West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-02-25
BROTHER GARDENER.
He Gives some Paternal ADVICE 10 q
Departing Brother.

-Four weeks ago Shindig Watkins
of the Lime Kiln Club received an
offer 10 go to Indianapolis and es.
tablish colored ice cream and
pop corn depot, with sarsaparilla
and molasses candy on the outside,
and he at once began getting his
shoes mended and the buttons sew
ed on his vest.
Al the last meeting Of The club il
was announced that he had succeed
ed in borrowing 90 cents Of Elder
Penstock, and would star, on his
journey next day. After the rou-
tine business bad been transacted
Brother Gardner arose and looked
and quened:
Gam Brudder shindig Watkins
in our midst dis eavenin'1"
ole am" replied the brother,
as he stood up.
al didn't know but yo' had dun
fell outer de windeI into de alley,
same as once befo', an Lee glad to
find to de contrary. Brudder Wat.
kins, lie bin told dat yo' talk o.
leayin' us3"
eyes, sab; does"
"Gwine down to Injianny to sot
up in bizness fur yo'rself hear1".
'Yes, sah."
''Wall, dis club will miss yo' an
each an ebery member will be sorry
to see yo' go. While yo' am not a
brilliant man, neither hev yo' spit on
de stove nor broken any lamp
chimneys. As dis am de last meetin'
befo' yo'r departur' / wish to say a
few fatherly words to yo'."
Eyes, sah."
Gin de fust place, pay up all yo'r
debts befo' yo' go. Had Sicero
left Rome ownin' fur house rent,
groceries. bacon an so on, he could
never hev achieved greatness. In
the second place, if yo've bin mad
at anybody bekase yo' couldn't
agree about de aige of Noah when
he entered de ark, go 10 him am
offer yo'r hand an make friends"
81 has dun it, sah," replied
shindig.
"Dat am well. / also went to
take advantage of dis occashun TO
say few words to yo' on de sub
iect of honesty.
ga good many years ago, as de
story runs, dar was strictly honest
man. He began life wild de deter
minashun to do de squar' thing un-
der all sarcum stances. He had a
cash capital of $40, 600 and lots oil
faith in human natur'. He planted
watermillyons and didn't hire no
body to watch de patch. He kept
chickens and didn't hev no lock on
de hen-house doah. He lent money
and didn't AK fur no I. o. U. He
signed bonds and notes and didn'i
AK no security. II he bought a
mewl he took de odder mans word
fur it; If he sold one he promptly
pinted out de ringbones and spayins
and owned up dat de beast was zc
years old.
"Brndder Watkins, how long dc
yo' reckon dat man lasted2 In jesl
nine years he was in de poorhouse,
and he nebber dun got out agin.
All de rest of de kentry was watchin
him to see how de experiment
would pan out. 1t was dead
failure and a solemn warnin'. Does
yo' ketch on, Brudder Watkins7"
81 reckon l does, sah," was III,
reply.
"Doan' go down to Injianny
feelin' dat yo' am dom de State
great favor by de comm, and doan
attempt to put on style ODER d,
people yo' meet. If yo' had neb
Der bin bon into dis world de stat
of InjiannY would hev got alonj
jest de same. She wants yo'r ic,
cream and moIasses candy, but sh,
isn't gwine to bust up bekase sh,
doan git EN-.
at will, of co'se. be known da
yo' am a member of dis Lime Kill
club, and aldermen, judges, an,
eben de gunner Will call on yo' an,
stop to shake hands wild 80 on d,
street. Doan' let yo'rself git swell
ed up wild pride and be jest prou,
'nuft to bust % pieces like bile
carryin' too much steam. Does 20
understand my meannin', Brudde
Watkinsp
Eyes, sabj I does, sah."
fDoan land in indianapolis wi,
any perlickler motto on yo'r banner
Excelsior am very good motto
but it seldom pans ous anythin,
dat de owner feels proud Of Mot
toes war all right roo years ago
when land was cheap and yo' coul,