The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-12-24

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m dat 81 OK. Miss xNi run as az IN
tagS4-g Ette under poor old Grsaus ;
coat-ta!Ia. 80 teard Ms grandma VII
cali him In de big house Ny GANd.
chile. Granny amt got no t7ac Ia
take kser % her baby MArs'sf.
when ais Christmas day been over.
den | tank my % I'D IN hebbenf
old Gr~nn,.
old Granny Was a negro and -
slave. tat We loved her and she loved
u- W. we're de chile Her sh4n
was black. but her soul wA@ Waite
and her heart was as pure AS gold.
as true as steel. honest and faithful
more honest. more faithful and loving
than many OF whittier skins. who have
no whittier. truer hearts As far a. wr
knew. Granny Was never young. but
our grandmother said she was oun
in the long time ago. This was the
time when her mistress. our grand
mother. was young. too. n Grannys
name was Rachel
My grandmother was called Kitty.
and when her mother came To dtc. ,6 !
speech was wellnigh gone. she could
only a~rticulate with a motion irons
~ =. tia nFhnw XIV ana RMaha1 ~
Kitty and Rachel" This, her hus-
band we'll understood 10 mean hat
Rachel was to be given TO kitty. sal
20 il was. Rachel was given TO Kitty
and served her faithfully through all
the viCissitudes OF a long llfe TO the
up with her young mistress. and the
bon between them was very = bnE
In time Kitty grew into fair young
womanh 20. ard in those fair dsy3
gave her heart TO her tall. handsome
lover. gallant Of mien. straight as an
arrow. and with eyes OF al eagle
They were we'd. and went - a home
OF their own, and Rachel went with
them. Children were born to their
home of love and happiness and
was more than loNc.
Then came a time of gloom. War
was declared in 1872. and the tall.
handsome husband. in the glory OF
early manhood was called 10 defend
his state. 20, the days when women
weep" Gallant and brave. he rode
from his nome as adjutant at tn hos, !
OF his regiment. 4 few brief weeks
and he fell. a victim TO some camp
disorder, and the lone young wife
made a sad and weary journey on
horseback from the grave where her
hero was buried" to her stricken
home and her three fatherless little
girls. 1t was Rachel that comforted
her; told her that God would watch
over the widow and orphans. II wac
Rachel that worked for her, and loved
her and her three fatherless little
girls. And in the years OF hardship
hat followed. Rachel watched and
toiled with a cheerful heart TO keep
the widows handful OF meal from
wasting, and her cruise OF oil from
falling. And the one never failed. nor
did the other yer waste, And then
Kitty. the lonely widow. with Rachel
and the three little fatherless girls.
inherited a large fortune. and became
what her mother had been before-a
great LADY in the land
Our mother was one OF these little
girls. and she thought Rachel was
beautiful. Dear mother always
charmed those she loved into beauty.
The time came when our mother. IN
turn. gave her heart away TO her
young lover. who was az the sturdy
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courage born Of answering truth and
honesty. They. too. were wed and
had their own home. Children were
born TO them, and Rachel came, but
not before she mad followed her own
true mistress to her quiet grave. and
seen her laid 10 rest In a beautiful
grove in her own peaceful country
land
Rachel was row Granny by her
own request. to the three little chill
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were now 70 fill her heart From far
back in the dim perspective 10 our
babyhood. we can see Granny, never
young. always the same turbaned
head. the dear black face, that was
not beautiful, though we loved IL. her
active figure neatly clad In homespun,
her kerchief and her aprons. Granny
was the genius Of our Kitchen, and
no cooking has ever equaled Granny =
Granny had a funny crook in her
back or rather "a misery across her
middle. that enabled her TO close VI
on herself in the great big fireplace
like a clasp knife, and give the last
artistic pat to the corn "pone In the
low Dutch oven. a stir to the pot and
a glance to tie kettle. Those were
not the days Of stoves and ranges, bu'
the days OF big open fireplaces-the
bigger the betteT-th@ days or the
Dutch oven, the swinging crane tht
big hanging pot, the little standing
Is DOT on tiiItG JEE1, AiAf Ai4t HAte'AF'tf N'
cavernoUs brick oven. and other con
~trivanceS and inconvenience that
marked the time OF innocence and
youth.
Nothing ever failed under Granny
hands. Her wheat bread vas AWAY
sweet y light. her corn bread al
ways baked TO a rich nutty broHn, hei
birds always cooked TO q delicate
turn. her venison to the queens taste
she roasted a turkey better than any.
body else. her Irish potatoes, alwayi
meaIy and white, were our grand
mothers boast and prIde. No one evel
did make such hashss We can tast'
them low. The ricf brown crust anf
the hash never too dry 81 too moist
Shall we ever taste the Ike again
Never. no. never. H broiled steak
were never too well. BIT always quick
ly, done. Her steak smothered II
onions. the art learned from A French
man, Has q chef d'euvre And graci
Gus. the jellies and mince pies, tn
cakes and plum pu1fings, with "grea
Jumps Of fat as big as my ~
thumbs"
Oh, the Christmas times, when ~
kitchen vas full, and all were hurry
ing in hot haste. the beating ar
!. pounding and stirring and cooking
the raisins and currants cstror
the wines and spices and lemons ~
almonds and mince meat and rose
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