Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1883-05-30
The L.ims- Kiln Club,

II see Dy uc papers, SAID bfOtneT
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 1888 dc culid man will
be in de ascendency. Jist so. Wen
drap two mo- windows AN discuss de
subjick little.
''In one hundred vars, den, 'cordin'
to de Professor, de Samuel Shins an
Givcadam Joncses an Pickles Smithses
Of our race will be at de head OF de
gov mcnt. Praps pussOn named
Waydown Debee will be President of de
p United States. Whalebone Howker will
be de leadin' Chief Justice of the high
est court ia de land. Judge Ca,iavar
will be Gub'nor Of Michigan. Chewso
Chapman an Depravity johnson will
be de Vanderbilt an Gould of de period.
Profs. Breakdown Turner an Rise Up
Bunker will flourish at Hauard 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-
chsMges VIII Be ran entirely BY Guile
R1en.
ut am beautiful landscape to look
upon. an I really pity de poo white
man. He has been lordin' it ober de
world at large SO long, and has made
sich progress in science an ferlosophy
dat it will seem purity tough fur him to
saw our wood, clean our alleys an black
our butes."
At this roint 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 de 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 10 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 de white
man has in Loco. l think l see US at
de pinnacle! We look awful purity at
de top of de heap! Nobody would know
us rs we stan erect on de cap-sheaf an
wave de glorious banner.
my fren's, continued the President.
after a long and solemn silence. ''if
Prof. Gillian am not fool he am de
mex bes' tAing-a crank. One hundred
Vars will not do what he says. We
can't fetch it. We was bon in de
wrong time Of de moon, brought up on
de wrong sort of eatablcs. an educated
in de wrong kind of skules. We have
an shall progress. Our chill'en will
know mo- dan we do, an dair chill'en
will be peg higher. an de day will
come when we shall stan higher in all
of de arts an sciences, but we must not
forget de present. Oar am mouths to
feed an bodies to clothe an house rent
to pay an fuel to buy, an he who loses
"a days work to dream obcr Professor
Gilliam's prophesy shows his lack OF
sense. If. arter all de present mem-
bers of dis club have been sleepin' for
half century in de grave, de white
man begins to lose his grip an de black
man bcgins to soto., ON, it. will ha all
right. Meanwhile, doan' miss cog.
Doan' be made fools of. Doan' try to
clothe de chill'en wild raiment of n hun
dred y 'ars hence, an doah' expeck dat
de predickshun dat we shall ultimately
warm our feet in de halls of Congress
am gwine to satisfy present hunger.
We will now tighten our belts an pitch
| into de reglar order of bizness. DE
/ ErOik Free preSs