Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1873-09-06
OUR LIST OF NAMES

/ Tho announcement made lew weeks sthce
,l,,, ve were preparing for publication, list
s ,Lo names of tlo>, who had been sending
for counterfeit money, seems 10 nave oco"s'"''-
.d snmc alarm. and therefore needs little
exclamation The sequel 10 the story Is about
,,,;.. Wewere furnished with the names OF
several in our Parish who were SAID to be en-
gagged in these nefarious transactions. lie
/ GOOD citizens who gave us these names, did
I 80 in confidence and do not wish 10 make ali.
,t,vi, as 10 the correctness of these reports.
| IN fact, we have good reason to believe that
certain parties in our Parish have been deal
ing extensively in this bogus currency, but
our information is not suilicicn, at present TO
Justify II, in publishing n list of the names
thus ob,aiucd.-We had these sncaking noun
tebanks ike 80 many rabbits in a ''brush-heap."
and concluded to give the bushes a shake to
! see if any would make the attempt to escape !;
! and. though yet un.arisfed as to the correct
ness of our list, our scheme did not prove al.
together Intellectual. Though none came bold
/ ly up to plank down the S2j,O0, when we
shook the "bruShheap, .cvera jumped abou
/ in such manner "a 10 make known their
Whereabouts To some neishboring citizens.
Thus far our project proved successful
These good neglbors have been placed on
their guard consectaneOus 10 the restless and
uneasy position assumed by these spurious
friends, who became frightened for their
names sake. Some uf these good citizens
have come to caution us against publishing
dangerous fellows" They even proposed
to scalp us before they would submit to any
such exposure Of their rascality. But we hope
they would not be So cruel as all hat We
anew they were dangerous fellows" and
that was why we wished to find and point
them out, in order that and none of ouI
=, friends might be entrapped III their danger
, Gus project for circulating ilegitna,e bank
notes. We are exceedingly afraid OF all such
and this is why We wished to scare them on
, Of the bushes to see who they really were
The arrangement, proposed by us few week
since was one of our own invention, by whicl
. we have not only made some of,hesc SNAKE
in the grass shake their 'Iattles,' so as to b.
=, heard in the neishborhood, bu, some of OH
friends seem To have become alarmed at til,
that we may be aiing with the Credit Nc
/, bilier disease, or that we may be turning rad
:. cal. Such may be the case, but If We ar
turning in that direction, at the rate Of pro
gress now being made, twill take several ger
d, erations Of our pres nj self TO get us we
- enough turned to feel the effects Of til
, change.
Suffice il to say tina, our "list Of names
will not he published until more authentic il
formation can be Obtained than what we no,
have.-Ihc Chronicle thinks we ought 10 civ
=, the list complete, or none a, all. Were W
4. to give il complete as il now stands, our col
:. temporary would recognize thereon the f
miiar name of some one not thousand mil,
from Delhi. ShaSe the bushes a little up tn,
:, way, brother Chroaric and see If You can
:, Gust him-and we'll sick the dogs on; and
4, either Of ms should be so unfortunate as to q
l.. scaiprd we have the consolation of KNOWN
-. that the majority Of our patrons are a ibera
ro hearted people sufficiently imbued with pri
nj ciples of generosity TO make up purse ar
-, buy us handsome wig