The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-26
MAUM WINNIE ANN.
Her Lament for the Old Days When
he Had Plenty.
From The NetU York Times.

From the Nei0 York Times
JANIIsoN's, July 17.-Maum Winnie Ann
is tall and slim. Her talness is chiefly no
ticeable in her length of arm, while her
slimness is most conspicuous in those por-
tons Of the female form usually full and
rounded Her feet have an uncomfortable
way Of seeming o hit each other when she
walks. Maum Winnie Ann is fond of talk
ing about herself One June morning.
while tending the cotton near her cabin,
she delivered herself TO me in this fashion:
YES, was born in Georgia. Cindy and
'Nerva, dey Amt no true huff sister to me,
kase Clndy, she born when my mammie
had she pappy up here in de True Blue
plantation; den 'Nerva, she cum long arter
de colonel done fetch my nanny back into
Souf 'Carlina. You seel Ny daddy he
done b'long cross de George line. and he
livin' dar right now if he amt done dead,
please God My ole mistis yere on de ole
State road, she TEX tach to me
way from my mammie and l always
staid right by her a fannin' of her
when she'd tex her ress in de hot AFTERNOON,
gitten her cool drink, an sech like. She
never did eat muffin tall lest / stan right
behind her chair, an she larn me TO piece
de quilt patch. Look here, but dat wuz a
stirrin' oman! and she larn dem gas o.
hern TO work, too; she not like some of de
udder buckra. When dem two gals gwiue
marry | low dey had much as twenty quilt
apiece, an some OBJ dem real fine-same
Like bought quilt right out de sto'. l tell
you dem wos no half cut people; dey know
what was what; dey come out O. Charles
ton, an dey know de style.
wen | wuz done growed | tote de keys,
same like mistis, when she'd 60 off TO two
an tree days meetin'. An de crowd o.
people what would set roun' dat big table
Sundays an big meehn' daysl Look here,
sometimes mos de whole settlement would
come home long of my insists, 'kase DEF
knowed she had such good hand wild cherry
ting. She an Miss Shooter, dey could mex
de best bread on dat road up an down, an
whea dare was comp'ny-I tell you, dere
was movin' roun' and fixin' tings, cherry
which way, sho' as you borni
I'VE was feed in slave time better dan any
of de colored people bout dere. Dey say
de folks on de mex place to us usen to be
sent to de peach tree for dere breakfas', but
dat old man what owned dem people was
one of desc regular ole mousers [misers He
didn't beeve in spen'in' no money tall, an
when de yankees cum he had put de money
underneat de ole oman, kase she was sick,
an dey save cherry bit of dat money. Den
dar was ole Miss Gains! Dey tell on her
how her son Josh he was mad wild niger,
an ole Miss Gains she tell him to no matter;
to shoot dat niger an how she'd pay for
him. But we nebber had no SIGH like doius
on our place. No, sir! My white folks was
fine people. sho' huff
in de Christmas time we all had huff an'
more dan huff TO eat an t'row way; an
we war all lowed to raise our own turkeys
an things, an in de hog KILN time what
fine time we'd hab wild de cracklins an de
chittlins, an all de trimmins! | tell you
dem was timesl An we raise dem big Gala
bash gourd an sto' way de sausage jes' as
sweet, wild de lard GOBLIN on de topl
Young mausser always usen TO cum to my
house 10 eat de possum sarve up wild de
later all roun' swimmin' in de gravy so
rich like, mutt to make your mouf water
right now. Den arter all was done he usen
to drap quarter in my ham an say, Tank
you, manner, 80 gentleman like.
DE slave time waz good huff for me,
but now hab for jump ia de cotton patch
and hoe an chop, from 10 day till de sun
clean gone down, an de flour bread 1T comes
scarce and high, an my leg ache till fit to
fall down, jos a stirrin' and a stirrin', till
got de springhalt. Is'e a lookin' for do
Lord to cali me any day, an I'se glad Use
born to die: an Pse jes goin' to keep on a
watchin' an prayin', for dere's no knowin'
when de Savior will repair. [Appear.l |
low not to be nappin' when he cum, 'scusin
he cum in de nighttime. Here limbo. talk
ing to her youngest hopeful cum mind do
guinea, an keep dem young turkey from
traiiin' off; you done know dem young ting
awful quick 10 ketch der dett death Dat
boy is a smart chile, all 'ceptin' he so love
to play an fool. Dey tell me he done lick
out cherry boy what goes to mill. He done
beat Uncle Jake's boy Boston, an dat Bos-
ton he kin butt same like ram. All dat
Johnson family kin butt more'n any niggers
l cher see dis side o. kingdom come.
"Well! de sun mus he mos git TO twelve.
time to knock off and fix de stirr-a-bout for
dem chillun's dinner"