Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-04-08
Mr.. Nasby and his Friends Prepare for a
PrOtracted DrOugh.
CoNFEDRIT Y ROADS,
(Which is in the State NV kentucky,)
March %, 1874.

ffOtracted DrOugn.
CoNFEDRIT X ROADS,
(Which is III the State NV Kentucky,) :
March %, 1874.
The weather is gettin milder and milder.
and there is no possibility NV our starvin
off an attack upon Bascom's, wich is our
fortress. Joe Bigler and Pollock ever
sence the faleyoor Nv the last croosade
(wich was postponed on account of the
weather (hev bin perpetooally and persist
emily inflamin the minds NV our wmmin
till they hev their rage worked up to de-
gree that is terrible. Mrs. Pollock and
Mrs. Bigler hey bin putin on all their
store cloze, and goin out all day callin on
the wives and dawters NV our citizens
For instance, they'd 90 to Lucindy Gavitte
| Qssaker's wife,) all rugged up in silks and
furs and dollar iooelry, and sich, and tel
Lucindy that of Issaker wood only save
his mummy instid Nv spending it at Bas-
CONS, She Good hev all these things list ez
well Ell not And then all the woman in
Lucinda wood be stirred up and she wood
more than howl. When Lucindy saw that
these two wimmin he'd actooal stockings
on, She swOre that she wood never rest till
BascOm wuZ busted
We knew NV all this and tremblcd. The
frost wuz gettin out NV the ground; fair,
warm days WuZ comm on, and the raid
onto us Good not be much longer postponed.
| Our Wimmin Good cit out ez soon ez it wuz
warm cnutf for EN- to 90 out without shoes,
and we knowd that when they Good get
out they wood.
VIII they come in and smash the bar
rels?" asked Bascom.
" Precisely So
Wat kin we do?" groaned Deekin Pog-
ram.
Wat kin we do?" was the ckkoin anser
from every wun NV them.
This Is wat we can do?" scd prompt
ly. Let G.. W. take the barrels this af-
ternoOn, and roll them ont into his barn,
where these cuS>id Wimmin can't possibly
find them, keepin a single dcmiiohn-an
hours supply-in the bar IF they come
and smash, why they kin only smash a
gallon ut Il time Yoo kin draw out Il gal
Ion ut Il time, and the enemy kin never git
at our magazeen. IIcv spoken well?"
Like a sage-like a sage. 1t is well =
it is we'll"
Bascom consented. and we all turned in
to help him roll the barrels ont. Never
did men work with such zeal. 1t seems
rs tho there is suthing in>prin in the rollin
NV barrels ont. cool work at it forever
We got en- all safely in the barn, Ba>-
com drawd oat demiiohn, and we felt
comparatively safe no matter what shood
happen.
Night came on, and at l0P NJ. left
Bascom' : to 90 To my humble bed at Dee
Kin Pogram's. Ez approached his dwell
in | fell into n trane NV thot. had only
had five drinks. and felt longin for
more. | thot to myself there is them bar
rcls in BascOm' ; barn What is to prevent
me from gittin Il bottle and going there
and draw it full. and for wonst in my life
hcv self-satiSfvin fullness? Noihin.
he'd the marked locashun nv them barrels.
and Good 90 in the dark to en- ez well ez
in the glare NV the broad day.
| determined to do it. | went to my
room and got bottle and went thro the
alley on which the barn stood. Caushusly
scalin the fence | crept into the barn. and
crawled up To the barrel which he'd the
fawcit in. | wuz enveloped in Cimmer-
ian darkness. | reached out keerfullv to
find the fawcit, when | hcerd rustlin
sound as tho somebody else wuZ neer. |
laid still on my abdomen till the sound
ceased. 1t is nothing | sed to myself
and crawled up clo>ter.- NV
hand struck a livin human body, DRAWN
back hastily, my boot struck an obstacle
wich, ez ef the eXclamash'n wuz wrung
from it. remarked, "Thunder" jest then
Il match wuz drawd candle wuz lighted,
and-Tabloo
There stood Bascom erect. with Il panied
expression onto his countenance, and on
their abdomens, each with bottle in his
hand. and crawling towards the barrel
wuz Deekin Pogram, Capt. McPclter, Issa-
ker Gavitt, Elder Pennibacker, and evry
wun nv them wich wuz in Bascom's when
the arrangement wuZ made to move the
barrels, and which assisted in moving EN-.
The thot that he'd okkured to me, he'd
likewise Okkured to all the rest.
| was the only one VINO he'd presence Nv
mind dropt my bottle before riz, and
springin to my feet. denounct EN- for the
breach nv faith they WIZ committin.
"Wat are 200 here for? demanded Dee
kin Pogram. Did | come here with a
bottle?1 | replied Did come here
friends sustenance? Oh, VOC vipers, Hev
you no control NV your appetites? Cant
700 wait till the mornin, or, eff 700 must
hev your nip can't you go like men to the
bar, and hev EN- charged TO 700? blush
for the Corners
They all skunk out, leaving me and Bas
com alone
- Its all very well, Parson,' sed he, his
eye glittrin crooely. "Yoo dropt youl
bottle skillfully. Did yoo spose | was
sich an ijeot ez to leeve all this likker al
alone doorin a mite? Not any. Go too
yoo hoary headed deceever.
And he turned me out and put pad
lock on the barn, and | went sorrowfully
to my home ez dry ez lime-kill. Better
for me wood it hev bin eff he'd never thol
!, NV it. Better never hev a hope than hev
it fail. But there remains to us Jest wal
we he'd before. This escapade don't dry
up any NV our sources Nv supply, and We
hev it so fixed that all the wimmin in the
Corners can't interfere with gettin oul
reglar drinks Thank Heaven for so2puch
PETROLEUM V. NASBY.
(Wich wuz Postmaster)
Men send their sons to Europe that they
may learn languages; but every man can
not go to Europe. 1t is not safe for every
one to go there. / have seen men come
back from Europe who reminded me very