Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-07-23
THE liMEkiLN CLUB
rn. R,uht Honorable blackberry
Delivers "A Lecture.


haer an de man who fust found ou'
dat dog sleepin' under the pea li',u'
il unhealthy fur de pussons ABOVE ho
ar ON his way to de Norf Pole. an mas
stopped off yere fur day or so 10 wis.,
dis club an deliber his address. 10
address which he will favor ms via TO-
night ar named DE Laws OF Health
an, I trust dat he will receive your on
divided attenshun while he speaks ne
will NV be brung in an lnterouceo'
And he attracted much attention as
he passed up the aisle to the PLATFORM
He seemed TO have been intended for
man seven feet high, but had semetow
got sawed of at about i've. his ieit
shoulder was Topped pretty badly' MS
head had failed to grow a crop OF mar
and his right leg fingered behind as MS
left went forward. Waydown beoee
toiinn't see any thing literary apout
the man. He looked more ike some
unsuccessful candidate for tho fresl-
dency.
The honorable didn't waste much
time In getting down to business. ne
investigated the contents OF the pitcher
OF buttermilk placed before him WIN
a sigh Of satisfaction, wiped on ms
mouth from north to south and back
again, and In voice resonant OF cow
bells and libersy he said;
"Mv frens. what is health9 doan'
'spose one single pusson In dis hall mas
eber piben de- least thought 10 da'
oueshun. bar ar two sorts Of health
good an bad Agitation.] Some
of us hev one sort an some dc odder.
Az "A rule. man ar bo' in good health.
| Natur' starts him out all right, an II
any thing happens to gin him do bill
yous colick It's his own fault. sup
pressed groans. Oar ar sartin laws
TO govern society, sich rs not stealth
nnybody's chickens - keepin' away
from odder peoples wood-piles -gwine
right by smoked ham which de
butcher has keerlessy left hangin out
doahs ober night. Sensation on the
back seats. II you obey dose laws
YOU needn't be skeert an jump under
de bed when policeman knocks on de
doah. II you doan' obey EN- you
must suffer the quenseconses.
My frens." continued the orator
after looking into the pitcher again
"dar' am sartin laws regardin health
Dey is Naturs laws. She holds us JUS
, as accountable as de police. Fur In
, stance. II Pickles Smith invites Samue
Sbtpober TO his house to dinner wha
does Samuel doP He doan' eat muffin
fur two days befo' hand, and when h
sots down to dat table, groanin' wild al
, de luxuries which wealth kin purchase
| he calkerlates on filing right up TO tn
brim. lie eats till dey hev TO draw hlr
away from de table. He has trans
!. crossed a law OF natur'. Natur' say
II wa mus not obcrcrowd our stomach'
[Agitation. Along about midnigf
r Samuel Is tooken wild awful pains, al
n three doctors hev hard work to say
n his life. Faint cheers.
Ie "Nntur' says we need bout eigl
4. hours sleep, Giveadam Jones go'
At ober to see Elder Toots, an dey sot a
it play checkers till two o'clock In
mawnln. Mex day boat am limpi
D. around nm growlin' bout de weath'
ia an cussn de rich. [Agltation. Do
:. transgressed law OF patur' an "a
payln' de penalty; hut in eirigneren
dey lay ii to any thin else. shind
Watkins hires out fur Il private waite
f., man ut a saw-mill Seven o clock com
an he lays hisself away on IL pile
lumber an sleeps till hult-past six
.. mex mornin' Den he gifts up q
M growls about dis bein' II billyus kentr
n. nm labor bein' crushed by capital, Il
/, goes home To tell de ole woman d
az liberty am sham an delusion.
ma transgressed law OF natur slept I
n long. [Gasps of establishment.
mt My dear ireus.' continued the OF
.ee tor as he gulped down the last of
rly buttermilk. "dar' am sartin pusso
I'd. who regard de human stomach a
sort o carpet-bag furnished free era
by natur In de eos OF II day dey "
throw in whisky. beer, ginger a
soda water. coffee, ice-water, mo
I 'taters, sugar, vinegar apples, berri
~ vegetables, an whateber else con
handy. De stomach kicks, or orter,
y. de owner is greatly surprised about
49, TCheers. 1t is only In de las
,. vars dat de Guild people of dis ken
=, hev come to realize dat dey had no
re- an lungs, Sensation. Colo
~ Huckleberry jackson used to won
~. why de smell OF burnin' feath
Nv. choked him up, but he sot it down ,
'a, monopoly of some sort, He let his tn
~. dogs sleep under his bed an W
-, around guassin' dat Il rat had died
in der de house. Laughter.
.om 'fDar am sartin laws of health wi
.;,h ar arbitrary an ar broken at y
70. peril.
~, 'fDoan go to sleep wild your
'nn stickin' up to night breeze to cool
an "Doan' sprinkle de sheets wild
,i,, water to cool of the bed.
. a, ''Doan' git yer ha'r clipped of "
sa1 de wind is in de MORT.
,c.,. "Doan let your feet go from Oct'
a, to June an den draw hull tub OF
rn water an try to git frew wild de jol
,ooa one evenin'
hich "if you hev bin chased by de pc
until you perspire doan' sit down
bar'l In de alley an let de breeze
am ODER you 20 cool you of.
I iu- you must remember dat de a
full of bacteria and microbes. Da
the varus sorts OF 'em. An ole ca pc