Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-03-23
THE IIME-KILN CLUB.


The opening of the meeting was de
layed about quarter of an hour by
the eccentric conduct of Judge Keno,
who took drink of water on entering
the hall without having first inspect
ed the dipper In cleaning up the
room during the afternoon the janitor
had found an overcoat button, brad
awl, a pocket comb, knife blade and
six shirt buttons, and had carelessly
tossed them into the dipper and for
gotten the circumstance.
When Bro. Keho had gurgled down
q pint of water he paused in astonish-
ment. Then he began to kick and
CLAW and cough and dance, and it was
not until he had run over Pickles
Smith and trampled on Giveadam
Jones that any one suspected the
cause of his hilarity. He was then
seized and held against the wall while
the pocket-comb and brad7aEl were
extracted from his teeth, and with
the aid of number of thumps on the
back from various other sources he
managed to cough up most of the
other missing articles, although in so
doing he bloke down a bench and up
set Elder Toots. As soon as the meet
ing opened he was fined $27, 900 for
disturbing the peace and was ordered
to make all repairs at his own cost.
On the opening of the meeting the
Secretary announced communication
from Eufaula, Ala, making charges
against Maj. Drawbar Jones, an honor
airy member of the club. He was
charged with:
l. Going on rabbit hunt while his
wife lay at the point of death.
2. Putting burs under the saddle of
his old mule to get up an artificial
enthusiasm.
Brother Gardner said that it was
question for debate, and Giveadam
Jones arose and observed that he
could never vote to convict a brother
on the first charge. While there might
be no question that Maj. Jones went
out to hunt rabbits while his wife Law
dying, what was his object? Was it
Tor amusement, or was it to provide
with rabbit soup? The accused should
be given the benefit of the doubt. AS
to charge No. 2, that was a different
matter. A man who would put burs
under his saddle, whether that saddle
was on horse or a mule, deserved
the severest condemnation.
Waydown Bebee couldn't excuse
the Major for going on that rabbit
hunt. A dying wife does not care
for soup of any sort. As to the burs
under the saddle, they might have got
there by accident. Even if they were
put there by design there was no ey-
ldence that the mule objected. He
owned mule whose demeanor could
not be changed one iota by all the
bnrs in the State of Mich gan.
shindig Watkins, Elder Toots,
Samuel Shin and others argued pro
or con, and the question of whether
the Majo. should be bounced was put
to vote. The vote stood 43 for and
A against, and he thus escaped by the
skin of his teeth.
A communication from Lexington,
KY, signed, "Prof De Mill jackson,
philosopher and scientist" inquired
if the club would set a date when he
could appear and deliver his great
essay on, "What Science Has Failed
to Accomplish" His terms would be
$50 in cash and such secondhand
clothing as the members could spare.
Hls usual figure had been $50 night
but owing to the fact that the lecture
field was overcrowded just now he
was willing to make reduction.
Col. Jerusalem Smith desired to
enter protest. He said he met Prof.
jackson at Toledo last summer and
SO he lent him had never been repaid.
Judge Cadaver also desired to pro
test The Professor stopped at his
house some three years ago, while he
was living in Kentucky, and when he
departed he stole two pitchforks and
curry comb from the mule she'd