Connecticut western news., 1881-03-02
THE LIME-KILN CLUB.
Brother Gardner Pays a Touching Tribute to the Memory of a De ceased Brother.
From the Detroit Free Press.]

"Word reached me las night dat Uncle Bill Williams lay a-dyin',' said Brother Gardner, as hush feel on the meeting. "I went ober dar' wld Sir Isaac Waipole and Waydown Bebee. De old man was one of de charter members of dis club. He made ninth man on de roll. Fur de las two y'ars we haven't seen him heah, kase he was old an weak an trembly, aD' waitip fur de summons. When he felt dat de sum- mons had come, he sent fur his friends | to be wid him. De good ole man His journey has lasted fur eighty long y'ars. ,1as had slaved in de rice swamps 1 and toiled in de cane. His path had been crooked an full of sorrow. If anybody eber had reason to hate men and doubt God it was dat poor ole Uncle Billy. An yit he lay dar wid smile on his face an his mind at peace. In heart he forgave everybody, an he prayed for de men who had wronged him de most. We sot dar' till de ole mans lamp of life went out, an we got sich 8 view of Heaben dat de music keeps ringin' in my ears. De world will say of him dat he was only poo ole nigger, but in dat las hour of life he would not have changed places wid de greatest king on airth. Dat faith which he had card in his heart for life time had not deceived him. De pray'rs he had whispered in de rice swamp war ! 1. h1ooly his mind weak, an his Parnin' was dat of child, but we sot dar' an' saw de gates of Heaben swing open to let his soul pass in"
 Many of the old members had word to say in favor of the departed, and it was resolved that sixteen of the club should attend the funeral as an escort to the hearse.
 RESOLUTION.
 Pickles Smith secured the floor and offered the following resolution:
 Resolued, Dat any member of dis club who sees robin befo' de 21st day of March shall be held liable to fine of two dollars
 The question was put without debate and carried without dissenting vote, and robins will be scarcer in this neigh borhood for the next four weeks than before for fifty years.
 A PETITION.
 The following petition, dated New Or leans, Feb. 10, was received: DEAR S1K-The cabin in which re- side is surrounded by a raging flood. Myself and the old woman are on the
 idge-pole, and the water is running into the garret window. We must have } help within an hour or we shall drown.
 In this emergency forward my peti- tion for membership. am 40 years old, gentle in my disposition, forgiving in spirit, sound in health and can nai pair of hind shoes on the worst mule in Louisiana.
 Yours truly,
 PARA1YzE JONES.
 P. S.-If not against your rules, take , the old woman in, too.
 l FULL OF CONFIDENCE. 2 The Secretary announced communi
 cations from five different parts of tht
 country inquiring if the Lime-Kiln Clut
 was still working in harmony with tht
 National Agricultural Bureau, ant
 whether it supported Gen. Le Due il his efforts to grow three -cornered DO
 tatoes.
 Giveadam Jones thereupon presente' the following resolution
 "Resolued, Dat dis club am still il harmony wid an has full confidence Il e de head of de Nashunul Agryculchura |, Burow, an we fully believe dat If d e necessities of dis kentry demand three I cornered 'taters Gen. Le Due am d '. man to succeed in bringin' dem fo'th. o The resolution was adopted by vot :, of 64 to II.
 JUST FOR A CHANGE. 'A The Chairman of the Committee ol = Manufactures and Machinery said tha S his committee had thoroughly investi Q gated the complaint made by certai '1 State Senators that the five cent cigar @ sold in this State were deleterious t U the health of smokers. They had pun ~ chased dozen different grades an ~ made close inspection of each. The H, had discovered the presence of tobacco
 horse e-radish-leaves, old cotton cloth :, wooden toothpicks, old hat, wire, stran N of rope, and several other articles ( '' import and export, but medical me
 were divided as to whether these sut It stances were injurious to the system le One eminent physician had known ( It case of consumption being cured b l. the patient chewing up 8 clothes line S' Another said that the smoke of an ol y felt hat was sure cure for the asthms '1 Another believed that the presence ( 'e scrap iron in a cigar acted beneficial o on the liver. Other medical gentleme IS of high standing emphatically COT h demned the practice of introducing fo IS eign substances into cigars, and th 'e committee, finding itself between tW s. fires, would be content with advisin n- cigar-makers to substitute corn-husl le in place of the tobacco, just for u change.
 s. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS. 1h The Librarian was instructed to col ee fer with the Concord School of Philos' 'r phy and see if he could not exchane r. some of his 1878 almanacs for son y late works on the natural philosophy y insect life.
 If The janitor was ordered to remove u a. red woolen rags from the interior of tf r. kerosene lamps, as it had been four llr +bo+ 4Lo ,,,+;c+;o oecoo+ x1oS ,ooro 4Ls