The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1884-11-04
THE LIME-KILN CLUB
Holds It's Annual Election and Pie
mic Combined.
AZ Paradise Hall-The Procession and
tho Banners D1splayed-Games,
Prizes and Winners-In
the Evening.


Prizes and Winners-In
the Evening.
detroit Free Press1
Delegates to the annual election and pic.
mic of the Lime-Kiln club began to arrive
Friday morning, and were received by local
members stationed at different points.
Nearly all delegates from the west came in
on the dirt roads, having their shoes in one
hand and satchel in the other. The Vir-
ginia, Georgia and Alabama delegates, thirty
two in all, arrived in a body on the roof of 4
freight-car, displaying a banner ON which
was emblazoned: II Should Stutter!" The
Ohio and Indiana delegates, numbering
twenty-eight, made the best show of any.
They arrived on cattle train, each one
wearing q red cap, blue shirt, orange
colored stocking, and a badges OH which was
printed: 1--WE shall git thar if you gin us
time"
Canada sent three delegates, Halifax two,
California one, and nearly every state and
territory were represented. The actual mum
ber was 521. and quite large number
brought their wives along.
AT THE HALL.
soon as possible, and there met Brother Gard
ner, and were given q slice of watermelon
and assigned lodgings. Every local member
had from two to five in his cabin, and all
were handsomely accommodated On Friday
evening Paradise hall was thrown open.
twenty-five lamps lighted, and oil delegates
gathered there for general good time. The
following pertinent inquiries were pro-
pounded and discussed:
Cannot American genius thin down the
rind of the watermelon and thickon up the
cores"
"Why can't we have persimmons the year
round, the same as sore throats!'
"Does progress Oh the part Of tho colored
race demand that we throw the 'possum over
board!'
SATURDAY MORNING
the members were again at the hall, and
after short address by Brother Gardner.
in which he advised everybody to work up .
feeling Of perfect tranquility and pay no at
tention to cholera reports, the statesmen
formed in procession and moved to the foot Of
Russell street, where sand barge and tug
were in waiting to convey them down the
river to Fighting island. Among the ban
ners in the procession may be named:
Tennessea-"Time will takes the sun-burn
off,"
Missouri-"De gals kin read an de boys
Kin cipher"
Ohio-"De heea am growin' shorter"
Indiana-"Wo nm on de climb"
Georgia-"Wet got our rights an de white
man has lost none of his"
"Mississippi Hitch along an gin US
room to spell Out de big words"
Il
CON am comm up"
TAe procession was headed by string
band comp ed of local members, and many
in which it rendered spirited music along
the route.
TIN. GAMES.
The island was reached about 1890 a. M,
and from that unit, 3 p. m. the crowd was
busy with the programme of games and
spors laid out for til, occasion. The follow
ing is list of the principal prizes and the
names OF the winners:
Standing Jump-Prize, white plug hat:
won by the Hen. Erastus Snowfall, of S nth
Carolina, who covered nine feet and seven
inches and sprained his back for life.
Running Jump-A two-story ropeladder
fire escape; won Ivy Judge X B. Greene, Of
Arkansas, who covered twelve feet and blew
his ears Lack isht to his head.
High Jump-Prize, a hand-painted saw
bus k, built after the Grecian style; won ty
Waydown Beebe, who sailed over stick
held five feet high, and came down on his
head with such vigOr Us to jar the who4e
iland.
Foot-Race-Prize, q pair Of 2O-cent sus-
penders warranted not to contract in thun-
derssorm; won by Pickles Smith, w.o
broue ht up in the water, and won't dry cut
for q week.
Liftir Prize, bottle of sure cure for
corn ; won by Judge Cadaver, who la:sed
S20 pounds off the ground, but broke both
suspenders and heightened his legs three
in. hes apiece.
Knocking Out-Prize, q music-box capable
Of paying one tune a whole week; won by
Giveadam Jones, who knocked three cha n
pi ,us 20 far into tie middle of next week that
they missed the picnic dinner.
IN THE EVENING.
At s O'Clock sharp Paradise hall was
thrown open to the crowd and the meeting
ca.ed to order. Brog her Gardner announced
the following s lemn facts:
The Lime-Kiln cub has over 1000 men,
bers. 1t has ever 500 cash on hand. Its
library has l,SCO almanacs and other valua-
BILE works on the shelves. Its museum has
over 1000 valuable relics and specimens,
ranging from Napoleon's family ice-box
down to the autobiography Of Ben Butler.
It af1liates with congress and every state
legislature. 1t is OH good terms with 600
literary and scientific societies, and has
thirty-two branch clubs which are doing all
possible to aid in the moral elevation Of the
colored race
Two petrifled trees over twenty five fesS
Gairat New Orleans.