The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-02-22

A letter from pump-msker at Evans
vile, Indiana, desired to know if the
club could make use of an eight dollar
wooden pump, warranted to raise sixteen
gallons Of water per minute and If, in
case said pump was sent along, the club
would endorse the make and forward
written certificate of fits merits.
"You kin put dat epistle in de wood
box" said the president, in answer.
I" When emmy pusson gifts balged cut wild
de ideah dat he kin pump dis Lime>Kiln
Club dry wild q wooden eight dollar
pump, painted in TO- different colors, an
named after Niagary Falls, he am pump
ing out de wrong cistern. Ize willin'
huff for de club to endorse such standard
articles as de sun, de moon, de stars,
Jupiter, and 50 on, but desc new spran-
gled notions hez got to STAN back. Dat
pump may be all right, but 'spose dis
club endorses it, an II fails to reack out
for water? How quick de great Amer
lean people would reach out for us!"
COMMITTEE ON THE SICK.
The Committee on the Sick reported
that they had been called upon to make
an examination OF the case of William
Cooper Hastings, then living i'll on Wat
son street, and the chairman folded his
arms and continued: De committee
walked up dar. We feun' de brndder
| lynn on de bed. We didn't know him.
He seemed to be all head and no body.
His wife limited to dis committee dat de
ole man had powerful tack Of dropsy,
but dis committee was in dc army too
long not to know what dropsy am. We
gazed at de brudder's nose an eyes an
chin, an it was plain 'nuf to this COM
mittee dat somebody had knocked de
gem'lan down an den walked on him for
about fifteen minits wild dc nlmos' en-.
thusiasm. He kept hintin' ronn' dat
dropsy rum in de family, an his wife
kept hintin' round dat he had worked
himself down poor, but de committee
walked out am soon diskivered dat de
suffer!n' brudder was out late, on 'leck-
shun night, an dat his iggers on results
didn't foot up wild de fggers of de crowd.
De crowd had darfore laid him down and
walked on him. De committee doan
recommend dat he. be lowed any relief
from de fund.-"
4 .De committee hez hit de nail on de
head" replied the president, cam de
first time do brudder.appears In dis hall
shall have few STRAY remarks 10 ejak-
ulate for hi. benefit"
ON cHAR.TY.
The Committee on Charity reported
that they had visited all districts Of De-
troit populatedS byEcoloredss people, and
that very few, if any, eolored fomilies
would this winter bes foacedsto ask the
poor fund for aid.
HE WASN'T,
The Committee on the judiciary re-
ported as follows; "Dis committee,
|, heyin' bin 'structed to examine de leck-
shum returns an report if de eullud man
who was runnin' for Office on the Green
bax ticket in dis county was 'lected, beg
, leave to report dat de last heard Of said
candydate he wasn't over five thousand
votes behind odder office seekers on de
!. reg'lar tickets, We mex slight Snspi-
! cion that dc gem'lan menshuned am
|, laid on do highest shelf in dc pantry,
, an we will ever pray"
GOOD 'nuf for HIM ssryed him
! right" replied the president. ~ hope
dat cherry colored man who tries to take
! de political poker by de handle will GIT
J hold OBJ de hot end. De jsnytor will
: now strike de tryangle an we will assume
: to close. In gwine home doan stop to
!, talk about hard times, but go home,
frow off yer coat, an try an improve
dem. Chink up de cabins, heap up d.
woodpiles, keep boff eyes lookin' out fol
job, and Providence will take car oil
de rest
al "WHAT food do cats prefer 7" "a $2l
IF mocking bird II their first choice. II th'
1. family are not able TO keep mockini
ID bird, the cat must put up with an oriol'
It or German canary. II 10 only whel
suffering for food that 4 cat will accept
surloin steak" .Cats can't sing, cal
they ~ "No; but bless 'em ! they ca
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