Connecticut western news., 1881-04-27
THE LIME.KILN CLUB.
The President Reads a Lesson on Kindness-Sundrie Hour.
From the Detroit Free Press.

up and down the aisles, ''at midnight las' night, de speerit of Brudder Charles Climax Goshport, local member of dis club, passed from y'arth to de un- known. Only week ago he sat in dis hall; tonight he am dressed fur de grave. What ackshun will de club take ?''
 'I 'spose, sah," said the Rev. Pen stock, as he rose up, "dat it am in order to present resolushun to de efeck dat he was 8 man of de highest integrity, iberal-hearted, high minded, an dat his loss am sad blow to de hull city"
 'sYes, such resolushun am in order. Brudder Penstock, can you remember dat you eber took Brudder Goshport by de hand an gin him a word of praise fur his hard work an honest ways ?"
 "I-I-doan' remember dat I eber did, sah."
 :.Am dar pusson in dis hall who kin remember dat he eber put hisself  Not man answered.
 "Kin any one of you remember dat you took any pertickler interes' in how he got along?"
 Not voice was heard in reply.
 "To be little plainer," continued the President, cam dar' one single pusson in dis hall who eber felt five cents worth of anxiety fur Brudder Goshpert's worldly or spiritual vel fare p
 The hall was so quiet that the sound of Elder Toots rubbing his back on the sharp edge of window easing gave everybody start.
 "Not a man in dis hull club-not 8 man in dis hull city, so far as we know, ] eber put hisself out to do favor for or speak a word in praise of our lament ed brudder, an yet we have the cheek | to talk of resolushun settin' forth his many vartues and our heartfelt sorrow
 No, sir We doan' pass no sich biz ness heah I should be ashamed to look his widder in de face if we did. It am de way ob de world to let men alone jist when leetle help would give 'em broad and easy road. We h'ar of dis man or dat man havin' won de gratitude of de people, but we doan' h'ar of it un- til he am dead. When man has gone from y'arth de papers an de public sud- denly diskiver how honest he was what a big heart he had how much good he was allus doin', an what loss to de world his death will prove. De time to l praise man is when he am ivin' beside us. Praise hurts nobody, but many 8 good man has grow1 weary fur de want of appreciashun. Heah am seventy of us in dis hall tonight, an we have to own up dat not one of us eber went outer our way to prove to our brudder dat his gentle ways, his squar' dealin' an his upright life war any mo- 'precia- ted by us dan as if he had bin hoss thief An to pass resolushun would be to brand ourselves hypocrites. Let no man dare offer one." SEVERAL VILLAINS. ] A letter from Canton, O., announced the fact that colored man of fair ad- dress has just hung out shingle in that town bearing the legend; CDR. J. OsKoFF, M. D. "Cures of all kinds of sickness without fail.
 els recommended by the Detroit Lime Kiln Club"
 The man is base impostor. No one in the Club ever heard of him before, and steps have been taken to make him haul down his sign or walk chalk.
 A communication from 8 colored woman at Lexington, Ky, stated that she recently purchased bottle of liquid warranted to remove tan and freckles, the agent being a colored person who passed himself off as Pickles Smith, of the Lime-Kiln Club. The liquid proved a base deception, and she demanded that the club at once forward her one dollar in cash and an ample apology. There was general burst of applause over this demand, and the Secretary was instructed to write in reply that the said agent was an impostor and de- served to be scalded.
 A member of the Common Council, of Keokuk, Iowa, forwarded statement to the effect that colored man wearing velvet pants, swallow-tailed coat, alli- gator boots and a lavender neck-tie, and claiming to have been sent out by the club to collect money for the erection of a new Paradise Hall, had been work ing in that city with considerable suc- cess. The Alderman had his suspicious aroused because the man claimed to be Giveadam Jones, and it is generally known that MT. Jones has exactly the same facial expression as Ben Butter.
 The Secretary was ordered to answer by telegraph, and to make every effort to secure the arrest and punishment ol the double-dyed villain.
 It may be we'll to state in this con. nection:
 1. The Li1ne-Kiln Club employs nc travelling agent.
 2. It does not offer chromo or other premium.
 3. It does not guarantee cosmetics salves or medicines.
 4. No man, white or black, has any legal or moral right to name any liquic or solid after the club, or any member thereof.
 UP AND DOING.