The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-07

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 V E lmM Mla IlnD DzI H1 nuau DiE Unite length that 1t would take hin
 from his family even to the end o
 time he talked to his family (his hon &amilyl with all the serieusness os tn
 solemn occasion.
 He had very little to leave them c
 earthly goods except good advi5e, an'
 quarter section of land apieco for q phtlAnthropist who sold him sticks witl
 which to pre-empt land. had. at last
 forwarded the land deed which war
 ranty was set out In this manner:
 state of Massachusetts, County o
 Blank'--Know all men, that as Mosel
 lifted up the serpent In the wiidernes
 even so have I lifted thas darned ols
 fool out of what money he had.''
 Uncle Jack cherished this "foe eiIn' rie. as . reminder of his patsrnal fsrs' \ thought and divided 1t equally among
 his weeping sons and daughters, en- | Jctning upon them that out Of the an
 npa. rents and profits his dear wife
 Ctndy. should Do amply provided for. He referred in touching language tt I the kind-hearted Northern chemist with
 the "1fagio unauent- and advised hI;
 sons that If he should ever come thell I way to pilot him, for the Lords sake
 to . camp of Ku-Kiux and pray them
 to do their very worst!
 He thought of the inspired man who beptized him and all his house, for q dollar apiece. and-fell Into profanity
 from which they inferred he was "oui of his head.s
 He recoliected how through the Are
 new zeal of enfranchised citizenship he
 hsd supplemented the nnfruitful efforts or the niggers beyond "Big Swamp
 and by voting "early and often.s had secured the ratification of the Consti-
 tution, and consoied himself with the rehection that he had done his full duty as Republican, and then inti- mating that he had had a vision.
 though 1t was something like looking
 through glass darl<Iy, and in the
 vision saw himself returning to earth,
 after his demise. to vote the Demo. cratic ticket in every election. and 1t
 looked like, in the future, he was to gain great renown as a rock ribbed'' Democrat remarking, Turn about Is fair play"
 Taking his mind off these things. his eyes filled with afEecfionate tears as he thought of .'Oie Masterr who was ly- ing in the old churchyard. in "the cold; cold grave" and he made the cabin voc cal with sobs and said Bury me there" and spoke no more.
 On the morrow. when the coming sun was beginning to paint the eastern horison with the golden calculations
 of the dawn,"--and the chickens were growing for day-"0od touched hin,
 with His finger and he slept"
 His children from the plantations near and far were notifed X and the elders of the church" were called in. when it was determined that the Wakes should be protracted and the funeral pageant should be imposing.
 Messengers. afoot and mounted, were sent througho out the community and into all adjoining neighborhoods, and long before the shadows began to fall the humble home was filIed and sur- rounded with the gathering clans-aiid tne nearby house wives double-loclked their fowl houses.
 The wake" was forecasted on an extended scaie-to begin at searIy candle lighting Monday night and continue. without interrnfsst6n until daylight Wednesday, morning. This necessitated relays and reiiefB of those "ghted in prayer" with exhortsrs in abundance aud hundreds of singers.
 4t was great enjoyment of relig- ion. and was, cheerfully accorded Uncle Jack, since ifo was . patriarch and the farst to sit down with Abraham In that land
 where the good niggers 90"
 The wake closed according to ap- potntment, as the day was breaking, unann0unced by ahy feathered herald for the last one in all the tcommufiity, like the Arab, he'd silently gone away, to pray devotion to the = Wake.
 The good ladies of the neighborhood chickens.
 The wake closed early in the morn ing for preparation of the funeral march to the grave, which was plar- ned toi exceed anything of the kind ever before attempted by the colored race. And the circumstances made it atting--this being the first burial in the vicinity, of a grown nigger since freedom come in."
 The whole country was taxed for ve. hicles. The one- provided for the "re- mains" was unique tn that 1t was al- most covered with the dags of the United States and Confederate States in peaceful intermingling. which was designed to let all know that the war was over with Uncle Jack. This im- provised hearse moved out first, fol- no one but Aunt Cindy that the "lone widder" might be known. She pre- ferred a ..steer wagon"--because she was used to 1t. To shelter her from the rays of the sun. a large umbrella with the legend, ''Hostetter's Stomach Bitters,'' was spread---and she held the handle between her knees to keep 1t | from falling. Then came a wagon with the home children and various and many with his children from the other l Then followed the relatives and friends of the family, numb ering several hundred; then came hundreds | and hundreds who were just simply l 'smonahs;" then rabble of young nig- | gers and dogs. Altogether, perhaps, 1000 were in the procession.
 At the very head of the procession | were six clergymen-two Baptist Bish- | ops, two Methodiat elders and two just i preachers-one Methodist, one | Baptist, They walked in solemn or- | der. Next to them were six men who | were selected for their distinction of | learning, sufficient to '1ine out" a | hymn. The mournful occasion could l not suppress their pride. There were a | hundred active pall-bearers. wearing long, broad white sashes--these divided | and walked on each side the road | There were two hundred honorary pall- bearers, who had sashes made of fiashy | red curtain calico, as the "store" only | had enough white goods to uniform the active pals Jesse, on an ass, full | panopied. was chief marshal, with | twelve assistants. and two order lies apiece. Jesse had q blowing horn | to sound the calls of forward" and halt"
 when. Jesse sounded "forward!" the | chorlster raised a tune, and song with | which all were familiar and the march | to the silent resting place of the dead | began While the choir was made m |