Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-03-12
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"A FACTORY At THE CORNERS.
,,. Post OFyIs, CoNFEDRIT ROADS, 4
'' -' (wich is in the State nv Kentucky
~ February 25, 1853. J
THE third raid onto Kentucky is now
being made. The first wuz the armed in
vashen NV the State by Linkin's hirelins,
the second wuz the unconstoOshnel .abo.
lishn NV slavery, and the third developed
herself yesterday.
Some time sence Bascom wuz pressed
for means to make a payment onto lot
NV whisky. He is rich, but he seldom
hez money, ez he sells almost entirely on
credit-wich is, the citizens buy on credit
Strangers never take but one drink Nv his
likker, witch makes their paternage, wich
is cash, very lite. One Moo York COM
mercial agent did try it twice within five
hours, but he paid the penalty Nv his rash
mis-. His onedicated bowels wuznt ekal
to the emergency, and he become raven
mad, and took third-and died! Well
do l remember the mournful occasion
He lay doorin his fifteen minits of illnia
in my offs, and died there. For several
weeks he'd clean shirts and money to
pay board with, though his sample case
woodsnt sell for nothing. Rascom took i
lOl tIluc, duu tuo cAu - hnCWAsS LIZ
gifts everything portable that comes here
Peace tolthe Moo Workers. ashes-I drop
briny tear to his memory.
To return. Bascom he'd to hev ready
money, and he come down crooel on
Deekin Pogram, his heftiest debtor. The
Deekin wuz helpless and ther wuz every
appearance Nv dead lock at the Corners
At this juncturs in steps Pollock, with an
offer to buy certin peece Nv land the
Deekin he'd, pervided Bascom would re-
lease his mortgage onto 1t. Bascom glad
Id acceeded and the transacshen wuz CON
gumated
The ground sold by the Deekin he'd no
valyoo The soil wuz worthlis for it he'd
bin planted to tobacker' for a skore Nv
years, and beside this, a creek run throo
it, with fall NV perhaps 80 feet, the water
tumblin over the rocks, psrpetyooally, in
most ridiculous manner. The Deekin
sold it cheap, for, water was never popler
at the Corners. Wat Pollock wanted Nv
it we coodent understand but the mystery
wuz cleared up the next day. T
Bascom, the Deekin and wuz out look
in at peece Nv land adjoinin, when we
saw parcel Nv fellows there with survey
in instrumence, a measurin of the ground
and stickin little stakes all over it.
"Wat are yoo doin here!" askt the
Deekin.
"Fixin the site Nv factoryr' remarkt
the boss Nv the corps, without takin his
eye of the instrument
"WArf" shreekt the Deekin.
"Fixin the site Nv Factry-a Cotton
Factry."
Where you from ?" askt the Deekin,
in agony.
"From Massachusetts replied the
black coated feend, ez coolly ez though he
wuz in Boston.
"From Massachusetts !" shreekt the
Deekin, fallin in faintin fit.
Bascom and me wuz more decided. Our
line NV ackshen wuz decided upon in a
mint.
"Sir!" sed we, "this cannot be per.
mitted. One spot in Kentucky shall alluz
remain sacred from the contaminashen Nv
Massachusetts,. We will hev no factrys
here; we will hev no hordes Nv fanatics
in this spot, q maxim cotton cloth, and
bringin here Lyceums, common skools
debatin societies, and preachin. We will
hev here none Nv that. We don't want
to see this Arcajen spot turned into a
place NV residence for factry girls; in
short, we won't hev it."
The fellow made no answer, but went
on stickin stakes into the ground.
"Will you desistY askt /. AAt@1 go
"Not anyW returned he.
"Bascom," sed I, "arouse the citizens.
It's now nine o'clock, and by this time
they are all at the grocery. Haste Bas-
com, hastel The danger is imminent and
our ackshen must be vigorous"
r Bascom startid, and in less than twenty
minits there wuz hundred Nv our people
on the ground. The surveyor wuz over
powered, the stakes were torn up, and the
party given jist an hour to git out Nv the
visinity, with the asshoorence that eff they
showed their faces ther agin they wood
be interdoost to tar and feathers, eff we
had to sacrifice every goose in the Corners.
This summary perceedin ended the mat
ter. That mite these vandals left the Cor
ners, and we saw EN- no more.
When think over wat we hev escaped
I feel thankful. Good Hevins! To think
nv an invashen of Moo Englanders To
think NV ther bein in these peaceful pre-
chicks four or five hundred girls, all from
Moo England-all able to read-all at
tendin meetins on Sundays-all teachir
Sunday skools-all organizin temprance
societies, and missionary societies. ct set
try! To think Nv sooperintendents and
labrers, and machinists, all Nv EN- op
posed to our habits and all Nv EN-
bent upon. maxim society conform te
their ideasi How long Good Bascom
survive sich an invashen? How long
wood it be before Pennibacker anc
McPelter wood hev to turn their dis
dlleries into fourin mills, and how
long Good / hold the Post Offs, ever
tho a Dimocrat wuz President? Then
people take papers and write and receivt
letters, and the offs wood then be no sine
coor. Ez these things passed in my mine
wept grateful teers at our escape.
The party went over to Garrettstown
witch is on the same creek, with list e,
much Nv fall in it, and the niggers ther,
give EN- land enuff for their purposes, and
the Factry is to be establish there. They
are altogether too near for conf, ri. bu,
we kin stand it. The niggers are TO,
strong to be interfered with, but we she
| take good care that the contamenasber
shell not reach us. Ez we are we shell con
tinyoo to the eend. In one place at leas
in Kentucky there shel be nothin bu
Kentucky, pure and simple. iiA ~
PETROLEUM ". Massey, p. NJ,
fWich means Postmaster.l
p. ST. shel be in Washinton at th,
inoggerashen. shell be { hand to com
fort a. johnson, and shel ESQ accompan,
him 10 Tennessee. This feturn will b