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

Now set still, chillen, an don't make
- fuss, an I'll throw my head togedder an
tell yer bout yer gran'pa hidin his num-
ey an watches an juelry duren de wah,
when de Federuls 'stroyed Atlanty. Ole
,narster ibbed in Georgy, erbout five
miles frum Atlanty, on de Chattahoochee
ribber. l jess wish you could sec dat
plantation! Yer gran'pa Hooper want
- no POI white trash, wild tree or four Mig
gers an few bobtailed ponies. No, sahl
he had SO many niggers he didn't know
some OBJ 'em when he met 'em in de road.
nebber see SIGH places as his here in
.Alabamy. SIGH a big house, wild up
stars, an chimbleys built out Of de put
test white rock, an hall big enuff 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 lit
tie crick called Peachtree crick, an when
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, l think. You
chillens goes ter skule; ken yer tell me
what dat name means? Yer CANT!
Well, who glib it dat name? Ogleforpe!
Eleggsander H. Stevens? Fore graciousl
You's de ignoruntest chillen! Why, de
Lnjuns named it, an ulster know what
it stood fer, but 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, !
,nean-was all pow'ful fire lookin folks.
Yer Uncle Will was eddycated in Mas
sychusetts 'me1nbrrs we'll dc fust
time he KEN home from skule up dar
He brung his ''chun." dis he call him.
back to CaolSy to spend de- valuations
wild him. Marse Tom Culti;; was a
tall, prefer loo.:in Young man. an ole
.narsscr I'LL Hiss Sally lack him pow ful
well den. why. That's pHp;ss name:
was it him, Uncle Peter" Now. Is yer
all 'ruptH lac c:iy1nore III JESS silet my
mOuf right Up: il co;.sr it was yer pa.
but he want yer lrl den NIirse Tom
an Miss Iberia tack ter each Older
right away, all he look at Hiss Nleria
lack she good enuT ter eat Dey staid
home till about cotton ,ic,zin time, an
den dcy hab ter go back to Massychu
setts.
Fore Nlarse Tom goes he Glib Miss
N'lerii G wing, Whit he said been in his
family yeers out q mine; say it crosst
de ocean on u Mayhower thought it
was onery loolsin. but Miss V'leria
nebber tuck dat ring Off 10 more till she
see Marse Tom, cause he put it on wild a
wish. Dey went off ter skule agcn, an
ole marster he kept maxim more cotton
an buyin more niggers till he was dc
richest man Ground Atlanty. De las
year Marse Will Hooper was 1T sEule ole
1narster gun to look mighty 'sturbed an
serus. think mebbe Marse Will done
tuck ter drunken or gambler, but my gal
Phyllis, what waits on dc table, she say
dat ole marster said dar Was gwine to be
awah, 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 6ghtin at
Foat Sumter, an den de wah gun sho'
enuf. 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 enutf! Miss Vleria she give
'em big flag an made speech. dis
tremendous now dc mos she said. but /
hurd her say dat man was cowyerd dat
wouldn't dare to fight for SIGH LAM
She cry, an some of de sojers cry, tov.
but Marse viii so proud he could scarce
ly see. Dey marched off, playin Dix
les Ian" al De Gal | Lef Benin Me-"
Marse Will toll Miss V'leria dat Marse
Tom Curtis done jined de Linkum men,
an ley want frien's no more. an ole
marster say he nchEcr want ter see him
agen, IN dat Miss 'icria sI:"nr lite to
MN, but she wore mars
did scotch erol
ell. lie wah Went Oh. ;;n t.o gol an
money got SCH ce. an we didn't hab
no sugar nor caufee nor 'bakker. 'cept
homemade, nor store close Even Miss
V'lea'ia. she wear homespun dress like
de Sdarl1ies We hardly ebber heerd frum
Niarse Will, an ole marster he git jess as
gray an stop shouldered. He say he
nebber 'spect ter see Marse VIII agen.
Bimeby we heerd Genul Sherman was
jess a-lnalin 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 4 mighty p,1r*t::'
town vhe: ieJ tnarciled in. but it looA
lack a yearthquake struck it fore dey
lef'.
Ole marster knowed dey was comm out
to his plantation, an so he 'claded to bury
all his money an watches an jewelry
where dey couldn't find 'em. So he put