Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-06-09
THE Massey LETTERS.
The women Of the Corners make a
Raid on Bascom-The Terrible De-
struction OF Property.
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witch Il In tho nv k.ntnckyli

struction Of Property.
CoSpxpnr X RoADs
iwich Il In tho nv Ksntuckyli
April 6, 1874.
The cyclone. whose wrath we hoped
he'd bin spent In futile endeavors. hez
finally smotc US. and we are suderin
under the blow. The wlmmln Nv the
Corners rix Ia their mite on Friday.
The sun rose brite and smllin from
the eastern horizon the frost wuz all
out.uv the ground, and tho day wuz
warm and balmy. Deesln Pogram
came down the road barefoot and hill
arious. Its warn enutf. sed the
old Innocent, TO 20 without shoes!
Thank heaven. I shei not hev that ex-
pense on me for seven long months.
The Corners alluz ieiolcss when its
citizens kin leave sif shoes In tho
Spring.
Bsscom turned away and wept.
why do You weep ?" said Pogrsm.
.Ef 1 don't hev to buy shoes you will
hev ji,t that much more for likker for
me-
.Alarsr shreckt Bsscom. cant you
see that the warm weather wieh EN-
ablcs the wimmin TO walk these streets
without slioes? Aud hezn't Pollock
ana Blglcr ami them cnsscs bin incitin
EN- to rage. and hevn't they ben a
bllin Ia agony to get at ine, but wuz
provcdenshly prevented by the
weather? They'll bo here to-day
shoor, and then
And Bsscom bowed his head and
wept agin.
What Bascom prognosticated did
reely occur. At ten o'clock precisely
n delsgashcn OF wimmln headed BY
Luclndy Gayitt filed around tho cor
ner and approached the grocery. We
stood. on the porch la an agony offeer.
They are comin,' said Deekin Po-
gram. treinblin: ez tho he he'd ager,
'sz terrible ez army with banisters.
Can't We fool EN- out Nv thls!' said
Bascom.
Wood that we Good = said lssaker,
but | doubt IL. Luclndy 10 q runnin
thi, thing and she's akost. You can't
play any vermiiugo on her.
'Subtsrfugc, yoo fool, sed l. In
sich time ex this, be correct what
ever you are.
Slowly they approached. Bsscom
turned pale. and lecvin the porch took
his posi.hen behind the bar
.nere, sed he. 4 will sndoor the
shock. Here where | hey lived and
had my beln will die
The enemy came on, until the head
NV the pnrcesshin rsechea tho porch,
Luclndy bore banner on which wuz
Inscribed, Liz Biscom hez stocking,
we hewitt. Death TO Bascom" aud
pokin II IN my face ez she past me, she
marched with tho tread NV n grenadeer
Into the room. aud took up her po-
si.hen In front NV tho bar, where she
looked Bascem square In the face.
srhe r.gler thing. scd Luclndy. 'ex
hev heeri, Is for the wlmmln to pray, |
Kin yoo pray, Mrs. Pogramg
Nary replied Mrs. p. 'Slch n
thing wiz never heerd IN our house =
kin 700 pray, Mrs. MePel.es
Mary
.And thcr can't none NV us. The
fact Is that We wuzn't brot up 10 10. |
don't believe ,here'sa woman within
four miles NV Blscom's-onless It's n
new comar-who kin; but IL don't
matter. hev been locking at Bas.
come for live minutes aud don't be-
love prayer wool hev any effect onto
him. It's works we want hsre-works
with him, works"
And that unfosriatcd woman, pullln
her sleeves back. displaying an arm
witch long course NV splittiu wood
aud hoein taters aud whallin issaser
had made ez muskeler ez n black
smiths. uttered her war-hoop: lie.
member. gentle sisters. LIZ Bsscom
hez stockins aud we haint nonc-our
husbands sell corn wlch we grow TO
pay Bascom for llkker! More stock
ins and less likker"
with this ejackela.hun, she sprang |
over the low counter aud throttled |
Bascom, bearing him to tho floor.
Nov, sweet sisters sed she, while |
nv frail aud fsdin strength lasts will |
hold this man NV Belial saicly-lie |
still you broot-be It yoor work to go |
for them bottles aud barrels. Go for
Bascom's wife hsz stocklns "
A DOZEN OF em drawd axe helvcs
from under their aprens and kept us
on, while the rest went inside tho bar
aud rolled out the barrels and jugs
and split en- open. The precious
flooid ran out on the floor and di.ap-
psared betwixt the cracks thereof for
ever. We Good do no,hin but look on
and weep.
Finally, when the last barrel was
bustid and the last bottle broken, Lu-
cindy let Bascom up, and the process
sIon. wild with excitement, marched
out NV the place ard dispersed. IL
Nux A pltIful sltei Them empty bar
rel. wt,z mute witnesses NV our woe
them broken bottles he'd each tale OF
,II.tre., 10 Tell. There wuz an aroma
nv IiLksr ri,in from the floor aud that
wur ali. hut who Good live Oh an
aromaY f'.
.Th.,k beavsnr said l. we bey
tb,, rcscrva i'm nm. stable left. We
Lin ,ivs ON thar tlll VOC git a moo