, 1888-11-08

LIS SScIuS " pIONo OtlIs tuSt, a RIcGt
Guild orator orter to hev at least $50 in his
pocket, and, secund, dat de average Guild
man of to-day doan keer a copper whedder
his ancestors got aboard Of de ark wild
Noah or padded aroun' on deir own hook
De fack am, our race am not sutferin' to h'ar
de voices of orators half as much as fur fall
an winter undershirtS. If our ancestors
went along wild Noah dat am all right; il
dey war left behind dat doan' make to-
morrer's job of whitewashin' wurf any de
less would advise the orator to change
his lecktur' to How 1 Got Left in Detroit
an go to work an earn his livin' in an
honest manner"
The Rev. Penstock then arose to ques-
ton of privilege. During the last three or
four years he had suffered dreadful pains in
Observing the fact that eight out of every
ten marriages among colored people took
place before a white clergyman. This was
In the face of the fact that there were plenty
of colored dfYines in the country who could
do the business up in first-clasS style No
white couple ever went to colored preacher
to be married. Why should colored people
patronize a white preacherl He hoped the
Lime Kiln club would instruct the colored
population of this country to change its
tactics.
Giveadam Jones, Shindig Watkins, Pickles
Smith and Col. Cahoots opposed any such
business This was a free country, and if a
citizen wanted to be married by Chinaman
no one should dictate. Elder Toots was pre-
pairing to sustain Penstocl1s idea when the
president said:
DE Guild people must be left to der own
discreshun in de matter. While l has no
doubt dat Brudder Penstock kin tie de knot
wild de best of 'em, it seems to be considered
leetle mo high-toned to call in a white
clergyman"
The librarian reported that during the
summer vacation rain, rats and mildeW had
destroyed over 2, 600 of the Glmanacs and
railroad guides on the library shelves. and
he recommended speedy repairs The sum
Of twenty-four cents was voted from tha
contingent fund TO buy tar and shingles to
stop the leak.
The secretary announced a communica
ton from Vicksburg, setting forth the fact
that the Hon. Backhold Smith, an honorary
member and an orator who rates Al with
Bradstreet, had passed over the river to be
known on the shores OF earth never again.
He ruptured blood vessel while lifting on
the end OF a corn crib, and as near as could
be remembered by his wife he died happy.
The knob Of the outer door was ordered
draped in mourning for the usual thirty
days, and after voting down a resolution by
Trustee Pulback to permit members to sit
with their shoes of during meeting the
audience dispersed, and some ona stole
Professor Slay backs white plug lat and
left an old straw in its place.
On certain street IN Denver Is ;,
stone mansion of surprising elegance,
which. with its grounds, cost nearly
one million dollars. Directly opposite,
on a vacant lot, is a tent, boarded up
inside as far as the angle of the roof.
The back end of it is pierced with a
stoye-pipe and in the front end are a
door and window. In the windo "
hangs curtain of costly lace and in
the tent Is piano of exquisite tone.
The tent itself did not cost twenty dol
lars. The piano, upholstery and fur
niture inside are said to have cost over
three thous1hd dollars. The owner.
planted his tent here over twenty-f e
years ago, and is ono of the moderately
successful Colorado miners, being
worth about fifty thousand dollars. He
prefers mis- tent to any dwelling house,
and says he would not exchange it for
Windsor Castle.-DenCer NeWS.
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