Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1883 — The Lime-Kiln Club. [ARTICLE]

The Lime-Kiln Club.

“Heah am a letter, said the old man, as he held npa missive, “dated at Wash* ington an* writ in a splediferous han*, aim’ to have de poishun of dis club cm varus queshuns an’ subjicks defined for the benefit of de public. De Secretary of State kin post up in his office de follerin’ facts: “On religun, dis club rather leans to de Baptist kind, but am not so bigoted as to stan’ idly by an’ see a Methodist chureh consumed by fiah or car’d off by a freshet. “On pollyticka we wote split tickets, aimin to elect de smaller rascal an’ to beat masheen nominashuns. “As to free trade and protection, dis club can’t express its contempt fur a Guv’ment which levies a tariff of 10 per cent, on women’s corsets an’ can’t bring a million-dollar official embezzler to justice. “On civil sarvice reform we doan’ slop ober worf shucks. De cry am as holler as an ole log, an’ as thin as de woice of a Connecticut baby. “On social etikette.we eat wid a fork, address ebery gem’lan as ‘Kernal.’an* we ginerally manage to start fur home befo’ bein’ kicked out. “On de temperance queshun, we argy dat if a man doan’ know mo’ dan to let whisky git de upper-hold <?f him he’d better be tied to some lamp-post whar’ de fool-killer kin find him. “As to the labor queshun, pay fa’r wages, demand squar’ work, an’ keep de jail doors open fur demagogues who encourage kicks an’ strikes. “Dat’s whar’ an’ how we stan’, from ebery * Sunday mornin’ to Saturday night, an’ I may add dat we shall be happy at any time to counsel wid Congress, gin advice to de Legislachure, an’ frow out waluable suggeshuns to social bodies. Let us now attack de reglar programme of bizness. ” The Boston Globe brings this item: Chas. S. Strickland, Esq., this city, was cured of rheumatism by St. Jacobs Oil.