The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-07-23
A solemn COncIare.

The regular semi-monthiy meeting
Of the officers and members Of the
Home for Disabled Butter and Hoary-
headed Hotel Hash occurred last Sal
uriay evening, and was called to order
! bv tie Most Esteemed Toolymuckahi.
! The minutes Of the preceding meet-I
/ ing were read, and after the Most
Esfeemed Breath Tester had passed
around "a see Il those present were
dEalifed 10 remain, and the usuai roll
call and singing Of the opening ode had
been gone through with. the Most IS
teemed TOolymuckahi announced that.
the society would resume the discussion
of the question Of finance which had
not been concluded fully at the last
session
Brother Oatmeal Baker, from Oma-
lette Pagoda. No. 36S, at Sidney, Ne
braska, rose and said that as . visiting
member Of course he had no business
with the financial affairs of aneighboF-
ing mosque. whose guest he was, but
sinasmuch rs he had been called upon
by the Most Esteemed Toolymuckahi
to make any suggestions he saw fit, he
would simply say that at their own pa.
coda. ii Sidney, the Home had been
greatly assisted IN It's Farewell Festival
ana Scufie f0r. Scads By the adoption
of voting scheme by which watch
was voted to the most popular railroad
man. He said it had been the custom
for some time for Union Pacific rail-
road towns TO put up 9 lantern or
watch worth 41.75 to be voted to the
most popular railroad man. and Il
worked tip-top. although Ia late years
of course the railroad men Were begin
ming to drop on Il. He said that they
got one Of those stem winding watches
that cost IS 40 and you wind them up
four times s day. and you have to be
pretty lively or they viii run down
while you are winding them up. This
watch brought in 497 for the treasury
Of Omalette Pagoda, No. 368
/ Brother Charley Kitchen. Of Blanc
Mango Tabernacle. No. %. Omaha,
Nebraska, said that poker and fifteen
ball pool had been used with some
success In their society for the purpose
Of aiding its lettering treasury, lhut be,
for one, favored something moro gem
teel. The general pablo did not con-
slider fifteen-balf pool as strictly au fait
or an reToir. II was worldly in its ma
ture and undignifed. He. favored some
harmless thing like voting two dollar
doll to the handsornest child. No man
who really loved his. child would do
less than blow in from three 10 thirty
dollars. to back up his judgment he !
believed In playing upon the pride and
vanity Of the average SUCKER and max
ing our society wealthy. Another good
scheme, he suggested. was to vote q
gilt locket to the most beautiful young
lady. He knew one town where this
was done to aid q church. and though
it broke up the church, the 1ocket sold
for $500 and cost ninety-seven centss
He said II his society would make him
treasurer, and then make $500 and
then break up ID. a row, he would try
to soothe his broken heart in some way
and suffer on.
The Most Esteemed Toolvmuckahi
then arose and said that the time for
discussion had expired. He wished to
say q word previous to putting the
question. The motion, as it now stood, \
was to aid the treasury by one or two
evenings Of what he might call q festi-
val and hooraw. The programme was
to arrange series of genteel bunko
and confidence games By which to get
something for nothing. He would put
the motion, but he desired in all candor
to say that his resignation as Most Es-
teemed Toolymuckahi would follow an !.
agreement to the motion.
This announcement fell with sick
ening thud upon the ears of all present.
! The motion was then put. Ayes, ID;
nays z.
The Most Esteemed Toolymuckahi
then, more in sorrow than in anger
stepped down from the dais, strobe
Enthusiastically into the ante-room, leaE-
ing the lodge in the hand of the Most
Esteemed Snpernumerary Tooly muck
ahi. put On the $35 spring overcast cf |
q visiting member. and stole into the
embraces of the silent night. Bill Nye |
IN DeHUer Opinion.