New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-05-17
MASTERS MONEY.

Now set still, chillen, an don't make a
- fuss, an I'll throw my head togedder an
tell yer bout yer gran'pa hidin his mum
ey an watches an juelry duren de wah,
when de Federuls 'stroyed Atlanty. Ole
marster ibbed in Georgy, erbout five
miles frum Atlanty, on de Chattahoochee
ribber. I jess wish you could see dat
plantation! Yer gran'pa Hooper want
= no POI white trash, wild tree or four Mig
gers an few bobtailed ponies. No, sab!
he had so many niggers he didn't know
some OBJ 'em when he met 'em in de road.
Inebber see SIGH places as his here in
Alabamy. SIGH big house. wild up
stars, an chimbleys built out Of de put
test white rock, an a hall big enuf to
drive de kerridge in, an de honeysucks
an jessymen an oleyanders growed wild
eberywhar. And den de biggest chess
nut trees. an boss apples, an danissno,
an peaches yer ever saw growed on a lit
tie crick called Peachtree crick, an when
de Linkum sojers was in Georgy dey
fout a battle right on de banks of dat
crick, an we niggers all run an hid be-
: hind de haystacks.
My olest boy Chats named arter de
Chattahoochee ribber. What dat yer say?
Soun's lax somebody a-sneezin long
sneeze? Well, 'clar' it do. Housum-
eber, it's pretty name, think. You
chillens goes ter skule: ken yer tell me
what dat name means?@ Yer cain'tl
Well, who glib it dat name? Ogleforpe!
Eleggsander II. Stevens? Fore graciousl
You's de ignoruntest chillen! Why, de
Injuns named it, an lister know what
it stood fer. but l disrememburs now.
Yer ak yer ma tonight: she's horned
down dar; bet she know. Yer gran'pa
jess had two chillens-yer ma an pore
Marse Willum Henry, who was killed at
Gettysburg. He was IL fine lookin young
man; dem Hoopers- Georgy Hoopers, !
mean-was all pow'ful fine lookin folks.
Yer Uncle Will was eddycated in Mas
sychusetts | 'memburs well de fust
time he KEN home from skule up dar.s
He Sbrung his 'chum." as he call him,
back to Georgy to spend de valuations
wild him. Marse Tom Curtis was a
tall, proper loo!sin young man. an ole
snarster all Hiss Sally lack him pow full
web den. why. that's papa's name;
was it him, Uncle Peter Now. If yer
all 'rupts me anymore III jess shet my
mouf right up: in cease it was yer pa.
but he want yer pa den Marse Tom
an Miss V'leria tack ter each Older
right away, an he look at Miss Vleria
lack she good enuff ter eat. Dey staid
home till about cotton pic,zin time. an
den dey hab ter go back to Massychu-
sets.
Fore Marse Tom goes he gib Miss
V'leria q ring, what he said been in his
family yeers out G mine; say it crosst
de ocean on u Mayflower. | thought it
was onery lookin. but Miss V'leria
nebber tuck dat ring Off no more till she
see Marse Tom, cause he put it on wild a
wish. Dey went off ter skule agen, an
ole marster he kept maxim more cotton
an buyin more niggers till he was de
richest man Ground Atlanty De las
year Marse VIII Hooper was at slsule ole
serus. | think mebbe Marse Will done
tuck ter drunken or gambler; but my gal
Phyllis, what waits on de table, she say
dat ole marster said dar was gwine to be
wah, he was fear'd, an dat he gwine ter
write for Marse Will ter come home.
Den one mawnin he tell ole miss dat
Souf Callina dun pulled loose frum de
odder states, an fore long anudder an
den anudder state. an one day he say ole
Georgy show her grit an pull loose too.
Den we heerd dey had been ightin at
Foat Sumter, an den de wah gun sho'
enuff. Marse Will he come home an
went to Richmun ter jine de sojers.
Miss V'leria an ole miss went ter Rich
nun ter see de las of him, an twas de
las shore enuff! Miss V'leria she give
'em big flag an made speech dis
tremendous now de mos she said, but I
hurd her say dat man was cowyerd dat
wouldn't dare to fight for SIGH a Ian.
She cry, an some of de sojers cry, too,
but Marse Will so proud he could scarce
ly see. Dey marched off. playin Dix
les Ian" an DE Gal Lief Benin Me-
Marse Will tol Miss V'leria dat Marse
Tom Curtis done jined de Linkum men,
an dey want frien's no more. an ole
marster say he nebber want ter see him
agen, an dat Miss V'Ieria shant ,-:te to
MN, but She wore mars
lid scotch erol 4
ell. lie wah Went on. itii de gol an
+ money got sca'ce, all we didn't hab
no sugar nor caufee nor baker. cept
homemade, nor store close. Even Miss
V'Aafia, she wear homespun dress like
deRarkies. We hardly ebber heerd frum
Marse WILL an ole marster he git jess as
gray an stoop shouldered. He say he.
nebber 'spect ter see Marse Will agen.
Bimeby we heerd Genul Sherman was
{ jess a-makin for Atlanty, burnin bridges
an 'stroyin railroads all along. Some
our loves down niggers said dey was
gwine ter run away an jine de army
when dey got ter Atlanty. When de.
Linkum men did git dar, dey 'stroyed
things auful It was mighty purt:
town whes Issyys rnarcinedd In. but it LOOK
lack a yearthquake struck it'fore dey.
lef'. sss Il.
Ole marster knowed dey was comm ont.
to his plantation, an SO he cladedto bury
all his money an watcher an jewelry
where dey couldn't find 'em. So he put