The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-05-20

1t WuZ un2lIy announced that Nc
: shooa takes turns att. Myself, Deekin
Pogram, Issaker Gayitt. Capt. MePel-
ter, Absulum Pettus. Zach Porgcous,
Elder Pennibacker and Sim MeGrath,
F. selected for the first days deoty. /
put myself in the first day for l want
ed the first pull at the arrangement,
out.
The Deekin and I volunteered To
take the post NV danger, which wuz
. the South road onto which 1.ueindy
.Gavitt lived.
We went and took our stashuns, and
looked up the road and then down the
road
There is no wimmin in site, Is
there?' sed the Deekin. :.
Nary sed l, the coast is clear.
'-Parson, the coast bein clear. ism t
it time We so down TO Bascom 5 tor the
refresher he spoke NV? This IS fear
fully trying dooty.
| agreed with the Deekin, that, bein
old men, We needed suthin braein, and
down We went. Ez We entered the door
we wuz astonished to see the other
: six, at the bar, all d takln their
drinks.
We got ours, and went back, and
again viewed the field. 1t wuz still
; quiet. Lueindy wuz. 1t wuz evident,
not yet ready TO move.
!, '-Deekin," sed l, does the foe ap-
pearl
. Nary foe.'' sed he. The enemy is
: not in site.
England cxpex every man to do
, his dooty, Dekin, but hedn' We better
amble gently to Bascom's. and get a
sustainer2 This is feerfully exhaustin.
Before the words wuz out NV my
mouth. the Deekin he'd made dozen
rods. l WIZ pleased TO see the old
man so active. We reached Baseoms
in very short time-very short, IN
deed, and there, somewhat to my sur
prise, stood the other six, all eookin
the pregnant hinges Nv the elbow.
Bascom did not hev pleased express
sion on his countenance.
Agin We departed for our posts, and
We peered up and down the road. We
saw suthin moyin out NV lssaker 5
housed 1t wuz female. The second
look revealed the muskeler form NV
Lucindyi She he'd her sun bunnet on
and a axe in her handl
''Deekinl sed |. stand firm. That
enragcd woman is goin for Bascom.
The Deekin nose grew biooer, but
his lips closed ON 'nusly. felt l Good
depend on him But Luc;ndy didn't
go out the front door yard. She he'd
come out to split wood, and she split
it, and takin an armful went back into
the house. lie wuZ nervous with eX
element.
sParsonl' sed the Deekin, I'm all
unSfrupg | thnngL. A. i.Vai NV coh-
a.. i.1a come This drain on my
nervous system is too much. | must
hev a soother.
And we went. / was frozen with
stonishment. The first site that met
my eyes ez We entered Bascom wuz
the other six a standing back from the
bar and lissenin to Bascom who wuz
gesticulatin wildly.
This little game is played out, sed
Bascom. You git no more likker NV
me except in the regler way.
yoor property, its ez little ez 700 kin
do to keep US in refreshments Con-
slider our ardoous servis."
"Bahr" wuz his reply. "Yoo'ye bin
on dooty an hour and yoo've drunk
tour times, wich liz to say thirty-two
drinks in an hour. I've bin exereisin
little 'rithmetic while 700 wuz out,
tho 700 didn't stay away long cnuff to
give me to do sum in simple multi
plercashun decently. But in barrel
there's about twelve hundred drinks
at this rate yu'd drink barrel in
two days This looks to me us tho yu
wuz pertekting yoo'r property insted
Nv mine l don't want my property
pertekted on these terms. Such per-
tekshen may be suffishent, but it's
rather expensive. /"
But. g w, Il replied, do you want
these wimmin raid'n on your preml
ses? Do you want this precious food
a runnin all over this floor yin?'
Il wood ez soon see it runnin all
over this floor ez to see it runnin
down yoor threats. gratis. | don't see
that it makes any difference to me
where it runs, eff don't git nothin for
it. Gentlemen, its money, or no Xix
kerl"
And here it ended. Bascom wuz in
flexible The crosery hez no organized
pcrtekshun Ef we hev 10 money, we
kin git no likker, and without likker
We shell git too weak to hey the power
to resist. Whenever Lucindy and her
petticoated hosts appear, they will hev
an easy victry. | am without hope.
PETROLEUM V. Nasty,
(Which WIZ Postmaster.