, 1884-01-31
The Bee Line Club.

Io4 IHSlI dpie report OF last meeting
although Major Van BIockern put in q
protest that his name should be spelled
Just so-not BIockem.
II Mr.. Sympathy depicted the de
pIorable state Of the Emerald Isle" and
waxed eloquent upon its rights and
wrongs, aad would have carried the club
completely away; in fact matters got so
far that Mr. Frenzy would insist upon q
crusade against the British tyrant. when
Mr Statistics asked permission to say a
word ri Fht here, wIIcL was granted; he
SAID: Gentlemen, appeal t. yo IT hon
"rab.e bod:; Is it not true that people
wIO live In glass houses should not throw
stones: Let it be granted; then what
about over leo Years of Lutcherl and
rapine, suffered Dy tie American In
dIdnS: Again he stated upon relia-
Oie authority; that the whisky bill of
Ireland, despite all the hue aud cry of
Starvation, amounted to 53 million dol
lars; whereas the whole of landlords
vi r.
sympathy wanted tue American people
to raise 3 million dollars, and pay it over
to Ireland, and he was sure thew wouId
pay their rents rather than drink whisky;
whereupun a club fight eusued. How
ever. 1t was finally decided that the
American people could make fools of
themselves if they liked.
III. Mr.. Science then Sc with great
gravity (for ike many other Young men
he puts on great deall, and said:
"Gentlemen, have the hunored privilege
tn give you the reas"n or cause of the
late, most remarkable and unprecedeut-
ed phenomenon known as after glow
all of the following definitions of the
cause OF Il is wonderful effect, must be
received as quite reliable, and without
doubling:
lst. The after glow is the result of
the late terrible volcanic connections in
Java, and Mt. Augustine, (AlaskaJ
whereby large quantity of pumice dust
now floats on the teIluric atmosphere,
which the solar rays strike. and produce
the said result.
End. The after glow has been
demonstrated by mathematical precision
to be the effect 1T super amount of
moisture in the higher atmosphere.
81. 1t cannot be gainsaid for no
ment upon the best authorities doctors,
professors and scientists-that it is moth
ing less than the production of stray
rays Of light from a comet, as yet not
visible; although the comet might prove
new made moon. Mr.. Science thou :h
all these theories were beautiful and
that II, faith was needed to beiieye them
they were So plain
". Home affa!rs.-Mr, Eaves-dIopper
bad overheard a town council man say:
Something must be done for the house
is notorious" y which he thought most
remarkable remai K for the said council
man to make. Mr.. L. was commended
for his vigilance.
Mr.. GuodIame proposed, seconed by
Mr.. Purity, that anyone frequeutIng the
sell house, should be dropped from the
roll book.
Y. Bustler had read the comment of
"Argue-EaughL upon the proceedings
Of last meeting, aud IN bis opini q it Was
a green Judge that rendered the decision,
statement or Insulation that the town
council 'caunut anticIpa e the character
of the house for whIcn license Is applied
Mr.. Hot Temper comes into my store,
and asks me to sell him a pistol with
which he declares openly he Intends 10
shoot Bill Shocks. "BIu Shocks, shot
and killed" appears III the ARGUE
naught' next day, our Judge Common
sense aud Commun-law hold me an ac-
Honest K GIode were not present, but
the members thought Bustler right as to
Common law, aud upon that grJuud
our town council as u body Conceptions
to every rule') have been "accompiIces
bosh before aud after tue fact" The
theory advanced 10y the article referred
u Is simply the good old adages, lock
the stable when the horse IS gone" let
tue thief in aud then show him out. !"
Have our cuuncIl No freedom of judg-
ment? II Mr.. Falsehood swears to keep
respectable and orderly house, know
lag his character. ara dizzy compelled 10
grant a license? As to tue bondsnen in
some of these cases the less sad the bet
ter. "A man Is anuwn by tie company
he keeps" Bustler fully agreed with
the ARGUE naugnt' that as long as Mr..
Majority sanctioned the trade 1t should
Ue tolerated, (but he believed it was de-
fenceless) were decent well reguiat-
ed houses we're kept, aud no weapons bu
moral suasiun should be used to law
abiding citizeus-but war to the knife
against Ruin House, Gamble Hotel AID
Indian Howell. Bustler said further that
one of the club had been called narrow
minded, because he advocated that Mr..
Jack Tar sho1ld henceforth spend his
hard earned wages upon chests of cloth
ing, presents for his friends, and put Il
little in the First NatIonel Rank for a
rainy day"-not forgetting to make out
a draft for his wife aud family back east,
down south or up Notwithstanding to
that reckoning the Almighty must be
very marrow minded BUSTER having
kept the atten ,Ion Of the club IIveted
during this long and forcibie address,
sat down to col off. Mr.. Wide-aw.ke
reported lively week. There was cut
ting up" on the cutter one evening, and
a Rush-lIt party the other, both OF which
passed off exceptionally weil-the ex-
ceptions being the ladies thouGhtlt was
killing them with kindness - too
muchee rusIee." as Cling Chung says. a
pie, sir, fell but was not broken, although