The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1900-03-01
The Buckeye Club
Had Quite an Exciting Meeting last
Saturday ight.-Senator Bright
Makes Them Social CALL
Candidates Thaw Out.

ObuutuhtCb IuhW Vuts
The Buckeye Club met In re-
gular session last Saturday night.
The hands on Josie Rochester'sFixs
Century, Ninety-Day clock had
Just reached 6:l7a when Janitor
Baird pushed his waiting comrades
aside and opened the door. After
the gas had been turned up and the
electric lights had been turned on,
the mem bers, In full force, headed
by Will Bowers, rushed into the
room and soon settled In their re-
spective places. After they had
reared back, crossed their legs,
lighted their pipes and taken a
fresh "chsw," Tom Braddock open
ed the ball with:
"Well, boys, this is Just about as
tough day as 1 have seen for a
good many years. 1t wouldn't sur
prise me one bit If the thermometer
would register below zero by morn
ing, 1t would go awful hard for
some Of our poor people that
haven't gas. >I.hopo it doesn't get
any colder than 1t is for l haven't
got pound ofcoal, and the thought
Of the poor people suffering from
cold makes my poor heart bleed.
/ -
Just then Ed. Goss came in the
room clapping his hands and
schOttisching over toward the stove,
kicking the rung Of Tom Brad
docks chair as he passed and up
setting him on the floor, "Gee," he
said, "It's awful canary out. /
came--." "What's the mat.
ter with you, now ?" said Braddork
as he crawled up from the floor
brushed the dust off his clothes and
settled back in his chair, "You
must have had something tonight
besides jowl and pone."
III did" said Goss, "I had q nice
mess of hog liver and kraut, and
eat hearty and am feeling good
Besides, what I had on my table
was paid for, and 1 earned it by the
sweat of my brow, too. If 1 had
been dealing In coal I might have
knocked off enough on a load tt
have had pie and cake, but didn't
"Whst do you mean ?" asked
Braddock, "Is that intended as @
reflection on my honesty9 Do vou
intimate that I give short weight
If you do, I'll just--."
"Oh. no. I guess you WON'T" re-
sponded Goss. "You mustn't gel
too viney. You're not the only
member Of the Buckeye, II you dt
pay your dues in advance. I paic
you for Atty bushels OF coal today
didn't ""
eyes, you did," replied Braddock
"and l put in the coal, didn't Iw
"Oh, yes. You put in coal. ]
don't dispute that. How many
loads did you haul today?" asked
Goss.
"One, of course, ,"replied Braddock
"Did you suppose hauled hun
dred ?"
"Oh, no. I just thought yol
might have pushed the thing aloni
and hauled couple" said Goss.
"No, I didn't. l hauled only on,
load and my wagon holds exactly
fifty bushels. Are you satisfied
now ?" asked Tom.
"Well, no. am not satisfied,
would like to know another littl,
thing about that coal. Pm short
said GOss, 'just about ten bushel.'
"Do you mean to insinuate," re
piled Tom, "that l gave you shor
weight?"
ooh, no. 1 don't mean to insinu
ate anything" replied Goss, "bu
what I'd like to know is: If you
wagon only holds fifty bushels, ant
you only made one trip today, how
could you sell Nose StrawD tel
bushels and deliver me fifty bush
els?"
"I'll have you to understand
sir" replied the coal barron, spring
ing in the air and cracking hi
heels together seven times, (Johr
Mccormick and Milt Baird sale
they paid particular attention t.
the number of times he cracked hi,
heels together, and they both SAY
1t was just seven.) "I'll have yol
to understand sir, that you cam
attack my personal character will
impunity. must have satisfaction
the satisfaction of a gentleman, sir
Mr.. I.arimer will you act for m,
-"
"HoId on, comrades, hold on" In
\ terpOsej chairman Bowers. "per
sonal attacks are not allowed here
You must settle yourself down O