The Gastonia
__ __ D,T"t*d to tl»o ProtMitloo ot lion, and tho latmotu •* tb County.
Vol. XIX. j Gaatonia, X, C„ August 11, 1808.
MAJOR JONES TRAVELS
FIFTY YEARS AGO.
By Major Joseph Jones of Georgia.
FliBrACK.
Raider, do you feel like awloe on a
jurny to tba north? If jroa do, Jret
take a Mat with me. and XU) curry you
from Pluevillc to tjoaheck, and back
agio la a little or >10 lima. I don't
know as I can odor qulta itch iudueo
raeets to travclurs aa is offuivd by nemo
of the pop’lar writer* of the day, but if
I can't promise you slch elegant style
nor slch iuetruetlvo and entertainin'
gossip by tin* way, I cun carry yon
over the route hi cheap ns moat of 'em,
and with as little danger to your ram
at*.
We will travel In thwmlMili. rale
rode*, stagt-coachea, and caual-boaU,
over rivers, lakes and mountains. We
will visit elite*, towns, and country,
and tee every kind ol scenery, and
make the acquaintance of *11 torts of
people; but if Ibo trip should prove
dull and unioteresUn' to yon, you c*n
sleep over toe long stretches, and If
you should fit completely out of p*
tieooe with your anther, vou can atop
on the way snd git aboard of ilic next
book that cums along.
But In so her y earnest this little
sketch of my perry urinations among
the biff cities of the Northern States
was lit with no higher ulm than to
amuse the Idle hours of my friends,
and If It fails to do that, it’s a spilt
job. If I bad made a bigger book, I'd
tuck up too much of the reader's time
with alch unprofitable nooseoee, nod
the strait)soket imposed on me by the
limits of my volume wade It difficult
for me to accomplish what I sot out to
do. To git over so much ground nvsn
by the shortest route I could And tuck
u good deal of room, nod if I stopped
to Introduce a Incident or describe a
interestin’ aotue now and than l found
my letters gettin’ so long that ay
book wouldn't hold ’em.
1 don’t want to be understood,
though, as makln’ a apology for my
book— Dot by no mean*. 8lch as it is,
I’m reaponslble for It. But with this
brief explanation, them whaf waste
Hie time to read what I bare rit about
my travule will understand why these
pnges slot no more deservin’ the com
pliment they thus pay to
Ther freed til Uetb,
Jos. Jonjcv
LETTEli I.
I’ineviu.e, Oco., May x
To Mr. Thnmpsou — Dear Sir: I
have almost, g'n up wrlliu iulirely.
sense you quit editiu the Southern
Miscellany; but a'poee I'm llko other
people what’i got thr kakoethil skrib
audy, a* they mill It. and never will
gll completely cured of it am long aa I
live. Mr. Mountgomory ana It depends
a grate deal how people take it, wheth
er they ever git over It or not; aura
times, lie act. when they oatch It at
school they git cured of it. when it
comes out by a few doses of Judialuu
kilttclsm. Hut he aes he thinks It's a
ooultttoollonal disease with toe. and I
beter lest let It lake lti courts.
Well, eeose ray book* lias been print
Ml and ao many thousand coplea ot It
bas beau sold all over the uooolry, I’ve
(•It a monwtroua ourUuity to see a lit
tle wore Of the world and the people In
It, than what a body can see out here
Id kite piny-woodi; and as tbo crap Is
pretty well laid by now, and tbiog* Is
oousldsrebit saay with roe, I’ve made
up ray ralod to make a tower of travel
to the big North this aummor, Jest for
greens, si ws isy In Oeorgla, when we
hain’t got no very pertiokelrr reuaon
for any thing, or hilu'l got time to
tell tbe real one. I’m gwine to take
Mary and little llenry Clay (who’s a
matin amurt lillli rellor now, I ©an
tell you.) and go In Now York, and
ptlsdelfy, aod Washington City, and
Baltimore, sod Do*ton, aod all about
ym/'. and spend tbe summer until
piokln’ Udd nockln round In them big
^ties, mong tltscn pweple what’* mi
monatroui smart nod religious aod re
gnsd, and seo If I can’t pick np sums
tgees what’ll bi worth remembertn.
I've g»l s llrmt-rata overseer to take
clkr* of the plantation, and ev»vy
thlog's lUsd for the trip. Mary’s
tickled to deth at llie Idea of seeiu New
York, sod getlln a new bonnet rite
from the French milliner: and the
nHe Is all gwlnu to send for new
frock* to be mads In the vary ne wsst
(ilUin.
Old Ml** HUIUns, who yoa know te
nae of the ecoco<nl«UI»t old women
Jvatefee lived, limln’t got much no
tion of no mioh dolns. Hhe am iu ell
down-rite nonsense to spend eo tuiioli
rn00tj Jest for nott Ing, hut to traysl
«wnf OO amoug people whet we don’t
anew nothin about, and maybe won’t
"Tver mo agin If we was to II vs to Us
” old as Metbiualum. The f*ot 1s tbs
‘,j woman hatu't got no notion of
them Northern people no how. Kver
lluse that feller Crotehett tried to git
Zani her for one of her daughters, she
mii’t boor thn name of Ibe North’, and
fit talk to her about water privileges.
.d it outs her in a peaslou In a luinlt,
uh« me. Lord knows she wouldn’t glvu
ihrlppoooe to see all the bomlnahle
v«o«<m !" the world, sod aa for aeeln
** eoantry, the so* tiler’s as many Hoe
Captations, and baudsom towns, sa
P * T mg mountains sod rivers, sod
.tusnv catsrscks and salfsrsprings
. ItMwgia as she wants to see, 'tlvout
ULinesway off o« (be sea to git ship
maybe, or blowsd up by somo
^Miiettn steamboat boating Its bller.
e (be ass, It’s no wonder tlie
ifotkero people la always compluloing
fUnt hard times, when they go to the
awry summer a .d spend alt
^^rwmey 'o travMta and byl« Oner
£ -SloortberT. glgaosatwe of one
!*^,d another What they mongl.t last as
<2UW.t«. snow rsaennabbi
*7|t. kbe sea Umt belt.’ aa I’m a
Uttws»V t ought to see anme
"Tggjor Joosa’ Omrtohlp.
tiring of the world, nnd ua it's mon
strous trouhleauma to travel with chil
dren. we better go now, when we
hain't got but one. She ses it’d fasb
ionahle to go ui the North, aud she
don't »eo why I liain't got na good a
right to ba like other folks as sura peo
ple Mm knows, what goes tn the Asrry
Cogy Springs every year when they
cau’t hardl) make out to live at home.
All aha don’t Ilka about it it takin’
little Henry ao far from homo. She
see If he was to git elok at the North
Ultra she couldn’t he thar to nurse him,
nod Lord only kuows whet would
ooa>e of Hie child. Hat she's bundled
up a whole Iteap of things to mike
verb ua for the baby when It gits sick,
sad told Mary all how to do, and
I’rilav’s out* of tho host nureee In the
world; so there uln’t do fear about
tbst. I ord knows, she tea. old misses
needn't trouble herself ’bout Utile
Masaa Harry, (or abe nuaaed lilsi
Mary through all her croopa aud mea
sles and hooplu-cougbs. nod all mm
ner of niliTiei.U, and she reckons she
ought to know how to lake care uf lick
children hy this time. I never did aee
<dch a brood nigger before In all toy
life as aba Is 'bout gwlue to tbe North.
The galls has been tuskin' torn* new
frooks fur her, and Mary ee* she really
(lope believe tbe creet*r’s head is
lurued, for she can't stand still lung
euutt to try them on. fibs don’t think
of nothing else but eerryln’ her little
Mania Rsny 'bout New York to look
at the scorn, and she's promised every
nigger on the plantation to bring ’o:a
sum thing from the North. Ned wants
to go, too, bnt 1 don’t think it's hard
ly worth while to lake him aloug for
all the use he'd be Vo us, and theo It
would add to the expense.
We're all in a tutus uow geltio'
ready for the journey, and slcb other
Qxui’ nnd packin’ you never did ese.
I do believe old Miss Hlalllos and
mother has ponknd up ’bout sevon
trunks full of plunder nf one kind and
another, and the more we tell 'em that
lhar ain’t no use In takln'si much,
tbe mure they say we don’t know any
thing about It, Do you think old
Miss Stallion haln’t put in a heap of
quills and pillar cases ! And 1 do be
lieve If wo had a trunk big nniifT to
hold ’em. sba’d make us carry a feather
bed or two. She sea people never does
know what they want till they Und
t.hemselvoK without it, and the best
way is always to he on the safe side.
She tried her best this morning to git
Mary to lot her pul In ’bout 30 pounds
of country soap. She ses aha don’t
care how cheap it Is at the North; aim
knows there ain't no better In tbe
world lhau her own mans; and she
don't mm any sense in people gsrtnn
and spend In ther money for thing*
wliat llwy’ve got nt homo. She's a
monstrous clever old woman, and 1
try to humor her all I esu in her no
tions, but I can't BAod the soap.
Wu expect to start day after to-mor
row, If nothing don’t turn Dp to pre
vent nud ir you think my letters la
worth the postage I’ll give you my Im
premiona of mettera and thing* now
»od then, whenever I meet anybody
lu my travels worth noticin'.
(lopin’ you will be alive and able to
keep off the muskeeters when I com
back this tall, I most bid you good-by
for tbe present. So no more from,
Your Irlend till detfc. Job. Joxek.
Li&l i JElt II.
PtWKvn.1.*. Georgia. May 10
To Mr. Thompson: Deer 81 r—Tills
ta R world Of disappointment, shore
enuff. All ray plans Is hasted up, sad
1 don't know if any thing ever set me
back mu oh worse before. You know
1 had evry thing Used for n journey to
tlie North this summer, with my ftoaly
Well, last nlte, bein as we was gwtne
to start the next morale, we had a lit
tle sort of a sociable party at onr house
jest by way of maklu one job of blddiu
good by to the naboors. ’Mong Die
rest of 'em old Mr. Mounlgontery cam*
to see us and wish oa good luck on our
journey.
Mary and all of ’em was in mon
strous flurryment, mud had little Harry
sli dressed out to his new clothes, to
let Die nabours see how pretty be
looked before he went away. Old Mr.
Monolgomery’s moostroue fond of
children, and always makes a heap of
UtUe Harry, os use he’s so smart; and
the old man tuek bins up on his kwa
sod ax’d hint whose sou he was, and
bow old be waa, and a hasp of other
things whit the litter feller didn't
know nothing about.
“Don’t you think It’ll Improve Ills
lieltb to Uke him to the North V' ses
Mary to blm.
he: “no doubt It'll be
a groat deal of aarvtoe to tbo little fol
iar, but hnl be a momtroua alte of
trouble to you on the road, Mra. .lone*.
“Y«* [** aae U*y “but l’rltey’* o
very careful nun.-, „ml *|M»* de
voted to Mra that *ho won’t hardly lal
mo touch him.”
“O. yea t” see the man; “if you
could Jet take Frlaay ’long with you.
then you’d do very well. Jtat there’*
it yon i*e—”
"What ?" *ea Mary; “yon don’t
think I vu gwtne to tbo North with
out a lervant, did you, Mr. Mount
gomery ?”
“The old man laughed rite out. “n*
ha, hal” *ae he: “taint poeeiMn yon ts
gwlDe to take )M**y wltb you to New
York, l« Itr Why. Major,” eea lie to
me, “hunt you got oo better senee
than to think of taking slob a valuable
nigger a* Uiat with you, to have her
full la to the band* of them Infomal
abllitloelst* r”
“The mtocMef take Uio abolltloulate
»• I; "I reoaon they balnt gut nothing
to do with nooe of ray niggers ”
The old man shook lira aabee out of
Id* ripe, and laughed like lie would
■pits tils atdta.
” Why Mm* ynr mwl, Major,’ w*» Ira,
“yon couldn’t keep lior from '•in a day
After you got to Now York. No, no!”
•na he : “nut slch a llknly gall aa that.
They’d hare h«r out of yar Hand!
qulrker’u you could say Jack Robin
•on.”
ItlMy’a eyes looked Ilka ttuen, and
Mary. and mother, anil all of ’em
•Cored Ilka tbey didn't know what to
any.
“Why, Msmh flummery !” am Pria
■y, “urn wouldn’t trouble me If 1 wae
long-a' Masaa .loo, would dey V”
“To be aure tbey would, nigger I”
•«• Mr. Mountgomery; “they’d taka
you whether you waa wlllln or not, lu
lu spile of yer Maiaa Jo», ur anybody
eiae.”
"Dul,” aea Mary, "l’rlaay wouldn't
leuye us nn uo account—the knows sa
well as nnybody wheo ilia’s well treated
uod 1’msnresbe couldn't l» better
taken cure of do wliar In tho world.’’
“That don’t make no manner of dl0
erenor,” sea the old man. “They
wouldn’t ax Iwr nothing about It. The
fust thing you’d know she’d bo gone,
uud then you mougbt ns well look for
u nscdUi In liaysUot, as Cry to Ond a
nigger 111 New York."
Then he took n paper out of bla
pookrt and red what a gentleman hsd
h1i nigger luck from him. soloswbar
In Provldeiioe, ami carried right off
and pot lo jail.
"Kl.” met Pilisy, lookin' like she
was half soared out of her nsnaee, “dcu
I ain't gwlne to no New York, for dem
plson old bobolltloolsla for ootell Bn."
'•Hut ain’t thsr no law for nigger
stnalln’ at the North ?” said old Mias
StalUns.
lav . iei Mr. Montgomery, "IiIm
you. no I They've sold all their nig
gora lour ago. nod got tbo .oonoy for
Vm— »o the law don't care whom nig
grra they itml."
Mary »ot and looked rite In tbe fire
for about a minlt. without Bayin' a
word. I leat u» liow it waa. It wan’t
no use for mr to think of her goln’
with mr. ’tbout Prissy to toko cure of
the bahy; and after wliat Mr. Mount
gu tarry had sea to Uer, I mought jeat
aa well try to git her slick her head In
the Ore as to go New York. I nevar
thought of them bomlusble abolition
ists before, and I never was so ouda
cloiuly put ont with ’am. It was
enough to make a man wbat wasn’t
principled agin swearln1 cuss Ilka a
trooper. Jost to think—everything
reddy to start and then to have the
whole btsneaa nucknd rite in the head
by them devils.”
•‘Well, ” sea Mary, “thar’s au eeod
to uiy Juroer to the North. I couldn ’t
think of gwtue a atep without Prlsay
to take care of tbo child; and sposr I
was to git sick, toe, way off ’mong
strangers—wliut would I do without
Prlasy ?”
‘‘Oh, U wouldn’t uever da in the
world,” set old Mis* Staliins.
“Hut” sm Mr. Mountgomeiy, “you
could git plenty of servants at North
when yju git thnr.”
“Whet I” set Mury; trust my child
with one of them good-far-nuthln* free
niggers ? Xo, iodeed i I wouldn’t
have one of them about me, not for no
oonaiderushun. t never did see one of
them what had any brtvdlu, ’ und
they're all too plagy triflin to take care
of themselves, let aloae doin' anything
else.”
“No : hot,” tea the old man,
“they’ve got plenty of white servants
at tbe Nurtn, what you can hire for
little or nothing.”
‘‘(foodness gracious !” sea old Miss
Staliins; “white servants I Well. V1m
Isird know* I wouldn’t have none of
'em about me.”
“Nor. roe, nellbet.” sot Mary. ”It
may do well enuff for people what
don’t know the difference between nig
gers and white folks; hut I could never
bear to see a white gal toutin’ roy child
about, and waitin’ on me like a nigger.
It would hurt ray conscience to koop
anybody ’bout me In that condition
who waa its white and us good aa me.”
‘‘Thai's right, ray child.” set old
Mist StaJliua; ”hn Cbristlnu Itdy could
do no such l tbh'g, I don’t care who
Utey U.”
... 1 jnowea the jig mm tip, and I waa
llk« tbo boy what the naif run over—I
didn’t have a word to aay.
■•But,” am Mr. Mountgomery,
"they’re brvng up to It.”
.. "”•'*1" M«». “the more «tn to
tbem thUt bring* ’em op to be aorvante
A servant to be any aooouat na a ser
vant, u got to hare a different kind of
•Plrlt from oilier people; and anybody
wbat would make a Digger of • white
Child because It was pore, haln’t got
uo Christian principle lo ’om.”
“But," see Mr. Moontgomerr, “you
know, Mr*. Junee, when you’ro la
Roma yoa must do ea Dome does. If
the Northern people ebooea to make
niggers gentlemen, sod their own
ehlldren servants, yoo can’t help that,
you know.”
“Yee; bot,”»c» Mury, “nigger* la
nigger*, and white folk* I* whit* folke,
and 1 could not bear to mo either of
’em outoftber proper plaoea. 80, If
1’re got to hare white aerranu to watt
on me, or atay at home, I’ll never go
out nf old Quorgla aa long at 1 llvu:
Uiut’a wbat I won’t.’’
•Then, Mary,”aaa t, “Inour journey
1 to he buslad up, aliore enuff ?”
“Oh, no. Joseph; jroa can go, and
I’D eley borne with mother. Maybe I
won’t have many more aura mere to be
with her. aud tTd feel very bad after,
ward* to think 1 neglected her when
•he area with ua."
The old woman put her arms around
Mary’* neck and squeezed her till Hie
«««rs come Into tier eyee.
"My sweet, good daughter.” sss site;
“Ideas vour dear hart, you always waa
so kind to your pore old mother. ’’
That made Msry cry a little, .nd lit
tin Harry, tbtnktn' someth lug was the
matter, sot op a squall, too. till his
mother tuck him aud talked to him a
bit, and tlrna 1‘ilssy come and curried
him In toth*r room.
I didn’t know what to do. I always
hate terribly to be banked out of aoy
tblog wbat I’ve tot my mind on; but
tn go to the North without Lukin’
Mary along waa something I didn’t
like ti think about. Bet thee, after
*Jt my ‘rangement* was made, and I’d
ahuok Imnd* and Ud good-by te 'non
overyyody In PlneYllie, It eras too
bomlnabln bad U he dtaappnlnted
| tbataway. Unt after awhile l Uld
Mary I’d atay homo and go aotnr
otJuu- lima.
“No, uo, Joacpti," am aba; "I know
you want to go, and j want to have
you go. 'caoae It’d do too good to ate
the Norte and git acquainted with tba
worM. Wboii little Harry glta big
onulT no lie can take care nl hlmMelf,
then w« can Uko * Journey toget’iw
together In epltu of ttm old nholltlon
lata, and then you’ll know all about
Hie country, and It’ll be a great deal
lilaaranter for sa all."
"That’a a faot; Mra. Jooaa if right,
Mjder.’* mm Mr. Mouiitgoroery.
“You'd hart (or leave your family at
homo Clila Uroo. You won’t ba gone
mom’n n month nr Ho, and I reckon
Mr*. Jonea ain’t afraid tolruatyou
that long ’mong the Yooky gulla."
Mary bluahod terrible.
’’Hut.” am I_
“Ob, you ain’t’(raid of bar raanin*
off wllli anybody ’fore you git back, la
you ?” aea he. Then the old feller
laughed like lie would die,
“Ain’t you ’aharoed, Mr. Mourit
guuery, to tulk that a-wayr’ aea
“You needn't be ’fiald of tear,
hroUicr Joe," aea Haler Oatllnei “for
me and Kltxy’ll wet oh liar monatroua
cloae whilo your’a gone."
“Soaw," eta I: “you can’t make me
J catena."
Nur me, nr:liter.” ms Mary.
Tltett old Mr Mouotgomery laughed
till be knocked the die oat of Ills pi pan I i
over litmsrir, and Uist not tbe galls and
all of 'em to laughin' worse than ever.
Hut 1 tell >oo what. Mr. Tltompoon
(and you're a nouirled man end will
olieve wliat I aay.) | didn’t feel much
like laughin' mynolf. 1 never did Ilka
this Yaulty way of married people Hvlu
all ovet ciealion without seeln' one on
other meie’n once In a coon's age, aud
tlie idee of gwine off unit leavin’ Mary,
for a whole month, tuck all the rtnkles
out of mv faoe whenever i tried to
laugh. But the dlflicolty woe, I
couldn’t help tnyoclf. If I staid home.
I couldn’t be contented about it, and
all the fellers woold be right' rae.’oauee
1 couldn’t leave my wife long enough
to go to the Xorth. So l made up oiy
mind to go anyhow, aud moke lbs best
I coaid ot it.
Bimeby old Mr. Uuuntgomcry Mowed
It was time to be gwine borne; oo ho
hid ns good-by. aod promised to come
and see me off to morrow morn In ’
After the old inau was gone ve all
sot 'round the Ore ami talked ilia thing
over in n family way. Mary looked
monstrous serious, hut she baa got too
oincli good sense to make a fuse 'boat
siok things. Hbe sts i must rite to her
eyery day, and I must he very cureful
and not git ahtpracked or blowed up In
any of the Rteambolca oi rsil-rodcs and
I mutt take cars uud uot ketch uu
colds by txpoain in the cold weather at
the north, whar people, she see, dies
off with consumption like sheep d<w*
will! tlie distemper.
All our trunk* bm got to be over
hauled and my things pot by them
stive*. so l can't start til to-morrow
mornin. I'm gwine as far m Augusty
In my cur i luge, and then lake the
rall-rode to Cbariston. if no other
brilllerment don’t turn up to prevent,
you thull hear from me on my Travels
pretty soon. So no more from
Your frend. 111 detb.
Jos. Joke*.
T. H. Triasy’a raised a perfect
psclck ’mong the niggers on the plan
tation 'bout the abolitionist*, Porn
c rector. her hart’s almost broke cause
■lio oau’t go north with her misses and
little moos* Harry; and I do believe
alie'a fraid of the abolitionists sa the is
of the very old Nlok himself. You
ought to bear some of the niggers’ de
scription of ’em. When Prissy told
old Ned what Mr. ttountgoaury ted—
bow they carried off all the niggers
they onuld ketch, and put ’em In Jail so
the couldn't never go hack to ther
while folks, see lie to her—“Kl, gall,
youna noted die nig*Or nulllo boat
dem aattlr; cut ’em me bear ole masts
tell bout ’em. '12m got horns like
bllly-gote, and big red eye* like bull ob
Are; and ’em got grate, long toikit tall
like sea-serpent, an je* kltch up pore
nigger, same like me book ’em trout.
Ugh. ohlle, dey wutscr’n oollery-mor
bur.”
LETTKB IU.
A uotTSTY, Ooorgia, May 1$.
To Mr. Thompson: Dmt Sir—This
far 1 have travailed In the bowels of
the land without noy dlfllknlty, as Mr.
Shakospeer ms; but wtwither i>D gp|„,
to git safe to my jomy'e read, or lied
torselr like Jony in the bowels of a
whale’s belly before I Bit boron agin,
la a bUneaa what open* a One Held for
speokelatlon, aa the oottun byeraaee.
Bat that's neither here nor tliar. I
•ot down to loll yoa 'bout ray Jurny to
tliLa city. Well, lbl« roornlo nil lbs
[arolly waa up befora U>o oraok or day
getting teddy for roe to atari. Bvry
thlnff wa* rerldy throe or four dsya
ago, but it aearoed like neural Uie
tlmo cows to atari, tbs more ther waa
to do. .Tbar was old Mias Stallioa In
the kitchen raleln a hurryoaoa nmong
the nigger* ’bout gettlo breoktuet for
nn— the nlgffhrs we* all cm*y 'bout
my gwtne away—Nad wna ralrln and
pitch In ’bout the lot oaaae one of Um
IIMIn tuggers let the horaea git out of
tho atuble—some of tbe liar u eta waa
lent—old Simon bad tuek lha tarbuok
«t off with Men, no ther wasn’t no way
to grouse tho o»rrlge— I’rlney upsol the
tsa-kittlo, gittln some witter for me to
sheas—Penny tripped op and split all
tlte bteklta In the yatd— tbe galls was
looking for the kte of lay truck, what
couldn't be found no wh«r-lutl# Har
ry was sqaaila IU* bUm* caoso be
coultlnt barnoti bio new hat and eot<
and go with me In the earrige-atid In
llw middle of t)*e rysrhittln rumpus.
I like to cut my nose off with ths
mr*r !
Ulaoeby though, thine* all settled
down into a pretty considerable calm
Ned notch the horeee—the. harnem
was twang home—tbe wheels was
i grsaaed-the kco was found rile whtt
Mery had put It herself—little Hern
stopped cry In-my nose stopped Weed
1C. and bteckfu.t we* sot but, after
Ml, ther waea’t one oouVI eat a mouth
fnl. spite of all the 'awsdtC ntd MIm
Stalling one U do.
Wary task on considerable. pore gal;
thouTh aho triad to luda It all alia
, could. HIm didn't buv# much to aay
; hilt alia looked mouatroot droopy; and
whenever I tried to dim liar up by trl
| Hu’ bar ( wouldn’t *ui> oo longer than
I oould help, bar lipe would aort o’
quiver and she'd turn round to lead
to Ihn baby nr aooMtMag; but when
«1m looked at me again, har long ay a
Indie* waa damp with tear*. Ab! Mr.
Tbompaon, maaod you know how to
predate the deep pure fouulatu from
whar them tear* flowed—wa married
men know boar to vally tba evar-guali
10’ faclia’c of a true woman’* hart,
which Ilk* tti* water! of lbn tprlog
what no aotamer can’t dry up and no
• later fretia, It ooolvft when the day
la hotlaat and grow* warmer when tba
world grow* cold. I fait monatrooi
bad myself, but It wouldn’t do to let oo
for I ltuowed It would only make bar
won**.
Jiy tbla time old Mr. Mountgooiery
ami cousin Pete and a heap more tm
l>our» and all the nigger* nn the plan
tation. waa come to Md me good-by.
Old Termination, my driver, was
mounted an Ul* box. with hi* clean
clothe* on, and a bran new lath to hi*
wblp, the proud eat nigger you ever did
aee. He couldn’t notice non* of th*
rest of ’em (Or bta eblrt collar, but It
any of tbe HUI* Digger* coma too do**
to bla team, axin’ lilm to buy ’em
aomatblng to Auguaty. be waa mon
strous apt to anaar ’em wttii a Util*
tateh of the lath.
When thn trnnka were tied on, and
old Ml** Statllni was sura chpr wasn’t
nottiln’ forgot—which the sed the
know’h tlier would be—I went through
the ah akin1 hands with the nabore.
•Good-by, Major.” ■** old Mr.
Mouolgutnary; "I wish you a pleasant
I nrnv and a aafa return.1’
“Thank you. tea L
--uooa-by, cue." eri race; "ooua
you (It In no fun with them aboli
tionist*—If you do. old Mlar yon wont
flnrl oo friends thar. mind 1 tell you.”
•‘Don’t you fear for no," tee I.
"Good-by. and take Rare nf youraalf."
•‘Good by. Majer." eee all of 'ore, as
they shuck my band.
Then beie come all the triggers.
••flood-by, Man* Joe,’’ see all of Vo
‘•Good-by,’’ srs I. "And be good nig
gers till I come back.
"Don’t let none of item peaky old
’hobnlltiooiste kolcb yon, Matsu Joe,’’
sea Prissy.
"Meas* Joe, Masai Joe; Ant Moms
say cum dal" ses une of the HUle nig
gars.
Pore old Moms waa tha fust ulggar
rosy father eve/ owoed. Sire’s mot no't
a hundred yeure old soar, and her beds
as while as the cotton she use’ to pick
for us when she was e gall. Sire’s been
monstrous purely this winter, and
hsln't been able to go ont of ber )Utl«
house lu the yard, whar she’s lived
ever eonte she was too old to do any
thing on the plantation. She wae
’fraid I was gwlne off wllliont blddlo’
her good-by, sod that's the reason she
sent forme. Sire wae truin' lu the
door when l west to her, und the raised
her old dim eyes, almost while with
ago. and looked at me.
"Why, Meets Joe. God blest you;
you gwlne away wldout idlin' pore
old Moma good-byV—ole Moma what
ueo to nuaa you when you ’was leetle
baby like leetle Maeea Harry, Moma
no able lo run after Maeea Joe now—
maybe old Moma, lib too long—make
trouble fur white folk*; but Mama’s
time moo* come.’
"So, no. Mourn." us I; "you
muato’t talk that away. You knew
yon ain’t oo trouble to ua. and you al
ways waa * good servant.’’
The pore old nrveter brightened up
and tried to smile.
"Good by, Moma,’’ Ice I, aa I tuck
Irer pore old hand la mine; "taka good
care of yoo re* If till 1 Cum home, and
1st your youog mime** know whenever
you want anything. Good-by, old nig
ger.”
“Bicea ye. hire* ye, Man* Joo—bless
Mia* Mary and leetle Mesa* Harry.
God bleea you all—good-by."
Tba faithful old creator tried to pres*
my liand, but aoe was too weak, and
when I let go Imr band It drapt into
ber lap, and sire folletad me with her
oyea aa far aa ska could see me through
ber teera.
inm cum uie iinm nmwi. i cook
the wont Job foal and kissed old Mtm
Stallln* and mother. I didn't mind
Kanin mother, ctnsn It tmeoMl alt tight
and natural; hut I alsruys did hate to
kirn old wlmoiin what hale't got no
teedi, sud I’m monstrous glad old Mlm
Stallln* had her handkerchief to her
face, for In U* hurryaient I Kissed it.
and the Oki woman was in snoli a (lus
tration site didn't know her lips from
anything else. 1 klsesd tte gall* two
or three times apiece, rice ator* Cousin
l’etn, who smacked hi* llpa and looked
son o’ crosseyed every Urn*. But
when I oum to look for Mary, she was
gona In the bouse. Thar she was, tit
tin lu her roekin chair, laanln her fata
oa her hand, and the tsars ruonlii down
her eheeke la a stream. Wheel get
close to ber she rta op and pot her
arms around my neek. I can’t tail
yon what atm sea, m«r how maay, nor
how long, nor how tweet them kites*
was. Them's family affairs, and ain’t
for nobody to know. After she dried
tier eyiaas well aa she uould, the west
with me to the cartings, l’rlsuy was
boMln little nasty reddy for his Mat.
I luck the little taller in my arms and
Ku him on* good long tquutse, sod
en got in. Tarmlnation popped bis
whip and away he went, Icsvln Mary
and all of 'em orylng oaoa* I was gone,
and the baby klckln and tqualliu Ilk*
rath cause he ooukln’t go too.
Meparsahun* la monstrous try I a
things to people wliat ain’t use to ’em.
andl couldn't help fcolln very solium,
colly all lb* way to Augaaky. The
rod* I* on* uf in* kvoeaummaet lu the
world, aed I never was to put tn It to
keep my aperies up. Thst waa nothin
now or lnurmniia to attract >oy ’lea
tloa, end wtwnever I thought boat
home the worm j felt Mary’s partin
Injanfcahana waa atiH sound In in my
rare, and wMuuvur 1 sliatmyeysa I
could eon lier Stand I u mi Ike pistay
lookln after me, with Urn grata Mg
teas* ruanta dowa ber ekeeke. and
snarklln Hbe d la moods la Her ousts,
the* waa bengia la disorder diout ber
i
face; nod tbe* thar m little
Barry pottln oot his dear little era*
nod cry in ItkehU bait would Infee.
eauae be ooelde’t ride In the oarriage
with me. It wouldn’t de to think of
them things, no 1 tried to sing, and
the fast thtug I know’ll, I waa baaunia
the eong whet begioa :
Bat mustn't think that song waa
suggested bj any jealous faara oa my
paKjao, indeed, not by e lag fail; bat
jma know how wimmln will talk i una
ware* oe aloh oocealoea They any a
heap, Jant to we what you’ll say.
L bore hhoet noon and a lopped at
tbe Glob* Hotel, aad seat Termination
baok horn* with the earring*. Bore
feller, mod whoa be ahaek bauds with
■te be couldn’t berdty speak, aad bis
«yaa looked like two ueried onion*
•wimmla la their awnjulou. “Good
bye, Uses Joe.” tee be, bat don’t stay
away from Mbs Jlery loaf, if yea epee
to eee her live when yOe cost bask."
After dinner I tuck a walk down the
•treat to see Umtowd. Aaguety’s a
monstrous pretty city, bat it ain’t the
place it used to was. not by a grata
■It*. It arena like It waa rot tin of at
both sends, aad ain’t growl a esnoh tu
the mkiddle; end you couldn’t hardly
•** for the wagons, leeks more Ilk*
pretty re—Menhir large martin boxen
■laudio la the middle of (be grate wide
street, than planes of Mioses. Tbe
prewle that laid ect tbe city m ust been
oseoatroH wide betereen the eyre, and
made wery large calculations for Me
nses; for they’re got It stretched oat
orer ground eouff to make twe or three
rich town*, and Broad attest, whar the
•tore* is, is wide euuff (Or the mer
chants to charge exchange from on*
■Ida to totbar. I nee by the papers that
they're twin* to dig a Mg canal, aa
they call it, end torn the riser up
•bream lute the eomraoq, eo they can
go Into tbe menayfyaeterln ef cotton.
Thet’a a sort of Manses I don't know
dtolbln about, aad I cast say how it’ll
tarn out, bat there's ooe thing very
certain, and that la. if the Aogaaty
people don’t do something to start hi*. .
Hsaaugola agin, all the bounce la the
city won’t rent for eouff to feed ’em.
The fact la, If tlm people of Georgia
don’t take uwklo bomrepun aad rid)
truck for iiiemeelras. and quit their
arerlaatla fun 'boat tlw tariff aad free
trade, tbe fust thing ther’ll know, the
best port of limit poplUUon will bo
gume to the now Hiatts, sad what'll be
left won't be able to rales oottoa snuff
to pay for what they’d here to boy
from the North.
™ man t mac ID Hrosd straat
w*s Mr. Pels*. “Wtiy, hit!low, Msjer
Jours,” saa hi, "whaL’a brung you lo
towuY”
I Uild him I was twins is the North.
“Wrill" im ho, “Major, you must
•pend a day trlUi u*. «ouy bow. aud
I’ll lutardues you to some of my
friend* litre. Twy'r* all admlrenof
your’a. and wooM be very glad of a op
pert unity to make ycmrscquslr.tsaoe."
Well, I walked along with Mr. relug
t» hi* atom, and on the way lie inter*
dueed me to 'boat twenty gaoUumxu,
moit all of ’em Pelegs. ’Mon* the
net, Mr. Peicg iutrodneed me to Doc
tor Klag, psrfeassr of bortloulteral
•clones hi AugoMy. Mr. Ptdrg told
me that the doctor wae tit* greatest
man In hi* line In them parts, for be
could make tree* grow twice In two
pImm. Dr. Klsg certainly loan* like
lie might be a germs nr some sort, and
arem* to bo very much tuck up with
his psrfmMon, for tbe fust thing he
sad to am was something ’bout cedars
and arbor-rite*, what be laid he'd war
rant not to dy. Tiwr was some mis
take about It, which wasn't vary dear
ly explained by Mr. Psteg. Tbe Doe
tor's got on* very curious tort of a
oyster-loot In eye, and totbar one bee a
kind of aky-ntkln look, ao you oan’t
tell what upon yeath he’s looking at.
lie ted he’d call agin, and Mr. Pslsg
and ma Mapped into a watch Mora
wbar tbor was some mom Pelegs, and
then, rite next door, we weot In whar
ther was a lot more of ’em. They was
all very glad to eae am, aud invited me
to ceme op to Mr. LampbUek’e that
svenln. to hear a led urn on tbe moon,
by some great psrteaasr. wboaa mam
I’ve forgot, Tney all sssiasd life mon
strous clever fallen, but I couldn’t eae
!*»» upon yeath they was all named
relegs, for they didn't look no mere
alike tltea anybody aha. But Jest be*
torn tee, my old frleod Whlakera, what
•Pared Mary so ap to A them, you
kaow (would you bsllsra It, Sir.
Thompson, every bit of hi* sorrel hair
drapt’t oot when be rmd that Athene
iMter of mine, aed now IP* mow’d all
out aa blaek as yoor bat!) cease round
to see sse sad told ms Ml shout the
Pelega.
W«l. IDHJ M UN WtlMHK act of
foUtara for pkylo trick* oa panpteovar
T** l^mK* *“T wbllT' »«»
dopood. Every dm aad than ihry'ra
krtchln upaoma gram falter, and put
11 n him tliroo, aa tbry mil it ID teat
fiva voa a Inatano*. T’otbar dap aaa
of Gonaral KliUedram'e LteuMaaaU
ooam om from South Caroilaa to gtt
up a alngln aohoal Is Aagoaty. Ha
bnmg hi* comaatebaa from tbs Gov
ernor m a racommsodtUon. That waa
anuS for Um Patega, who took Mm la
hand aad aooa ml op all aorta af a
toool for him. lie had 'booth Uua
dradofam dowo on hia Hat, at 023 a
quartar, la no time. Tha falter waa
aliaoat out of bis atom U Umtdeoof
■"Mag kte fortla ao aooa, aa*'. waa
wlllla’ to do any thing Um Palana at*
waa boeamary to atabUah btorapoiattoa
aa a moMe-mamor. la tha feat ptooa,
Um* tuck Mm lato a hack room nod
mada him put hta baud* oa Um globe*,
and awora him Ijoot kte faith la oar
tala doetriaal pint* wbteh they aad waa
mry imporuai la a atagta maaur.
Oac of Via ng out, la a vary solum
volar, bjat the rein fellln upon Um
yaeth 40 days aad 40 nKaa; aad Uma
another on sad to him, "fmtoaaat
Odla, with your rlto baud oa " ate*
Mel |lot* aad yoar left band oa , ►
tial Mohr, do yoa awar to that I” tfca
im, ”1 da.” Thaa they aware him
boat Sampson fclMag tlm PlHtatham
•Ito tha Jaw-howa af a Jaakaaa, aad
boat Paroa aad hie hast settle awal
leaad aa to Um Had Sea, aad a baa* ad
other tbtoge. Thaa, after patUabUa
—”..
tawUwauuMUnralM for beat two
owna^rttein ttobrlliamm, ttami
beesnigln %■ a tpMMdRtSN
ail aurw of BNlMMd kmiM
givia exilian s than*. afore a wtoStbs.
•*«£■}* of got find
of Mwfna. wfceaTlis fset Uriag tto fet
ter koowd. t naa stepped so the stage.
aod noted fata for hoseUlln, rlUIn
tbe nlddle of Old Handled, eaahlgh
kae. The bom feller mT£naS
MOM to doth, and iorore be uerar tuck
a hone not notbio tin what dlS*l¥ '
loeg to bin, to aU ble bora dan; be
tp«k out bis connMboa sad stow'd
the G«eetDor*a tandrlUn. Bat s» ba
could door say didn't signify nothin.
**ck bin In a mom
•k«tk»>’*«kold (hair aouita, sad
U»r tbsar pat bln troo eacglu trial.
sssfcvssstjwassi
SSfi&SRRStSS&S
aes—be was coodeta'd to ba bang ao
carding toOaroltoa tear, sad wm to to
twttoJaUtow* tiUtfea day of ex
ecution. The pore feller txanblod so to
ooold’nt hardly stand, aad tba swat
■started uot efhla fnoo liko he’d toM
■towlto rallaall day. mg fnada told
bin tie oaly cfcanoa was to MOttn
when tiny «u takln bln to Jail, and
promtoad that ttoyM try to git him
looeo fran tto constable. aad Snake
nunrua MTOMtke bridge into Car*
If tin vary old Harry was after
bln. Bhore anna, when tiny got bin
mar tto bridge, bto freaS^pot bln
away froM tto ooaatabio. aad attnltw
cost-lull than to node aeroes that aid
bridge, wae narer seed to Georgia.
Aad that's abo test that's ever beta
■»d or hoard of Lutecaat Oils, tin
atoglx neater. ~
I afeeted mwethfag oraan't rite
when I need eo near of 'on; but Ussy
kaow whu to irrdant with. Tto*
dkte'tgitne to goto aoao of ttoS
letters oa tto naea, aladl trilyou.
^•Kssaaaassst
road etarta befOn day-liuUt. do uo
non Iron
YoorfnodUl data.
„ Jo*. -Jo* ml
(To lie Coe tinned Next Weak.)
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WMItCwMeUitlwlMtMtUlM
Mealy RirtenulM. "**“
The iMt Legislature of Iwtk Uero
Um wmo reeuikeble Mr efmen.
In looking arm the Auditor's nport
M And nur Intel—tleg Item*. Id
one charge there a—as to bn noae
rate* economy. HI* for soap tor vari
ous department*, $4.40. It meet have
been «leek or toap that caused eeauoh
ditty work In that brilliant bed/ of
men. In tbe State besets there ate go
member*. Tbe Senate chamber U not
larger than our court room In Stenly
ret It took AO a—, working at
feLCOp— day. to attempt to Heap tt
clean, ftetidm ibeac AO busy men,
• flfte— boy* (page*) tt $1 per day were
—ommryto attend the want* of the
Iliffa Lords. Let Hie taxpayers eon.
aider this; tixty-avo doUars per day U
hire help to oUoad tbs SO Scoetor* end
keep In order srooen not larger than
oar coart room. It you doabttbatlt
tookao much money, whan yon arete
tosrn we win ehow you proof of tbaas
faota. Tbe Aadltor** report farther
ehow* that tbe amount paid during tbe
session of 1897, was a* follow*, via:
Salary Senate members. 814,14180; for
SKKfflL to**** ww.
The employes in the Soule
laaktt only tf2.W0.ttfc raeeiviag at
moob ne tbe Seastore. Tbs question
te,wbst aid alt of tbe employ— del
The queetloo to Um voters ft, do you
expect by your vote to allow a nou
tla nation of each a state of affaire?
——- Tr Mali— .
Tioin bar. OSerimie ubearver.
Tbs Democratic eonvaatioei to aotot
nateaoasdMatafor Ooogram fertile
eighth district, h— beta called to —sot
at Wilkatboro August 18th. Notwith
standing the 8,000 HapobUoaa majority
to be overcome, nearly aeon eouaty la
the district hae a favorite sou. Surry
mxx'Ssr'iJBs-'St
iS5$¥B£ftasj
WaUugeJ O. A. Doughtoe. of Alle
f?“7:'*• a NewteiS, ef OaMwell;
MO). J. W. Wliaon, ef Bark*; A. C,
MeliHoeb. of Alexander; Dr. T>re
Vorit. of WlUm; W. H. Bower, of
Caldwell; It. A. TTemO—n. of Aahr,
and others. It would tab# tbe a— of
a prophet to foretell the—see of the
lucky mea._