St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-05-23

THE LIME KILN CLUB.
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Requested by the Government.
Seem 'len,' began Brother Gardner
as the regular Saturday night meeting
/ of the Lime Kiln club was called to or
der with 213 members present, and El
der Toots ready for a two-hours' nap.
let yonr conrersashun be plain an te
de pint. Say what you mean. an mcau
what you say. ! has noticed a tenden.
cF on de part of certain members Of
dis club to atfec' de Shakespearear
style.
want it stopped It doan solrd
fright in q man applyin' whitewash o.
stove blackin'. How many members o.
dis club know de meanin' of de term.
sPrognosticate towards de individuals
| ty z an yit h'ar it uttered a dozeT
times day. What's de use of eulrts
man airnin ten shillin s aday remarkin
dat he expects to condescend to de II
| responsible endeaTer when he kin just
as well observe dat blackberries am
down to Is cents aquart? any of you
has an ideah dat de use OF such words
| as bombastic, delirium tre1nens, Cicero
or Inconsistency elesates you in C
mind Of your naybur, You is greatly
mistaken.
| when man comes to me an wants
70 borry two tablespoonfuls of S0-cenf
green tea, kase de preacher am gwine
to be at his house to supper, let him
spit it right out in plain English Ian.
guage, instead of beatin' round dc.
woods an luggin' in sich words as alb.
| dieate. reaction, CnsarisU an cahoots
# I had a son 20 vars ole, an he should
come hum wild his wbitewash brush on
his shoulder an inform me dat de graft
ficashun OBJ de incontestabIe syntax had
| Withdrawn it's bomhardfnent Of de
planetary desderashun, should riz up
an put my No. IL agin him wild such
auxiliary reprehensibi bility dafh lie would
feel lame fur six weeks.
7 take dis opportunity to say dat ]
hav received a letter from Washing ton
AKIN me to furnish de giv'ment wild
sich statisticks regardin de Guild race
as we hey thus fur bin able to gather
since de organizasilun of de Lime Kiln
club. De secretary has prepared an
will foT'd d de fol1owin' valuable slices OF
informashun:
Il. Gin darky a cooked hat an q
tin sword an de noise of d drum, an
you kin lead him anyyhar' you will.
90. We can't see dat de color am
bleachin' out any.
3. We doan' know dat de black man
has growed any wuss doorin' de las &c
] 'ars, an we can't prove dat he has
growed any better.
4. Truth, honesty an industry am
three great jewels hidden in de groun,
Looks like a heap Of Guild folks war
too lazy to dig down an find EN-.
.. Our re1iglln am about de same,
an our pollytieks all mixed up.
"6. De inventive genius of de race
hasn't turned SO much to mechanism
an art as to plannin' how to make one
days work bring in a.libin' fur de rest
of de- week.
. Tn case any of de members know Of
any ftlrder facls Barring on de issue
should like to h'ar from him.
Sir Isaac Waipole thought he could
see a great Improvement in social Ell
quette. Colored brothers who former.
ly heaved brickbats at him now raised
their hats as they passed, and women
who once went barefoot in their shoes
now wore stockings costing six bits.
Giyeadam Jones had seen great
change in his race in ten years. When
a black man who never owned a fowlin
his life had chicken pie three times
week the year round there was corn-
bination of genius and progress which
could not be kept down nor drowned
out.
AZ Waydown Beebe thought the colored
man was more industrious than in for
mer years. He had known lots of them
to work hard all day for insignificant
wages to get money to patronize policy
shops and purchase lottery tickets.
Several other choice bits of infornia-
tion We're cheerfully rendered, and the
secretary was instructed to incorporate
them and write his report in red ink.
Io boil de matter down inter sirup,''
added the president, '.de Gull d man has
got his liberty, but am hungry san
ragged fo'-fiftbs of de time. He has
got de ballot, but de white folks has got
dc offices. lie has got civil rights, but
he hain't got de cash for seat in de
Parkay cirVle or de palace kyar. Letus
pureeed to de .bizness which has COM
pounded us together M. Quad, in
Detroit Free Press.
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