Connecticut western news., 1881-06-22
THE LIME-KILN CLUB.
Brother Gardner DiscOurses on Learning" - General Proceed ings, Etc.

ings, Etc.
 From the Detroit Free Press.[
 "I hold heah in my han letter from New England, axin' me what institushun of larnin' I graduated at," began the old man, as the dogs were turned out and the doors locked. "De writer may have bin in airnest, an he may have meant to insult me, but Ihave only one reply. My school-house was de cotton field; my teacher was de slave oberseer wid his whip; my text book war de hoe, de ax, de cotton gin and do auction block. For ober thirty y'ars I was an OK, to be whipped, starved, worked, shot, burned, sold or placed in posish- un to please de whims of master. Dat was my college, an kin look up an down dis hall an see de faces of score oa raen who graduated wid me from de same institushun. Our school did not teach us to read or write 1; our teachers did not seek to inculcate principles of varchew, honesty an integrity. No one could blame us for bein' bad, an yet, holdin' second place as we do, off color an ignorant, will put up de rec ords of de ten old slaves in dis hall to- night again de records of any ten white men of de same age. Oar am not a drinker il, de lot not one of dem has bin accused of a crime. Ebery man has good reputashun fur sobriety an hon. esty, an his word am taken as fur as 8 mans word kin go.
 "I kin show you in Detroit 800 white men, all well educated, well taught, an havin' lifetime de start of us, who am poorer dan we ar; who am tricky, dis honest an widout word, an who dodge constables an avoid creditors same as we look out fur mad dogs. It am not edicashun dat makes de man any mo dan it am de harness dat makes de hoss. daily meet enthusiasts on dis subjeck. I know white men who imagine dat a sons fuchur am all se- renely settled as soon as he kin write four lines of Latin an translate six lines of Greek. l I know cull'd men who have worked night an day an worn old clothes an ibed on muffin to cram deir boys full of educashun. It am true dat de more educashup we have de less vice we have, but doan' go too fur. America stands to-day in de front rank of na- shuns, an yit her leadin' men am not her college graduates. Take de men in Detroit who war educated de mos an you h'ar de leas' of dem. Dey am not at de head of our big factories, in our big stores, or plannin' an carryin' out our big enterprises. Mo dan five hun dred college an high school graduates am book-keepin' an sto'-clerkin' in dis werry city on salaries of less dan $20 a week. Fin me college graduate among de merchants. Fin me one along de ribber front. Fin me one omong de ship owners. Fin me one among de tobacconists. Does @ college educashun direct de affairs of our big stove works, our locomotive works or our dozen railroads ?
 "I tell you, my friends, g boy wid hoss-sense in his head to begin on, tenn pered up wid two or three y 'ars of union school educashun, will make his way where graduates can't go. Our mos successful business men am almost self educated. Men who nebber saw col lege have invented our reapers, mowers, sewing machines an labor-savin' ma- sheenery. Men wid deestrick school educashuns have built our biggest ships an planned our grandest enterprises. Star gazin', poetry an philosophy am we'll huff, but it has been native genius an business push which has made dis kentry what it am.
 "Fust feel of your boys an see if de Lawd gin 'em any hoss sense. If he did, it am your duty to develop an, direct it.. If he didn't, de only way to prevent men from callin' them fules and idiots am to pack 'em off to college an stuff 'em so full of Greek, Latin, ora tory, ancient history an classical slop dat some of it will spill over wheneber dey open deir moufs. We will now purceed wid our reg1ar proceedings.
 A wILTED BROTHER.
 Kyann Jones offered the following resolution
 Resolued, Dat in case of war wid Hin dostan dis Lime Kiln Club will stan ready to offer its services in @ military sense to de Government of the United States.
 During the profound silence which followed the reading of the resolution the fall of big hunk of plastering in the ante-room sounded like an earth quake and caused 8 general start of alarm.
 sBrudder Jones, fink I know what ails you," said the President as he cara fully let the resolution fall into the waste-basket. elf I war you, I'd soak my feet on gwine to bed tonight an put 8 mustard plaster on my head. Sich cases as yours, if not taken in time, am apt to result in a sudden ex- ploshun."
 The brother sat down with pressure equal to 24O pounds to the square inch, and during the remainder of the session he seemed buired in profound thought
 THE WEATHER.
 The Chairman of the Weather Bureau reported the following programme for the coming week:
 Monnay-Total eclipse of the sun, with slight decline in the price of strawberries.
 Tuesday-Indications of an earth | quake.