Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-09-12

.btp and serious. with a st1m leg and q bald
lead He brought in with him from the
anteroom, as if mistrusting the honesty Oh
the janitor, large, lank satcheI OF the
crop of 1872, and cotton umbrella which
probably saw the opening of the civil war.
He was accorded a hearty welcome, how
ever, and he deposited satchel and UNI
brella, removed his coat and got to busi-
ness without delay.
my fren's,'' he said in a voice which re-
minded everybody of a corn shelter haru
at work, "de subjeck of my imperious re-
marks dis eavenin am entitled 'Loohin
Henceward' Oar may be some among yo'
who doan know what 'henceward means
I will darefore explain dat it means De
yand-in de fucher-way off ahead lap
plause from Shindig Watkins, who had
been puzzling over 'henceward' for the ias1
two months.l Yo' kin look back thirty
vars an see what progress de cuil'd man
has made, but de fucher am what Is ahean
of us. De fucher is headlight 70 Rulue
us on de upward path an finally seat US
on de pinnacle of greatness an verbos1ty.
While we may feel proud of de past, we
am justified in feelin feelin of glorloslty
ober de fucher. General applause, when
sagged the stovepipe In the mlddle anu
threatened a calamity.l
My fren's,'' continued the speaker as ne
helped himself to a glass of root peer
from Brother Gardner's pitcher and wiped
off his chin, II put de past behind me an
urge yo' onward to de fucher. Wldin de
next hundred Vars dar am gwine to be
SIGH a mighty change take place dat 1t
almos' takes ones bref away to think
of it. It's gwine to be a change to put de
Guild man whar he belongs-on top de
heap. l predict:
81. A gradual but sartin change in de
har. De kinks an knots viii all stralghten
out, de HAIR take on gloss an we Will DE
de envy of de civilized world.
so A gradual but sartin fsdin ont of color
until we become whittier dan white folks
Dey will probably be mad an jealous about
it, but what am to be will be an dey can't
stop it. 1 predict dat Giveadam Jones,
heah on my right, who am now de color OF
a black COW at midnight, hasn't got to lib
ober fo'ry Vars to bleach out as white as a
governors Sunday shirt.
% a gradual but sartin requirement. of
grace an beauty. 1t won't be fifty Vars
befo' yo' can't find a bowleeGed Gull d man
in a weeks travel an one wild a bald mead
or n pair OF cross eyes Will be as much or n
novelty as a mastodon- Our moufs Will
contract, our lips fall away in flesh an
poets will rave ober our oroopin blue eyes
White folks will be mad 'nuf TO bust, but
we mus go right along IN pay no 'tenshun
TO DER empirical feelins
~ In de co'se of de rext hundred vars
de GUILD man will be on top de heap IN
oratory, poetry, paintir, astronomy an ali
de arts an sciences. He will sit in de White
House. an he will male de laws. He Will
make de history of de kentry, an he Will
also write it.
- Instead of de black folks gwine to
Africa to lib de white folks will probably
c'lar out fur MeXEo or de sandwich
Islands Today de great problem of dis
kentry am not what to do wild de black
man. but what is estvine to become of de
white folks in few vars mo-
50 y gradual hui; sartin contrackshun of
fect till No. VIII fit most eberybody IN
in de crowd. YJI can't skassly compre-
bend it as yo' look at de No. IL boots
adornin de feed OF Waydown Bebee, an
pinchiu his hood AT dat. but SIGH Will be
de result of progress. Brudder Beebe him
self may lib 10 See dat day.
An now, MY fren's." continued the
speaker as he drained the pitcher of its
contents, II tlb not wish to take up yo'r
valuable tinlt. l did not come heah to
dedicate an eraporashun of cupidity, but
to briefly coanive my cantileverous con-
sanguinity toward a bituminous propaga-
shun of whit airnestly believe will come
to pass. thank yo', gentlemen-thank
yo' from &c bottom of my heart, an 1
shall eber hold de memory of dis eavenin
as one of de most electuated in my fall
lacious career"
The centleman left the hall amid wild
and tunultuous applause, but when he
had disappeared the silence was profound.
1t was not broken for a couple of minutes
Then Brother Gardner arose and said:
a hundred vars am II long time to
wait but reckon we'll hev to. We will
nos break de meetin in two an so home"
NJ. QUAD.