News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-08-24
THE LIME-KILN CLUB.
A Lesson in PoIitics-Too Much Wa
termeIon.
[From the Detroit Free Prass I

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Brother Gardner blew his nose with 6
report which sounded like the explosion
of an Ohio River excursion steamer.
gave his shirt collar lift which made
the stitches crack, and began with:
"Bewar' of de pollytishun If he am
black, go outer yer way to shun him.
If he am white, lock yer doahs an load
yer shotguns.
The old man paused here to look into
his desk for piece of slippery elm,
and Waydown Bebee took advantage of
the opportunity to rise and inquire:
"Does the Chair refer to white man
named Seeker Jackson ?"
"Yes, de Char refers to dat VERY
pusson," replied the President. "Fur
de las fo' weeks he has bin de plague
of my life. I understan' dat he kalker-
lates to run fur State Senator mex fall,
and he am now tryin' to make hisself
solid wild de Guild element; an I fur
ther understan' dat he has petishuned
dis club fur membership, an dat he am
buyin' rattle boxes, tin whistles an
mouth-organs fur Guild babies in order
to gain de esteem of their parents.
Gem len, I desiah-"
At that moment the sounds of a
wrangle were heard in the ante-room, a
struggle took place, and the voice of
Seeker jackson was heard crying out:
''Let go of my hair or I'll call the
police Ny platform is: Three dol
lars barrel for -four, six hoops on
barrel, and horse and carriage to take
the laboring man to his daily toll p"
At signal from Brother Gardner
Samuel Shin and Giveadam Jones passed
out, and in two or three seconds after
there were sounds of breaking glass,
bump bump on the stairs, and then
a voice foated up from the dark alley,
saying:
"You can throw me down stairs every
night In the week If you want tol All
l ask is that you vote solid for Seeker
Jackson on election day."
"Pollyticks," softly observed the
President, "means lynn, stealin', cheat
in, swindlin'. It means degradashun.
1t means loss of self-respect. It means
whisky, drunkenness, fightin', stabbin',
an rollin' in de mud. Keep out OF
pollytieks. Keep away from polly
tishuns. If dis Seeker Jackson attempts
to enter de sacred portals of dis hall
agin de keeper of de password am heah-
by authorized to pulverize him an sell
de pulverizashun to de rag-man at two
cents pound"
The Chairman of the Committee on
the Sick reported that Arbustus Gun
ningham, local member who has chill
blains all the year round, was in need of
relief. He had been found in an alley
In what was supposed to be dying
condition, conveyed home on cheap
pine door, and was now under the care
of five doctors, no two of whom could
agree as to whether it was Case of sun
stroke or smallpox. He not only
needed four dollars in cash to buy porus
plasters, new tooth brushes and chick
ems for soup, but it would be q great
kindness for members of the club to
take turns citing up with him.
"Razor de Smith, said the President,
as the Chairman sat down with tears in
his eyes, 81 like to see sympathy in
man, but in your case it am all frown
away. I was in dat alley lookin' at
Brudder Arbustus iist befo' dey card
him away. know what allied him. He
had invested fo'ty cents in watermel-
lyon an went in dar' to eat it all alone.
He ate an ate an stuffed an stuffed,
an when he got frew dar' wasn't seed
nor piece of rind to be found. Any
member of dis club who deliberately
sots out to make hog of hisself mus
take de consequences. Let de doctors
poke AWAY at him."