The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-05-06
Meeting OF tho LimeIxiIn club.

Meeting OF the Limel<iln club.
Detroit Frse-Prss.
The Secretary Of the Lime Kiln Clut
read q Communication from samue
johnson, Of Norfolk, Va, TO the effect
that he had dictionary which once be-
lonsed to George Washington, and that
being hard up for funds, he would part
with the relic for reasonable consider
alton TO some such intellectual society n
the Lime.Kiln Club.
"Gem'len, de Club incident vote on dai
queshun," replied Brother Gardner.
"When feels de TACK crowdin' ober
me dat we kin no longer handle de biz
ness before US Widout de aid Of dictiona.
ries, almanax, an odder works Of 6xshun,
den I'll see dat We have 'em BY de cab.
load"
"What am de natur' Of dat dickshun.
aryP asked Henry Canaan Jones.
"Its natur' am 10 sot down an not
disturb de meetin!' was the cutting re-
sponse, and Henry c. fell back and mutt
tered:
am 20 down to de feed.store an buy
one soon's dis meetin' expiresl"
"What l was gwine to remark" began
Brother Gardner, as the jAnitor Of the
Lime. Kiln Club sounded the triangle for
silence, 4what was gwine to remark
was 10 de effeck dat rumors hev reached
my yeahs dat some Of de members Of dis
Club am sort o Scratchin' DER backs an
ticklin' deir chins wild de expecktashun
Of gittin' boosted inter offs dis year. lie
heard It whispered on de street an lie
heard il hooted at me over my alley fence,
an de whispers an de boots hev made
me sick. Walkin' out dis mawnin' 10
survey de bewtiful songs Of the birds, an
listen 10 de sweet yerdure Of nature, I
dissolved in my own min dat II any mem.
Der Of dis yeah Club got up an sighed fer
offs wild either party de'd hey 10 cut
loose from Paradise Hall. De man who
am shakin' hands wild high an low, bow.
in to de goats on de right, de dogs on de
left, an de niggers in de middle-de man
who mus be hypercrite an liar-de
man who has got to bend low down befo'
eyerybody-de man who heE got 10 begin
pullin' wires for a second term beio' his
tirst am ten days ole-dat man isn't de
sort O. timber we sigh fer In herel
While admit dat de Niger am titled to
all de offs he kin git, l say him who lets
offs alone am shown heaps o common
sense. Clarendon Ham, stan up"
Mr.. Ham, who had u seat near the door,
rose to his feet, and Brother Gardener
pointed his fingers at him and earnestly
said:
"Clarendou Ham, you banker to
be coroner, or constable, or moas' emmy
odder posishun dat doan' call for elbow
grease an de backache. You hev been
rubbin' de paint off de lamp post an
WARM out de steps Of de City Hall while
plannin' to work inter offs an be able to
hev red front door an war stan'n
collar. Mis'ser Ham, look dis wayl Do
you want to be niger dat everybody
hates? Do you want folks to call you
liar an hoss thief? DO you want TO be
tossed from han to han like a ball Do
you want to lose all your selfrespeck, an
hev all de skool-chil'en pintin' de thumb
O. skorn at your ofapriDg%
"Fo de Lawd, no |" answered Mr.. Ham.
"From dis mint forth, frew all yar's O.
my life, I'll iroW offs over my shoulders
an stan by de whi.ewash,brush an de
lawnmowerp
There was moment OF deepest silence,
and then Brother Gardner softly said:
Sentence am suspendered, an we will
say wild the poet:
Man an but 4 human;
pariore forgive his sini
Dsbes' Of Us may make mlJtlkes
An weep where oddeEs ghn.'
ave will now go inter de committee Of
de hull an, pass de colleckshun.hat
aroun'."