The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-04-27

~ see by de papers, said Brother
Gardner as he mentioned TO Samuel
Shin to drop one of the back windows,
II see by de papers dat Prof. Gillian
predicts dat in 1898 dc Guild man will
be in de ascendency Jist so. Wen
drap two mo windows an discuss dc
subiick little.
''In one hundred Vars, den, 'cordin'
Giveadam Joneses an Pickles Smithses
of our race will be at tie head of dc
gov ment. P'raps II pusson named
Waydown Bebee will be President OF de
United States. Whalebone Howker viii
be de leadin' Chief Justice of the high
est court in de land. Judge Cadaver
will be Gub'n of Michigan. Chewso
Chapman an Depravity johnson will
be de Vanderbilt an Gould of de period.
Profs. Breakdown Turner an Rise Up
Bunkerwill flourish at Hazard an Yale.
Three Ply Jones, Discount White, Bunko
Jackson an oders will be Presidents of
national banks, an boards of trade,
climbers of commerce an stock eX-
changes will be run entirely by Guild
men.
at am q beautiful landscape to look
upon, an / really pity dc poo white
man. He has been lordin' it ober Gle
world at large so long. and has made
SIGH progress in science an Philosophy
dat it will seem purity tough fur him to
saw our wood, clean our alleys an black
our butes."
At this point Reconstructed Taylor
began to stamp his feet, and clap his
hands and seek to start an encore, but
the President interrupted him with:
''Brudder Taylor. drap it! Now draw
yer feet out of dc alley an doan' move
agin till de meetin' am out! No doubt
you am tickled half TO death, but let us
see what tickles you. In hundred
years we am to be at de top of de heap
We are to lose our kinks and grow
straight ha'r, our feet am to be pared
down, our noses am TO be trimmed
down, our mouths puckered on new
plan, an we am to lose our brunette
compilations. Den our heads am to be
reshaped an Resulted, our speech filed
down and sandpapered, an we am to
progress faster in 100 Vars dan dc white
man has in 1000. / think / see US at
dc pinnacle! We look awful purity ut
dc top of de heap. Nobody would know
us as we stan erect on dc cap-sheaf an
wave dc glorious banner.
"My fren's, continued the President,
after long and solemn silence, 'if
Prof. Gillian am not fool he am dc
mex hes thing crank. One hundred
Vars will not do what he says. We
can't fetch it, We was BON in dc
wrong time of dc moon, brought up on
de wrong sort of eatablcs. an educated
in dc wrong kind of skules. We have
an shall progress. Our chill'en will
know mo- dan we do, an dair chill'en
will be u peg higher. an dc day will
come when we shall stan higher in all
of dc arts an sciences, but we must not
forget dc present. Oar am mouths to
feed an bodies to clothe an house rent
TO pay an fuel to buy. an he who loses
days work to dream ober Professor
Gilliam's prophesy shows his lack of
sense. If, arter all de present men,
bers of dis club have been slcopin' for
half century in dc grave, dc white
man begins to lose his grip an de black
man begins to- kotch on. it will be all
right. Meanwhile, doan' miss cog.
Doan' be made fools of Doan' try to
clothc de chill'en wild raimcnt of n hun
drcd Vars hence. an doan' cxpeck dat
dc predickshun dat we shall ultimately
warm our feet in de halls of Congress
am gwinc to satisfy present hunger.
We will now tighten our belts an pitch
into dc regular order of biznesS. De
troll Free Press.
The Rev. Mr.. Tnlmnrc. in tcscribinc