Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-05-30

to get trusted tur bale Of hay tur your
mule.
'sAn' he trusted me, sab. "
'sZactly, an Il pleased me to see 1t
In few minits de ole man Cummins
limped in. De two Of you talked about
de gineral wickedness Of mankind fur &
lew minits, an den . dispute arose as to
de aige Of de world.
Eyes, sab. De old man Cummins
doan know muffin, sab. "
'You called him a liar"
''But he called me fool.
'sYou called him bigok
can he called me humbug.
Exactly - 'zactly II heerd it all.
Brudder Johnsing, an now wantto ak
you what you know about de aige Of de
world"
"T--I-knows as much Is de old man
Cummins. y
"How old am de airth9"
81 dunno, sah."
s'Oh, you don't! You an Cummins
call names an almost fight ober what
neither Of you kin cum widin o millyun
miles Of known OATS mankind,
'zactly. We kin be bluffed on what we
do know, but we won't back water fur
any libin' man on what we doan't know.
When we git theory we tight fur it
sooner dan fur solemn Jacks. If we
can't convince dc odder party by blab
we am ready to do II by sluggin'. Brud-
der Johnsing, It will be we'll fur you to
disrackoleet afew Jacks. A gin Of argy-
ment am worth a bushel o. abuse. It
takes man Of strong common sense to
admit his faults an errors. You may
believe wild all yer might an still be in
de wrong. Find a man who prides him
self on stickin' to his opinyuns, an you
has found dangerous member Of de
community. You may now sot down,
an we win attack the regular program.
The secretary then read the following
note from an Oswego county, N. Y,
village:
BIO. GARDNER, OF DETROIT, ESQ
Dear SSr-The time for selecting a
responsible, efficient person for post.
master Of our beautiful and lovely viii
lage is about TO arrive. My relatives
and dearest friends wish me to accept
the appointment Would any prominent
member OF the Lime Kiln Club con-
descend to navigate this way and accept
the appointment Of First Assistant POST
master at . salary of S8, 900 per annnm /?
want one who can butcher, as intend
moving the postofice to my meat market
ii get TO be postmaster. Please peruse
this out loud before the members or the
club the next time they assemble to.
gether and answer by cable cipher dis.
patch Immediately after.
The letter was signed by man who
was to be Second Assistant Postmaster.
A dozen members were on their feet at
once, each one trying to secure the floor,
and, in spite Of the vigorous use Of the
gayel, the disorder increased.
''Sot down r. shouted the president.
Instead Of anybody ''sotting," half a
dozen more rose up, and q spirit Of reck-
Iessness broke loose.
Giveadam Jones flung Elder Toots
into the wood-box.
Judge Cadaver paid off an old prudge
BY giving Samuel Shin clip under the
ear.
Waydown Bebee 60 far forgot his dig
nifty Is to heave 3 volume Of sacred
poetry ct Pickles Smith and lay him
cold.
The Hon. Kyann Cabi6 sportively at
tempted TO twist Sir Isaac WaIpole's
nose, but next moment he found himself
under . bench, with millions Of stars
dancing millions 81 jigs before his eyes.
From the reporters desk It looked as il
the end Of Law and order ia Paradise
ball had come, but sixty seconds wit
messed an entire change Of scenery and
program. Brother Gardner made
standing jump Of twenty-five feet, Lit
down IN the crowd, and when silence
suddenly settled down there were ten
members down and more ready to fall.
W beloved brudders, " said the old
man as he went back to his desk, ssper-
haps I hes bin expectfn' too much Of
you. When white folks win fight,
bribe, lie, periura an do ali else dat's
wicked for the sake Of 1900 offs,
what ahouIdn't ) Guild man do when
offered SIGH q snap aa deone menshuned
il dis letter. De New York eem'Ien
who expects DO Be postmaster Kin take
his pick from Pickles Smith, Trustee