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Wednesday, May 8th, 11889.
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UNCLE MERCURY'S "MOVIN."
Aunt Flora and her father were
i about to move out of the small,
sharp as his, so she was at least
able to defend herself creditably.
"Yo' ought to 'a been heah to de
°roue' eleariu' 'fo' we build de
eabin. 'Twaa a gret time, I tell yo.'
We ''vice de hands on all de planta-
tions roan', an' dey cut de trees
duwu on ray 4, laud"—explaining
this custom with a vigorous 'wring
of somebody's garment; she dis-
dained the use of patent wringers --
dingy mount they had occupied for
years in the row of negro quarters.
There they had lived all through
the war, when she was a bouncing
young woman with carded, gayly
ribboned locks, the beet dancer on
the plantation, a trick of easy move-
ment, probably inherited from her
father, who had been pained Mer-
cury by hi& master because in his
youth he was so swift -footed when
sent on an errand, and the name
stuck to him, the one his mother
gave hien never coming to light
except when he deposited his vote
at the polls ou election days, as
"John the Baptist Randolph." He
was an aged Ivan now ; known alt
through the neighborhood as "Old
Uncle Mercury over at t110 Iian-
do;.phs." Hie Wife, "Aunt Pomona,"
hail been dead for some time ; she
too, without herself being aware of
it, hail called upon the Olympian
dynasty for a name for her daughter.
This "onliest chile" was named
Flora, nor was she very well pleased
with the selectiou, "Flora ain't
nothin' but a dog name anyhow,''
she declared on one occasion when a
shooting party came to stay at the
mansion, and one of them had a
fine setter called Flora. Now that
her dancing days were well over,
she developed iu her middle age an
unusual spirit• of thrill and enter.
pais() for one of her lace, saving the
pennies she earned 'until sho had
dollars enough to buy a piece of'
land and build a cabin on it.
Standing over her wash tub she
gave me one day a graphic sketch
of her efforts and successes.
"You see, -I tell yo' how it is.
Mis' Randolph she Mighty good to
me,she gib me all de clo'es I w'ar,
an' de Gin'l gib us plenty to eat,
an' father gets sortie o' his ole clo'es,
though dey's a heap too big for him;
you could put two o' hire into one
o' de lege o' de Giu'l's pants, but I
makes 'ern fit well 'nough. I don'
have to put none o' de utouey I
makes on are or in rife, so 1 save it
and buy'd two acres o' land from Mr.
Spite, jis Pother side o' dis farm,
an' I done build me a cabin o' my
own, whar ole an' father kin speu',
de res' o' our days, an' git our
things all together. We got more
things 'n yo' ever seen, all pile up
here roue' us, under de bed au'
everywhar—them what grand-
mother 'queave 'to us, au' mother's
things jis like she .ref' 'em -when
she die, an' what de ladies gibs me
I washes for. I got a elegant
yallar silk dress wid a long sweepin'
trail dar in dat trunk. Mis' Mabel
Tiayloo she gib me dat yeller silk
. .o- I tloue flute her ruffles so
nice. My fiutin' don' squash none,
I tell yo'. Is I harried ? I been
married oncet; dey don't catch
Flora agin—burnt chile dread de
fire ! I ain' gwine to s'port no
good-for-nuffiu' men. Why, dat
Jim !—nuffin' warn' fitteu' fur to
tech me when he war courtin' ; but
after we was married he was a
warrin' agin ole from •mornin' till
night, an' a trying to keep my nose
to de grouu'. Man's sub do change
so quick ! At las' he gib way to
his wicked temper so oncessant dat
be tooken crazy, an' dey had to
take him to de saloon (asylum) for
fear o' we all's lives. Jim done
gone 'fo' de Jedge now, an' I gib
hire a real nice funeral. I wouldn'
slabe for nary nuvver nigger in ole
Fahginny. Dat ain' sayin' it1 de
right Ivan come 'long I wouldn'
/parry him—'tis ordain ob do Lord,
you know, miss; 'Lain' for us to be
wiscr'n Ile is, an' I keepin' dat
yallar silk for my weddin' dress.
Flora too ole to w'ar white ; de
gels'dAlaugh at ane. I borrow some
o' de Money to buy dat land an'
build from Mis' Randolph ; I got it
'mos' paid now. I tell her dis
s'unmor she ought to take a doedin'
an' a trustin' on my land till she
git it all, but sho say neber mind,
I kin go on dein' up de clo'es for
de family till it git paid. What do
father do ? IIe jis watch de Gin'1'e
watermilion patch ; hd 1 war de
likelies' servant ole marater had
oncet, but he ain' good for nuffin'
no mu' but smoke he pipe out at de
do', an' gu down to dat patch twice
a day to look after dem water -
milieus, and thump 'em to see if
dey ripeniu' fas', an' keep de boys
from stealin"em. I ax him to -day
bow do milions comiu' on, an lie
say, 'Pretty peart, of we don' have
'nattier wet spell.'"
Flora had a firm, thick -set figure,
with powerful muscles in her arn,s
disclosed by her rolled -up sleeves,
as sho gave these iteiiie in her
family chronicles over the wash -tub,
her bright pink calico dress eau•
trasting finely with her dark shiny
skin and keen black oyes. She
had a quick, restless glance, a hasty
toss of her head, and ono could not
help suspecting that in the warfare
with Jim before "li i tooken crazy"
and was sent to the "saloon," her
weapons may have been quite as
•
out of the box, and holding it up
for U8 to look at, as though to let it
speak for itself. "1 ain't_ trautiu' to
tear it ; I wants to keep it. Dat
was JILtrse William's hat; he gib
it to me when he go to de Mexican
wah. I 'bleeged to hos' ou to die
hat while de broils in dose ole
bones." Then he gave it a sort of
.hug before placing the valued relic
by the sido of Poinuna's mother's
"dey was in de way somehow." chest, in a position where the
"I baked de big'es' dinner for 'em danger was innniuent of its being
I ebor seeu, ef I do say ii. Dey speedily crushed into a nonentity if
don't ax no wages for clearin' de the latter should tumble over.
ground', we jis feeds 'ern well wid
de bes' do country 'fords, an' snakes
a frolic ob it. I had cabbage au'
pork an' 'possum, an' buttermilk by
de gallon, an' gret cakes o' coru
Next he came out lugging a
picture iu a showy gilt frame. I
expected to see Lincoln signing the
Emancipation Procltuuation, or
Summer speechifying before the
bread all brown so dey look like Uuited Statue Senate, and was sur-
pou.n'-cakes. Oh, 'twas a menr'abte prised to rt'euguize the characteristic
day, sho, miss 1 Now do cabin all
ready fur us; we Fwiue to move
day after to -morrow. I got a beiau-
tiful patch o' corn down dar, an' a
pig au' some chickens, an' sun-
flowers planted in de front yard,
an' de do' is all paiuted white till
you can 'mos' see your face shinin'
in it. Is you gwine to be heah to
de movin' in?"
A couple of days after hie there
was a great bustle in front of the
quarters where Uncle Mercury had
lived longer than any servant now
ou the farm could remember, the
old ones having died off, and many
of the former slaves having gone to
the North -land of promise after the
war, to try their fortunes.
A mule wagon was drawn up at
the door, and Flora was rnnniug
back and forth, giving her orders to
several small negro boys who had
been pressed 'into her service, and
were now "toting" sundry pieces of
furniture from the rooms inside to
the cart. The mistress from the
mansion -house, M rs. Randolph,
was also standing on the gross, ad-.
visiug and suggesting, but Uncle
Mercury was respectfully having'
his own way about the removal of
his effects. There he -stood, lean-
ing on his cane, his once tall lithe
figure bent 'way over front repeated
attacks ef rheumatism, his wrinkled
face and still abundant grizzly hair
showed from under abroad -brimmed
straw hat, his pipe now in hand,
and then back in his mouth. His
costume was an incongruous mix-
ture ; the General's baggy trousers
were surmounted by an ancient
dress coat,, which was too short -
waisted for him, its swallow -tails
almost lbst sight of in the ampli-
tude of cloth below. This coat he
had•probably preserved most care-
fully for years, only bringing it
out for ceremonial occasions. but by
slow stages it had come at, last to
daily duty among the watermelons,
and resented its changed fortunes
by bursting forth at the armholes,
It was singular that the dignity of
a "quality" negro of the old regime
always seemed to lend itself to an
ilt-fitting second-hand garment,
inspiring a certain respect as a pairt•
of the wearer, so that a garb which
would have rendered any white plan
ridiculous did not even provoke a
smile when worn by a colored
person of good repute ; it was even
quaintly pathetic in its suggestion
of other days and former wearers.
"Hol' on dar! Look out, you
Billy ! You drappin' dat chis.
Zeke" (to the sleepy negro driver)
"git down heah and help tote it ; it
too heavy for dean chilluns."
"Uncle Mercury," said Mrs.
Randolph, "I wouldu't try to move
that chest; it's too far gone to be
mended oven ; see, the back pieces
of the drawers are falling out. I'll
lot you have an old bureau up in
the garret to keep your things in,"
"'De •al, Miss Sally, nobody can't
part me 1:,: n dis heah chis," pro-
tested the . •,1 man, vehemently. "It
belong to !'']none's mother 'fu' 'she
war born ;" and with eager, tremb-
ling tinge:- ho hastened to pick up
the knobs itnd bite of mahogany
that fell 1 roar it. The chest of
drawers had been handsome in its
youth, and would be handsome to
him so loug as a fragment of it was
left.
There was a look in Uncle Mer-
cury's face, a quivering in his
hands, as he stowed away his things
in an uncertain, stfuflfing fashiou
in that wagon, which betrayed a
reluctance to this proposed move,
a lingering tenderness over the
belongings of half a century, as if
even the exposing them to outside
air were a profanation.
"Ile gittin' childish," Flora
whispered to Mrs. Randolph as her
father carried a handful of china
cups and saucers and deposited
them loosely in a large basket in
a wagon, where they would certain-
ly be broken at the first start of the
mules.
"Never mind, father ; let me do
it"—fixing them after him.
Then he pegged by her with his
cane into the house, and after a
short time carte out with a long
blue bandbox, which, minus cover,
revealed a hent, moth-eaten beaver
hat of majestic proportions.
'l'ho'lady glanced et it and said :—
" What
—"\\'hat on o.u'th aro you going to do
with that hat, Uncle Mercury 1 It
isn't fit for anybody but a scare-
crow to wear. The General has a
deal boiler one you can have•"
"What, (??.at hat, Miss Sally 1"
iudignantly lifting the iusulted hat
figure ou horseback of the Con-
fuderate hero Stonewall Jackson.
"Why, Uncle Mercury," I could
nut forbear exclaiming, "how is it
you haven't got Lincolu's picture
there insteatl of Jackson's 1"
"How come dat 7 Why, Giu'l
Jackson war ole tuarster's man, so
he my nlau, but 1 always speaks
'spec'ful u' Mau•se Abe Liucoln"—
toucliing his hat. Thou he drew
a lung breath after he rid himself
of the burden, and said, querulous•
ly, as he wiped his face with the
back of his hand , "I 'clan to Gord
dis movin' out, mighty pestoriu.'
De ole place 'II du for Itlero'ry ; he
done lib heali, an' P'nluna lib
heah, and she die heals; au' it good
ouuugh fur \Ierc'ry to die in, I
reckon ; but Flora she—"
"Co 'long father ; you knows I
floods tau' room, now I is cleal•-
st.a •chin' an' iruniu' for so many
white folks duwu at de town, let
'lone alit fallibly bly at de Mansion Whar
L al Ways trash for. You'll like ,de
haw cabiu after yo' gits settled, ,an'
'tain't iuuuh further'froul de Gin'I's
w:atulmilion patch den we is heahi,'
Uncle Mercury pulled himself
together and assumed au air of
int portanco, as though gratified at
the meutiou of a field wh"rein his
services were still indispensable.
"I 'Rin' had no chance to• look
after dein watermilious die blessed
cll.. Dein ra• -allion^ from de
town '11 get 'em of day don' see me
comiu'. Doy was pretty peart
yestiddy ; gettin' on fine, Miss
Sally, of de sun 'l1 stay out hot."
Zeke and the mule were needed
elsewhere before lung, so it was
decided to leave the bods and a few
other uecessaay articles until to
morrow; ; they would sleep oue
more night in the old house.
After a festive evening at, the man-
sion, where the spirit of the ancient
hospitality shone as brightly as
ever, if its material part was less
redundant, t1 noticed. from .iny
chamber window •Atibut midnight a
light still burning' in Uncle Mer-
cury's room ; ail ithe others in 'the
servants' quarters.ere extinguished.
Theri, although i1 twas early in Sop-
tember, one of talose swift, un-
accountable changes peculiar to the
Atlantic coast both North and
South came over the air, and the
morning that followed was crisp
and cold.
"There must hive been hail
somewhere," the general remarked
at breakfast; and afterward, when
he started for his dtrily tour of the
premises, he said, "I hope that
cabin is thoroughly dry for old
Uncle Mercury to go into ; it would
be bad for him to get another spell
of rheumatism."
Our host soon returned with a
changed face. Ono could see some-
thing had stirred a deep current of
feeling during his short absence.
Vire were all standing on the porch,
"Uncle Mercury has moved
already-," he said, quietly. "He
was found dead in his bed this
morning. Flora wouldu't let them
toll me till after breakfast."
Later on I accompanied the mis
tress to the house of mourning.
Flora, completely •crushed. by this
sudden bereavement, and abandon-
ed to all the luxury of woo, was
seated in her own room, surround-
ed by a band of sulemn•facod ne-
groes, members of the Burying
Society from the neighboring town.
This Burying Society was an ex-
cellent institution for helpless and
infirm negroes who belonged to
themselves, and the deceased, had
been n member of it for years. If
he had had a' protracted illness,
both money and nurses would have
been supplied weekly, but Heaven
had been merciful in granting him
the blessing of a sudden death, and
now it only remained for them to
do well by him in the shape of a
worthy funeral for this representa-
tive of " yo olden time."
" Father done gone to glory,
Miss Sally," said Flora, raising her
face out of her hankerchief. " I
wouldn' 'eturb him dis mornin' ; I
thought do ole loan mus' be tired
aftor packin' an' movin', an' he
would go clown to dat watermilion
patch de las' thing 'fo' supper in de
Cool oh the evenirl', when be was
all het up au' persf fin', an' when
I went into his room 'bout eight
o'clock dis mornin', dar he was a-
lyin' jis like a inuocen' babe wid a
smile ou he face ; bit 'twas de will
o' Gord, eh co'se." Then a glow of
affectionate pride passed over her
sad countenance, and shn added
t' T'wern't nobody like hire on dis
plantation, an' de Giu'l he always
promise to gib• him a fust -class
funeral. Ile tuo much ob a ge'wan
to bury a' aged saint in a tlit•top
coffin'. An' do Sesi;,,Order ob de
cullud Masons sends two hacks au'
a' cession o' mourners. Miss Sally,
is you got ary crape veil fur me to
war ?" Presently she rose in a
measured, stately way, and the
sisters and brethren of the Burying
Society rose with her, aa she said
to us, " I wants you to see father—
he do make such a beautiful corse."
The door was open between her
room and the nest, the inner one
dim and silent, with the iodescrih-
able aspect which an apartment, iu
palace or hovel, always wears when
thus tenanted. The tu: niture was
all gone save the bed and an oblong
old-fashioned looking -glass over the
mantel, in which the scene was re-
flected. There he lay,, separated
from all his cherished possessions.
"We brought nothing into this
world, neither eau we carry any-
thing out of it." The lonely mirror
over the mantel was cracked from
one end to the other.
"Dat happen in de night,"
whispered Flora, ineaniugly. "Dur
war no crack yest•idd y."—Harpers
Weekly. '
SORRY TIIF.Y MET.
''Think twice before you speak
once' is an old adage that has beeu
a thousand times justified. It is
the thoughtless speaker whose ton-
gue 001111uually leads hint away.
\ir. .Tang's T. Fields relates an
anecdote of au English guest who
at a breakfast table decliui.d sugar
with hie cuffoe.
41 'lever take sugar unless alae
coffee is very, veru bad indeed, you
knew,' said he. YreSe!lily he added,
after• 'teethg the coffee. 'May I
trouble you fur rife sugar?'
On a par with this blunder is Ilia
story of an American who was
breakfasting with a ;irieud, and to
the surprise of his hostess, declined
coffee.
'I thought•you always took it 1'
said she.
'I do at. hutne,' he said jocosely,
'but that's because my wife gives
me so little to eat. When there
isn't much for breakfast I take
coffee in self defense.'
The conversation drifted into
some interesting, channel, and he
quite forgot hi& facetious excuse.
Later, when the aroma of the coffee
struck him more and more tempting-
ly, he turned to his hostesssaying:
'Mrs A., I should so much like a
cup of coffee.'
Hifi feelings may be imagined at
the burst of laughter which followed
his•btundering renark:
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(11.1NTON Lodge, No. 84, A. F.—&—A, bf.
(J meets every Friday, on or after the fur
moon. Visiting brethren cordially invited.
J. YOUNG, w. M. J. CALLANDER, 8.
Clinton, Jan. 14, 1881. 1.
L. O. L. No. 710
c I.INTON,
Meets eeCOND Monday of every
month. Hall, Sad Nat, Victoria
block. Visiting brethren 'away'?
p made welcome,
W. (I. SMITH', W. M.
1'. CANTELON, Sec. D. B. CALBICK, D. M.
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Jubilee Preceptory dal 161,
(Black Knights of Ireland)
Meets in the Clinton Orange Hall, the second
W'ednusday of every month, at 7.30 o'clock in
the oveuiug. Visiting Sir Knights will always
-.:sive a hearty welcome.
A. N. Tom., Worshipful P'eccptor
t,aaur; ..ANLKY, Deputy Preceptor
WILLIAM :11CGNa, Registrar
Royal Black Preceptory 397,
Bloch Knights of Ireland,
Meets in the Orange Hail, Blyth, the Wednes-
day after full moon of every month.
Royal Black Preceptory 315,
Black; Knights of Ireland,
Meets in the Orange Hail, Goderich, he 'rhia
Monday of every month. Visiting Knights alway
made welcome.
JAMES WELLS, Preceptor, Sanford P 0
W H MURNEY, Registrar, Goderieh P 0
CLINTON KNIGHTS 'OF LABOR
Roosts, third 1111, Victoria blocks. Regulr
meeting every Thuret:ay evening at 8 o'eloc
sharp. Visiting Knights made welcome.
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