Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-04-10
THE LIME KILN CLVR,
CutWater Smiths Mistake. General
lie Dues Short Horns and Il Dis.
abIed Member.
Detroit Free Press. |

tDetrOlt Free Pree6.
lone day las fawl " began the president as
Elder Toots settled back Tor his usual nap. Il
war paSSin up Antoine street an seed Cut
water Smith a-Sittin' on de fence In de airly
winter passed dat way agin, an saw him
had biZness wild him, an foun' de family out o.
Jewell cut o peryishunS an WuSS Off fur clothes
dan my ole cow ever was for blanket. / knew
what would happen de fust time saw him roost-
in on de renee. tell ye, Guild men, de man
who roosts on de fence In de faWl will hug cold
stove an look into an empty cupboard all WIN
ter. DIS world owes no man nbin'. Ii any
member OF dis club has got dat ideah under his
kinks ne wants to Wollop it out right away.
What de world owes q man an what 1t gtbs to
cherry man is a fair chance TO arm his bread an
butter. | h'ar people groanin out dat luck is
thin IT'S steady work an takin care OF de shit
ms. Oder folks am whinin' aroun' dat dey hev
no show. No show in dis big world. Why,
eben de flies an skeeters hev a show. E0cry
man has chance to reach up, but when he
makes a saloon his headquarters he's got to
reach down doan go much on public charity
myself, but when am gibin' I'd sooner glib TO a
wide-awake thief than TO whinn' complaiain'
loafer De curtain will now be lifted on de reg
lar timetable of biZnesS."
The secretary acknowledged the receipt OF
the seventh communication from General lie
Due, OF the Agricultural Bureau. admitting that
his recent experiment with ShOrt-hOrnS was a
failure. He sawed Off the horns of a long
horned cow TO make her Short-horned bovine,
Dut IL uSituCi iHCItdSCu UCduty IltT
milk. He didn't know but that the club might
have better luck, but as an early and earnest
friend OF the organization he felt like giving it
fair warning. 8 Fur which, said Brother Gard
ner, in reply, 1--WE am much o'bleeged. De
seckretary viii return de warmest thanks of de
club TO de Gfneral, an inform him. as a counter
favor, dat recent 'speriments, by members OF
dis club, hey demonstrated de purbolic fack DAT
eatin' sweet lie on DuckWheat cakes will cOun-
teTact an lntenShun OF de system to erupt. Dis
am fack which should be known to de Agry-
culchural Buray at de airliest possibul mo-
ment."
The chairman OF the committee on the sick
reported that JoSephuS Root. a resident of the
western suburbs, was lying on his bed with a
broken jaw, and felt himself entitled to draw
his 50 per week.
did you iRquar' how he got dat jaw broker
asked the president.
I'VE did, sab. He was gwine up Iliinoy street
de odder day when he cum upon q daug fight.
Oar was crowd an our respected brudder
climbed upon fence to get cl'ar view. A
bod broke down an our respected brudder took
a fall an broke his jaw"
In de fust place" said the president, after a
look through the bylaws, Ids club am posed
TO daug lights. In de mex place, de brudder
took his own risk In climbin' dat fence. 1t am
not Zactly case whar' de club kin legally and
consistently be called upon TO furnish relief but
on de 0ddef ham, 1t am human to err. Old as
am an as much as l want to be good dar am
sunthin' bout daug fight which draws me
n'gher-nigher. higher, an fore l knows it I,m
frOwin' up my hat an Offering to bet.twO to one
on de crop-eared canine. Relief will be granted
In dis case, but won't answer fur any laws
broken In de misty fuchur."