The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-03-01

virtues and trnitA Ne Win Sssxivr an
enemy or an injury. hut he never for
gets friend. A. : eitasen Of EcosgiA
and Of the town Of CartersviTle, Ga,
have my whits peiehboss nnd my col
ored neighbour. In sgcia1 refafiurs and
all social why's I win chOuse my white
ncighbcr as n matter Of preference.
But when IL comes to other features in
life find tho brother in black comes in
as great factor in our home life He
makes good hostlcr, he makes good
gardener, he makes good blacksmith,
he makes u good field hand. His wife
is one of the best and most faithful
cooks. Her affection for the wife of
the home and the children of tho home
and her thousand little manifestations
of II IRE as charming as q fairy tale.
There Is no kindness in their power
which they will not show You.
However much thought and care and
trouble the brother in black may be
giving others. | welcome his presence
and ask that he remain among us, for
he Is endeared to me by hundred ties
ms sacred to my heart and memory as
the relics and heirlooms Of my fathers
home.
Old Uncle Levi, the man servant ut
my home, has been with me perhaps
more than dozen years. We can in
trust all things to his keeping. Honest,
faithful. true. II would seem like the
loss of one of our family were he to
die or leave our home. He calls IL his
home. 1t Is his home as long as he
shall live. Perhaps nearly 70 years OF
age now, he knows ii not. but labors on.
My boy Bob, who loves ban 10 and loves
the good old man, was out in the kitchen
few nights ago playing on his banjo
My wife walked out 10 the kitchen door
and looked in. Directly she came back
splitting her sides laughing. What
do you reckon. husband?' she said
What do you suppose / saw few min
utes ngo, husband?' soid: What
is it that ticltles You 500" why" she
said, Il stepped out to the kitchen
few moments ago, and Bob was sitting
in there, playing his banjo, and old
Uncle Levi was dancing a jig as grace
fully as you ever saw
asked Uncle Levi the next day.
Said |: "Unclc Lcvi, You are Il good
old deacon in your church, and they teal
me you were dancing Jig last night
in the kitchen while Bob was playing
his banjo"
"oh, sir" he said, ~ don't think the
Lord will punish me for having little
fun with the children"
ua nc "a Ill .:..-o
darkey who never can be eNccllcd in
devotion and fidelity To those whom
they serve.
might ndfne others on our place
that 1t would bring tears to us TO see
them go away. They belong to the
household. They have cndeured them
selves TO us all by their kindness and
| service.
Perhaps one-third of the population
of my town is composed Of colored peo-
pie. They are orderly, quiet people.
| don't believe there are better citizens
in any state in this union. as n class,
than the colored people Of my town
They nrc not all good Neither are the
white people all good, A good old
Yankee asked me some time ago X the
negro differed from the white nun in
his instinct l replied: No. He dir
fcrs mostly in his out-stincts. Some
one asked ME sometime ago did ] be
lievc the negroes would all steal.
told him no; didn't believe the white
| folks even, would nll steal,
like the brother in black and wish
him well. Some months ago there oc-
CARED at my home as touching an in
cIdent as belongs to my past. Wife and
| ! without conference with others de
cided to chnnge our home and move
to Marietta, Ga. The trade had been
contaminated for our home at Mnrict-
Ia. and when my neighbours foSpd it
out they gathered at my home one
night and protested with words OF
kindness, and many things they said
would not repeat With this delega-
ton O; white people came delegation
of colored people. The spokesman Of
the coIored people. when it came his
| turn. said:
'Brother Jones, will you hear us
niggers on the question of your moving
| from our town."
l replied: Il VIII hear you, sir, glad
ly."
"Well," he said, Brother Jones, we
niggcrs don't wantyou to leave Carriers
vile. You are gone most OF the time,
anyway, but we can't afford for you to
| take Miss Laura, your wife, out of this
town. She has been like an angel Of
mercy to us poor niggers when we were
sick or destitute. If you will 60 please
don't take her away. We all love you
and don't want you TO go. Remember
this fact in your home life, that you
/ have been away from home for more
than n dozen years nearly all the time.
You have left your wife and little
children here alone, and yet you know,
| Brother Jones, that not u thing on your
place hrs ever been touched and not
hair u your wife and children's
heads has been harmed. And we mig
gers would not only not harm or hurt
any one OF your loved ones. but we
| MOULD lia around ynnr frp~n M utpht