The Cairo bulletin., 1874-03-27
lToledo Bladc.l
CoSFEDRIT y ROADS,
Which Is in the state NV Kentucky,)
March 10. 1874,

omy NV nacher. For TIL these Demons is
| dead, and berriod, we never shol hov peace
or quiet at the corners. 1t wuz bitter
dsy fer me, and fer all NV us, when that
wretch Pollock come here frem lllinoy,
and struck hands with Joe Biglcr.
Either NV en- Is pizen--yoonited striRnine
is nothin TO en-.
We held a meetin in Bascom's last
week, Toosday, to decide upon some meas
ures to counteract the wimin's temperance
| movement which We arc momentarily ex.
| pec,in will strike the corners and ravage
| us ez it hez the towns and villages In Ohio
and Inieany Bascum called tho meotin,
for Bascum swcars he will defend his rites
to tho last.
We he'd the grocery tollablc full NV the
men NV the corners, when who shood
march in but Bigler aud Pollock, who set
down on the nail kegs ez solemn ez a
funeral
Various s,jestions wuz made ez 10 the
best way NV counteractin the movement,
when Pollock rose and askt the privilege
NV maxim remark, which ez chairman,
consented 10.
al Sympathize heartily with yoo,' sed
Pollock "in thus stGIdin up and maxim
head sgin this fana,tikle croosade, and
wood sejes, that yoo fight the devil with
Gre. In Ohio the wimmen go out sgin
the traffic in likker-let our wmmen
here in the corners, como cut and enter
their protest agin eny interference with
the rites Nv their husbands, fathers and
brothers. Let the wimmin Nv the cor
ners protest agin this fanatacism"
Joe Bigler riz, and l felt presenti-
ment that the devil he'd broken his chain
and wuz amongst US.
81 don't often agree with Pollock" he
remarked, "but there is in this sejestion so
much NV good sense that bleeve / shel
second him in it. BY oil means Let our
wirpmen enter their protest nginst this
wild croosade, that the world may know
that Kentucky at least stands by her land. e.
marks. The wimmen NV Ohio howl that
the traffic is demoralizn to society, and
pertikelarly that it is roonin them. Now
let the wimmon Nv the cross roads meet
and bis. In their testimony that it is nothn
NV the kind. And that this protest be
made in doc form, l sejest that the
wimmen Nv Confedrit Y roads meet at
the church to-morrer afternoon, at two y.
M, and resoloot agin this thing. Is it a
go ?"
at lei" 'Tt isp ave will hcv em doc
it' wuz shouted from all parts ov the
room.
Bascom wuz delited with the propo.
sishen.
lie aed that so far ez his wife wuz con.
surned, she wood jine in sich a protest
heartily. It shood be dun by awl means.
"It is all we'll enuff to say I'VE will ~
Sod Bigler, "but let us make shoor Nv
hevin EN- all out, that thore be no falo-
yoor. TO make this success the meetiu
must not only bo enthusiastic but large.
Pollock, take a piece Nv paper and pu,
down the names Nv those whose husbands
will pledge theirselves 20 DO present
Isssker Gsvitt, will Mrs. Gsvitt be shoor
to cum ~
Issaler blushod--wich IL tn saw his
nose turned bloo-ez he ansered "proba.
bly, not, unless the weather shcod be
warmer, for my woman hezn't 60, emmy
shoes
"Mrs. Gayitt can't cum tu protest sg
| this croosade agin hkker, coz she aint got
no shoes sung out Pollock.
"Bu., lssaker, bought iifty bushels NV
corn nv yoo last fall-why didn't yoo go,
yoor wife shoes then ?n
II hod 10 pay it tu Bascom on account"
sed poor Isssker, blushin still more.
'A!l riio, sed Pollock, "uv course VOC
did. Go on, josef"
squire Pernibacker, will yoor wife be
present to jine this anti-fanaticisin move
ment2'
"She'll oppose II, scd the Squire. "coz
doc, but doubt OF che kin kom out 10
! bear her testimony agin it. Shc aint 90,
no cloze that she'd like to be seen in."
"Mrs. Pennibacker aint got no cloze,
and cant come sung out Pollock. go
on Josef"
"Deekin Pograrn, yoor wife and yoor
| dawter Mirsndy will bo here, certainly p
| "Taint shoor," sed tho deekin, "uv both
Nv em--ono NV EN- kin como, but the
other cant. III my wife wears the dress
Mirsndy mus. stay, and vice versy, cos
they aint get but ono atween en-"
81 hev put down one from Doekin Po.
grams, ez them two wimmen hey only
one dress a.ween em. Go on Josef.
We've got TO git moro than these or the
moetin will DO failyoor.
"Lernl Pctlus, will 700 SEQ that yoor
vito will be present to protes; agn--
stop" yelled, seein the drift Of tho.e
wretches; "this hes gone fur enun. |
portest--"
"Easy, parson, easy ted Bigler. ave
must hev tho wimmin out. Tho wimmen
NV Ohio pertest that likker rooins en-
our wimmeu must per,est that it don't. |
! confess that the pros eck isn't incurrigin,
for We bcvnt found suiliciency Nv
dresses, and shoes and sich, among our
wimmin to enable EN- TO take part 10
public denomination, but"
AT this pint Biger stopped, for Mrs.
Bascon, q. W's wife, opened the door Nv
her sittin room, and looked in. 1t wuz
an untortinIt movement ez ever wuz-in
fact IL seems ea tho tho devil alluz helped
Bigler and Pollock. There stood Mrs Bas-
com with black TnoiFe-6nteok dross on.
with gold rings onto her fingers and u fur
| concern about her shoulders, and reel gai-
| ters onto hor foet, and Uuzzum onto her,
ana everything gorgeous. NJ she drawed
pHok INTO her own room, Pollock broke
! out
mrs. Bafcom can 20 aud enter her
she -
"Uyeour she Kin, sod Bigler. "Shos
got shoes and cloze onuiin
TOO troo," sed Pollock, "and singler
ez 1t may seem, she's tho only one in the
corners who bc2. What shell We do about
| it2'
~ pertest sgin this thing" shriekcd |,
for seed what il wuz leading to.
| wait TIL make my seiestion" sed
b!gler. ~ wuz II cumin to il. 1t strikes
me that Basoom's wife hez got Gll the
cioze that belongs to the wimmen NV tho
corpefs, and that II is likely to contnyoo
80 list 30 long ez Baseom keeps tho gro
Gerry, Tor the reason that II takes nil that
the uen KIN git hold NV to keep en- in sus.