Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-12-07
THE LIME KILN Gus.
0esthss Gardner In enc Garden O
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0ssthsr Gardner In enc Garden %
edon.
When the sound OF the triangle
had called the meeting to order
Brother Gardner slowly arose and
looked up and down the aisles and
said:
III Calamity Bates am In dis hall
dis savnin' he will please step dis
way"
Calamity was there and he prompt.
iy stepped out and advanced to the
presidents desk.
"Brudder Bates, continued the
president Is he looked down on him,
"Yo' went ober to Brudder Shin g
cabin t'other night to pass soshul
hour.
Eyes, sab, was tho reply.
''Arter cum lettle talk 'boul free
silbsr, sound money, an de treasury
resarve yo' swung de conversashun
round to de ga'den Of Eden. While
Mrs. Shin sot dar wild her mouf open
and Samuel was soakin' his feet to
cure de cold In his head. 20 went on
to tell what you knowed bout dat
Ga den. Yo put de land at 100 acres.
70 got in q ribber, two springs. .
lake, and grotto. 70 had
peaches an pears an plums
an grapes an apples by de
cart load. Yo' had birds singin
and possums runnin bout. Yo' had
chickens ready to b. boiled, fried on
baked. Yo' had Adam whislin' an
Eve singin', and all was happiness
Eyes, sab, replied Brother Bates,
% he wondered what was coming.
''Brudder Shin hain't much OF o
hand to git excited ober ga dens, as
20 kin tell by his own, but yo' went
on so dat he finally got reused up an
axed 20 whar' dis place was. Kin
yo' member whar. yo' located II ?"
II kin. sab. Dat ga'den was In
Cuba, an lee bin right past do place
TO- times"
"Didn 7 soc Adam or Eve round
dar, did 20 2"
"Dey was dead, sah.'
wall, when Brudder Shin reck.
oned dat Ga den was In Italy, what
did yo' dun do ? Called him names
an finally hit him on de jaw Brud-
der Bates, want to remark o few
expreshuns to 20 an I want EN- to
surge right ober yo'r libin' soul like
waves, rollin down Lake Eric. In do
first place. yo' was Jest ~ wrong %
Brudder Shin bout de locashun Of
de Ga den. In de next place, II am
none Of yo'r bizness whar' II was, how
big 1t was, or what IL looked like!
Yes, sab, was the reply. Mebbe
dar was Ga den an Mebbe
not. Doan' consarn 20 neither way.
Ifsome white man, who haint got
muffin to do an lots OF money to do
1t on wants to 20 spoonin' round to
find whar' de Ga den Of Eden was,
hats his own bizness. Vols simply
o common black man. Yo' airn
bout six dollars week, an yo' am
dc ladder Of To- pairs oil twins. It
Gums mighty hard fur yo' to pay
rent an git three meals day. Yo'r
debts figger up mo- dan yo' kin save
In 5000 y 'ars Do idea Of yo'r foolin'
away time an hittin' folks on dc jaw
bout do Garden OF Eden am bout de
biggest fool thing eber heard Oft"
''Doan' want to know all bout
II sahf" protested Brother Bates.
"What fur ?"
Fur to git knowledge"
What 20 gwine to do wild knowl-
edger"
How am knowledge bout sunthin'
way back 5000 y ars ago gwlne to pay
yo'r house rent an keep shoes on
yo'r wife's feet? II yo' knowed
whether Adam could Jump six feet or
ten, would dat buy Goldfish fur dem
TO- par O. twins? II yo' knowed
whether Eve had red ha'r or black,
would II help yo' to pay me back
dem two dollars 20 borrowed ober
two y 'ars agoP"
"N-no. sab. )" stammered Brother
Bates, beginning to weaken"
''Of, co'se 1t wouldn't! IL would
jest be o leetle mo- wind power fur
argument. II haln't yo'r buzness
nor my blzness, nor any odder black
man o bizness to keer . continental
cooked hat whether dc Ga'den OF
Eden was on sids-hill or down In o
valley; whether 1t took o thousand
vars to build dc Pyramids OF Egypt,
or only fifty; whether dis yere airth
was all kivered wild water six times
or only twice; whether do planets
am inhabited or oil grown up to
scrub: whether dis globe was made
In six days or 10 900 Vars. None OF
us want to 20 back furder dan to re-
member what debts we owe an why
we dun liant paid up. Our bizness
am to look ahead. II we knowed Q
man who's gwine to let out dc job of
whitewashing' 200 feet OF bod fence
1t consarns US heap mo- den Noah's
ark ebsr need to. Brudder Bates"
Eyes, sah."
"Yo' 60 an sot down, an sot
down hard! shall fine yo' $8 $50
fur discussin' religus matters con-
trary to de by laws, an l want dis to
be caution to oil other members as
we'll. Bout half Of our Guild folks
religun consists In openin' our moufs
an gulpin' down de past, an good
sheer OF de odder half am devoted to
argufyin' bout what we doan' know,
can Z know an doan' want to know
bout de present an fucher. What
We want In glneral an In pertickler
am less religun an mo- gittin' up
up airly In dc mawnin less Ga den
OF Eden an mo- Eaters In dc honse-
less Adam and Eve IN mo- bacon an