The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-04-23
EEMI.WERKLY.
The Liuue.KiIn Club.

The LIme.KiIn Club.
Detroit FreS PrOm.
~ b'lievs one great cause Disappointment
an unhappinsss in dis world am de fack
dat We expect too much Of our fellow
men, began the old man, as he looked
down upon the meeting. "We expect our
mex doah naybur to DO full o. kindness
when he may have cause to be full OIL bit
terness. II we want favor OF anybody
We neber stop TO ask il We have eber grant
ed dem one, or ii 1t will put dem out to
grant our request. II we feel good ober .
Bit o. luck we look for all men to feel good
wild US, neber dreamin' dat our good luck
may be some one else's loss. tell you,
dar am heap o sorrow an bitterness an
hsartaChe an bad luck in this world o.
ours, an he who has little or none Of 1t
am apt 10 iorgit what burdens odder peo'
pie have to bar. Let none Of US sot out
wild de ideah dat We shall I'm every body
willin' to make cl'ar road for US, Onless
you have granted tavors, you have no
business 10 * 'em. 0nless you have sac
riticed you have no right to expect sacri.
fees from friends. Illyou hRve't sympa.
thized wild odders when deTe sunshine has
departed doan' look fur sympathy when
your own sky am overcast.
"Ds odder day l heard Uncle Belly VIII
llams say dat dis was cold unAYmpathi.
ain an selfish world. l put few ques.
huns to him an ioun' dat he had made
no effort to Kit acquainted wild his naYburs.
He had nebber put hiaselt out to do any.
one else favor. When his naybur's
child lay dead in de house Uncle Bolly
went off to his work jist de same, could
not fin dat de world was bsholden 10 him
ur de least seltsaCriACe, and yit he was
bitterly complainin' agin de way de world
used him. 1t Ia iist the same in nine cases
out Of ten. De iolkges who do do least to
make de world pleasant am lookin fur de
moas' sunshine, Do unto others as you
wish to be done by, an life will be one
long, glad day wild you an yours"
The Secretary read the following:
CHICAGO, March 30, 1881.
Bro. GARDNRR:-Please inform your
friends whether you sympathize with
capital or labor, and obllge q
WoRHIEdMAN.
"In de iust place, dar am no call for me
10 sy mpAthize with either" replied the old
man, In answer. zone am jet as neces.
sary to the oddeF as two wheels to wsgun.
Capital Cl'Ms away spot an builds fac.
tory an gins fifty or q hundred men o
chance to arm far support fur themselves
an families. Dat factory wouldn't be dar
'Cept fur capital an its wheels can't move
widout labor. ltdis' wofkin' man wanted
10 draw me out on de question OF sttikes,
has only word to say. believe dat de
average employer pays his help q far price
an ali he kin afford 10. Ib'lieve he knows
his business, an am mo competent to run
Il den do men who labor Tor him. II
can't work fur a man fur dc price he oilers
| stan aside. II hire man pay him de
goin' price, an doan' let him tell me dat
mus do thus an so. Men strike bekase
dey can't diCtate, but de same men wouldn't
be willin dat DER employers should dictate
10 dem how much rent to pay, what close
TO buy an how to spen' DER wages. AS l
said befo' dar am no call for sympathy In
de case. Do mo- strikes we have de less
money will be put into manufactures.
When a capitalist kin loan his money at
good interest he am foolish 10 put 1t into
factory whar' demagogues kin harlss an
ruin him. Jist you remember what I'm
tGlkin.' De mo unions dc less factories,
De mo- strikes de less work. Do you fink
I'm foolish huff to take my $500 0ut'n de
bank, whar' principal an interest am safe
as q rock, an put II in a coopershop,
whar' three workmen could aink de hull Of
1t In one strike beksss couldn't pay mo-
fur maxim ds bar Ia dan dc same would sell
fur? shool Fings am comm 10 a purity
psss when de man wild shovel on bis
shoulder kin boss de man whose factory
turned out that identical tool"
The President looked up and down the
aises, got his eye on the man he wanted,
and said:
"Brudder Litchfeld Jones, will you
please walk up heal? p
Mr.. Jones came forward as an acute
angle, made several efforts TO bow and was
asked:
ION dc 10Th OF March you war token
sick"
ayes, sab"
you considered yourself dangerously
sick"
~ did, sah." ,
eyes, l speCt so, .ior your wife applied
10 de club for relief, an instructed dc
Treasurer to pass o6er So FUR dat week. l
need not tell you dat we all feel sorry fur
you, an dat we wore long faces at the
ldeah oil losin you from dis lodge. You
war taken III on de 10Th, was considered
dangerous on de 2O!h, an on de 2lst your
vile was giben g. Am k'rect"
"Yes, sab"
"Well, den, IN de 92d you borrowed q
shotgun an went out to hunt rabbits. |
doa1't know how much game you bagRed,
but | kinder reckon dat speedy recovery
Of yours was most wonderful thing"
"Yes, sAh-ds sickness went right OIL In
de night"
"Bfudder Jones'" continued the Presi.
dent, after looking at him, "you played
dirt on dis club. It's no use 10 deny II,
kase We have all the evidence. Las var
YOU Jumped into de ribber and saved de
| life Of Pickles Smith. OATS de reason l
doan' bounce you now. You MUS return
dat money an apologize fur your mean
ness, an II eber CotCh YOU slippln' Sgin
you'll get out oil Paradise Hall 80 fast dat
shoe leather can't Obsrtake youl"
Brother Jones made very full apology,
restored the 50 and the club adjourned
amidst songs Of peace and expressions OIL
harmony.
OuR TRADE wtrH MKxtco.-According Ia
the Bureau Of Statistics at Washington our
trada with Mexico during the fiscal yeai