Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-08-20
I COLUMBUS, O., THURSDAY MORNING,

its face So the 81 900 he loaned YOU
just cost him $4Oo in gold, and @ @yon
agreed to pay him ten per cent. interest
on his greenbacks, 500 interest, each
year, or that which is exactly equal to
twenty five per cent on his gold Now,
amt that enough in all conscience !?
What What ! do I misunderstood
you? Repeat that again | 1 certainly
misunderstood youl Na n,'.l : =
You say he now wants the principal
Of the mortgage, made payable in gold,
and the interest the same. Is that it ?
Is that it 'Ao i'l5 ''o''' ''.'
Tell me, skroggs tell me mnee,AAdid the
old villain dare have the face to make
such proposition? ',,''l '..'q 'i2' ''''-'
He did, you say,-he did Then I be-
gin to understand; yes, begin to under
stand-very clear. Indeed its very
clear; $40o in gold, sells for $1,000 in
paper,-ioaned to Hezekiah Skroggs, at
ten per cent. interest, payable FIVE years
after date, in the same kind Of money.
This was your bargain; if I under
stood it, at.the time, and think I did.
He now wants to change the con.
tract; to extend the time Of payment
and the kind of money, from paper to
gold. Skroggs, what's gold worth to-
day2 tit.-'i''.,
You say one dollar and forty cents
That is, say, $40 on every 800, or $4OO
on the $1,000. Now, that makes some
difference. don't itq = an' ta'tf l -.''
Well Skroggs I don't pretend to be
much in figures, but if 1 was, I would
try my hand at it, and see for my own
satisfaction, just how much money il
would take to pay the debt, according to
this plan. u ..it'il '.''1'i'- .''i. 90
And did you agree to this arrange.
ment2 Tell me-did you agree to it
You did, you say! Well, Skroggs, you
are a natural born fool. You haven't the
sense of a last years turnip. a ~ T.
Why did you not propose to put off the
payment 100 years-you would be
just as likely to live and pay it then as
at the expiration Of the 90. s57a3 30
You say the boys will grow up and
help pay it by that time. How did you
come in possession of this propertyl 1n
Was it all plastered over with mort
cages, to the Joneses, or anybody else
when I took you and made a man O.
you 2 .- s-1 sft -la .-.H ,-sgaa
No, sir, Mr.. Skroggs! No sir-yor
took me and went into possession of this
property free and unencnmbered-no
mortgages-no liens--no Judgment. 1
was free, and free it shall go to the chill
dren. .na oIi8 aaob 7sv 81
but then, Skroggs, what right shav,
you to saddle your debts onto anybody
else, and especially on our children 2 I
Yes-I suppose they wouldnthanl
you, for legacy of this kind---espec
tally would they feel under obligation
to you, when they find out that tn,
property came to them through thei
mother-and that you never made on
dollar in your life-No sir, you neve
did-Nary dollar did you ever make
since I knew you. Its been nothin.
but spend! spend! S! And now yo'
want to mortgage the homestead, 70
nearly four times as much as you got o
him. And did you suppose that 1 woul'
sign his mortgage ,-.,f ~.-.,.
IF you did, Mr.. Skroggs, you are tn
biggest fool j ever seen with breechei
on; for shall just do no such thing
Never, never, Mr.. Skroggs-not while
keep my senses. ads o. -l,l..5r ID. "a
IS Let old Jones just poke his pate insid'
of my door, and ask me to sign his golt
mortgage, and if I don't set his ears ring
ing, its because Sally Skroggs has for
got the use of her broomstick. So now
Mr.. Skroggs, if you don't want to b,
disgraced, you had better tell old Jones
to stear clear from these premises. 81
long as Mrs. Skroggs holds the title il
fee simple. For if he don't, may Goo
have mercy on his old miserly soul, fo
I shall have none on his miserable body
80 mark my words. Mr.. Skroggs-ant
see that you don'tvex me to long or Il
Now again peace was restored for thu
time being, as sleep closed her eyes.