The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-07-13

Uncle Rernus and His Inim-
table Stories s-A Dutchman
Who Should Have Stayed at
Home President Roosevelt's
Surprising Acts Other Mat
ters.
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
1t is only one hour now until
train time and l wonder what
kind of a letter | can get up for
The Robesonian in that time;
but | am going to send some
thing-that is, if nothing occurs
to interrupt me, which is often
the case.
am tired just now, and a lit
tie worried, too. I have been
out through the hot field in search
of an old foolish turkey hen
that carries her little ones off and
will not bring them home to get
water. So | rambled around in
their usual haunts, and failing to
find them came to the house. In
a few minutes afterward she
made her appearance, strolling
along leisurely from another
direction. l guess the intense
heat warned her that she had
better make for the shade.
Yester d avs Con stitu ii n
brought the sad news Of the
death of ''Uncle Remus," our
inimitable Southern writer, who
8 has for years charmed the world
of children with his quaint folk
lore and his stories of Bre'r Fox
;. an Bre'r Rabbit. His imitation
=. of the old slave negro dialect
could not be surpassed, and
much doubt if it can be success
? fully reproduced by any Other
: person. When | was a child i
!, was my greatest delight to heal
:, these old queer tales related by {
T. certain colored woman nameC
l. Harriet, whose fund of stories
> seemed ineXhaustible, and man!
of them were Of the Uncle
Remus order, the wonderful feat
Of 'Bre'r Rabbit and Bre'r Fox
some of which | yet remembe
9 distinctly. On one occasion som
I years ago. l was spending som
] weeks in Florida, with relatives
. 1t was about the time whe
Uncle Remus and his anima
yarns began to attract wide
% spread attention. There Wer
1" many Northen people in the littl
= town in which | was visiting the
. winter, and some of their chi
dren were attending the hig
I'd school in the place. The schoC
commencement came off durin
~ my stay, and l attended the e2
w ercises. Among the recitation
> on the programme was one el
titled 'Bre'r Fox an Bre'r RAJ
bit," by Ralph Bingham. H
was a bright young boy, son of
Northern physician, and he
Y. caught on to the quaint dale
- in way that captivated the a
dience; so at the close of his I
citation the house shook wi
applause and a cry arose for
repetition, but he had acted We
- his part and declined to grant t
request.
i | never think of that Flori
trip that l do not recall, amol
ON other interesting sights, an c
an Yankee major, or rather an {
g Dutchman, who fought in Il
u Yankee army, and was hobblil
around with a cane, because
leg was full of Rebel bullets.
had seen so many of our oV
wan brave boys come from the W
hen with empty sleevs, and wour
are ed and manned in various wa.
hen but this was the first and or
wen Yankee | had seen in that &C
ton dition, and Pm afraid my sy
pathy was at a low ebb- especi
ly as he was a foreigner a
ought to have stayed at hol
n and attended to his own b.
w. mess.
By this time things are g
ting lively in Denver, and Bry
will soon know either victory
defeat. | think he has gre
- resolution to enter the tn
"A time the political arena. uI
Iva which he has heretofore n
only disaster.
e President Roosevelt occaiona
does surprising things which
calculated to counteract oth'
t which were unjust and section
The appointment Of an exc
federate soldier to a Cabi
AIS position was a graceful act,
nj was also the appointment
II NJ Stonewall Jackson's grandson
= a cadetship at West Point;
how about DR.. Crum as collec
of the port at Charleston?
If | have no locals to send in t
week and therefore nothing
interest to write. The Fou
l. q passed off quietly here, not e.
X { the report of a gun to celebr
the birthday of American In
pendence.
The Squire is on the sick
but | think is slowly improvi
II, The heat is getting too sew
for him, and he talks of &c
in search of his native bree
among the Virginia mounts
some time soon.
Mr.. T. K. McRae, a ma
Pres Robesonian, but now Of Wach
ier, Fla, who is visiting relatives
this section, called on us yes