The Washington herald., 1914-02-22

At the conclusion Of the routine busi-
ness before the Lime-Kill Club. Brother
Gardner arose in his place and said:
DE odder eavin'-'de odder Gavin Sam
uel Shin cum ober to my cabin an woke
me up out Of sound sleep to tell me
dat a great calamity was at hand, an
ask for my advice. He had fallen asleep
In his cheer by de stove an had dreamed
dat he saw a black cat chasin' a white
rat up an elm tree. He had dreamed
dat same dream three times befo' in his
life. an a calamity allus follered.
had skassly throwed him ober de fence
when. Waydown Bebee arrove He had
also been dreamin'. He had dreamed
OF SEEM black man on a white boss
in chase Of a yeller COW. an he was
suah dat his wife was gwine to drop
dead or his cabin burn Up. Next day
I made some inquiries an diskivered
dat about half de members OF dis club
carry dream books around with EN- an
believe in 'em as dey do in DER Bibles.
II jess want to remark a few remarks
agin on dis matter OF dreams. Oar was
a time in m life when didn't know de
fore-kick from de hI-d-kick Of a mewl.
an when I walked up an down de road
lookin' fur hundred-dollar bills. In dose
days I was a fool. an bein' fool be-
yaller cats sittin' on de roof Of a yaller
barn ! believed dat somebody was gwtne
to die an leave me To- hundred dollars
III I dreamed dat I saw a white boss
gallopin' across a green medder in chase
Of a brindled dog I believed dat I'd ind
a diamond ring in de back yard
IF I dreamed dat 1 saw a black hog
walkin' around wild white ribbon tied
to his tail 1 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 coop whar' ten fat pullets was
waitin' to be pulled on de roost In my
dreams I pulled 'em an 1 got safe away.
an dem chickens was yum. yum, r
dreamed dat dream three times dat night,
an next day i took a walk an spotted
de coop. When night fell agin I was
dar. Ten fat puIlets awaited me. So
grabbed de fust pullet when he fired a
charge of birdshot into me, an though
I've bin pickin' fur years hain't get 'em
all picked out yet.
Il amt gwtne to say dat as members
of de Lime XIII Club yo' must do thus
an so to please me. but I'm gwine to
remark dat tonight I shall probably
dream Of SEEM TO old coons chasin' To-
young possums up q steep hill, while a
bobtailed dawg~ an q cross-eyed cat am
lookin' on at de fun Yes, I shall proba-
bly, dream II. an II I do I shall ak
Samuel Shin fur de dollar dat he owes
me. call on Giveadam Jones to return
dat coat OF mine. an give waydown
Beebee five minits to squar' up dat old
note of his. II I meet up wild Elder
Penstock / shall hit him on de Jaw fur
his mothers sake, an IL Swamproot
Taylor. Torpedo johnson, or Moses
Rockingham git in de way I'll make
human wrecks Of EN-. Don't any OF yo'
go out OF de dream bizness on my &C
count, but jess bar II in mind dat
kin dream two dreams to yo'r one. an
every single one OF EN- will mean achin'
hearts fur at least three members Of
dis club.
Bout TO- weeks ago de Hon. Cling
stone johnson arrove heah to make a
speech. 1t had to do wild de rights of
man, and ii appeared to make out dat
one man was Jest as good as another.
no matter bout his color. or de length
Of his heels. Instead of gwine back
home arter maxim dat speech de Hon.
Clingstone decided to hang around fur
a spell, an he's hangin' yit. II Samuel
Shin an Giveadam Jones want to take
a free boarder into DER houses I hev
nothin' to say ag'in it, but de time has
arrove when l want to say sunthin' bout
de- rights of man.
1T has panied an grieved me to OBJ
sarve dc effect Of dat speech. Feelin'
dat he was as good as any other man
on airth. Waydown Bebee has put a
on his mewl to buy hisself
30 dress suit Six months ago Elder |
was satisfied to drink cold |
water an eat de cowCumbers and toma- |
toes growed in his own garden. Yester- |
day he was orderin' hard cider by de !
gallon an orderin ice cream for his |
Sunday dinner. A few days ago Pickles |
Smith would hev climbed cber de fence
10 make room fur a white man to pass
but today he wants all dc road to his
self. 1 notice a swagger in de gait of \
Nicodemus White. an a surprisin' air
IF independence in dc way Judge Carter
walks into a grocery an inquiries de price /
II pineapples. Two months ago Jubila-
ion Scott was so humble dat he dasn't
argue Columbus diskivered America, but
lis AFTERNOON he was around town offerin'
o lick any man who denied dat Noah's
Ark was painted blue. i see a change in
Carter. Emancipation Jones.
IN State Rights Green, an / see Il in
<urnel Cabin, Shutdown Jackson an
Harper.
In his speech befo' dis club de Hon.