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ING ELSEWiEkE1 -
THE LIMEKILN CLUB.
Brother Gardner Delivers Short Address
on Official Honesty.

Brother Gardner Delivers Short Address
on Official Honesty.
my attenshun.r said Brother Gard.
ner. rs he carefully pulled down hif
vest, .has bin directed to de follerin'
item in a Chicago paper:
.SKTppED--rhe Treasurer OF the celebrated
T.imein Club AZ Detroit has changed his postal
address To Canada He took over s70O with
him. and ii Is said the club Is badly broken up.
Let rs have some philosophy from Brother
Gardner on the subject Of official honesty
How dat report 60 abroad | doan'
know" continued the old man, ..but ID
was made outer hull cloth, as we all
know. Dar sots our respected treas.
urer in his usual seat. an de funds OF
lie club are safe in lie bank. Human
foresight an human hindsight hev deir
weak pints. an de day may possibly
come when some sich item may be true
in part. may take dc liberty q brief.
IL cxplainin' to lie meetin fur de ben.
eft of any su-pi-hus member. de modss
opcra,ldi on which lie finanshul system
of dis club am conducted.
.Fustly-All de moneys received fur
dues, payment Of fines. ETC.. ar counted
three times ober by de three members Of
de Finance Committee. by dat timo
de figures are k'rect, an all de bogus
pieces sorted out to send to de furrein
heather. De sum ar entered on three
separate cash books, an each member
must check up de entry made by do
odder.
"seeondly-De cash ar den passed
obcr to Sir Isaac Walpole. Waydown
Bebee. Elder Spooner an myself We
recount it an enter it on four mo- cash
books.
..Thirdly-It den goes to dc Treas.
urer, who counts it agin. makes anod.
der entry. an de five Of US purceed to
lie bank an deposit it. On de way
down we keep q cius watch on each
odder.
.Fourthly-Not cent kin be drawed
frum de bank widout issue de check
an 70 odder pussons sign it.
"Fifthly-When de Treasurer Of dis
club SO fur forgits hisself rs to absorb
$1,000 Of our money an cross de ribber
IL vii DE = 1Oii ast1 -s6lA HUN AL wv
undershirts. It can't be dun. eben Il
he wanted to get his name up an run
for some fat oils.
"SiAthly-As to any remarks on do
snbjick of otlishus dishonesty. our feels
ms ar purity generally known. It ar
mighty few honest men who run fur any
offs whar' dar' am chance to steal.
1t ar mighty few who could git offs il
dcy wanted it. Candydates fur fat
oflises in desc days ar selected BY
gamblers. railroads an odder ringa
Each ring wants Il man it kin handle
Each ring gifts dar. De fitness Of .
candydate as to honesty has no bearin'
| on de case. If he doan' turn out .
thief or an embezzler befo' his term
| ar' up all people ar surprised. II h6
does turn ont, de public holds its bret
to find out how many others ar' guilty
rs well. fur it understands dat he has
| not protitcd alone. When de honest
men Of dis kentry riz up an insist wild
deir ballots. dat only respectable men
| shall hold offs, de great highway q
Canada will be grass grown. ."-Detroo
Free Press