The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-07-28

Quinn also has charge OF the dancing
pavilion, and does all In his power to
contribute to the pleasure of visitors,
consequently he Is deseryedly popu-
lar.
At $50 o'clock the whistle was blown
fer all to come aboard, and half an
hour later the lines were cast off, and
the boat started for this city.
Immediately after starting home
ward, the annual meeting of the club
WIS called to order on the upper deck,
by Edgar M. Hopes, who awarded the
annual prize, consisting OF d hand
some pole and reel to II. u. Taylor, an
invited guest from Chester, Pa, he
having caught two large trout while
fishing on the steamer. The second
prize, consisting OF a large and hand
some diamond (2) pin, was awarded to
DR.. James II. Morgan, for the largest
catch from one of the small boats. The
doctor came in with is fish, and 1t was
reported that Is OF them jumped into
his boat, to get out of the wet.
This, however, could not be proven,
and he was given the prize. II Is said
that he intends to purchaser fire proof
safe, In which to keep the pin.
Thomas Nj. gilbert, on behalf Of
himself and William Lawton, present.
feet long, eighteen inches wide, and
four inches thick. 1t was handsomely
ornamented, the top being In three
strips of red, white and chocolate Ice.
Ing, while in the centre there was u
fish, with the inscription:
70 the George Washington Fishing
Club, with the compliments of L. NJ.
Culbert and W. Lawton."
When the cake was presented, an
enthusiastic member moved a vote of
thanks to the donors, but the more
conservative shook their heads, and
resolved to await further develop
ments.
The next business in order was the
imposition of fines and attention was
called to the case of Job H. jackson,
who in RESPONSE to the invitation ten
dered him by the club, sent q letter,
consisting of ten pages OF cartoons,
cut from comic papers, and some
written matter which it took four of
the officers two hours to decipller, and
they finally made it out to mean;
~ want to go, but cannot. | have
asked my wife and she declares that
il have n day off ] must spend 1t
with her and tho babies. II ] must go
fishing she will fix up fishing line
with bent pin and strand OF Coates
spool cotton with which / can fish in
the Brandywine, when the water Is not
deep, for mlnnows. ......
Thanking you for the Invitation and
rejoicing In my inability to accept for
reasons frequently given, wish you a
happy time. | also promise to visit
you during your enforced visits at
New Castle, which Is sure to follow. l
am sincerely yours, who never told a
lie"
Some of cartoons reflected on the
officers as well as the members Of the
club, and it Is well for Mr.. Jackson
that he was not present. After the
President had stated the contents OF
this outrageous communication, the
members were dumb with surprise and
Indignation for some minutes.
Finally, one Of them, more in sor.
row than in anger" moved that n com.
mittee OF three be appointed to shadow
Mr.. Jackson until the next excursion,
and then take him on board the boat
by force, and that he be lined $40, 900,
for contempt. As it is supposed In Il
Mr.. jackson always carries consldera.
BILE change In his pockets, the commit
tee were instructed TO collect the fine
as soon as they had him on board, and
| then hang him to The yurl-arm. 1t was
reported that several members of the
club had wGrn "Liled" shirts, and Col.
lector of Fines DtvJu was instructed
to collect the fines. After being absent
u short time, he returned and reported
that each OF the parties, knowing the
enormity of the oflensa and fearing
the consequence, had made their es.
cape OH the Clyde, which left Wood
land Beach ut 3.30 o'clock.
At this time Col. Enoch Moore, the
| pnlafrn oil Ornt or VIVA nniIaI nnhn IN
preside, and n motion was unanimous
ly adopted, rendering the sincere
thanks OF all present TO the Morning
News Publishing Company, and espe
c,ally to MGsSrs. Spcrry and Hopes
for the excursion, and the day of un
alleged pleasure.
Thanks wero also attended to Super
lntendent McCausland for the use oil
the bOnt, and that he be presented Will
$4,000 as token of appreciation, a:
soonGs Mr.. Jackson's fine Is collected
After the orator and several other,
had made speeches, Messrs. Hopes
Morgan and Thomas We're appointed &
committee to cut the cake, aud a mo
ton prevailed that Culbert be sur
rounded, and compelled to cat the tlrst
piece.
This was something that Thomas die
not expect, and he muttered some
thing about cake not agreeing Will
him, and asked for small piece. liz
was given generous slice, and as Il,
tried topush il down his throat tn,
tears stroamed down his cheeks. Sopt
OF the members did not notice this
and when it was served around fell t.
work to deyour it,
Then there was bite, chew, [
swallow followed by gag, sputter
| n Il 4,
In spite OF all their precautions Cul
bert had sold the crowd. The cakt
was as hot as fire with cayenne pep
per, and composed OF n mixture, o
which no one except Councilman Dan
nenberg, who baked 1t, knew.
A motion was made at once by oni
of the victims to kill Culbert. but bot
ter counsel prevailed, and the mem
bers came to the conclusion that III
, was the Innocent victim of Lawt oni
deyilaent, This was borne out by tht
fact that tho latter WAS not on the ex
cufslon. and II is suppose. he has gou,
to Gambia. The reason that Culbert
ate the piece of cake. can on ly be ut,
counted Tor by the fact that ne is un
accustomed to Injuries OF this nature
/, and there is no doubt but he wonder
cd, Willie pushing 1t down, II ali caki
tnsted like that, and il so, why SOM
, people seemed to enjoy it.
In view OF the enormity OF Lawton'
oifeDse, II was resolved that IL h
: should ei er return, to inyeigle him O
the excursion next year, and after bt
, heading him, to throw his body to th
! fishes. The meeting then adjourned
Several idle reports were stnrtc
, during the day, which caused the de
tcctiNes considerable annoyance. On
+ was that the cabin had been taken pos