The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-04

OF GOLD In THE BACK YARD"
members to try to turn pale. The
regular proceedings were hurried
through with, and when the old man
finally arose in his place there was a
hush so intense that when one OF the
tail buttons OF Giveadam Jones coat
burst off and fell to the floor the crash
seemed to reverberate like thunder In
the tropics.
Members OF the Limekiln club" he
began after moment. "Dis year of
1908 am gwine to bring new deal 10
America, and dis club am gwine to do
its fair share TO help It along.
"For the last ten years we have come
as nigh beln' n nashun of swindlers.
liars and robbers as 1t was possible to
be.
"De words honor and honesty have
become terms of ridicule.
"Under the term of speculation nine.
tenths OF de bizncss men of the kentry
have walked mighty clus up TO de
doahs Of state prison. and few Of 'em
have gone inside,
"De CRATER. de specuator and de
robber have owned de kently and al.
most destroyed mans confidence In
man.
almost every scheme put out has
been a swlndle and even ministers of
de gospel In delr haste TO get rich have
been among de victims. p
"De crash come last fall, as IL was
bound to come, and arter getting up
from de knOckdown blow de people
began wondering what was de matter.
Dey have dug down into de rottenness
and found II appalling and am gwine
to make a change. From dis time on
for some years to come it's gwine to be
bad for de CRATER It's gwine to be
bad for de financial trickster. It's
gwine to be bad for de promoter who
advertises hole In de ground as sill.
yer or gold mine. De corporashun dat
waters its stock am gwine to get
| drowned In de water. De bank dat
lends its money TO its officers and
leaves Its dep0sitors on de outside am
gwlne TO hear sunthin drop
"De kentry has got ober its money
madness. Dar's gwine to be house.
cleaning. Honor and honesty am gwine
to mean sunthn for de next ten years
to come. How many of de so called
magnates will find deirselves behind
prison bars before de end comes | dun
no. but If was one I'd be getting out
of America purity fast
"As | said dis Limekiln club am
| gwine TO help along de good work II
am gwine TO begin right away tonight
We hain't no bZness to find fault wild
odders until arter we have cleaned our
own house, and we Will proceed to
| clean.
"Waydown Bebee. treasurer OF dis
club, used 10 cents of de club funds
over four months ago to buy Goldfish
and hasn't restored de amount yet.
Brudder Bebee am bounced from his
Office, and we will keep his catskin cap
until he squares up
Two months ago Brudder Giyeadam
Jones traded dawg for shotgun wild
Brudder Syntax White II turns out
dat de dawg has bone In his throat
and can't bark. Brudder Jones calls II
speculashun. call 1t swindling. and
II he hasn't got de matter fixed up
befo' de next meeting on de list he
| goes.
Poured Oil In Well.
last fall Brudder Blossom Brown
poured gallon OF kerosene In bis
well and den gin out that he had
struck lie. He got Brudders Crow and
Tompkins to put In SO each and den
called 1t high inance. | call II high
robbery, and II he don't return dem TO
dollars befo' de next meeting he needn't
show up we're tall. De swindler may