Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-01-05

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The message wuz reserved ID us
at the Corners, ez mite hev bin ear
paeted. with rapener. Ansastoueslain
how persistent A Johnson IL. How
tioiite;ully aud regleriy he doe- Throw
them old ideas Nv hissen at Congress.
and DOW shametuiIy They hev goa in.
~ hlhit nv Lreelln uv ON " rs ,
hey retOosei II bear his message |
What pity il is that one who hvz
80 mueh Il III in himself eaat git auy
one eisc u llev any faith ~ him -
When | red Nv The iuhuman ireet-
ment Congress gave him, |, ez u Fed
raj offs holder shed tears A J0hn~
sou heg nj yoosoa me well--he hvz
put me into place wher ther IL
skaseiy nothln 10 steal, but so long
ez hold eommishn | shcl drop The
ofiiishl tear III insults piled upon bin
Poor Johnsonl Me aud Secretary
Welles are the only Two who d.
stand by him, onless We mcleod John
Quincy Adams, Jr., wich don count
much ez he 10 only onereighth Adams
ANY how.
The finanshel policy Nv tho Presi--
dent struck us the most favorable NV
any part wv it. Too, we don't nonv
nv US pay taxes. Baecom, Penniback-
er All McPclter. who hev di>llIlerier,
and who IN adishn hold The p,sishene
Nv Assessor, Collector aud whisky
Inspector, snow that under the ouch
or Grant. witch is comu, there'll be IA
new deal, aud that they'll hev 10
pay. We're We'll pleased at ne lea !;
and the balance Nv US liked IL becuz
of the Nashnel debt Amt TO DO paid
the tax on whisky kin be put at
still lower igger.
Indeed, So we'll pleased were we
that we felt it rite aud proper to call
meetin 70 endorse il, witch wuz
held at the church, ez yoosual pre-
sidin.
Bascom interdoosed Il resolooshen
commendin the inanshel policy Nv
the President, wich we wuz gliu 10
pass wnen to out disgust Joe BigIer
rlz Ell tue cholera Wood be quite
shoor to take that cuss. | believe the
Corners wood he wilnn to take its
chances Nv IT, But nothin will kill
Joseph. H. spoke az follows
Il approve ~ this resolooshen
and hops IL may pass yoonanimn~iy
Debt. ny iellow citizens is Boa
eobstFikter wich rnshes all who huu
themselves within its fpids. ID 1T
bez Mllea The unaefsincd--De Debt hez
nin mY rock ahead lhro lie, and Debt
is KILN me now. II sin't Dent OK
actiy. neither, wien hurts us---lie lhr
paviu Nv Debts Now A. Johnsun'-
policy scots ne. He takes the de 4
wich bears interest. aud Ia the mnst
simple matter possible, makes the in
tcrest pay The principle. lie takes
this Boa cohstrikter, pats it, rail in
iga moii' b. aHd makes II ear Itself nj
Sich hnanshel skill nez bin exalted
by few ana surpassed ny tone. /
move The passage nv the rrsoloosheu.
aud three cheers tyr A. johnson
he rvsQuoshen Wuz passed and
the cheers given with a will, whea
josef ~ again,
new one more remark to make,
sed he WAT il rite ia Ba>hnel mat
tiers il ekaily pite to apply to The
matters Us indivdooat-. | approve
up the Pre- siient's method Nv pawn
debts, beenz it shows me an escape
from ma troubles. | hev q small
piece Nv land QUITO wich max esl eemed
friend 3usoom holds "a mortgage for
money loaned ten years ago, hev
paid interest onto thai note prompt
~ for ten years, witch at ten per cent.
amounts TO ca much ez the principle,
Now"
"Wat in thunder are 700 getiu
at ?" spoke up Bascom, turnin white.
The gentleman is cleerIy out nv
ORDER" replied Josef II hev The
floor, Will the Chair perfect me IN
my rites or must | perfect myself?"
TO resoom. | mite in justis de-
mand NV Bascom my note, havin
paid him in Interest," more than the
principle amounts To. But / shell
temper my justis with mercy. | for
give aim for taken the interes; hey
paid him all these weary years, ami
shell make him this proposition =:
Keep the note till the interest amounts
to ez much ez the principle and then
give it to me, cancelled"
But how about The money witch |
lot VOC hev, 700 swindler"
Hewitt paid it to goo in the
Interest" askt Josef.
well then-how about the inter>
est p yelled Bascom, very much ex-
cited
why. hewitt | paid it reglerly,
and don't | perpose to keep payin
ii ~ replied Joseph. kin anything
be fairer? Yoo he'd better take my
propo -ishen or ! may possibly re-
poodiate altogether. The creditor
class mustn't bear TOO heavy onto the
debtor class II ere is limit be-
You'd witch We won't be drove"
T0-wunsl Their wuz = excitement
III The house Deacon Pogram swofe
| that Ba,com shood give up note
,aieh tie held onto him. and lssak +
Gaviit, who wuz also IN deot, fell on
~ Biglor's neck h delif.um w joy
~ 'bis Happy reIesse lrem his troub-
tes
"Thank the Lord T sed he Deekin
f9r thus makIn ny way casey
And they all demanded Nv bascola
] their notes. Que, Patrick, who
hedn't paid any intrest for six yeers
insisted on bevin the amount be
hedn't paid endorsed on the note
and be oz Baseon called him did
fool" no went for him Ihey cl;uoh-
ed and the fite become general -the
iiles were put ont and the meetif
broke up in cohtoosion.
This discussion didt interest ms
oecoz Debt don't bother me | hex
bin Twin on an Improvement on 4
Johnsen'. idea all my life. viz:
don pay neither interest nor pria-
cipal | kin therefore look at ths