Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1890-01-27
THE LiyE-KILN CLUB.

ne II die Lime Kiln Club had token any
perticklsr stand on do suQjsc' OF capital
pun'shment, and If 30 what dat stand
Zone OF de iust stands We took was a
stand Oh dis VERY Queshun. Wa hev
allus believed an siill hold
u. Dat de pusson who takes human
life should be hung.
"2. He should be hung uutil dead.
- He should DO prevented from GIT
tin' de ideah into his head dat his speerit
10 gwine straight to Heaven, bekase, II
our rellguu am with cent, his spcerit Ia
gwiDe IN exactly de opposite direckshuu.
"We doan' claim dat hangin' muir
derer prevents murder, but We argy dat
hnngin' man who deserves 1t puts him
out Of de way an renders 1t impossible
ID escape or secure pardon. Uuder de
laws Of dls state, which hev put US 10 dc
front rank as champion, de man who Is
plannin' . murder finds lots to Encourage
him. Fur instance, Pickles Smith owes
me two dollars borrowed money. He's
bin hangin' of . right smart while on de
payment, an If he doan't pay 1t IN one
week mo- he'll h'ar sunthin' fall. He
realizes dis, an becomes Desperate. He
argues dat dc easiest way out 10 to take
my life. lie kin cAlkerlste ~ follows:
81 On maxim his escape an Dot bein
suspected.
defense.
80. On . disagreement OF de joory.
~. On maxim his escape from state
prison, II he has TO 20 dere.
80 On a pardon, after about ten years,
In case he can't dig out"
"To-dsy, II had to do one or de other,
an 1t was q queshun Of punishment, I'd
sooner go out OH do street an put 4
bullet rev de Mayors head dan to break
Into de dwellin' house of an alderman 10
de night time. In de one case I'D likely
be sot down as insane an receive dc SYM
patty Of do public, while In de
other I'd git about twelve years In state
prison an would be looked upon out
dere % dangerous man.
"Dls club believes in hangin' fur muir
der. II started out dat way, an IL has
had no reason to change 10 opinyun.
We will now attack de regular order Of
b!xnefe."
AnEART MADE GLAD.
Giveadsm Jones moved TO take up the
case u Brother Bocashus Clay, . local
member who was fined $3.50 aud cost.
In October for threatening 10 break Elder
Toots' head during q heated debate in
open meeting on whether the sun was
approaching or receding from the earth.
Brother Clay was unusually excited thai
night One Of his children found o $40 bill
on tie street which proved to be counter.
felt, the chimney on his cabin had burned
out, and the police had warned him thai
II any more feathers were found In BIZ
back yard they should proceed 10 inquir.
where he kept his hen-coop. He hadn'i
really meant TO threaten the elder, wht
was his bosom friend, but his excite
ment got the better of him. He had
figured up on the fine and costs, and had
found that II he had steady work q
twelve shilliDgs per day for 1891 year.
he could hardly hope TO square up. II,
was detected and broken. He ever
wanted to die.
Brother Jones moved that the fine ani
costs be romitted, aud that Bother Clay
be made happy again. and aftor some de
bate thus course was pursued.
JUST A MISTAKE.
The secretary then announced the fol.
lowing: ...-a
IRWIN STATION, Pa, I
January 10, 1890.
To dc ofllsers au' members OBJ de Lin,
Kiln Club:
We have an ole colored lady here By
de name Of Aunt Liza Gardner, who say
she was Brudder Gardner's fust wife
and that ho left her mo- dan nifty year
ago and run of via young yslier ga
with red hair. She says dat Bruddel
Gardner could steal mo- chickens dar
any five chicken raisers In dc state.
Now, We are argefyin' about raisin' Z
branch club here, butif dat Is de kai actei
OF de president, wo don't want nuthIn IL
d . wild II.
Please send iptormashun to
sQUIDLAM r. BUTTS.
There was breathless silence In the hall
ss the reading was finished and the Rev.
Penstock was about TO bob up aud de-
clare the missive . deadly insult on the
club which must be revenged, when the
president rose up with bland smile on
bis face and said:
"lts jist a mistake-dRt's all. neb-
Der knowed no Guild woman named
Aunt Liza Gardner, an l neober got
mar'd bat jist do one time. She's got
We mangled up with some odier pusson,
an do Guild people At irwin needn't
hesitate to apply tor q charter on my
account. l hsin't dc man-of co'se /
haiu't. Dey has simply met up wild a
mistake.
NOT FOR wHYfoRE.
Lord John Russell, chairman of the
board OF relief, reported that Brother
Whyfore Smith had applied to him to be
paid 50 per week from the relief iund,
having been confined to the house for
the last two weeks with rheurn atism. lie
had visited the patient, seen his condi-
ton and would recommend that relief be
granted.
"You's bin up dar, has you?" asked
Brother Gardner.
"Yee, sah."
"Seen him In bed"
ayes, sab. :"
"Knawed 1t was rheumatics?"
"Dat's what dey called it," ..
"Who called III"
''Brudder Smith an his family"
"Quite likely, hut let me tell You sum
thin. Brudder Smith got dat rhpuma-
tics In tryln' to lNt bale O. hay on bet
Of ilty cents dat be could do 1t. What
ais him is crick in de back, su' dat back
o. his will keep right on crickin' til
II .'th O. July beio' he gifts any money
ont o. usl When a member OF dis club
gifts hurt or falls sick In de line of duty
we's bound to help 'eIn out, but when 4
member makes fool of himself he must
sklrmish fur lis meat an 'taters."
NEITHER ONE.
A communication WAS received from q
local barber inquiring II the Lime Kiln
Club yas In sympathy with the attempt
Of certain shops to put an end to all Sun
day shaving, or lift believed that Sunday
abavipp Wae a necessity aud should be