The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-04-16
BRO. GARDNER ON HEALTH.
The Day Has Passed When You
Can Fool the Colored Man.

last meeting OF the Limekiln club
had been finished Brother Gardner
arose and said:
81 hev a letter from de stait bod
OF health Of Arkansaw inquarin' if it
am my opinyun, based on observa-
shun, dat de Guild man has made
any progress in the matter Of
hygiene doorin' do las five vars. |
shall instruct de secretary to reply
to de effect dat he has made heap
OF progress an am gittin' dar wild
boat feet. Time was when de Guild
man didn't know dat he had any
constitushun, system, or health, but
yo' can't fool him no mo-
"Ten vars ago il Samuel Shin had
blu told dat 1t was unhealthy to
sleep in close room, with three
dawgs under de bed an a bar'l o.
soap grease in a co'ner, he would
hev smiled wild contempt. II was
only arter he had lost his left lung
an had his right knee sprung out o
shape dat he began to study de
laws of health an drive de dawgs
out doahs. kin remember calm
at de cabin OF Shindig Watkins a
few vars ago. Oar was nine pussons,
TO dawss, a guinea hen, an two cats
in de family, an dey was all asleep
in one room. Brudder Watkins got
up wild headache, an when | hint
ed at de laws Of health he looked at
me in dc greatest astonishment. Ten
vars ago If Giveadam Jones had
found 81 bill in de road he would
hev bought a watermillyon an swal-
Tered half de seeds an gnawed clean
down to de bark. Den he would hev
heaved in a dozen harvest apples,
six plums, a quart OF cherries, three
bananas, an few pears. Oar would
still hev existed a vacuum, an he
would hev filed il wild cocoanut, a
dish of ice cream, an about a quart
of lemonade. He would have gone
to bed as peart as yo' please, and
had he woke up al midnight wild de
feelin' dat wolves was bitin' him an
elephants walkin' on him he would
hev claimed dat il was all GU ac.
count OF his wife wantin' new par
o shoes.
II kin remember goin' by the cabin
Of Waydown Bebee an seeiu' hi.
pickaninDies a.playin' in de yard
among slops, bones, cabbage stalks
dishcloths, fish heads, chicken
feathers, old boots, bottles, cans, an
SIGH. When | leaned ober dc gat,
an spoke Of hygiene Brudder Bebe,
got mad an wouldn't pay me d,
borrowed money | had cum arter
an ! shouldn't hev got il to dis da,
had | not threatened him wild |
lickin'. He thought il hardened d,
chill, an he looked upon me as al
old crank.
up to five or six vars ago M
Guild pusson suspected he had |
stomach. He sorter imagined hi
food dropped down sumwhar, hut h
neither knew nor cared whar. ID,
idea was to keep de cavity full, an i
didn't make much difference wi,
what. One day found Brudde
Artichoke Johnson lynn ont back o
my cabin. He was jess de sickes
man cher saw, an' he claimed da
he had been bit by q rattlesnake. ]
didn't take me long to find out VIVA
was de matter. He had eaten tur
uips, onions, tomatoes, cabbages, an,
cowcumbers from my garden till d.
billyous collie was pullin' him apart
lifted him up an booted him on
into de road an explained de laws q
health to him, but il was hull va
befo' he would accept my statement:
"Yes, ! am glad TO say, de cull''
people Of dis kentry hev made rapi'
progress doorin' de las few Vars il
do matter OF hygiene, an rum iii
time on dey will go ahead just a
fast as white folks. Take de --LATEST
headed Niger in de- kentry, an il h
finds bottle Of medicine in de roa'
does he pull out de cork an imbib
dc contentsi Not much! He use,
TO do so, but he's heard about by
giene. He jest puts dat bottle j
his pocket till he meets up wild
doctor an finds out whet her it's por
wine or boss medicine. We doar
sleep wild our feet outer dor winde
no mo-. We doan' soak our head
in ice water To cure chilblains. w
doan' sleep on feather bed wild tw
blankets ober us in summer to kee
consumshun away, an we has di'
covered seven or eight ears OF gree
con at a meal am plenty 'nuT I
keep de liver in good order W
am gittin' along all right an farnir
sunthin' new ebery day, an five var
hence we will he able to take keer q
ourselves an perhaps Civ de whit
man sum p'inters to boot"
NJ OTAn