Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-02-21


wuz, and they wanted to find out. wuz
called upon to state the objeck Nv the gath
erin. opened with s. moovin appeal to
the people who was groanin under load
ny taxashen, for the benefit NV the lordly
bond-holders Nv the country; who's very
life-blood wuz being sucked out of EN- by
the bond aristoerats Nv the country.
At this pint Joe 3,igler,A> who wuz Nv
course in the auience, commenst weepin
perfoosely, but disgustingly loud He
fairly bellered, and displayed altogether
too much emoshun.
"Mr. Bigler." said /, CIV oodent little
less violent sOrrer anser ?"
" Parson!" said he, "never hevin paid
a cussid cent Nv taxes ia my life, never
Knowd afore how much / was being op-
pressed. But I'll contane myself if / kin.
I'll cork up my woes if they bust me-"
I then went on to explane the Pendleton,
ice First the Government owes about
four hundred thousand millions Nv dollars,
more or less, which it borrowed The Alb
Dolishn ijeeIis to pay this off as fast as it
falls due, in gold, and in the meantime to
pay interest onto the bonds ez per agree
ment on the face Nv EN-. But this is op-
pressive. This payin interests watts eatin
US up. Therefore Pendletonl proposes to
pay these bonds by ishooin four hundred
thousand million w greenbax.s When
these greenbax wear out, SO that they amt
9passablel no more-so that Bascom won't
take emWfor0 drinks, for instance--why
then we'll print more greenbax and give
en- new ones. Idon't See that the debt is
paid off any, but we git odt ov the intrest..
We ishoo non bearinl intreet note WITCH
the greenback is, for an intrest- bearin note
witch the present bond is, and compel the
bond-holders to take EN-, thus room us,
the Taxpayers, by the weight Nv taxashen
we are now compelled to carry. This lice
is not, however, original with Pendleton.
He's bin a steelin nag thunder. / he'd sub.
sisted many yeers in Moo Jersey and else
whereby the same expedient. Whenever
| owed @ mani gave, him my note and
felt that great load wuz off my mind.
When it became doc, eff it made the credi-
tor any easier in his mind, took it up by
givin him another, and SO on, pervided he
Wuz willin and he'd faith enuff tu pay for
the stamps. 1t wuz an easy and simple
method Nv gittin on in the world without
lonpleasantnisa 10 5!ua77 9h3 DAG t'asi
,r7 Capt. McP Peter, late of the Confedrit
army, wanted to know eff the greenback
wuz good enuff for the sojer, eff it wusn't
good enuH for the bondholder? @fW -
Bescom endorsed all that he'd bin sed,
and demanded resolooshes, moovin ones,
witch he presented, and they wuz passed.
At this point, occurred suthin witch
wuzn't down in the bills. Skasely he'd
the resolooshens passed, when Joe Bigler
stepped forward and remarkt that he he'd
voted for them resolooshens becoz he be-
lieved in ema But he wanted the ice car
ried forerd to its logical conclooshepot He
Pa ai CDR doll oh,
bearin intrest, and he'd bin for some time,
and wood, probably, for some time to
come. Now, what is justis in governmental
matters, is ekally SO in privit life: He de-
manded Nv Bascom that note, and that he
accept in its stead one witch bore no in.
terest. He he'd borne this burden too
long, and it wuz high time be be relieved.
y, ,Deekin Pogram felt that he must agree
with Mr.. Bigler. Bascom held his note
for $500, witch hed bin runnin on intrest
for a long time, and he felt that he cooden't
4 "Why, blast yer eyes," says Bascom,
" lent 700 that money to save yer farm
from bein sold out from under yer feetw
o"Troo, but theresa principle init [
can't toll to pay interest to 700 more than
| kin to the Government. Let us be con-
sistent, G. W., whatever we are"
ha at this juncter every man in the bildin
rose to his feet excitedly, all Nv EN- in ko-
rious commenst. .-.t,d .1o s4m :
"Bascom holds note of mine WITCH
bears interest, and T." " i'''- 4
And Bascom, badgered as he was, flung
himself out of the church in disgust. The
aujence who he'd, however, got an ice,
wuz not disposed to give it up. They fol-
Tered him without eny formal adjournment
to his grosery, but he he'd anticipated that,
and he'd locked. But all mite they hung
around the place yellin Give me my motel
Give me my motel" and they he'd faith that
they finally would bring him to terms.
But along about Z o'clock the people be-
gun tn change their toon. 1t wuz time for
their mornin bitters, and they exclaimed
ez.ope man, "Bascoml why don'tyoo open
out? Let us iDp A4r8'q Jus lif .JJ
All Nv o sudden the door wuz flung open
and there was revealed to the gaze of the 1
Corners the most impressive taboo ever
witnest. In the centre NV the room stood
Bascom, with burnin pine knot in his
hand, wildly wavin it over his head afore
him stood a bari Nv whisky, ON eend, with
the head out. We crowd pale. ,..I, a..,,
Ha hat lafft he, with the most
malignant and feendish expression upon
his countenance, cit wuz ycor turn east
mite this mornin its mine. Their amt a
drop in the Corners cept wat is in this bari,
and not drop NV this shell 700 hev for
love or money. Hal ha! who hez the in
side track now. I'll burn it the mint the |
first one crosses the threshhold."(
g Make a rush. yelled Bigler, it wont
burn, COZ he's bin q waterin it for week"
iu" Ha troo, trooi but l hev 700 yit. I'll |
oyerturn the barli"e 1as 11pnaea .@n1ol
| seed the pint to .wunst. A cold chill |
crept over me, snd Deekin Pogram shook
like an aspen leaf. None coold be pro
koored this side Nv louisville, three days |
at least Spose the Tecklis man should
carry out his Tecklis threat?
The Deekin and threw ourselves into |
the breach We saw that Bascorn wuz in |
dead earnest. The crowd saw things ez |
we did and softened down. 1t wuz finally |
perposed ez a compromise that the rekords
Nv the meetin shood be destroyed, and that |
the idee Nv exchangin notes with Bascom
shood be abandoned, and thus the Corners |
bridged the greatest danger that ever |
her. Their is peece here now. |
.5a9|. PETROLEUM V. Massey, p. ~,
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