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

to get trusted fur bale Of hay fur your
mule.
ssAn' he trusted me, sab.
Exactly, an it pleased me to see Il.
In few minits de ole man Cummins
limped in. De two Of you talked about
de gineral wickedness Of mankind fur q
few minits, an den dispute arose as to
de aige Of de world.
s'Yes, sab. De old man Cummins
doan know muffin, sab"
ssYou called him liar. "
s'But he called me q fool"
'You called him . bigot"
''An' he called me humbug."
ss'Zactly - 'zactly II heerd IL all,
Brudder Johnsing, an now want to ak
you what you know about de aige Of de-
world.
I-I-hows as much as de old man
Cummins.
SHOW old am de airth?H
ST dunno, sah."
sob, you don'tl You an Cummins
call names an almost fight ober what
neither Of You kin cum widin millyun
miles Of KNOWN OATS mankind,
'zactly. We kin be bIuffed 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 light fur it
sooner dan fur solemn Jacks. If we
can't convince de odder party by blab
we am ready to do it by sluggin'. Brud-
der Johnsing, it viii be well fur you TO
disrackolect afew Jacks. A gill Of argy-
ment am worth q bushel o. abuse. It
takes man of strong common sense to
admit his faults an errors You may
believe wild oil yer might an still be in
de wrong. Find man who prides him
self on stickin' to his opinyuns, an you
has found q dangerous member Of de
community. You may now sot down,
an we viii attack the reg'lax program. .
The secretary then read the following
note from an Oswego county, N. r.,
village:
BRo GARDNER, OF DETROIT, ESQ
A%GNgE SOGf-4AC kAA4C 4OE 8EtEEbAuK ~
responsible, efficient person for post
master Of our beautiful and lovely VIII
lage Is about to arrive. Ny 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 q salary Of IS, 600 per annnm ?
want one who can butcher, as intend
moving the postofiice to my meat market
If I get to be postmaster. Please peruse
this out loud before the members OF 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 ct
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 q
dozen more rose up. and spirit of reck
Iessness broke loose.
Giveadam Jones flung Elder Toots
into the wood-box.
Judge Cadayer paid off an old Qrudee
by giving Samuel Shin clip under the
ear.
Waydown Bebee so far forgot his Dig
nifty Is to heave 4 volume Of sacred
poetry at Pickles Smith and lay him
cold.
The Hon. KyRnn Cabif sportiveiy at
tempted to twist Sir Isaac Walpole's
nose, but next moment be found himself
under . bench, with millions Of stars
dancing millions Of iigs before his eyes.
From the reporters desk Il looked e. If
the end Of Law and order ii Paradise
Hall had come. but sixty seconds wit
messed an entire change Of scenery and
program. Brother Gardner made q
standing jump Of twenty-five feet. lit
down in The crowd, and when silence
suddenly settled down there we're ten
members down and more ready to fall.
my beloved bruddern, said the old
man IS he went back 10 bis desk. ssper-
haps I has bin expectin' too much Of
Jon. When white folks win fight.
bribe, lie, peKiure an do all else dat's
wicked for The sake d s.. 900 oils.
what shouldn't Guild man do when
offered SIGH snap Is leone menshuned
u dis letter. De New York eemTen
who expects 20 be postmaster lin take
hia pick from Pickles Smith, Trustee
Pnllback, Waydown Bebee. Giveadan
Jones, Judge Cadayer, Combustion
Davis. StapoE jackson and Four Gallon.
Brown, and I vii stan ready 10 sign !
bond il dc sum Of one miIIynn dollars
fnr any q EN-. Z Detroit Zee Press
JUST sixteen years ago the interest On
Ahe nat1onaI debt wae n143 coo COO
year 4 q nov SIS, OK, COO.