Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-09-27
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he lives 10 bc ten thousand years old,
As he entered the lodge 10 arrange the
chairs and benches for tho opening Of
the regular Saturday night meeting, he
discovered u big watermelon on the
stove, Samuel is not always respect
or Of the rights Of property, His every
day theory Isl 10 tho finder belongs
tho watermelon Having no doubt
that this fruit had been lell behind by
somc member ut tho last meeting, and
hoping that he had time to devour the
whole Of II before any one should come
IN, he proceeded to business, Scarcely
had he laid hands on the melon before
there was an explosion which upset
everything in the room aud landed
Samuel under the lavender bench forty
fec, Nwry, llc received three cuts on
the Gusu, two on the chin, had his wool
badly frizzlcd, and It will be seven
weeks before he will bc able TO wink
with his left eye. 'Gen'lem, ! trust
dat dis lesson will sink deep into your
hearts aud be tookcn for solemn
warnin, said Brother Gardner, as he
opened the meeting. In dc iuSt place
dc pusson who lets his curiosity lead
him around by dc nose will trabbcl in
dc swamps rs often us on dc highway,
In dc next place, he who has no respect
for de rights Of odders will often fnd
posscshun n dangerous thing. Had
Brudder Shin stood off distance OF
ten feet aud ben content to gaze on dat
mcllyon and let his mout water ober
dc ideah of what was inside, he would
not at dis mint be lynn on bench in
dc auty-room wid his head on paint
keg and his heart grievin' fur dc long
ago. Envy am dc fodder on which
small.minded man exists. Jealousy am
dc weapon of man who hasn't brains
huff to pull himself up. Avaricc am
Il feeling borrowed from dc hog. We
will now 60 ahead and warm up dc
machinery of routine bizness.
Under the head of communications
the secretary read letter from the
office of the state of Indiana asking the
club to use its influence to stop the
adulteration of food and drink, and in
quire if Brother Gardner had any sug-
gestions to make.
Il has given dis adulteraslun subject
considerable thought said the old man
as he elevated his glasses. Whn l
take home TO cents worth of bakin'-
powder, I am made to realize dat my
biscuit am to be mixed wild alum,
cream tartar, chalk. clay, and de land
only know how much branmash, bees
wax and lemonade left ober from de
last picnic. Dey adulterate my sugar,
my tea, my coffee, my beer dat l keep
in case of sickness, and when l carried
home dc last Goldfish I found war dey
had tried to adulterated him with scrap
iron. AS to de remedy, it seems to
me dat if we would all agree to lib for
six months on con meal and bacon, it
would stop dis wickedness, but should
want to see dc hogs killed an de con
husked wild my own eyes
Judge Cadaver secured the floor to
offer resolution that all members OF
the Lime-Kiln club employed about
hotels and on steambods and on rail-
road trains be instructed to positively
refuse any fees for doing what they
were hired to do.
The motion was supported by Give
adam Jones and three other members
in unison, and the resolution was oh.
jected to by Sam Shin, Waydown
Decbe and Wheelright Perkins. After
the club had wrangled over the ques-
ton for five minutes the president rap
ped for silence and observed;
Il reckon I kin settle the matter to
de satisfaction Of all concerned. Whar'
member OF dis club am hired to wait
on de public, he mus do his dooty wild
liberness and dispatch. No extra
charge mus be made fur labor, but if
de victim desires to present him half q
dollar for de extra style flung on in
climbin' three par of stairs wild glass
of water, dat's matter wild which we
have muffin to do. If a hotel waiter
answers call any time within an hour
he am doin' all dat kin reasonably be
'spected of him. If he puts hisself out
to shorten de time by fifteen minutes,
and de surprised guest hands him 81,
dat money kin conscientiously be re-
ceived and kept down the boot leg till
dar am an opportunity to visit policy
shop and lose it, Detroit Free Press,
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