The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-10-22
THE LIME KILN CLUB.
Election for Local Oh1cers-Brothe
Gardner Iusfrucfs fha Go.usniffaa

Election for Local Ohicers-Brother
Gardner Instructs the Committee.
After Brother Gardner instructed the
Lime Kiln club in their position on inter-
national questions, on motion Of Sir Isaac
Walpole the meeting then opened on the
thirty third degree, and proceeded to the cleo
lion Of local officers There has been great
deal of wire pulling during the summer In 70
gard to these Offices, and il was felt that the
election would prove an exciting contest. An
informal ballot for secretary brought out
thirteen candidates, five Of whom could
neither read nor write When this fact came
to be whispered about, Brother Gardner arose
and said;
| II want to say to you five gem'len dat dis
am not pollydcal 'leckshun. fit was you'd
be all right A man kin leave de fool asylum
to-day an run fur alderman in any city In de-
land to-morrer, but we do bizness on q dif-
ferent basis in dis club. De Ave Of you pur-
coed to absquatulate, or you'll har sunthin'
| drap"
formal ballot was then taken, and Way
down Bebee was reelected by majority Of
Is He returned his thanks i'm few well &C.
lected words, in which he rung in Nero, Plato,
| the great Sahara desert and the Mormon
question. An informal ballot for treasurer
brought out twenty Weight candidates, and the
feeling promised to be so high that the presi-
| dent again arose and said:
"My frens, doan' want to keep interruptin'
de purceedin's but l mus remind you agin
dat dis club dOan' hold its 'leckshuns ON a DO
lytical basis Oars heap of you who doan'
know huff to add five to seben, or to subtract
| two from six. an dar' are some others who
couldn't get bond of $50 signed to save deir
Ia ho al,c
His brief speech produced wonderful ef-
feet. A formal ballot brought out only
three candidates. and of those Trustee Pull
back received majority of the votes and
was declared elected. He expressed his thanks
In broken remarks, which were about equally
divided between the glacial period and the
latest improvements in corn shelters, and sat
down amid the heartiest applause The
president then made the following appoint
ments:
Observation-Disclosures De Hoe.
WhalebOne Howker
Keeper of the sacred relics-Sir Isaac Wal
pole.
Inner guard-Col Cahoots
Outer guard-Deacon Smith
Grand bOuncer Of unruly members or i'm
posters Giveadam Jones.
Chaplain, when there is anything for Q
chaplain to dO-Rev. Penstock
The following committees were also ap-
poi.s;,h:
o.! ju'!iciary-Lawful Davis, Assumpsit
Smith and Subpoena Harper.
On iiliance-Currency Jones, Specie Taylor
and Credit Coleman
On foreign affairs-Professor Hawkins,
Col Snafiles and Judge Burns
On general harmony-Peaceful johnson
and Emblem Green.
Brother Gardner said that other commit
tees of less importance might be named later
on. Such persons as had been named were
expected to enter into committee work with
energy and enthusiasm, and seek to make
success of whatever they might be asked to
do. 1t was announced that the library would
open at and close at 10 o'clock through the
fall and winter months, and frequenters Of
the place were cautioned about indulging In
either political or religious debates in the
room. The janitor was instructed to secure
the services of a civil engineer to make sur
vey of the hall stove and estimate the amount
of money which would put 1t in safe condition
for the winter, and the keeper of the sacred
relics was cautioned to keep his eyes peeled
for n cheap bust of Gen. jackson to stand In
the southwest corner of the main hall The
meeting then went home.-Detroit Free Press
He Was From Minneapolis.
"Have you heard of that interesting case
down east of q woman who was cured Of
paralysis by the miraculous power of a relic
of st. PaulE'
eyes I have. lint I'm from, Minnaopnl;a