The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1892-10-01
FROM MISTRESS TO MAIp.
A Shareholders Daughter Who Became
seamtress 10 Her Former Servant.

There are two women IA San
Francisco WIN eau tell 50 ~ oi
ups n Il downa that wnuld astonish
a no. rlsl. Oac Of III, nj lives out
in Noe street. Sle's refined,
wrll-ed1cat,d womtn, with pretty
way of numbering her ~ thar
letrays her Southern origin. She
i a widow AMI SHE lives with her
mother in a house that shows
unmistakahle signs Of penury and
want. She goes out 10 s " by the
day, ana shr mAnages to omthe Just
enough money 10 keep The br,aih
Of life IN her old mother aud pu !
chase iew poor comforts o warm
he rhlil Of age. Yet, according
t. the Examiner, tha WON IN was
once the mistr IS Of srlend d
home. She disp nsed The open
handed ho,ptali y Of the old
South aud sue never knew wha
care aud anxiety meant.
Way back III the Ua before the
war there was rich krntu Ks
family named Montgomery. They
lived on beautiful plantation
near St. Joe, Mo. Mrs. Montgom, rs
had ever lifty slaves. Que OF those
WAS mite Of i roly poly black
baby whose parents where Geaa.
Mrs. Montgomery had little
daughter just the age Of the roly
poly mite. and as soon as the
children grew I'D enough The little
black girl became lie maid Of the
little white girl. Life was very gay
in those old days; there were lots
of visitors TO the beautllul planta-
tiOn, and little Miss Montgomery
had nothing to do nut gr. amt
be happy. Whrn she was l3 years
Old her maid m rried a likely young
fellow who belonged 10 family ia
the nrighhorhoud. lie had onlA
one bamr then. He was called Bris-
t0l. lie used To COME over TO tue
Montgomery plant ton once Il
week 10 see his witc. Things went
on smoothly for the Soang nrgfoes
for a while. Their owners were
friends, aud 50 they saw each
other quite often. At the euu ol
six Years h. woman had hOrne her
husband three cnil,irtn.
/ Tneu came the war. The Mont
gvmery family suffered like all TIE
rest of the Sou Ii they lost al
their property, they werecom a'll d
20 give np the r home and fl ,ally
all the slaves we're gone. Miss
NJ uitgomerN = maid aud her three
children went To 81 j q, and tie
woman went TO work cut by ia
day. She did noI know where her
husband was. Early in The be-
ginnins Of the great struggle lie
had been sold 10 a Colonel VIII.
son, who went awaN wifh him she
knew not were. So she struggI Il
along as best size c1nld frytug iu
gain living for her rliiI rel. + H.
ally she dfif ell wcstWari. !. Sir
ii, ed TOR several years 10 Salt LAKE
Clty. All he time she was tiy inp
~ fiud uut what Ii ,d became oi hei
hush sud. SIN knew tlat ue ,Hll.'a
himself Wilson, Bri tul Wilson
after his new mus -, ami she knew
hal Colonel Wilson came To b,
coast.
J One day she he irl that H. wa,
IN San Franciscp. she ~rp TO him
He WAS delighted 10 ges a tiare q
his wife AMI fanny aml al me-
seat for her. When she arrive,
SHE found that her husband ht
prospered in California. AT II,
close Of the war his master st hin
Tree aud he managed to actufnntati
quite II tie sum Of money. Tai
was only Il few years ago-sOn'
time in lSS2-that The little slavl
girl amt her husband met ant
found themselves free and prosper
our. They bought a pr.fty litih
home out on Guerrero street, All,
there they i've to-day. They ofte
wondered what had become OF th
MOntgOmerys, aud Mrs. Wisud
never forgot her young mistress.
Alb mt two Years ago Mr.. Will
. sou wantsd some sewing done. Sh
advertised for a woman ia con-
! and sew by the dry. Her Oh
owner answered the advertisement
She was no longer the pretty
!, ligbt-hearted Miss MOnfgonerj
She Was married. Her name wa
D Mrs. Sweeney. She was wan au
. pal. from Oyerwofk and ankle
0 and the TWO WON 10 iid not recog
y n,ze each other. Mr.. Sweene
l Was surpr.s q TO fini that tine al
? vertiser WAS cOlOred wOmen, bt
sli- worked steadily away aud sal
j nothieg.
q One day Mrs. WilsOn was in
;. chafty mod, aud The two womc
talked over the days before tl
q war. Then tile trHth came Ou
't The Montgolnerys hal been ruine
u by the war, aud they had con
West to try and resrnit thur sha
tered forinns. Tney failed misrr
: bly. Mofher an I daught clu
together and fought tate with ia
" iBg courage.
1t Now tie d iuglter il sewing !
1t the day for the woman she o.
80 owned. and she is paid f,r Il