The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-04-26
UNCLE DICkEY ROSS.
/. yoted Citizen Of KOscills-
10 i'm the Long Ago.
urs IDEAS OF USEFULNESS
HOW a Young Lover Lost an
Heiress by whiting.
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MIR. Ross, or Uncle Dickey, as
he was almost universally called,
md which he seemed to appreci-
,te as token of respect, was new
sr afflicted with gout caused by
high living; he always kept plenty
Of what is called the substantials
q life; the only thing that was at
tracting to his boarders was the
regularity and the abundance OF
fat meat and collards, which was
changed often enough to keep you
on.the lookout for something more
appetising, with desire to see
and enjoy the changes when they
came.
Uncle Dick had on his farm a
bell that he purchased and placed
there to call his negroes from their
beds at 4 o'clock in the morning,
andannounce to them at 6 to repair
to their daily labor AT noon it
called them to dinner, and after
dinner they were directed by it to
return to their work; they were
again called at the close of the
dav from their labor to their re-
spective houses for rest and sleep.
This was the daily calling and bus
mess Of the bell for a number of
years.
After Mr.. Ross had completed
his hotel, and had fully entered
upon his new enterprise, he found
that a bell larger than cow bell
used by hand, was necessary to
call his guests, and remind them
that it was time for refreshments.
AT that time the making of bells
Tor churches, hotels, and other
public uses, were not SO compel
ing as now, and bells were much
more costly. So Uncle Dick
changed the Office duty of the bell
above described, brought it to his
hotel in Kosclusko, and placed il
in the fork of a china tree near the
East end of the house, and with
rope attached, it became the ho-
tel signal, and was used to call the
hungry to their meals. This bell
had other duties to perform beside
that of reminding the eater where
he could find something to eat.
We did not then have livery sta
bleS as now, but there was con-
nected with the hotel lot and
stables for the accommodation OF
The horses of the travelling public.
50 this bell was used to call the
land lord and the hostler by sig
nails or taps arranged and under
stood by each as they were wanted;
and often have / heard the taps
mat called Uncle Dickey, and saw
MN with haste going to the call,
Inns was the daily business of the
Dell and practice of Uncle Dickey
until about January, 1916, when he
SOFA the hotel and adjacent lots to
Mr. Lewis Presley, and moved
Gut to his farm and residence,
shlch embraced the house and
lana now occupied by Mr.. Pete
DALEY, where he died in 1847.
mr.. Ross, SO far as | was able to
luaSe, was christian; was a man
VINO realized the presence and help
u uod in all his laudible under
aklngs; he recognized the handi-
WORK OF God in all the wisdom and
.s ueauty OF nature, and thought it
= shameful n, and unbecoming in an
na,elligent being to waste time in
.uieness, and much worse to destroy
anything in wasteful idleness.
:, 40 illustrate the idea he had of
w ule duty of man, | will relate
~ incident not SO much for the
y purpose Of showing his idea Of the
alue OF time and material, but to
A'press the reader with the i'm
~ pui'ance of the lesson it contains,
WILL; snlch was given personally to this
"l..er. AT the time about which /
'''e there was quite craze in