Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-11-09
IIHEhIIN GTFH.
Proceedings Of tho Annual Meeting and
Pirnic-Elcction OF Onicer.


Pirnic-Elrrtion OF Onirer~.
Delegates TO the annual election and
picnic of the Limekiln Club began ar
irving ~ early AS Thursday. and bv
Friday night at least six hundred hon
orary members had put in an appear
ance. Every State in the Union except
FLORIDA was represented, and the Two
Canadas, Nova Scotia and Winnipeg
sent their best men.
Giveadam Jones. Pickles Smith and
Whalebone Howker. were COM
nittee to receive all delegates coming
oy rail. and . warm and hearty wei
come awaited each stranger as he
stepped off the caboose of a freight
train.
Trustee Pullback. Sir Isaac Newton
and Elder Penstock were a committee
appointed To patrol the river front day
and night, and receive such delegates
~ came bv boat Where the delegate
mad taken passage AID paid his fare
the work of the committee was very
sssy. but where he had slowed himself
away among the boxes without saying
anything To the Captain it was work
Of some. difficulty to receive him.
Layback Jones. Peaceful Smith and
Elder Cabiff were appointed com
mittee TO receive such delegates as
came in by highway. and their duties
were performed in the most satiStact-
orv manner Each dusty delegate was
welcomed in feeling speech. given a
drink of root beer from a gallon jug.
and then loaded into one-hCrse
wagon and forwarded directed TO Par
sdtse Hall From thence he was
tcketed to the cabin of some local
member.
Ii 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 tina. the
last meeting tore up thirty acres of
ground in such awful shape that even
burdock wouldn't grow there this sea
son. The club therefore decided on a
dry land excursion, and teams conveyed
the members to a sylvan retreat about
five miles from the city.
The first thing on the programme
was an address of welcome by Brother
Gardner. from which the following in
teresting statistics are culled:
The Limekiln Club now numbers
TWENTY-FIVE thousand eight hundred
and fifty members in good standing.
Ii has about seven thousand dollars
in the general treasury. counting in
Confederate money and bills on broken
banks.
Its constitution now contains forty
seven sections or chapters. each one of
the most vivid interest. and its bylaws
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
ada. and has been the direct means of
saving thirty thousand colored people
from the gallows.
The club has thirtv-SiN branches in
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
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 keepng the
seasons creased up to run without fric-
ton.
Attwelve clock noon the horn blew
for dinner and the assemblage rushed
to the tables and struggled with the
following bill of fare:
Soup. Soup. Soup.
A la bean
Bread Beef. Onions
Mustard Chow-ch Pickles
Knives. Forks. Spoons.
ENTREES.
Some of the mustard on some of the bre sd
DESSERT.
Some of the onions tangled up with the
pickles.
The dinner will long be remembered
bv all az a bright oasis in LIES desert.
After the fragments We're removed TO Il
safe distance to prevent explosion.
pals of lemonade were passed and the
toasts drank and responded
to:
"Our 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 90 to the
most office af least twp rimns nor 3sr
and inquire for important letters.
State Prison" Response BY Sun
iown Hastings, who advised larger
attendance for the coming year.
The 'PoSsum." Response by Major
L.umbago White, who brought tears to
all ewes within five minutes.-Detr0h
Free Press.