Tie dpttnr Hskrl
Der nam. aui .hs turned - ith quiftlfal
lpDk anI rNrlaimri. "lass, h"nrN yuu (.
ir do.tur dat's pum~ herr aud hnsnt
hsirl ~ ol' Ink Qusuta ~. l's~ hi'
nii 'uomau. lee ole, t.pssrful ol" l.
The nlr man. an b. uill h- proud to src
dr dortur.~ she i-ggri dime Cor 'har-
"a and % ~ vent, The old wumsn whs
oli Maum Nrlly, lnel- santa Qunnia' e
.iNih W lie. Who a. the AZ - fouy-tso
| iad iuinssl hrf fortune. vith au eli man
~ on. hundred ani right. ani, strange
to .ay The n-Ni war .h' gave birth 90 IS
chill. bat u only litv.l week.
IA. obi man sas fuuni la hls hut
making husl mht.. aui hy mcaus % q
little chang b. ~. ludurr,i a. unlopssn
hi. tongue ani tell hi. history. which,
ii,r.is,i ~ H.. 'gully lingo, ~. brirdv
e. fulloNss ~ the AZ - sixteen hr
49, d~cuted Into q boat that came up
one q The river. CA th- Wet Afrtcan
! cusst. AMI vas knorkr,i dowu, tel, anil
takru o. til- coast. whrrr D. 49, plar'-i
la a .hlp giih 81 other unfortunate
hlark. The ship narrusly ss,tpr,i Cup-
turv b1 British man-of.eaf ani reached
Chaflr.iown ju'i h-iurs the blockade Ia
lisO. IT, a. kept in q peu aiih other
sltSr. a SEX, ami then soli "a t'"urgii
planter. On- ~ III. ovn tfi'r-, called Nn-
M. was given o. him a. a Nifr. lle iii not
tak- Kindly a. the h"e, bat bring bright
sui ~ such great lire be- Na- supn made
an Otrr.-.r. Whirh Tro.lilpn b. h"li un-
der different master. eighty years liz
| dr.t master dol ai,out tic wear i>isi. hn.i
.onn afirfsari hi Wlf- died, bat h.
married again. The Cpuutrv va s'ou
aiierv arl dl.tufissi bS ths lniin var,
and by urlef ~ Gen-ril Jackson hi src-
uni masisr had to emlgrais, AMI While
mnNlng the master ani ~tuta's .sCuuI
wife diet. IT, got another sifr. sho
| liyr,i Nth him until ths stars fell ISL F.,
anil his thiri mtstrr went ths eay ~
| al thu Earth tiout the same time, hat
santa fpand another mastrf ani hi'
fourth lie.
1--we lisci happily together anl cn-
ioyei life The bcst Kind, sai santa,
.fa.N Ia
ma.i~r vent. IT, was killed Will. iu
Mexico. sui mas wife gfi-,-,i 80 on that
account that .lIr died. frli pns"riul
bad about hi. death. bat not that had.
Stnta's hfth ms.irr lived until The
ssconi year ~ the civil var, when he
,llsyi, aud santa ani hi. hfth y ife paced
Into th- hand. ~ distant relative la
Alabama. They had barely reached
their new home when the near approach
~ the Yankee caused the neN master 90
move 90 Florida aud Nhsn fr'sei0m came
u found poor old ~anta stranded near
! Archer. alone. Ill children acre all
dead. Ill wife had b-.n lo.t on the
rad between Alabama anil ilod'la. lie
finally feli In with "Maum Nelly" aud
after a brief cOurt.hlp the pair lumpvi
tilf hfhhtu-iifh NfiufF NNn'erf-s aAA ~
means of contributions FROM the white
people managed a. sei up housekeeping
santa made mats, while "Maum Nelly
picked cotton, dug plnier. sud iii odd
iob.. Sometimes "hrrr' rabbit got cOteh'
ln the old mans traps, AMI they thus
mana g-dt live. lie had clear rrmeul-
brancc ~ III. African home, ani b. lie
lighted Ia dwell upon the account ~ hi
toyhood days.
The interesting story 81 the slaves
life was finished by the doctor, Who ac-
companird the writer on that Welt. lie
writes that h. was called Ca see Oh santa,
but what for santa could not tell. q. b.
never had an ache or palm Ia hl. long life.
The doctor, however, .aw NJ glance
that -ania's life was near a. cnd. an'i
when the doctor told him 40 hls face
frightened. aud b. said
''rank De good Loni for dat. 4. bin
mos 'frah be done forgot ole santa"
lie died the next day.