The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1886-11-09
The Lime.Kiln Club.

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"Human natur' am a VERY on.
sartin thing" said Brother Gardner
as Elder Toots quit shuffling his feet
and laid back for nap.
''It am so full of streaks an
freaks an noshuns dat it am won
der de Lawd doan' git discouraged
wild us sometimes.
"a statesman will riz up in dc
eavenin' an declar' dat we hev de
greatest kentry on airth. Mex
mawnin', if his coffee am not up tC
par, or his beef-steak am leetle off
he am ready to walk out an an
nounce to de public dat our system
of gov am one which will even
tooly bring de kentry to a state O
poverty an degradashun.
Oar am a large class of people
; who, when dey hev honey fur supper
bless de Lawd fur his goodness an
am ready to subscribe 800 towards
de ereckshun of new church,
4 Mex mawnin, when apple sass takes
de place of honey, dey emagine dat
ole Satan has got a fust. mortgage
on eberything, an dey wouldn't put
up a nickel fur church if dey haG
money to throw away.
Oar am prople who go about
wild broad smiles on deir faces an
tell you dat dis world am all right
It's daily CROWN better an its
plenty good 'nuff fur anybody. Al
hour later, when de grocer or d,
butcher has called deir attenshun tt
a leetle bill which has run sis
months, de scene changes. De grin
am gone, an dis world am all wrong
I'VE plan fur a huckleberry ex
curshun wild Gle fcelin' dat our fel
low-men am all right. We wake W
to find dat excurshun spoilt by {
rainy day, an we at once declar
our fellow-men set of thieves an
conspirators.
/ Oar am no accountin' fur what
poo, weak, vascillatin' human natur
will do. We expeck men to be
wicked, an den hold up our hands
o5er deir deeds. We know dat mar.
riages can't be happy, but am scan
dalized ober divorces. De male sex
demands de strictest vartue in wo.
man, an den turns about an works
DER downfall. We chide de selfish
ness Of de world, but hang to all VIC
git. We denounce an revile man
while he Ibis, an turn about an
make a hero and a martyr of him
as soon as de bref leaves his body
We preach charity to all, but who
of us forgives our fellow-man ful
his Shortcomings?
| Il tell you, my friends, We am a
poo, miserable lot, no matter what
Gle color or previous condishun, an
de pusson who has de check to stan
up an criticize his nayburs am per-
haps de wust sheep in de lot. We've
got to show de streaks in our natur'
an de fack dat de man who will
lend you money widout security will
also run away wild your wife must
not be looked upon as anything out
of the reg'lar track of human natnr'
/ Let us now purceed wild de reg'lal
pureeedin's."
BROTHER BEBEE ARISES.
i Waydown Bebec arose for infor-
nation concerning the winter holi.
days. Did the club intend to cele-
brate Thanksgiving, Christmas and
New Years as three separate holi-
days. or would they be merged into
one?
The President replied that the
three would be celebrated in one
under the title of Thankschrisyears
The club adopted this idea three
years ago, and it had constantly
grown in favor. 1t saved turkey
cranberry sauce and hard cash, and
gave the members two extra days
for pursuing their avocations. The
date would be on Christmas, and il
was likely that Paradise Hall might
be thrown open on that evening fol
a social visit between members.
FOR CAUSE.
The Chairman of the Committee
on Membership reported that his
committee was obliged to report
against the following candidates fo1
the causes herewith appended:
Prof. Digatalis, of Alabama; fol
suddenly appearing among his
friends with about forty bird-sho1
imbeded in his back, and for being
unable to explain their presence il
5. a satisfactory manner. He claimed
to have been run over by an ict
wagon, but this committee never
saw an ice wagon loaded with thai
kind of ammunition.
The Hon. Castigation Pomfret, o
{ Richmond, Va; was found in :
smoke-housc belonging to a citizel
of the suburbs, and claimed to b.
: studying architecture. While thi
committee seeks to encourage al
!, professions, it believes in the eterna
fitness of tkings. No burglar shoult
go about doing business by daylight
and no architect should take mid
night to post himself ON the inter
nal arrangements of a ham-house
A PREMIUM.
Waydown Bebee begged leave t
announce his willingness to person
!, ally offer premium for the bes
: song on the close of the year, an,
, ON motion of Samuel Shin it wa
: decided that the club should one
more try the experiment of encour
aging colored poets to come to tn
front. 1t was resolved to offer
premium of $40 in cash for the bes
poem received up to January l, an
to limit all contestants to thre
verses and chorus. With each poer
/! sent in must be an affidavit that tn
:, writer is colored, and that he no
: she did not copy any portion of tn
!, said poem from any published worl
: The points to be considered are:
> 1st-Colora of ink.
2d-ChirOoranhv.