The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-10
THE LIMEKILN CLUB.
BROTHER GARDNER DILATES ON
= TIE LATE Mr.. JACKSON.

| on Internal Improvement Makes His
Report-Other Interesting Matters.
! 'sMy frens,'' began the president of
the Limekiln club as the meeting was
called to order, "de hand of death has
agin been laid upon one of de members
of dis club. Today received notice dat
Pardon Jackson, on honorary member
hbln in Tennessee, had passed down
from de valley of de shadder to his etar-
nal rest. knowed de deceased person
ally, an has bin expectin to h'ar of
his death any mint fur de last fo'
vars. He was good man, as men
average, but his appetite was his failin.
De way dat man would mix up water
millyOn, cockernuts, bananas, tomaters,
turnips, lemonade, apples an root beer
was amazin to see. Why de billyus
collie didn't cotch to him vars ago
can't make out, but p raps it was too
busy elsewhar.
It got around to him at last, howeber,
an befo' he died he was tied up in so
many knots dat dey had to bury him in
a dry goods box for a coffin. He was at
tackled on a Monday mawnin at s
O'Clock, an didn't die till Thursday
ebenin at O'Clock. He reckOned to beat
de grim destroyer, but de collie held on
to him till he frowed up his hands an
gin up de struggle We Will hang out de
usual emblem of mournin fur de usual
80 days, but we went pass any resolu-
sbuns OF sympathy fur de wilder an de
fatherless. When a member of dis club
makes a hog Of hisself, de less said
about his takin off de better. His Wild
der will probably marry a man wild
sense huff to spit out de seeds an frow
away de rind of WATERMELON, and life
will go on better and brighter dan be-
TO. We will now purceed to bizness. -
The secretary announced a communi-
cation from SiIas Sevenfoot, past grand
master of the Order of Artistic White
washers Of Arkeville, n. c., asking the
Limekiln club TO use its influence to Sc
cure an improvement in the manner of
putting up bedticking for the market.
The past five years had made a great
Improvement in the style of the goods,
but they are still rolled upon a pine
board instead of assuming an aesthetic
shape
The president passed the question to
the committee on art and decoration to
be disposed of, and they recommended
as follows:
''All bed ticking with blue stripes to
be put up in yard folds and cut on the
bias
''All ticking with red stripes to be
put up on walnut roller and labeled in
gilt letters.
''All ticking with ciel blue stripes
showing on a saddle colored background
to be done up III triangular folds, with
a chrome laid between each fold. "
Chloride Biscombe, chairman of the
committee on internal improvement,
announced his readiness to report. His
committee had been given the inquiry,
''Is there anything to encourage the eel
ored MANI" and had struggled with it
for six long weeks. At first sis 1T it did
not seem as if there was one single ray
of encouragement Tor the dark skinned
brother, but after viewing the situation
in all it's aspects the committee had dis
covered the following points of encour-
agement:
First.-Iandlords now wait three
months before ejecting nonpayment
tenant.
Second. -Grocers and butchers are
not so suspicious as formerly.
Third. There are tokens of a big
chicken crop. and presidential election
Will soon occur.
Fourth.-Women who used to do
their own withdrawing at night with
the curtains down have become rich and
proud and now give the jobs out at fair
prices.
The committee were of the belief that
!
ton and was content to take deck pas
sage need not go hungry or ragged.
Waydown Beebe asked the privilege
of reading the following newspaper par
agraph from Toledo paper in a pathet-
ic voice;
eve understand that Moses Clark,
knight Of the razor, doing business in
this city, bat now rusticating III Michi-
gan, was robbed of $13. % en- ferry
boat one Gay last week. Mr.. CLARK was
eating watermelon at the time, and the
thief took advantage of him while he
was taking a bite and went through his
! pockets -
"Am dat de pusson in de aunty
room - asked the president.
es. sab.
81 doan go much on a man whose
mouf am SO much bigger'n his pockets,
but 4 colleckshun viii be token up fur
his benefit
Pickles Smith passed the hat, and the
sum of 10 cents was speedily realized.
| This was carried out to the victim, and
he was advised to-take a palace car and
bring up il his town before some one
stole his boots.
C4iveadam Jones secured the floor to
/ observe that there was a rumor in the
air to the effect that the treasurer s re
| port for the last quarter didn't balance
with the cashbook within SO. He didn t
pay any attention to runors himself,
but some of the members were a little
panic stricken and would like to hear
| the truth in the matter
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