Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 August 1899 — STARTLES THE PICKANINNY. [ARTICLE]

STARTLES THE PICKANINNY.

Phebe Ann Greatly Worried Over Moving Trees. She is only a little black pickaninny ▼ho lives down in Georgia. She is under a donen yean In age, and until a short time ago had passed all of her life on a rural plantation. Trains and their attendant movements were utterly unknown. Indeed what Phebe Ann knew of anything outside of that plantation would not make the beginning of a primer. She was being educated for a house servant, and hence was not permitted to roam to any great extend She was busy about the big house all day, and at night retired to the shack set apart for her family. Along in the season, for some good reason, it became necessary for the family to move into a city. The little negro girl was wanted, for she had much skill In soothing the childish woes of the heir to the estate. So It was decided that she must accompany the expedition. From the time she entered the carriage to ride to the railway station Phebe was In a state of She sat beside “Miss Amy," as she called her mistress, and with staring eyes took in all that passed without comment. When she was taken into the train her wonderment was amazing. She sat gingerly on the cushions, looked out of the window and generally seemed uncertain concerning the possibilities of the future. She was silent until the train commenced to move. Then her tear took shape. She saw the landscape passing rapidly before her, and her eyes filled, her lip quivered and she snuffled audibly. “What’s the matter, Phebe Ann?” asked her mistress. “Oh, Miss Amy,” wailed the pickaninny, “whah all dem bouses and trees a-goin' at?” A seat on the floor was the only means possible to quiet the fears of the child.—Louisville Dispatch.