Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-08
THE COTTON BLOSSOM CLUB.
Mary James Great Mistake The Presi
dent IRIS His Views

Jane Lightfght, of Jackson, Mich. who
asked to be elected as member of the
club. She claimed to have been wit
ness in three different lawsuits and to
know how to roast possum and felt
she possessed all other necessary qualifi-
cations
Elder Nightfall Turner, who had set
tied himself down for an hours nap and
was already nodding, suddenly bobbed
up, and moved that the rules be sus-
pended and the applicant voted in. A
hush as of death at once fell upon the
meeting. Brother Gardner didn't saw a
word in reply, but he looked down upon
the elder in such cold, unfeeling man
ner that the latter broke both suspenders
as he sat down and tried to roll up in
small bundle. After couple of min
utes of painful silence the president
quietly observed:
Mary Jane has simply made a mis-
take an sent her applicashun to de wrong
club. What she wants to jlne is a So
ciety fur teachin de modern wife how to
run de kitchen part of de house"
Applications We're then read for the
1 = u.
Ont, and Hamilton, O.. and as all re-
quirements had been complied with in
each case the prayer Of the petitioners
was granted. The petitioners at Toronto
are very fortunate in having secured as
their first president Judge Paradox Jones,
a colored citizen vino is worth over 500
900 IN cash, and who is known all over
Ontario as the only man who can sharpen
lawn mower on his bootleg.
y communication, dated at county
Jail in Indiana, and signed by Professor
Canterbury Taylor. was then read. The
professor lives in Indiana, and claims to
be the first man in America TO discover
blood on the moon. He was also the first to
come forward with "a scheme to pay off
the national debt by everybody going
without fried onions for one year. He
started from New Orleans to New York
to deliver his celebrated address emit
tied: why Doan We Consider" but
had only reached the Hoosier state when
he was arrested as a tramp and flung
into Jail. He now asked tine Cotton Bios
som club to forward him the sum of
twenty dollars TO pay his fine and help
A4t.44 AAAlll ms 'tsA liz MAUI CJ.4tt1
on the club except as a last resort. He
had dug "A hole two feet deep in his cell
TO find rock bottom He had sawed off
two bars at the window to discover that
a bulldog was chained on the outside.
He had tried to bride the jailer with
forty acres Of land, but the man wanted
a hundred.
Yves sorry fur him, of co'se," said
Brother Gardner III reply, but we can't
do nutrln fur him cept TO hope he will
keep on diggln TIL he gifts out. We
didn't AK him to come; We didn't chen
know he was on &c road. He may be
sort o lonesome IN dat jail but it will be
great chance fur him TO rest up an cut
his toenails, an invent d scheme fur
dralnln off de Atlantic ocean"
The Hon. LycTrgus Merriweather then
arose to ask for information He had
been Informed by a colored butcher
weighing 2l2 pounds that the Cotton
Blossom club proposed to erect ma
tional asylum for the reception and care
Of decayed whitewashers and chimney
sweeps. If this news We're true he
wanted to say that ne was heart and
hand in favor of the project. and de-
sired TO speak for places for his uncle,
brother-in-law and brother. who came
under the head Of "decayed"
De news ar ahead Of time. Brudder
Merrlweather." replied the president.
Oar has bin some talk. but no steps
hev yet bin TOXIN. an il VIII be quite
safe fur you 10 advise your varus rela-
tives to keep right on airnin DER own
Twin as hard as dey kin"
At this juncture Participation White,
who had been wriggling about for some
time, arose and inquired if the proceed
ings Of the club We're conducted accord
ing TO parliamentary rules.
''Dey Is, replied the president.
Then Brother White was still more
mixed. In case he should offer Il resoIu-
ton TO donate the sum Of 81 600 to the
African missionary fund, and Pickles
Smith should offer an amendment to
make 1t $500, and Shindig Watkins
should move to lay it on the table. and
Colonel Cabiff should move to adjourn
We'll. sah:' que1ied Brother Gardner,
as the speaker paused.
And Waydowu Beebe should call for
the ayes and hoes, and Sir Isaac Wal
pole arise TO a question Of privilege,
what course would the president pursue:
He had consulted two street car conduc-
tors and man who owns whole fish
market, but none of them could work it
out.
My co'se would be very plain. sab"
answered the president Il should fust
remove my coat. If dat didn't stop de
row should remove my vest. If de con-
fushun still continued to elucidate |
should jump down from de platform an
start fur de back eand of de hall /
should move slowly, an as l went l
should strike out right an left, an by de
time l reached de alley doah it would be
necessary to call fur leben ambulances
When Mr.. Cushin writ his manual it
was intended to kiver all cases up TO a
certain pint. AFTER dat pint was passed
1t was supposed de president had de
muscle an science to handle de crowd.
1T is now time TO diSr11nt de meetin