The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-09-11
THE LIMEKILN CLUB.
BROTHER GARDNER DISCUSSES THE
OUTLOOK FOR THE CoLoREo MANA

OUTLOOK FOR THE coLORED MANA
The Poor white Man, Who Has Been Lord
inE 1t over tho World, VIM In Time
Have to Take Back seat-A New The
DRY and New Member.
At the last regular meeting Of the
Limekiln club. after Brother Gardner
had removed his coat and signaled to
Samuel Shin to drop three windows and
open the door, he looked up and down
Paradise hall and said:
II see by de papers dat Purfessor Gill
liam predicts dat IL 1895 de Guild man
viii be in de ascendency. Jist so. Well
drap two mo- wiMders an discuss de sub
jock little. lii 100 lars den, 'cordin
to de purfessor, de Samuel Shins an
Giveadam Joneses an Pickles SIN thses
of our race will be at de head of de
guy ment. P'raps a pusson named Way
down Bebee will be president Of de
United Stats. Whalebone Howker will
be de leadin chief Justice of de highest
court in de Ian. Judge Cadaver Will be
CUB nor of Michigan, an Chewso Chap
man an Depravity Johnson will be de
Vanderbilt an Gould Of de period Pur-
fessors Breakdown Turner an Rise Up
Bunker will flourish at Harvard an ale.
Threeply Jones, Discount White, = .nko
jackson an oders will be preside Of
national banks, an boards of de,
chambers of commerce an stooi tx
changes will be run by Guild men
1t am beautiful landscape IL icok
upon, an 1 really pity de poo white
man. He has bin lordin it ober de
world at large so long an has made SIGH
progress in science an philosophy dat it
vii seem purity tuff fur him to saw our
wood, clean our alleys an black our
butes"
At this point Reconstructed a lylor
began to stamp his feet and clap his
hands and seek to start an encore, but
the president interrupted him with.
'Brudder Taylor. drap it, Now draw
yer feet out Of de alley an doan move
agin till de meetin am out. No doubt
you am tickled half to death, but let
us see what tickles you. In 100 vars
we am to be at de top Of de heap. We
am to lose our kinks an grow straight
ha' T; our feet am to be pared down;
our noses am to be trimmed up; our
mouths puckered on a new plan, an we
am to lose our brunette complexion.
Den our heads am to be reshaped an re-
stuffed, our speech changed about, an
we am to progress faster in 100 vars
dan de white man has in /, 900. I think
l see US at de pinnaclel We look awful
purity at de top of de heap. Nobody
would know us as we stan erect on de
cap sheaf an wave de glorious banner.
my frien s., continued the presi-
dent after long and solemn silence,
''if Purfessor Gillian am not fool. he
am de mex bes' thing-a crank. One
hundred y ars will not do what he says.
We can It fetch it. We was BON in de
wrong time of de moon, brought up ON
de wrong sort of eatables an dedicated
in RE wrong sort of skules. We have an
shall progress. Our chillen viii know
mo- dan we do, an deir chillen will be
a peg higher in all de arts and sciences,
but we must not forgit de present. Oar
am mouths to feed an bodies to cIothe
an house rent to pay an fuel to buy, an
he who loses a days work to dream
ober Purfessor Gillian s prophecy shows
his lack of sense. If, after all de present
members of dis club have bin sleepin
fur half a century in de grave, de white
man begins to lose his grip, an dc black
man begins to cotch on, it will be all
right. Meanwhile doan' miss a cog.
Doan' be made fools of. Doan' try to
clothe de chillen wild de raiment OF 100
Vars hence and doan' expeck dat de
predickshun dat we shall ultimately
warm our feet in de halls Of congress
am gwine to satisfy present hunger We
will now tighten our belts an pitch into
de regular order Of bizness. ;"
At this juncture Bradawl Wilkins
arose to make statement. He had for
sometime past been in communication
with Deacon Frazine of Warren, Pa.
The deacon is a square up and down
man, with a theory that the earth is
gradually rounding up in the center like
hogs back, end that in the course Of
the next so years everybody who can't
get on the ridge will find himself tum-
bling down kill Brother wilkins Lad
looked into and accepted the theory,
and he desired to present the name Of
Deacon Fra. ne for membership He
would therefore move that the rules be
suspended and the name put to vote.
Elder Gro. sbOnes supported the mo-
ton He was also a believer in the
theory For the last four weeks he had
felt as if he was walking on a side hill,
and he was becoming a little anxious to
know through what part of the country
that ridge was going to pass.
A vote was then taken, and Deacon
Fraz;ne was made q mem her. As TO his
theory, the club viii look into it before
committing itself. M. Quad In Detroit
Free Press.