The evening times., 1896-09-17

tDtlu TOhst bttl W http Vic
niammies and pickaninnies going for d
Month" said the villager
Guess you haven't been to many bar
becues, eh?"'
THE MEEK STEER.
Irving park was licked up as tight as
wax, and the only sign of the presence OF a
barbecue was 4 meek, hut happy-lOoking
steer, tied to a paliDg few yards
away. That was the ''fatted OK" that was
10 have satisfied the cravings OF the
crowd In the vicinity. II wasn't such Il
bad-looking animal, although rumor had
1t that for twelve years IL had formed a
portion OF the motive power Of cuniber-
SOME vehicle, that travels Anne Arundel's
sandy roads /. seemed nice and tender, so
tender In fact, that it responded with u
hook Of the horn when the reporter tickled
il In the ribs
William H. Brown, a clever merchant of
the village, whose popularity has gained for
him the sobriquet Of mayor OF Annapolis
Junction, had the contract for furnishing
tie steer. He says the report as to its years
OF hard service is totally without fouDda-
ton, and as Mr.. Browns reputation for
veracity is well established in the neighbor-
ton, lie will not, however. disclose the
place of the discovery Of his prize.
MI Brown throws little light on the
manner in which the barbecue was ar
ranged and of its subsequent failure, OF,
as it may turn out, its postponement-
Last Saturday. lie said. ian intelli-
gent appearing colored man came into
my store and introduced himself as Il. d.
Ruffin, president Of tue Mckinley and Hc-
bart Campaign Working Club. He said they
were going to have barbecue, and wanted
to know If / could furnish the beef. l
said thought / could, and he told me TO go
ahead and kill the steer on Tuesday. l
got an animal weighing about 200 pounds.
which would feed some ,0O0 persons.
THE SHARP BUTCHER.
at cost about $50, but they didn't ad-
vance me any money and l took the steer
under certain conditions. That's where
was sharp or l might be-miGht, / say
mind you-out of pocket. l engaged two
colored men TO kill the steer and they spent
all day yesterday sharpening their knives
for l didn't intend to allow them TO &c
any cutting and cleaning until l had the
money for the steer. This morning / got
a telephone message from the club saying
that the barbecue had been postponed. Nc
reason was given, but it was intinated
that the threatening weather had some
thing to do with 1t. That's all / know
aboutit, except they seemed to have W orked
among the negroes south Of here, for you Il
find most Of the crowd came from Prince
George county, Circulars Ike the one you
have were mailed TO different people. Sc
far as / know everybody who had any
thing to do with getting up the meeting
was co lored."
Here are the Officers Of the club and
members of the various committees, as
they appear on the circular:
Committee of arraugements-Rev. Tbos.
Fl. Gibson, chairman: James II. Marshall,
Heusm Jackson, William II. Matthews,
Isaac Fleming, r. II. Sbipley, James Hunt
Officers of the Club-R d. Ruffin, presi-
dent; Rev. Robert johnson, vice presi-
dent: Rev George W. Lee, D. D., second
vice president; Col R. A. Boyd, chairman
executive committee; Hon. j. F. Cook,
treasurer; Rev. Daniel Morris, secretary;
]. D. Edwards, assistant secretary; Rev.
T H. Gibson, corresponding secretary;
Rev j. II. Hill, assistant corresponding
secretary.
Committee on tickets-Rev. Thomas Il.
Gibson, chairman: Rev Daniel Morris,
Rev. j. H. Hill, DR.. A. Shields, James
H. Marshall, d. ]. Edwards.
Committee on speakers-Rev. Robert
johnson, chairman; T. W. Ray, Col r. A.
Body, R. d. Ruffin, s. E. Jones.