Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-01-30
THE LIMEKlLN CLUB.
Brother Gardner LECTURES on the
Suhiect of ISreamS.

ICopyTigAt, lsJl, by c. B. Lswis.1
''De odder eayeh ~" began Brother
Gardner as he rose up after the close
of the regular proceedings Of the Lime
kiln club-"de odder eavenin Samuel
Shin came ober to my cabin an woke
me up out of sound sleep to tell me
dat a great calamity was ut hand an
to ask fur my advice. He had fallen
asleep in his cheer by de stove an had
dreamed dat he saw 4 black cat chasin'
a white rat up an elm tree. He had
dreamed dat same dream three times
befo' in his life, an Il calamity allus
follered. | had skassly throwed him
ober de fence when Waydown Bebee
arrovc. He had also been dreamin'.
He Lad dreamed of seein' black man
on 4 white boss i'm chase of a yaller
Wv, an he was suah dat his wife was
swine to drop dead or his cabin burn
up. Next day / made some inquiries
an diskivered dat about half de men,
bers of dis club carry dream books
around wild 'em an believe in 'em as
dey do in deir Bibles.
Il jess want to remark a few re-
marks OH dis matter of dreams. Oar
was a time in my life when l didn't
know de fore kick from de hind kick
Of mewl an when | walked up an
down de road lookin' fur hundred dol
lar bills. In dose days | was a fool,
an bein' a fool | believed in dreams.
If | dreamed dat | saw yaller cats sit
tin on de roof of a yaller barn be
lieved dat somebody was gwine to die
an leave me TO hundred dollars.
"If dreamed dat | saw n white boss
gallopin' across a green medder in
chase Of brindled dog ! believed dat
should find a diamond pin In de back
yard.
IF dreamed dat | saw black hog
walkln' around wild a white ribbon
tied to his tail believed it meant
sickness in de family an de loss Of my
job.
I'll tell yo what cured me. One
night an angel come to me in my
dreams an patted me on de head an
beckoned me to foller her. | follered,
an she led de way to a coop whar ten
fat pullets was waitin' to be pulled off
de roost In my dream | pulled 'em, an
got safe away, an dem chickens was
yum. yum. | dreamed dat dream
three times dat night. an next day
took wall; an spotted de coop. When
night fell ag'in, ! was dar Ten fat
puIlets awaited me. So did man an
a shotgun. | had jess grabbed de fust
pullet when he fired charge of bird
shot into me, an though I've bin pick
In fur years hain't got 'em all picked
out yet.
81 amt gwine to say dat as members
of de Llmekiln club yo' must do thus
an so to please me- but am gwlne to
remark dat tonight | shall probably
dream of seein' 70 old coons chasin' fo'
young possums up steep bill, while
a bobtalled dawg an q crosseyed cat
am lookin on at de fun. Yes, ! shall
probably dream It, an If | do ! shall
ak Samuel Shin fur de dollar dat he
owes me, call on Glveadam Jones to
return dat coat OF mine, an give Way
down Bebee five minits TO squar up
dat old note of his. If | meet up wild
Elder Penstock | shall hit him on do
Jaw fur his mothers sake, an if
Swamproot Taylor, Torpedo Johnson
or Moses Rockingham git in my way
I'll make human wrecks of 'em. Don't
any of yo' 20 out OF de dream bizness
on my account but Jess bar II In mind
dat I -droam two dreams to yo'r
one, an every single one Of 'em will
mean achn' hearts fur at least three
members of dis club. Oats all, an we
will now go home an dream of SEEM
a lilac colored dawg chasln' a chocolate
colored woodchuck around plum col
ored co'nfeld." NJ. QUAD.