The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1886-05-12

nrether c,rS.erss Great speecA It II.
Opening OF the session.
Detroit Free Press.

Detroit Free Press.l
Every member OF the Club living with.
in seven miles of Paradise Hall was on
hand as the triangle soupded. and Brother
Gardner arose and said: -
"My fr'en's, dis am de beginnin' of an.
oder var wild us. While we kin look
back ober six vars of success an har.
mony, we hev reason to believe dat we
kin look ahead to greater success an mo-
perfeck understandin Dis club was
organized on de open street one rainy
day, an its fust roll included six men an
dog. At de present date our member
ship would make de populashun fur a
city, an if ebery memher doan' own fo'
dogs it am not de fsultof our constitu-
shan an bylaws.
"Doorin' de past iskal var, death has
bin busy in our ranks, an de bar traps
hev never bin free from de insignia of
mournin'. Three members were de-
voured by alligators; two were run ober
by butcher carts; three fell off de roofs OF
barns; two died fur luv, an seben owed
deir deaths mo- or less directly to roller
skatin' rinks.
when We organized dis Club de
charges fur whitewashin' kitchen oeilin'
ranged all de way from thirty cents to
a, accordin' to de standin' of do family
in society an de hardupness Of de white.
washer. De charges fur blackin' stove
depended on de state Of de weather. If
an eminent citizen wanted fence white
washed he might hev to pay fifty cents
or S. a rod. II lady wanted some
flower beds in de side yard de spadin' up
might cost her fifty cents apiece, or de
Guild pusson who did de spadin' might
want a deed of de house an lot. 1t was
de same about beatin' carpets an layin'
em down, an de same about drawin
ashes out Of de back yard. We war in
state of anarchy an wildness.
"What was de status of cullod society
in dis kentry befo' de Lime Kiln Club
was organized? Three millyon people
war chucked in a hole, SO to speak.
Dere was no upper crust-no lower crust.
De wife of the whitewasher could call on
de wife OF de barber an feel perfectly at
home. De barber went ober to see de
head waiter of de leadin' hotel and felt
on terms of soshul equality wild him.
All am now changed. Our society am
graded as sharply as wild white folks.
We has our patronizing ways to our in
feriors same as if our complexion was OF
de purest alabaster.
"What did de culled people of dis
kentry know about art an science an
hygiene when dis Club held its fust
meetin'? Why, none of us knowed a
tea sto' chrome from Rembrandt, and
we did not know as much about harmon
izin' colors in de house as mule does of
music. Lots of us would leave de parlor
walls bare an put velvet carpet down
on de kitchen foo. We would hang
Brussels lace curtain at one winder an
chintz at de next. We all reckoned dat
de airth was fiat. We supposed dat de
sun moved. We supposed dat de wind
blowed simply to dry out de clothes on
de lines. If anybody had told us dat de
moon was inhabited we should have
stepped on him. Think OF de change
few brief Vars hev wrought DE aver
age Guild man of to-day names his dog
arter some prominent astronomer, an his
mule am fed accordin' to de changes OF
de moon.
"My fr'en's, when We look back frew
de misty past, an den ahead to de rosy
fucher, we can't help but feel dat 1T was
good thing to be bon Guild pusson.
While we may Justly feel proud an elat-
ed, want to warn you not to bust your