Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-04-09
Nasty.
From the Toledo Blade


CoNrEpBrr RoAps,
(Wich Is In the State NV Kentucky,
March ~, 1874
The weather is gittin milder and mild
or, and there is no possibility wv our
stavin off an attack upon Bascom's, witch
is our fortress. Joe Bigler and Pollock;
ever sence the fsleyoor NV the last croo-
SADIE (Which wuz postponed on account of
the weather), hev been perpetooally and
| persistently intlamin the minds NV our
wimmin, till they hev their rage worked
up to degree that is terrible. Mrs. Pol
| lock and Mrs. Bigler hev been putin on
| all their store clo2e, and goin out all day
| calm on the wives and dawters NV our
| citizens. For instance, they'd go to Lu-
cindy Gavitt Qssaker's wife,, all rugged
| up in silks and furs and dollar jooelry,
and SIGH, and tell Lucindy that eff Issaker
wood only save his mummy instid NV
spendiR it at Bascoms she Good hcv all
these things jist es well ez not. And then
! all the woman in Lucindy wood be stirred
up and she wood more than howl. When
Luclndy saw that these two wimmin he'd
actooal stockins on, she swore lhat she
wood never rest till Bascom was busted
We knew NV all this and trembled The
frost wuz gittin out NV the ground; fair,
| warm days wuz comm on, and the raid
onto us Good not be much longer post
poned. Our wimmin Good git out ez
soon ez it wuz warm enuff for EN- to go
out without shoes, and we knowd that
when they Good get out they wood,
"Will they come in and smash in the
| barrelsS" asked Bascom.
Precisely So"
"Wat kin we dog" groaned Deekin
Pogram.
"Wat kin we do?" wuz the elk koin
| anser from every wun NV them.
This is wat we kin do" sed prompt
| ly. Let G.. w. take the barrels this
afternoon, and roll EN- out into his barn,
where these cussid wimmin can't possibly
| find EN-, keepin single demijohn--an
| hours supply-in the bar, Ell they come
and smash, why they kin only smash q
gallon at n time. 700 kin draw out n
gallon at a time, and the enemy kin never
| git at our magazeen. Hev 1spoken well?"
| Like sage-like sage! 1t is we'll
il is WE'LL"
Bascom consented and we all turned in
to help him roll the barrels out Never
did men work with such zecl 1t seems
as tho there is suthin inspirin in the rollin
Nv barrels. l Good work at it forever.
! We got EN- all safely in the barn, Bas-
com drawd out q demijohn, and we felt
comparatively safe no matter what shood
happen.
Night came on, and at ten p. m. l left
Bascom's to go TO my humble bed at
Deekin Pogram's, Ez l approached his
dwelin fell into trane Nv thot. he'd
only he'd five drinks, and l felt a longin
for more. / wanted to be filled up for
wunst-to hev, for one time, all that |
Good lay to. l thot to myself there Is
them barrels in Bascom's barn. Wat Is to
prevent me from gittin a bottle and goin
here, and draw it full, and for wunst in
my life hev selfsatisfyin fullnessi
Nothin. | he'd marked the locashun NV
them barrels, and Good go 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 wich the barn stood. Caushusly
scalin the fence / crept into the barn and
crawled up to the barrel witch he'd the
fawcit in | wuz enveloped in Gimme
rian darkness. reached out heeriuly to
find the fawcit, when heerd a rustlin
sound ez tho somebody else wuz neer |
laid still on my abdomen till the sound
ceased Z" 1t is nothin," sed to myself,
and crawled up closter. Confoosh nj My
hand struck Twin human body! Drawn
back hastily, my boot struck an obstacle,
witch, ez ct the exclamash'n wuz wrung
from it, remarked, "Thunder!" Just then
a match wuz drawd, a candle wuz lighted,
and-Tabloo.
There stood Bascom erect, with panied
expression onto his countenancc, and on
their abdomens, each with bottle in his
| md nj in, rH ha hur
Deekin Pogram, Capt McPelter, Issaker
Gavltt, Elder Pennibacker, and evry wun
NV them wich wuz in Bascom's when the
arrangement wuz made to remove the
| barrels and witch assisted in movln EN-.
The thot that he'd okkured to me he'd
| likewise okkured to all the rest
| ! wuz the only one who he'd presence
Nv mind. dropt my bottle afore | riz,
and springin to my feet, | denounct EN-
for the breach Nv faith they wuz commit
tin.
"Wat are 700 here forY" demanded
Deekin Pogram. "Didnt 700 come here
| for jst wat we come ior"
odd come here with bother" re-
piled. "Did ! come here like a thief in
the night, to pilfer our good friends sus-
tenanceY Oh, 700 vipersl Hev 700 no
control Nv yoor appetitesy Can't 700
wait till the mornin, or, if 700 must hev
yoor nip, can't 700 go like men to the bar
and hev EN- charged to yoog blush for
the Corners"
They al skunk out, leavin me and
| Bascom alone.
ats all very well, Parson," scd he, his
eye gltterin crooelly. "Yoo drapt yoor
bottle skillfullv. Did 700 spose | wuz
SIGH an ijeot ez to leeve all this likker all
alone doorin mite? Not any. Go too,
you hoary headed deceever."
| And he turned me out and put a pad
| lock On the barn, and ] went souowfully