News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-02-16
THE LIME.KILN CLUB.
Passed Away from Earth.
From the Detroit Free Press.l


, order, ''to announce de fack dat Brudder
Kanaby passed from airth away yester-
day afternoon. He Was known to moas'
of us as Uncle Pete, an believe he has
, passed away widout leavin' an inemy
behind him. Who does not remember
his white hair, wrinkled face, kindly
voice an good-natured smile? Who kin
not remember his kim words and good
deeds? Who eber axed him fur help
dat he did not get it?
can poo o'e Uncle Peter am no mo-
among us ! Some few of us war up dar
when he breathed his last, an none of
us will soon forgit how he passed away.
When you see de cold, dead face at de
funeral tomorrow you will see dss-1t
carries de same kim smile as in life.
He died feelin' dat he was gwine home.
He was only poo ole black man, not
able to read or write, and all frew his
life he had met wild sorrows an misfor.
tunes. Men had told him dat he had
no soul. Men had told him dat dere
was no God. Men had laffed at him fur
believin' dar was hereafter fur weary
souls. An yit how did he dieF
"When de poo ole man realized dat
de summons had come his smile was
like dat of child's. De prayer he made
viii ring in my ears foreber. In his
heart, so soon to be still, he felt dat his
long vars of faith war bout to be re-
warded. He had held fast through dark
ness and scoffin' an trial an despair,
an now de reward was clus at han.
Oar war tears in our eyes an we could
not see, but we knew what he saw. If
eber mortal eyes looked into Heaben,
dat curtain was lifted to him. Wild his
hands clasped--wi6 heart putin its
trust in God to de las'-wid smile
which showed muffin but faith an trust
dis ole man slipped from de lovin' hands
around him an iined de percession which
am allus marchln' from de shores of
airth to de gates of glory. AS many of
you as can make it convenient will at
tend de funeral to-morrer, and de jani-
tor will see dat de vacant char am
decked wild Grape fur de usual thirty
days"
THEY WERE CONSIDERING.
| Waydown Bebee announced that he
had received letter from 81 Doodle |
bat, of Pittsburg, complaining that his
application for membership had been |
neglected. Brother Gardner called |
upon the Committee on Petitions to ex-
plain, and the Chairman said that he |
had been investigating the character of
the applicant. He had written to the
Mayor of Pittsburg regarding the peti-
toner, and the information might be
summed up as follows:
]. He wears two watch chains.
2. He carries a cane, wears an ulster, |
and is followed by a four ounce dog |
wearing red blanket.
3: He goes to the post-office three |
times per day and loudly inquiries for |
letters, but never gets any.
4. On several occasions he has tried |
to pass himself off as a member of the |
| Legislature.
The committee having discovered that |
he was this sort of man were waiting |
for further evidence, and the President |
indorsed their action and told them to
go slow.
DELAYED POETRY.
The Secretary announced that he had |
received from Prof. Bagdad Pratt, of |
Brownsville, N. Y, a poem to be en-
tered for the Waydown Bebee premium. |
The entries were closed and the prizes |
awarded two weeks ago, but on motion
of Pickles Smith the Secretary was in
structed to read the poem in a voice |
full of emotion. He therefore read:
ON DE NEGLECTED GRAVE.
By de co'ner OBJ de melon patch,
Among de bloomin' clover,
sot me on grassy mound
To look de melons ober.
De bee was buzzin IN de sun,
maxim oh de honey
De skeeter borin' at my shin,
As if he worked for money. |
A stirrin' OBJ de melon vines
De win blew from de souf;
An powerful de melons pumped
De water in my mouf.
An denI think, show soon-how soon,
No melons l shall see
How soon-how soon 1 shall not hear
De buzzin OBJ de bee"
Dis darky's fleetn bref done gone!
(For life is nebber long).
DE melon-longin' hushed-an' hushed
De banjo an de song
Den lay me in de groun' right heah,
An let de skeeter ravel
De melon shuah will ripen on
De poo neglected grave.
On motion of Waydown Beebe the
Secretary was instructed to forward the |
thanks of the club, together with letter
Introducing the poet into the best society
in the principal cities of the Union.
RESOLVED.
Giveadam Jones offered the following
preamble and resolution:
WHEREAS, 1t was generally under |
stood by de Guild race dat ole Mother |
Shipton was to eand up dis world on de |
asst day of 1881 an,
WHEREAS, Sartin odder people have |
from time to time sot day fur de gran |
smash to arrove, an de said gran smash |
didn't take place; now darfore-
ResolUed, Dat de culpd race doan'
take no mo- stock in sich prophecies an
predickshuns, but dat dey tend strictly |
to bizness an let de world take car of |
herself an eand up when che gifts ready. |
The resolution was adopted without
debate and accepted as the sentiments
of the club.
NOT EXACTLY WILLING.
The Secretary further announced |
communication from the Rev. Jasper,
OF Virginia, asking the club to indorse
his theory that the sun moves, but |
Brother Gardner said that the time was |
not ret ripe. In the years gone by some
one had started the theory that the sun
stood still while the earth moved around |
it, and the majority of people had come
to accept that theory rs fact. 1t might |
be radically wrong, and yet the man who |
brought forward any other theory would |
be scoffed at and called crank. His |
advice to Rev. Jasper was to hang to his
theory and wait
HE CAN'T GO.
A communication from Norwalk, O.,
signed by such leading citizens as Geo.
MCGEE, Sandy Mccoy, Ben. Van
| Camps, Amos Hopkins. George Ham |