Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-04-10
NUMBER Al.
hr. Nasby and his Friends Prepare for a Pro.
tracied Drought-The Curious Irsai, of
the Preparation.
CoNFEDRIT y RoADs. }
(Wioh is in the State Nv KentnekyD
March - 1871

March -. lSI1.
The weather is gittin milder and milder
and there is no possibility NV our stavin of
an attack upon Bascom's. wich is our fort
ress. Joe Bigler and Pollock ever sence the
faleyoOr NV the last croosade (wich WIZ
postponed on account nv the weather) hey
bin perpetooally and persistently infamin
the minds NV our winmin, till they hcv
their rage worked up to degree that i,
terrible. Mrs. Pollock and Mrs Bigler hey
bin putin on all their store cloze, and goin
out all day eallin on the wives and dawters
NV our citizens. For instance, they'd 20 to
Lucindy Gavitt (Is,aker's wiie) all rugged
up in silks and iurs and dollar jooelry, and
sich, and tell Lucindy thar ef lssaker wood
only save his mummy instid Nv spending it
at Bascom :, she Good hev all these things
JiSt ez well ez not. And then al, the woman
IN Lucindy wood be stirred up ami she wood
more than howl. When Lucindy saw that
these two wimmn he'd actooal stockns on,
she swore that she wood never rest till Bas-
| com wuz busted
We knew nv all this and trembled. The
| frost wuz gittin cut Nv the ground fair.
warm days wuz comm on. and the raid
| onto us Good not be much longer postponed
Our wimmm Good git out ez soon ez it WIZ
warm enuii Tor EN- 10 20 out without shoes,
and we knowd that when they Good get out
they wood
win they come in and smash in the bar
rcls - asked Baseom.
'Percisey So
WAT kin We d. ," groaned Dcckin Pos-
ram.
Wat kin we do ," wuz the ekknin auSer
from every wun uv them.
This J. wat We kin DO, Sed promptly
Let &. W. take the barrels this afternoon,
and roll em out into hi, barn. where tie>c
cussid wimmin cant possibly find EN- ,keepn
single demijOhn-an hours Supply-in
the bar Fl they come and sma~h, why
they kin only smash q gallon at a time. You
Kun draw out gallon NJ time, and the
enemy kin never git at our magazsen. IIev
| spoken well -
Like sage-likea >asel 1t Is weil-it |
is welli''
Ba~com consented, and we all turned in /
10 help him roll the barrels out Never did /
men work with such zea. Il seems a, /
tho there i suthing Inspirin in the rol.in /
NV barrels. Good work at it for ever
We got EN- all safely in the barn. Bl~- |
com drawd out a delnijohn, and We tet 4
comparatively sale no mlttrr What >hoo.i /
happen
Night came on. and at ten p. IL. left /
Bl>cOm : t. 20 t. my humble he,! at Derkin .
fell into a traue nv thut. | had only he'd /
FIVE drinks, and felt a lnnsia for more | /
thot 10 myself there l. them barrels ia I
Blscom : barn. Wat l. t. prevent me from
gitim a bottle and gon there. and draw 1t .
fall. and for wunst in my lie hev a self
Satisiyn illlnes>? NJthin | he'd the
marked the loca~hun NV them barrels, and
| Good 90 in the dark to EN- e.. well ez in the I
glare Nv the broad day.
determined to do IT, | Wen; to my room /
and got bottle and went thro the alley /
on which Ine barn stood. Caushu>ly s,'alin /
the fence lcrept into the barn, and crawlci |
up to the barrel which he'd the fAwcit in. |
wuz enyeloped in Cimmerian darkness. /
reached out keerfully - find the f4wcit. /
when hccrd a rustlin sound tz tho some /
body else WIZ uecr- | laid still on my ah- |
dumcn till the sound ceased 1t i n1thin,
-cd to myself. and cr.,wlcd mp clo-ter- /
Coniol,h' n Ny hand struck a iiyin ha- /
man body Drawn back hastily. my boot I
struck an obstacle, wich. cz ef the excia- |
ma~hn wuz wrung from it, remarked, |
' lhuuder,' jest then a match wuz drawd /
20 candle wuz lighted. and-Iablou
There stood BiscIh erect. with a panied /
expression onto his c1untelanrr. ana ON I
their ahdnmens. each with e bottle in his /
hand and craw.in towards the barrel. wuz
i,eeAih T. I9sfam' O9pt; Ncfeiter' l-'aker /
''"' i't' L.ier IehhloaeHer' anu e'rS "Hn /
~ '"'lH VIE" "uA III ha@'"ni wien 'ne
AMI which assisted in mOvin en-.
The ihot that he'd ok karri to- ne he'd like /
wi~. o4kurei go all the r,~t.
VIZ ''e "hA one VIZ "e' fr,'''''''e uS 7
hl'.i- uI'p' mt ,'I'l' '''tv F'"' anu
Sprlhsl" u my ite.' 1 ueh'uhet EN- '"F '"e Z
nFei,n u' '@l1H ,ivS ""a commit a.