The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-12-25
THE LIME-KILN CLUB.
HON. STEPsAcK cAHooNS LECTURE
CONCERNING "AMs sHUN."
II Is - Dangerous Commodity FOR Mar
to Carry Around Loose In His
Pocket-severai Timely
Warnings.
Detroit Free Press.

Pickles Smith and Trustee Pullback alb
sented themselve, for brief while and
then returned with the distinguished
stranger Cicero appeared to be close upon
the brink of being a bow-leggei man, and
his years were not far from So That be
was ussj 20 pu1ic as emblagss could be
told ar glance. He soem,i 60 fesf ~ much
at home as il brought into court on charge
Of abducting hog Advancing straight t.
the platform, he salutsI each official with a
bow. in which was mingled tie grace of a
courter and the blandness Of a toll-gate
keeper, and after imbibing full pint of
water be seemed to be ready to let on
steam.
"My frens,' he began in we'll built voice
Of two-horse power, IL has trabbled ober
1000 miles to spoke to you from dis plat
form. Your president, wild whom / am
now stopping board free and shams on the
spare bed). has doubtless outlined my lectur'
an my intenshuns l will darfore attack
de subject widout furder preface
"What am ambishun' 1t am deSiah in
do human heart to git ahead-to soar higher
to clim up-to make ourselves better of.
Who am ambishusl All OF US, from
the lowest to the highest / hev
known speakers ar writer's to declar'
dat dis sentiment of ambishun orter be culti-
waited an Encouraged in de human breast,
but l tell you it am dangerous thing. II
am a sentiment dat shouldn't be fooled wild
When you sot out to incourage ambi,hun
In de heart Of a gem'lan who has seen dc las
stick Of wood put on de fiah-ds las handful
Of -four scraped out o de bar'l-de last piller
In de house stuffed into a broken winder,
you tech q lighted match to u heap of
shavins an start fiams dat may lick up a
hoss barn wild its fiery tonguesl decided
sensation
A PERSONAL ILLUSTRATION.
"To make personal illustration, take de
casa Of Slindig Watkins. His wife Arms
an average Of IS per week at de wash tub.
He moves an average Of twelve times a
var to save rent He plays policy to de
amount Of 80 cents a week, an am content
wild one squar' meal a day. He am a slum-
berin' volcano So long as he am content
dar am no danger, but let somebody tell
him lat he has fucher-let somebody SOW
de seeds Of ambishun, an dat slumberin'
volcano would get up an bust an roar an
shake an send ribers OF molten lava runnin'
frew de landl Every body looks at Shindig
in fear and ave.
"Fur another example take de case OF
Elder Toots. He walks about wild his hands
in his pockets. His countenance WARS a
serene an contentei expreshun'. All days am
de Same to him, bekase he knows dat his
son-in-law will send ober grub an fuel. All
nights am peaceful. bskase he knows dat
his wifes fadder will pay de rent an put
bar'l of cider in de cellar in de fall Man
look upon him as a good ole man. an day
speak of how gently he am slippin' down de
path which leads to de grave But let
somebody drap hint to de elder dat he
orter set up woodward, or run for alder
man, or lib in c house wild inside blinds an
a front doah-bell AMI no human bein' kin
predict de result The elder sleeps on, as
usuall Ambishun might lead him to rob
bank, kill his son-in-law, forge notes. be-
come livin' terror instead of guilsless
ole man.
WHAT 1T LEADS TO.
II has seen ambishun lead de owner Of one
poo ole white mule to feelin' dat he mus
hev span OF shiney black ones, an he went
to prison fur fifteen vars. I has seen
smbishun lead de man who couldn't pay TO
dollars a month rent 60 Off an steal bale
Of cotton an sell 1t to make de fust payment
on q manshun hsvin' front an back stairs
an only one pane Of glass to each winder.
[Gestures of horror.
II has seen ambishun fo'ce de man who
was maxim dollar day by beatin' car
pets an cleanin' up back yards into buyin'
q $50 suit Of clothes an two watch chains
an tryin' to be 'lected justice Of de peace
In three short months dat VERY man
stabbed his darter; run away from his wife;
shot at preacher; sot gin house a-fire;
ham-strung a mule an blowed up Guild
msetin' house wild stolen gunpowier
Expressions Of horror from seventy-eight
membersl
Il tell you, you can't be too keerful about
incouragin' dis wild beast called ambishun.
II should sot down wild Trustee Pullback,
who has an old accordion In dc house an
plays 1t very sweetly, an tell him he orter
hsv grand pianer an velvet carpets. it
wouldn't be two weeks afore he would break
into de club safe an steal your $1,000 an
start out to buy house on Woodward ave
nue.. decided sensational
an closin' dis address, which has bin
chopped in two in de middle In order to low
you to git home at an airly hour, return
my hottest thanks to one an all OF you fur
de seemin' attenshun bestowed upon my
humb BILE effort, an my fond prayer am to de
effsck dat happiness will continsr to attend
you. Any colleckshun tooken up fur my
benefit will be reputably accepted in de
speerit rendered, an no one kin predict what
results it may lead to-