The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-06-10

7 don't know what dream Cartwheel
Johnson had, but lie had some power
full warnin's in my time.
Once dreamed of walkin in de
road wild seben black cats follerin' arter
me, an de next day [ got into a dispute
wild Deacon Taylor bout de Garden OF
Eden an was laid up in bed fur
Week.
at anodder time dreamed I was a
black boss chasin' a white COW around
an it wasn't two days befO' l cum
down wild re humps an couldn't git
my mouf omen fur ten days
'sAgin / dreamed dat / was a feather
bed, an dat Guild pusson had stole
me off de fence Whar' ] was takin q
sun bath, an dat very night my
daWg died in commissions an de roof of
de woodshed caved in.
i has also had experience wild signs.
One night, as I was bout startin'
out to go up the alley wild a bag on
my arm I saw a star fall from lie
an gone to bed, but I didn't. I kept on
after dose chickens. an bout de time
[ got EN- policeman got me, an I
went up fur thirty days
AT anodder time I was gwine along
de road an hunchback asked me
what time it was It was SIGH a good
sign dat I invested 70 dollars in a lot
terry ticket an lost cherry cent of it,
oh yes, my frens I has had heaps
an heaps to do wild spOokS an dreams
an signs an ha 'nts, an you kin cum
10 lilC III AOWlCE any Time. IL save
70 de trubble. however, by givin' yO'
some advice right heah an now.
ON my way home dis eavenin' I
shall drop into Samuel Sims cabin fur
little chat. an if I find he hasn't got
sense nuf in his head to know dat de
sDook dat fetched him a whack was his
old woman den he won't be a member
of dis club ober two days longer
don't want to glib Mrs. Shin away, but
I can't hev de discipline of dis club
upset.
When git frew talkin' wild Brudder
Shin, I shall drap in on Brudder John
son an ak him bout dat dream o. his
dat made him afeared to come out to-
night He may hev dreamed dat he was
up in a balloon or down in a coal mine,
but I reckon he'll be trottin' UP and
down de road at a lively gait widin ten
minutes arter ] strike his house.
LAS fur Brudder Jones, who has seen
a sign an am steppin' around softly, I
want to ak him what sort of d sign it
VASE"
1T was a red moon, sab announced
Brudder Jones. in a hushed voice.
An did yo' see it at midnigth?"
AN ober yo'r left shoulder"
Yes, sab. -
AN did a black cat yeowl out at de
same minute2"
"She did, sab
Oats bad sign, Brudder Jones-a
Very bad sign. It's a sign dat de
windows of dis hall want washin' an
/ de stove a coat o. b1aekin', an dat if
vo'. as janitor, don't hev de work all
done befo' de next meetin' of dis club
I'll new an interview wild yo' in deante-
room dat viii make yo'r heart ache for
month
An Tze gwine to say jest a word or
4 two to de rest of ye'. Dis Lime Kiln
! club am supposed to be composed of
sensible pussons. Tt am de representa-
tive an mouthpiece of de 5000 600 Gull d
men in America It's members am
s'posed to hey passed de aige of ghosts
an spooIs. dreams an signs an to be
j lookfn' on de serious side of things. We
amt stoppin' de wheels o. progress, be
/ kase a black cat happens to cross de
road in front of US, an we amt turnin'
/ into chilIen bokase we hear de bray of
/ a mewl ober our left shoulder
7 want no mo nonsense. Yo' want
/ to drap all ghosts an spooSs an signs
down de well. an yO' want TO wake ap
4 in de maWnin' an send all y0'r dreams
out of de window It's either dat or go.
DE next member who sees a spook
/ locked on him. an if he hangs around
too long I shall make it my duty to
/ leave de char an go out an make him
see sich signs dat his ears won't git
ober feelin' cold fur year to cum.
eve viii now break dis meetin' in two
an 20 home, but I shall foller clus be-
/ hind sartin members, an in case dey
see any white crows or red moons loafn'
around dey kin look out fur conse-
/ quences dat will lift DER heels off de
/ airth ''-( Copyright. 1908, by G. 3
Lewis.)
Three spectres that threaten baby:
life. Cholera infantuna. dysenteTy, diar-
| rhoea DR.. Fowler's Extract of Wild
! Strawberry never falls to conquer them