The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-09-01
THE I1MEK1LN CLUB.

the person who first discovered tha
the wish bone of gray gander would
foretell the weather by changing col
or. For the last ten years he ha:
supplied the Limekiln club with bar
rel of chilblain cure per year, and his
instructions as to how to roast pos
sum have made him famous among
all cooks. When it was announced
that he had walked 600 miles to de.
liver speech at a Possum party
meeting, such crowd turned out to
greet him that Paradise hall could not
hold the half of it. When Brother
Gardener brought the old man for
ward to introduce him, the enthu-
siasm broke loose, and such cloud
of dust was kicked up that it was i'm
possible to see the stage for the next
FIVE minutes. When he could be
heard and seen, the venerable old
man carefully deposited his hat and
umbrella at his feet and began:
my dear frien's, de snow of seb.
enty-two winter hab blowed frew dis
wool OBJ mine, an de stiffness of ole
aige has come to my j'ints, but Ise
gwine to foller de Possumites along
de road to glory as long as / kin put
one foot befo' de other. Great cheer
ing. I know no other party, no
other kentry, an I'm believin' de
fires of patriotism will warm me up
from head to heel an take 20 vars off
my aige. Tremendous applause. ]
Way down dar in Kentucky, when 1
read in de papers dat de black man
had riz up at last an was gwine to
hab party of his own an do bizness
on his own account, de news 'peared
to be too good to be true, Cheers !
man. an when dey SAID we'd got
a Possum party at last I packed up
my bundle an creased my butes an
took to de middle of the road.
Laughter and cheer. dun want
ed to meet up wild yo' an shake hands
an tell yo' dat Uncle Jerry could be
depended on to help do de yellin an
de votin'. ["Hurrah for Uncle
Jerry!"]
GAS trabbled long de highways
met up wild white men who laugh
ed at de ideah Of Possum party, but
dey won't feel so tickled bimeby. If
anybody imagines dat de black man
am pwine 10 sot on de fence an take
no part in dis campaign, he doan'
know de race. [Gigantic applause.
We's bin like lost chillen wanderin'
bout in de woods, but we's got ober
wanderin' We's bin feelin about in
de darkness an afeard to move; but,
10, de light has GOMEZ [Cheers. In
de maxim of de future history of
Ameriky we shall demand to be count
ed in. Cries of "Yo' bet p" Amer.
XIV has fur 80 Vars looked upon her
cull'd populashun as chillen, but all
de time he has bin CROWN up to be
men an wimen, an now de time has
come to prove dat we am full grown
an seasoned wild ginger. "Hurrah,
hurrahp'] Representa- de aims, am.
bishuns, hopes an fears of de culP d
populashun as it allus has an does,
dis Limekiln club was right to take
dis step an fling to de breeze de ban
ner of de Possum party. All honah
to it, an may ebery black man re-
member it wild gratitude Thun'
ders of applause.
Use gwine back home tomorrel
'kase Ise got my truck patch to see to
an de ole woman amt feelin well
an as l walk home along de road d.
white men will say to me We'll
Uncle Jerry, how bout de Possums
What yo' trifin darkies gwine to d.
in politics? Why doan' yo' stick tt
cake walks?' Kisses and groans.
| An Ise gwine to draw myself up an
talk back to him. Ise gwine to draw
myself up an answer him dat de las
eight weeks de black men of Amerik.
hev bin ingaged in de maxim of his
tory fur de world to read durin d,
next thousand vars. Cheers.
From ocean to ocean an from sea t
sea de drums hev bin beatin an d
bugles BLOWN to call 'em together
De campaign has opened so hot an
dar has bin so much noise dat d
white man has overlooked sartil
things. Among these sartin thing
am de fact dat a millyun or mo- blac
men hev got votes dat weigh I
ounces to de pound. Many yells an
cheers.
"But, my chillen, it amt gwine
be no coon hunt. Yo's gwine to buc
ag'in de white man ebery turn, ar
he's gwine to play roots on yo' ever
day in de week. [Groans. He
bin bossin around till it will com
mighty hard fur him to let go. Doar
yo' make de mistake of tryin to gra
a hull smokehouse to once. Laugh
teri Yo' jest lay low like de po
sum. Yo' doan' want to put out n
candydate fur president. Yo' doat
want to try no game Of bluff. Y
Jest want to count noses an find Of
yo'r strength, and den yo' kin sen
a man down to Washington or els
where to say, DE black man
Ameriky lubs his kentry an reve
ences de constutushun, but how mar
Offices yo' gwine to glib him fur mil
yum votes?' [Vociferous applause.
''Yo' can't wash de black of yo
faces nor straighten de kinks e''t
yo'r hair. but yo' kin parn e,