The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-10
THE LIME-KILN CLUB.
President Gardner Delivers a Telling Dis
course on CharitV

President Gardner Delivers Telling Dis
course on Charity.
Detroit Free Press.
DE secretary will read de follerin' COM
municashun," said the president as the
meeting opened:
Bro. Gardner: Several of our yonng friend5
desire to know how you stand on the question Of
CHARITY this fall. Does the club propose to do
nate anything to local charity this w!ster2
Respectfully,
Four FRIENDS
.As to de fust query" said the president,
as he drew himself up, de answers dat |
have heretofore given mus stand fur de an
swer now. De charity of Detroit has bred
race of beggars who will never leave us. 1t
has added to de loaferism an encouraged
de idenes' an gineral shiftlessness. 1t has
said to de heads of families: Idle de sum
mer away an you shall be supported durn'
de winterP Go ask de poo superintendent
If de same persons doan' return
var after var? Ask him if
men and women have not come to look upon
poo fund as DER right, an if dey doan' de-
mand DER allowance, instead of asking for
II? Charity filled de kentry wild tramps.
When charity tried to undo its work de
tramps began to burn barns an murder
women an chilen. Charity has encouraged
a drove of 500 beggar chiPen to march up
and down cherry resident street 1t has wasted
its tears upon brutes of men an its prayers
upon hardened women, an its money has
gone to feed people so vile arr wicked dat
States prison ached to receive 'em.
las to de second query, dar' am poo ole
man libin mex doah to Sir Isaac Walpole.
Who has paid his rent for months past?
Charity No, gen'len; charity neber b. ars of
anybody but bold-faced beggar. Our friend
bean, Sir Isaac, has not only kept de roof
ober de ole mans head, but has furnished
him many a meal to eat.
up on Grove street. near de cabin of Way
down Bebee, am poo ole woman dat has
gone blind. Brudder Bebee an odder men,
bers has Clipped in to take car of her, an
whateber she has had de pas summer or has
now am due to DER kindness Town charity
hasn't diskibered her yet
up on Scott street. cus to de cabin of
Whalebone Howker dar was a death de cd
der day an two chilren war left alone in de
world. Charity left 'em alone in de house
until de landlord turned 'em into de treet
Den charity walked off an Brudder HGwker
took de orphans home an will keep 'em frew
de winter.
up my way dar am a sick man who wants
medicines-a boy wild broken leg who wants
nourishin' food-a womanwho has long run
+. of fever widout her rent fallin' behind or her
chill goin' hungry Let de cry of distress
come to Pickles Smith, Judge Cadaver Sam
uel Shin, Rev. Penstock or any odder men,
Der who kin spare from his purse or his
table, an it am promptly answered. We
know our naybors and we am maturity. We
found no hospitals establish no beggars
headquarters, an issue no call for udder
cities to send in DER paupers to be supported
but our naybur finds us at his sck-bed, an
misfortune finds our purses open. He who
has charity in his heart need not go huntin
fur de poo to relieve an fur reporters to
puff DER gifts Charity dat rides aroun'
town on fo'-hoss wagon will see workin'
man starve an feed a loafer who has spent
half his summer in de saloons. Let as drap
de subJlck an proceed to business"