Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-03-07
Helena Montana. Thursday, March = 1889.
THE LIME KILN CLUB.
Brother Gardner Explains Himself and
Sir Isaac Walpole Talks Oh Faith.

l ne LIME NIIN ClO6.
Brother Gardner Explains Himself and
Sir Isaac Walpole Talks Oh Faith.
When the meeting had been called to order
Brother Gardner arose and said:
lone evenin' las June, while gwine home
from a session of dis club, had de misfor-
tune to fall into an open sewer war tooken
out fur dead, an fur months l war a cripple.
Our club did not feel like gwine on widout
me, an hence no meetins hev bin held fur do
las six months. Doorin' de interval Paradise
ball was rented to commishun marchant,
de library an relics keerfully stored away,
an we open fur bizness agin tonight widout
de loss of cent
"A few Of our members hev wandered
away, but only few. Whalebone Howker
went ober to Canada an adopted .
boss widout akin his owner, an he has bin
laid away in de archives fur three yearA
Kurnel Kyann Johnsing has got plac, in Q
county Jail in Ohio fur year. Sacrifice
Smith went to Chicago an walked in hts
sleep-walked off wild an ober coat-an' de
chief of police took an interest in him an got
him a warm place fur some time to coma
Three or four others am not heah to meet wild
US on dis occashun, an it ar perhaps jist u
well dat dey hain't.
"As many different reports hev gons
abroad as to de natur' of my injoories, an =
some of de newspapers hev received a falss
mpreshun, will heah state a few facks. /
fell about fo'teen feet l didn't say muffin
when fell lay dar' in catamose state
fur three hours befor' l was diskivered an
rescued. When de doctors took hold of mS
it was found that the cerbellum had bin badly
fractured in two places; de clavicle bone bad
bin onhinged; de diaphragm was broken; do
bronchial ramifcations was unconscious; dc
pulmonous arteries had bin driven crar into
de left venter'cle In addishun, as dey
found on a second examination, dar' war two
kinks in de lumbar vertebra; de carotid
artery had become all mixed up wild de tri-
cupsid valve, an de epigastric region had col
ided wild de right auricle Nobody thought
could pull frew, but yere l am, almos' a.
good as befo', an ready fur de nex' calamity.
"De doctors hev cautioned me to be leetle
keerful about exertin' de tibialis anticus too
much fur few weeks to come, an to gin de
fexor carpiradialis as much rest as possible,
but de crisis has passed an dar is no fear of q
relapse. wish to return my thanks to all de
members of de club in particular, an to my
outside friends in gineral, and to say dat we
shall hold reg'lar meetin's of dis club cherry
two weeks from now on until furder notice
Sir Isaac Walpole will now address you wild
brief address,"
"My fren's," began Sir Isaac, as he care
fully arose, ''de subjick Of my address din
eavenin' is Lack Of Faith see it in front
an behind, an to de right an left Of ma,
almost cherry hour in de day. Fifty y'aD
ago, if went to q Guild man an sxed d.
loan Of two bits fur week, got it widout
the least hesitashun. He didn't draw down
his left eye an whisper 'Chestnuts,' an softly
inquar' if he had hay seed in his ear. In my
juvenous days, when an ole man cum to me
an put his hand on my head an toled me
dat spreein around nights was de side doah
to state prison, didn't grin in his face nor
whistle in his ear If / wanted a cup Of
sugar or drawin' Of tea, every naybur was
willin' to lend, nebber doubtin' dat / would
repay at de airliest moment Twenty years
ago 1 could walk into butcher shop an
order soup bone an tell him to charge Il,
an dat bone would go up to my cabin in ali
faith an confidence in my integrity. Let
me go into butcher shop tomorrow an GIN
dat order, an de butcher would pint to .
dozen signs Of No Trust an look upon M
q crazy.
"Dar was a time when could git patch
put on my butte an walk off wild de remark
dat would pay fur it next week. If should
try dat on to-morrer would git de collar
from policeman befo' had gone a hundred
rods. In de good ole days I could walk up an
down all de alleys in Detroit widout an on
kind remark bein' remarked to me. Only
yesterday, as was gwine up an alley to look
fur my dog, a white man looked ober his back
fence an said: You is jist one day too late,
Guild man-dem chickens Is gomez Deworld
seems to hev reached dat stage when nobody
believes an eberybody doubts If l git on q
street kyar de conductor wants his cash In
advance. If l 60 on de railroad a pusson
come around befo' we hev gone five miles an
demands de fare II 60 to de postoffice fur
a stamp de clerk reaches out fur my two cents
afore he tears de stamp off. If want to
borry sugar or tea de nayburs ar jist out. IF
I 60 to rent house de owner wants months
rent in advance
"De good ole days, when man had faith In
man, an when to doubt mans word meant
dat he was rascal, hev departed, probably
never to return. It grieves and pains me-
want to hev faith, an doan' went to doubt
but de state Of affairs affects me mo- or lesR
find myself hesitatin' when Waydown Be-
bee wants de loan Of my Sunday coat to at
tend pray'r meetin'. find myself fishin'
fur excuses when Pickles Smi b wants de loan
Of half dollar fur a week. cotch myself
wonderin' if Shindig Watkins takes me fur Q
haystack when he sends bis boy ober to bor-
row my Persian rug to lay in front Of his
stove de night he has party. It grieves me.
It f1lls me wild sadness"
The meeting then adjourned Free
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