The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-01-31

mad Deen a sufferer from asthma of
late. He leaves two sons, both of that
village, Hugh Naumanu, merchant,
and G. Naumann, county superinten-
dent of schools.
GEORGIA LETTER.
The following spicy letter, intended
only for private perusal, is deemed
''too good to keep" It was written to
a Princeton friend by former resi-
dent, now dwelling among the pines
and pickaninnies of central Georgia.: "
My Dear Friend: I received your
nice letter few days ago and will con-
! fess that I had a design in sending that
holly, and as it came out all right
though it took time to develop, 1 feel
that it was fully worth the trip which
I took one very disagreeable day. -
We are enjoying very cold day this
warm, sunshiny day in January. It is
really cold: for Georgia. We have a
rousing, roaring fire of 'lightvod
knots" (lightwood), while the doors
stand wide open. The pickaninnies
come in to warm their ears 'wraupped"
in faded specimens of Sunday worn
garments. Just now one of, say, thir-
teen long, lazy summers is trying to
find one hand by means of the other
sleeveless one, the lost hand being sup
posedly somewhere in the plentiful
1sleeve of an ancient coat which once,
may be, graced the figure of a gentle
man planter, and still proves the am
pie breadth. of the first wearer's should
ers,, but now hangs so lovingly around
the little pickaninnY, pinned closely
with locust thorn. must tell you of
a typical courtship, all of which
heard with my own ears.
The 'postmistress, ''Mr. Jim's
wife" is without a>coolz, and as the cot
ton picking is done and there is a little
while of idleness before before the
'plow hands" will be in demand, Hen
rietta came to see if she could get the
position and thereby save rationing
herself till the busy season. So she
made due inquiries and "Mr. Jim's
wife" engaged her, after learning that
she was unmarried and had no, family
to tote rations to. Now a colored
''gemplem" named, as his quest for
mail divulged, John Wesley Allen
stood in thoughtful attitude by the
door, and said politely to Miss Henri
eta Morgan Xix, "Good evnin ma 'am''
time, P. M. Henrietta bowed Sc
dately and said: ''A'm vewy WE'LL
thank you, how'm you?''~ John Wesley
thought this good opening to inquire,
"Wha you f'm?'' Henrietta said,
''Houston county, John Wesley was
delighted. ''A'm FIN Houston county
mahse'f," he said. Miss Henrietta was
interested. '''Wha' pawt you live at?"
f''Ise FIN roun' bout Perry" he an
<swered. ''Yuh, ah' knows Perry; wha
I yuhIl lives at now?" Use movin' onto
Mister Clem's place. All thaht COIN
f(corn) yuh sees haulin' by longs tub
me. All reckon yuh'll be gettin'
'mahrried fo' yuh leaves Dooley?'': This
with great caution. '*Ah- dunno; All
reckon ah would,". said Henrietta, coy
/ y glancing from beneath the broad
rufles of a: homespun sunbonnet. At
this juncture had to look for some
ones mail and when looked again for
Henrietta I saw two figures arm in.
arm, walking down: the street and that
was the last saw of Henrietta '''Mrs.
JIM is still without cook. =. :
This season is very pleasant, though
the trees, except the. pines and water
oaks, are bare of =. leaves 4
forgot the holly, though. It is green
and bright, of course. tits the season
between the harvest and the planting
and the tough brown cotton stalks,
f'ripped1up" and plowed under ready
fields. The, .'tenants'' are s:hpnting;
homes for the year, and the robins
are coming to feast On gallberries till
time to venture north again L want to
go north too. love this country. but
the northsis home and for purely phys;
Eical welfare it appeals to me.
wish [ had time to paint. Every
thing is good ito study here-there is
SO little of the tinsel in the homes,
things are built SO slowly from the me-
icessities Of the people: and their sins
plicity alone is sufficient to make them