Huntsville gazette., 1885-11-21
LlMEkILN CLUB.
,dinsp Of the Annual Meeting and
Picnic-Election Of Onlcers.

Delegates to the annual election and
picnic of the Limekiln Club began ar
rsving Is early as Thursday, and by
eFriday night at least six hundred hon
trary members had put in an appear
snce. Every State in the Union except
florida was represented, and the two
('anadas Nova Scotia and Winnipeg
sent their best men.
Il Giveadam Jones, Pickles Smith and
= tVhalebone Howker, were a COM
mittee to receive all delegates coming
5 3 sby rail, and warm and hearty well
come awaited each stranger as he
stepped off the caboose of a freight
4 = train. aske 8AEE8
kFsSfs Trustee Pullback, Sir Isaac Newton
pnd Elder Penstock were a committee
appointed to patrol the river front day
stnd night, and receive such delegates
FA~a Z Is came by boat Where the delegate
tad taken passage and paid his fare
the work of the committee was very
easy. but where he had slowed himself
away among the boxes without saying
.nything to the Captain it was a work
-. Il, Of some difficulty to receive him.
Layback Jones, Peaceful Smith and
Elder .Cabiff were appointed a COM
,uittees to receive such delegates as
,ssg came in by highway, and their duties
> . s.Svere performed in the most satisfact-
Ury manner. Each dusty delegate was
,sss welcomed in a feeling speech, given
,irink Of root beer from gallon jug,
nnd then loaded into a one-horse
wagon and forwarded directed to Par
Hdse Hail. From thence he was
= ,icketed to the cabin of some local
member.
1t has hitherto been the practice OF the
club to hold the annual picnic on Fight
ing Island. eight miles below Detroit,
but this year the owner of the island
refused permission, claiming that the
last meeting tore up thirty acres of
ground in such awful shape that even
'3 burdock wouldn't grow there this sea-
son. The club therefore decided on
u dry land excursion, and teams conveyed
the members to sylvan retreat about
five miles from the city.
fs The first thing on the programme
was an address of welcome by Brother
a Gardner, from which the following in
las teresting statistics are culled:
The Limekiln Club numbers
TWENTY-FIVE thousand eight hundred
.E and fifty members in good standing.
1t has about seven thousand dollars
In the general treasury. counting in
7aH Confederate money and bills on broken
.le banks.
@t seven sections or chapters, each one of
the most vivid interest, and its bylaws
s g d number twelve thousand four hundred
and sixty. 1t is hoped to increase the
latter to twenty thousand before
another year.
-, The club is the recognized organ of
the colored race in America and Can
.tsBl ada, and has been the direct means Of
saving thirty thousand cOlored people
from the gallows.
The club has thrty-six branches in
Es this country and eight in Canada.
Wherever one of these branches has
been established all policy dealers have
had to shut up shop. and the game of
4, .craps'' had died a sudden and painful
death.
Since the organization of the club
twenty-five colored poets have made
their debut; fourteen orators have been
discovered and brought to the front;
twelve lecturers on various subjects
have been encouraged to scatter over
the country. and four weather pro-
phets are now engaged in keeping the
seasons creased up to run without frlc-
ton.
grE #8 Attwelve O clock noon the horn blew
~ for dinner and the assemblage rushed
2 to the tables and struggled with the
following bill of fare:
A la bean.
Bread. Beef. Onions.
Mustard. Chow-chow. Pickles.
Knives. Forks Spoons.
r@sgresb ls ENTREES.
Some Of the mustard on some of the bre ad.
DESSERT.
Some of the onions tangled up with the
pickles.
The dinner will long be remembered
.es.s by all as bright oasis in life's desert.
After the fragments were removed to a
safe distance to- prevent explosion,
pals of lemonade were passed and the
t.-a following toasts drank and responded
to: sts
- sour Country" Response by Rev.
Penstock, who advised everybody to
die rather than become the slaves of
tyrants.
The Post-office.' Response by
Prof joyful Taylor, who advised every
colored man in the land to go to the
- post-ofice at least two times per day
and inquire for important letters.
~g@ Estate Prison" Response by Sun
" down Hastings, who advised a larger
Ala attendance for the coming year.
r,c afs - The 'Possum." Response by Major
Lumbago White, who brought tears to
all eyes within five minutes.-Detrott
Free Press.
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