St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-11-16
Charity at the LimekiIn Club.

"De secretary will read the follerin'
communicating" said the president as
the meeting opened:
Bro. Gardner - Several of your
friends desire to know how yOu stand
on the question of charity this fall
Does the club proprose to donate any
thing to local charity this winter
Respectfully, Four FRIENDS.
GAS to de fust query" said the pres
ident, as he drew himself up, "de
answers dat l have heretofore given
mus stand fur de answer now. Da
charity of Detroit has bred a race of
beggars who will nebber leave us. 1t
has added to de lOaferism an encour-
aged de idlenes, an gineral shiftless-
ness. 1t has said to de heads of fam
lilies: idle de summer away an You
shall be supported durin' de winter =
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 deir right, an if dey dOan' demand
deir allowance, instead of asking for it !?
Charity filled de kentry wild tramps.
When charity tried to undo it's work
de tramps began to burn barns an
murder women an chill'en. Charity
has encourage drove of 500 beggar
chill'en to march up and down ebery
resident street. 1t has wasted it tears
upon brutes of men an its prayers
upon hardened women, an it's money
has gone to feed people so vile an
wicked dat states prison ached to re-
ceive 'em.
GAS to de second query, dar' am a
poo ole man libin' mex doah to Sir
Isaac Walpole. Who has paid his rent
for months past ? CharityP No, GEM
len; charity neber h'ars of anybody
but bold-faced beggar. Our friend,
heah, Sir Isaac, has not only kept de
roof ober de ole mans head, but has
furnished him many a meal to eat.
Cup on Grove street, near de cabin
of Waydown Beebe, am poo ole wo-
man dat has gone blind. Brudder
| Beebe an Odder members 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.
Cup on Scott street, clus to de cabin
of WhalebOne HOwker, dar was death
de Odder day an two chillen war left
alone in de world. Charity left 'em
alone in de house until de landlord
turned 'em into de street den charity
walked off an Brudder HOwker took
! de orphans home an will keep 'em
frew de winter.
Sup my way dar' am sick man who
wants medicines boy wild broken
leg who wants nOurishin' fOOd-a wO-
man who has long run of fever wild
out her rent fallin' behind or her chilli
en- goin' hungry. Let de cry of distress
come to Pickles Smith, Judge Cadaver
Samuel Shin, Rev. PenstOck or any
Odder member who kin spare from his
purse or his table, an it am promptly
answered. We know our nay bors and
we am naburly. We found no hOspi-
tails, establish no beggars' head-quar-
ters an issue no call fur Odder cities tC
send in der paupers to be supported,
but our naybur finds us at his sick-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 reporers to puff DER gifts. Charity
dat rides arOun' town on a fO'-hOs;
wagin will see wOrkin'man starve an
feed loafer who has spent half hi
summer in de saloons. Let us drap d'
subiick an proceed to bizness." De
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