Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-01-21

eT,H WARD, CITY wv MOO YORK,
rVssa January 10, 1870.
vrkruRpAY received the followin let
ter nom thaf old saint in trowsers, Deekin
EIkAna Pogfafn. II was delayed long
time e. the Deekin directed II 70 "Rev."
Petroleum v. Nasty. The letter carriers
hedtat any idee that there wuz any man in
the 9th ward who he'd any title TO that
prefix, But finally got II. need not
say that ater readin Il closed my bar
and hung Grape onto the door. Oh the de.
moraltzation NV this cussid age But II
wua 4 comfort to hear from him. "Ez in
water face ansereth to face, so the heart
NV man 10 man" The tex shood reed In
Kentucky at least, "Ez In Whisky" &c,
but I take no liberties with Scripture
. This Ia the Deekin's epistle;
si5l, CoNTEDRIT X ROADS, Ky,
.t"ctlf -tn Dec. 2, 1869.
MY,DRAR FRwND II avale myself Nv
the preasnce nv young man from lnjeany,
who kin rite, TO inform yoo czto the con
dishen Of things In your old home. Things
is bad here and Is rapidly CROWN wuss.
Sence 700 left US Il seems to me ez tho
kaos he'd come agin, and that confusion
wun holm wuss confoundld. The first
families hev lost their grip niggors and
sontrole, and Confedrit X Roads is no
longer place in wich n gentleman Nv re-
fnenent and culture kin decently live.
That Infamous wretch, Joe Bigler, and
that onmitigatcd pest, Pollock, is in
nartncrship, AtieaM Joe Is q selling goOds
fr Pollock, and his store u the resort nv
ali NV their class tnr miles around Tho
old settlers hey nothin whatever 10 do
with eni. We wuz disposed TO patornizc
ON, but when Pollock refoozed 10 let goods
witch ec Aed bought 20 out Of the store Till
they wax paid for, and the next mint give
credit 70 niggera, We Indignantly declined
20 deel with him. That indignity We
woodcnt submit 10. We indoost two mer.
chants from Louisville 10 start biznis here,
but they didn't stay long. They give
credit aud ther trHde wuz consekently
briak, but they he'd difficulty in renooin
thoir stOolzs When one NV EN- presented
his bili 10 me, ftold him Indignantly that
ef that wuz the way, bo proposed to do
biznis he mite ex well close. why" said
l, "I mite e4 well dcel with Pollock" lie
remsrkt, insolently, that ho wished he'd
delt with Pollock, and flung hisself out of
my presence. Merchants arc, ez n class,
mOrsenArY. ~ - t4r rf..
Bascom threatens 10 close ont and leave
us. He her alreddy mortgages on all our
land TO its full valyoo and sence the ofllscs
arc Allin the hands NV men who don't
drink Hkker At all, he see there amt no
money within his reach and he can't carry
US much longer. He sighs for the good
old times under johnson administrator
when all the money received by tho Post
master, the Collector and Assessor poured
into hfs drawer. Ho is moroso and gloomy
and waters his likker fearfully. | alle2
heV TO take ave or six drinks before ex.
perience any sensashen.
But these things IL not tho worst OF
most gloomy NV the signs uv the times
There's rOOin Ahed NV us Tho chivalry
nv the Corners hev lost all spirit. Only
last week ther wuz temprans lectcrol
advertised to make speech in the hal
over Pollocks store. "Shel this be per
mitted - sskt Bascom Indignantly, bringii
his fist down onto the bar till the glasse
ratified.
Never |" shouted Issaker Gayitt an,
the others in the bar.room who scentit
drinks ahed.
Bascom sot out the bottles we all tool
suthin,- and rusht ttoomulchusly to the hall
Yoo remember with wat eagernis W,
formerly mobbed obnoxyas speakers
We wuznt at all eager that mite. We only
run rod or two; our pace got down Il
slow walk afore we reached tho spot, anC
when we got into the hall we meekly sot
down and listened to the heretikle cuss
and went away without heavin q stun a,
him. When Bascom reproauhed us fol
our lack NV spirit, l told him thai wuz nj
yooso Men coodent mob anybody or
sich likker ez he fprnisht. 1t wont do t,
dilost when yoo hev sich biznis on hand
But that wuz not the most alarmin sigI
Nv the degeneracy NV our people Within
month two Methodist preachers he
held forth in this village, and neither u
en- were hung or shot What hope XIII
there be wheFe such things occur' An,
wat is wuss two NV our old friends atten
did their mcetins, and immciitly they qui
comm TO Bascom's and notist their chill
drsn yesterday with shoes on. Bascon
sighed ez he seed II.
ITS a mystry to me-" he seZ.
What is a mystryP" sez l.
Why, 30 long ez them men stayed wit
mo all day, they hedn't no money to spcn
now that they don't come no NOR,
they hev money, but they waste it o
SHOES and | don't get it. Why didn
nasher make mon capable NV workin a
day and drinkin all mite ?"
Their amt no change In me or mine
ceptin that my house Is somewhat smallci
At the beginnin Nv the winter, we WI
compelled to yoose our kitchen for fir,
wood, eE me and Jethro, my oldest sol
coodnt procoor the labor 10 cut tn
winters fuel. The niggers won't work fc
us. Next winter sposc tho settin rool
will go, then the wing wich we yooze f
spare bedroom will follow, and ef Al
not gone hentz by that time, don't kno
wat we shell do for more. The coil u
fate 10 titenin about me.
The nlggers up towards CARROTS stow
are Akkoomulstin property rapidly, an
they pay ther taxes promptly, but W,
good Is that 10 Bascomt The oi1shls is q
ablishnists aud that money is diYerte
into other than legitimit channels. The.
vandals heV maeadAmized mile NV roa
between the Corners and Garrettstow
and built bridge over the Run. Ki
700 blame Bascom for waptin to lea,
heref 100 " UoW
heV heard ny yoor success and am els
NV It. Wood thai | Good git into sulhi
NV the sortt Wood my fate wuz diffe
ent. But we can't all keep grocery.
shel stay here and when all the people
gone shel go down. Thank Heaven q
time 10 not far OIL YoOr friend
efIfg ffIE TELKANAE PO6RAM.
=. S.-Ef yoo Good send me two.ga
lon jug uv'likker wich hez life into L
shood alluz remember il gratefully An,
Bascom's watered stuff il wood be glol
NV suniite after a long and tejus mite.
ssau asitss 90 katsf Il. p,
- "a 80 Az a. Hd Tar
laid down the old mans letter affect,
10 teers. Water in the whlskey Childel
with shoeslwhile old men lack sustenanc,
MAcadAmized -roadsl bridges Methodi
Preacherst Ttmprans leciurersl Ablls
nism these is thy work Thank Heyil
/ am ankered where none NV these thin
kin be. I shel send The old man his IN
1t will put him cut Nv his misery quick,
and smooth HIS path way 10 the tooI
Besides, when he's gone wat owe him
settled. -
PEgRnLEpM V, NAsBY,
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