Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-07-14
LlmE.KELN CLUB BUSINESS.

understand" began the President,
as the meeting opened IN due form, 1" dat
quite a number of de members of dis CLUB
am gwine to be married doorin' de summer.
OATS all right, and I wish EN- much Joy,
an shall be glad to witness de obsequies OF
each an cherry one, But want to say a
few words in gineral. In the fust place,
am you gwine to mary fur love or fur
a sort o bizHess partnership. II you an
swer fur love, let me warn you TO be GER
tain dat you doan' mistake de sentiment.
Many young man who thought his heart
torn by love has plunged iato matrimony
to diskiver dat he simply had an admira-
lion fur a $50 set of false teeth an a
high instep. II you answer fur sort of
bizness partnership. let me warn you not
to expect too much You won't love de
woman, an she won't trust you.
1t will be q sort O. boss trade in which
both parties will be cheated and both con-
timer to be mad about it. You kin git
along arter a fashion, an people who see
her on your arm at circus won't know
how you fight at home.
" If You mus marry, let common sense
have show in de transsckshun. Doan'
| 90 off yer feet bekase you meet gal who
/ hAh eng A2hp a AOblug 5DIilG llh6 u IpS0g al
| jump off street kyar widout bodering de
driver to stop. a wife will have much to
do besides sipgin' an cultivstin dimples.
If You am gwine to marry, ak yerselves
how fur $40 per week will 90 when di.
vided up fur clothes an pervishuns an
house rent an fewel an incidentials. Be-
TO you fall in love wild a gal who looks too
sweet for anythin' in red plush sacque,
| kinder tigger on how many SIGH duds your
income would afford her. Beio' you am all
broke up ober gal who plays de pianner,
talks French, paints landscapes, an resds
poetry, jist sit down an igger who am to
cook yer meat an taters, patch yer cloze,
darn yer socks, an help ye make SO
buy SO worth of things. Befo' ye let a
par O. Hashin' eyes an a cunnin'
dimple captivate ye, look aroun' a little
an see If de owner has got temper like
! wildcat. Marriage am lottery simply
bekase people take each odder insight an
unseen. Let US now prognosticate to biz.
ness"
| The Committee on Agriculture announced
that it had finished its labors regarding tie
melon crop of 1888, and desired to submit
the following;
The total number of melons for this sea.
son will be I45, $50, 2S7.
The total number which will find their
way into the hands of oolored persons, by
purchase or otherwise, will be 60, 900, 0O0
The number of melons which will be ear.
ried home, put on ice, and found to be as
green as grass when carved for dinner. will
be 3, Isl, l57.
The report was accepted and the COM
mittee discharged, and at the same time 3
resolution by Shindig Watkins that the
club offer a reward of $50 to any one dis
covering a way to preserve watermslons
the year round, was voted down by large
majority.
a communication was received from
Aberdeen, S. c., announcing the fact that
the Hon. Slsyback johnson, an honorary
member of the club living in that locality,
had been missing from home for seven
weeks. His wife wasn't certain whether
he had been drowned or had skipped the
country, but had put on cheap mourning at
a venture.
The Secretary was instructed to keep
watch of the case, and if the missing men,
Der did not turn up within month to for.
ward the wife card to enable her to visit
any circus at half price.-LDetroit Free
Press.