Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-11-16
fHe LIME KILN clUU.


Astronomy, which should have been
handed In two weeks ago. Asteroid
johnson, chairman Of the committee,
promptly stood up and read the 70.
port. There had been consider BILE
discussion In the club 40 to what In.
huence the sun had on the weather,
and the committees had thoroughly
Investigated the matter. The sun,
as the committee understood It, was
manufactured and hung out for the
purpose Of encouraging photograph.
srs, laundresses, hay.makers and
house painters, and the idea that It
has any visible effect upon weather
Oh, 900 900 miles away was not to be
seriously thought Of. The late re-
mnrkable summer was rather to DO
laid to the supposed sliding OF the
North Pole distance OF over 800
mile south from IT'S usual position.
This being the meeting when the
quarterly report on agriculture was
due, Subsoil Davis, chairman, arose
and reported 40 follows:
!. More cucumbers will be har.
vested this fall than ever before In
the history Of America, and pickles
are bound to be cheap next winter,
no matter what the price OF coal.
2. Wheat 10 only two.thirds Of q
crop, but this will save q great deal Of
handling and wear and tear and give
freight cars and grlst.mills rest.
3. Ninety out Of every 100 water
melons received In the northern mar.
kets this season have been green.
The ten ripe ones have been reserved
by the commission men. We submit
whether It would not be good idea
for the public to learn to enjoy
the taste OF green mel0ns9 It
would save time, money, waste and
hard feelings, and prices would prob
ably be cheaper.
4.-Considering the weather, scan.
dals, earthquakes, cyclones and el-
opponents. the crops In general aver.
age moro than could have been
looked for and we see no cause for
lamentation.
The secretary announced q com.
municatlon from Montgomery, Ala,
asking II the Lime Kiln Club would
assist the next congress In conduct.
ing the affairs OF the country. Broth
er Gardner read the letter over twice
and then arose and replied:
Dat will depend altogether on do
ackshun OF congrlss towards dis or.
ganizashun. II we am invited to
mix In an assist we shall do 70 wild
great cheerfulness; II we am not In.
wited We shall 20 ahead an run our
sheer OF America an let congriss fool
around wild the balance"
Col. Contraband Smith, chairman
Of the committee on decorative art,
announced a new. scale OF prices to
he adopted for the fall and winter sea.
svn, and after some debate they were
accepted. The increase over sum.
mer rates 10 about ten per cent.
stove pipe will be blacked and put
up at the rate OF $24 per mile with
extra for elbows. Wood.sawing will
remain at the same figures, whether
the sawyer Is asked to eat dinner with
the family or not.
Brother Gardner then arose and
said II was his sorrowful duty to an
nounce the death OF Uncle Jim
Whitestone, which took place only
the previous day, and continued:
"You knew him to be old an fee.
bic an sort o. waitin' to 20, an
yet do news surprises you. A week
ago he sot heah wild Us, tonight he
am lyin In his coffin. Sich am de on.
sartainties Of life. ] has kn0wed I'm.
ole Jim since we was chill EN- togeder
In do far away days. When lie real.
1At An tAt
he sent fur me, an I sot beside him,
when dc angel took his speerlt an
few away.
''Uncls Jim was poo old black
man, unlcttered, unlarned. on look.
In back only to y 'ars OF toll On pri.
vashun an sorrow. He saw poverty,
woe an misfortune In almos every
month Of his life, an yit how did he
die?
Oar was sunthin grand In that
death bed scene" continued Brother
Gardner In whisper. Eighty y 'ars
Of toll an anxiety an suflerln was
DRAWN to y close. A life in which
dar' had bin many clouds an leetle
sunshine was about to end.
~ see him 40 de s!nkin' summer
sun crept inter der winder an turned
his white h'ar to dc color OBJ silver.
He woke from his soft sleep, an dar
was sich Happiness In his eyes an
slch glory In his face as I nebber
saw befo'. he listened like one who
h'ars de far-off sounds OF sweet
music, an the glory deepened 40 he
reached out his hands to me and
whispered:
"'I kin see my ole wife an do
chill'en up dar! kin sec glory an
rest an peace! ! kin look across de
dark valley an see sIch happiness 80
] nebber dream OF
AN he passed awey like babe
iallin' asleep, an you who 60 up
dar' to-morrer will fin dat same
glorious smile lighting up do face OF
de dead. He has suffered an be.
lieved an had faith on had gone to
his reward. He had been dispised fur
his color. ridiculed fur his ignerence
an scorned fur his faith In dc here
after, an UT no king eber died Wild
sich smile on his face an wild s!ch
happiness In his heart. Peace to his
ashesl While we mourn fur him We
shall still rejoice dat he has gone to
his reward. Let US break dc meetin'
n two an 60 home.
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