The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-12-14
.We'll follow you,' said Peter

Slade. /
Honor bright7'
Yes
Then listen.'
Hold on cried Sam. Pepper.
Lets fll up before you CON-
mense.' # I
Not with old Lushton's Tom
and jerry returned Jack. We
shall want the cost of 1t for au-
other purpose. Turn your glasses
bottom up for the present. There
that's 60. Now listen. 1.e
are 10 the habit Of meeting here at
the tavern three evenings in the
week; and our expenses for liquor
and cigars are at least two dollars
an evening, aren't thsy7' do4
This was admitted by . nod.
And 10 addition to this spend
at least . dollar . week more each
week for beer and tobacco on my
own hook. How is it With your
The others acknowledged that .
dollar . week Was little enough.
Thus, resumed .Tohn Digby'
We have ten dollars q week a. the
result OF our combined and indi-
vidual expenditure for rum and to-
bacco. I, for one, think / could
manage to live through the rest Of
the winter without any more of it;
4 and for the sake Of the experiment
I would be willing to put my share
Of that ten dollars q week to q
charitable use. Here it is in the
beginning Of Decembe-, and the
winter has opened hard. There
are poor families not far awa9
which We can bless with our sym
pa.hy and our help. We might
organize benevolent society, OF
a missionary society, on our owr
hook. DO you begin to under
stand2'
They understood him perfectly
and, since he would lead them
they we're ready to follow. II
fact, they rather liked the ides
There was charm Of novelty ant
originality about it that captivate.
them. It would be fun to pur-
chase -four, and meat, and tea AM
sugar. and fuel, aLd go around an
assist the poor and needy. The.
were young me1. full Of life an
good feeling, and had carouse
only because OF the fun Of th
thing. Here was promise OF fu
In another direction, and the
would go for it.
The matter was discussed, an
finally settled. They would mak
a square week OF it at the begir
ming.
During the week. said Jack, "
will look up the cases Of destit,
tion and suffering. and on ne,
Saturday afternoon We will me
and compare notes. Then We vi
. take our ten dollars, and do wh'
we can for those who are suffe
. ing most, We must be methodic
= in this. We are not to spend
peany in this work of chari
which is not saved in the cuttir
of OF some useless expenditure
. our own; and he Of us who buys
. cigar through the week shall d
y duct il from his contribution
2 Saturday.
III We would be metdodical,' gu
gested Peter, we must organize.
say, If We are going to do Al
:. thing of this kind, let US do it sh
q shape 80
Peters proposition was Una
mously accepted, and thereup
!. they proceeded to organize. T
," organization arrived at was W
= simple, but nevertheless efFecti,
= They elected John Digby to Sc,
= as President, and as Treasur
= and as Secretary; and then u
!" elected an Executive Committee
four, consisting OF John Dig
= Peter Slade, Tom Lowden. .
Sam Pepper. And then they I
- tied their bill at the bar, and =
home.
Saturday evening came, and
Reform Club met at Digby's sh
- and each member was ready v
20 his report. They were sober .
thoughtful. They had thoua
~ when they separated on Mon,
10 evening, that they should m
- with the spirit of frolic in their /
u work; but the scenes which d
=
bad witnessed in the interim
No changed the current Of their (
ings entirely. #
my soul! exclaimed Sam T
les per, Il never dreamed what
'Id row and suffering there was ri
em here in our little town. Last nj
lsh ! went down to tho widow B,
Inc lots, and found her. with Z