The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-02-20

to the biznis NV the Yoonitid SfsIas
NV Ameriky, smokin a cigar and
qrlnKln hot punch out NV a tin dinner
IN which | compound the article. and
FenArkt that he thought it wuz about
time the Corners spoke,
onto wat pertikelar subjeck wood
yoo heV the Corners speek, my cherubP'
sea l. The Corners hez exercised her
throat onto almost everything up to
"Troo," sed G. w, "but tbers,s ouo
su6jeck onto wich the Corners hezn't
sea her say, namely, the crushin wate
NV taXashen, and the question nv nav
in the bonds in greenbax."
That's probably becoZ," remarkt 7
me corners pays nary tax: and becoz'
greenbax, she don't care, TO speek after
the manner NV men, d-n abonI il
Isn't that the case?"
Probably it is, but at the same time
we ought to extend a helpin hand to
our brethren North, who are maxim a
gAlyeht 9te on this thing. Parson, we
must hold u meetin on this question,
and resolve.
MlIhn to accommodate Bascom.
called the meetin, and last night it took
place. JtwuZ an enthusiastic gathrin.
ez the meetins at the Corners. wich I
report alluz are. SkRsely he'd the horn
footed atore the church wuz filed, IL
Wuz curiosity wich brot en-, None nv
em but Bascom, Capt. McPelter and
myself, knowd what a bond wuz. and
they wanted to find out. / wuz called
upon to state the objeck NV the gather.
IN. opened with movin appeal to
the people who wuz a groanin hinder a
load of taXashen, for the benefit of the
lordly bondLolders NV the country:
whose very life blood wuz being suck.
ed out NV en- by the bond aristocrats
NV the country.
AT this pint Joe Bigler, who wuz NV
course in the anjence, commenst weep.
IN perioosely- but dlsgustinly loud.
He fairly bellered, and displayed al.
together too much emoshen.
"Mr. Bigler !" sed l, "wooden't lit
tie less violent sorrer anser?"
"Parson" sed he, "never hevin paid
cussed cent NV taxes in nv life. /
never knowd afore how much l was
bein oppressed. ButI'N contane NV
self If kin. I'll cork up my woes il
they bust me-"
then went on to explane the PEN
dleton iJee. First, the Government
| owes about four hundred thousand
millions NV dollars, more or less, wich
1t borrowed. The; Ablishn lice, is too
pay this Off ez fast eZ 1t falls due, in
gold, and in the meantime to pay in
terest onto the bonds ez per agreement
on the face NV em. But this is oppres-
| sive. This payin interest is watts eatin
us up. Therefore, Pendleton pro.
poses to pay these bonds by ishooin
four hundred thousand million NV
grsenbaX. When these greenbax
wear out so that they amt passabIe
no more-sO that BasCom won't take
EN- for drinks, for instance-why, then
we will print more greenbaX and give
EN- new ones. don't see that the debt
Is paid oH any, but we git out NV the
interest. We ishoo Il non -bearin in
trest note wich the greenbax is, for an
lntrest bearin note wiCh the present
bond is, and compel the bond holders
to take EN-, thus room us, the tax pay
ers, by the weight NV taxashen we are
now compelled to carry. This iiee is
not, however, original with Pendleton.
| He's bin steelin any thunder. 1 he'd
su1sisted many years in Moo Jersey
and elsewhere by the same expedIent.
Whenever l owed man 1 gave him
my note and felt that great load wuZ
Oft my mind. When it became doc, eff
it made the creditor any easier in his
mind, took it up by givin him anoth-
er, and SO on, pervided he wuz willin
and he'd faith enuH tn pay for the
stamps. 1t wuZ an easy and simple
method nv gettin on in the world with
out Onpleasantnis.
Capt. McPelter, late of the Confed rit
army, wantid to know eff the greenbax
wuZ good enuf for the soljer, ef it
wasn't good enuf for the bondholder {?
Bascom endorsed all that he'd bin sed +,
and demanded resolOoshens, moOvin
passed.
At this pint, occurred suthin wich
| Wuzn't down in the bills. SkaselY he'd
the resolooshens passed, whom Joe Big
| Ter stepped forward and remarkt that
he he'd votid for them resolooshens be-
COZ he believed in EN-. But he wantid
the lice carried forerd to its logical con-
clooshen. He owed Bascom eighty odd
\ dollars, wlch wuz bearin interest, and
wood, probably, for some time to come.
Now, what is justis in governmental
matters, is ekally SO in privit life. He
demanded Nv Bascom that note, and
thRt ne accept in Its stead one wiCh
bore no interest. He he'd borne this
burden too long, and it wuZ high time
that he be relieved.
Deekin POgram felt that he must
agree with Mr.. Bigler. Bascom held
his note for S4OO. wich he'd bin runnin
on intrest for IL long time, and he felt
that he cooden't stand it no
Why, blarst yer eyes" sez Bascom,
II lent you that money to save yer
farm from being soldsOut from under
your feet.''
"Troo, but there's "a principle in it.
can't toll to pay interest to yoo more
than kin to the Government. Let us
be consistent, g. W., whatever we are"
AT this juncter every man in the bill
din rose tn his feet very excitedly, all
NV em In korious Commenst.
Bascom holds note NV mine, wich
| bears intrest and l."
And Bascom, badgered ez he wuz,
hung himself out NV the church in dis
gust. The aujence who he'd, however,
got an ijee, wuZ not disposed 10 give 1t
+ up. They follered him without eny
formal adjournment to his grosery, but
ne he'd anticipated that, and he'd locked
u. But all mite they hung around the
place yeliln, Give me my note! Give
ne my motel" and they he'd faith that
they hnally wood bring him to terms.
but along about Z o'clock the people
begun tu change their toon. It wuz
Time for their mornin bitters, and they
exclaimed ez one man, "Bascoml why |
don't yoo open out? Let us inv'
All NV sudden the door wuZ flung |
open, and there wuZ revealed tu the |
gaze NV the Corners the most impres.
slVs taboo ever witnest. In the centre 1
NV the room stood BascOm, with |
burnin pine knot in his hand, wildly |
waVin 1t over his head; aGore him stood |
a oarI Nv whisky, on end, with the head |
out. We CROWD pale.
Hal hal" lAfft he, with the most /
malignant and feendish expression
upon his countenance, ait wuz your
turn last mite; this moFnin its mine.
Iher aint drop in the Corners cept
wat Is IN this barl, and not a drop Nv
this shell 700 hev for love or money
da! hn! who hev the inside track
crosses the threshhold."
Make a rush" yelled Bipier ait
wont burn, coz he's been a Waterin it
for week ~