Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-02-12
CoNrEDRIr Y ROADS.
(Wich is in the State Nv kentucky !
January "A, 1874

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week, ut learnin that he'd received the
| appointment of Freight and Passenger
| Agent at SeceSsionville, the nearest rail
road pint to US There amt no freight
/ ever shipped from Secessionville, and the
| passenger traffic is limited, but agent is
| necessary, and wuz surprised that | wuz
| appinted eZ SIGH. In this case, for the
| first tome in my life, the offs sought the
man, and not the man the offs, for |
! knowd nothin about il till il was done.
| The tust idee | he'd NV it, wuz receevin a
letter thro the mail, from the President Nv
the Company, givin me the place, and
| directin me to take possession within
| week.
! | Immediately segested to Deekin
| Pogram, Bascom and Issaker Gavitt, that
ez | wuz to leave the Corners for a
moo field Nv yoostulness, it wood be ez
! little ez they Good do to give me public
! dinner or sum SIGH recognishen. The
| Deekin and Bascom refused pint blank.
/ Whereupon | positively told EN- that eff
| they didn't give me public compliment
AIRY dinner | wouldn't go.
That fetched EN-. Bascom turned pale
at the threat, and remarked that one year
more OF my p tronage wood room him,
while at SeccsSionville there wuz a rich
| grosery- keeper who could afford it, and
| he consented. Deekin Pogram remarked
| to-wunst that, rather than have me STAY
away from a field of labor when | he'd
| sich an opportoonity for doom good, and
where | could git doubtlis better board
than | could at his humble home, he
would consent.
The dinner came off last mite at Bas-
CONS, There wuz present all the leadin
| citizens NV the Corners. The Deekin
okkepied the chair, and Captain Nc
Peter the other end Nv the table
After the cloth wuz removed the
| Deekin rose and remarkt that this wuz
the happiest mint Nv his life He wuz
| filled with soopreme joy. Troo, Our friend
who wuz about to leave us wood no lon
| ger grace his humble board, but there
| wuz lett the great consOlashun that our
| friends bill for board wuzn't CROWN any
| bigger Then, agin, our friend wuz goin
| into the servis Nv a railroad, wich filled
| every citizen Nv the Corners with hope
Nv final payment. Our friend wuz agoin
TO sell tickets and collect money for
| treights, and, Nv course he wood be able
to pay his debts in the Corners. The
railroad wuz rich and bloated corpora.
shun, and Good afford it, He wood, in
! conclusheR, propose the health NV our
! friend, with the wish that he may live long
enutf to die without the stingin remorse
weighin on his mind that he owed any
| body,
| Bascom follered the Deekin. He re-
markt that this wuz the happiest moment
Nv hiZ life. Patronage wuz a good thing,
but it wuz possible for a grocery to hev
too much Nv it. A chronic thirst shood
alluz be backed up with a plethoric pocket
book to make things pleasant Our de-
partin friend had a thirst sufficiently
crayin to delite the most exactin bar
| keeper-bnt alas! Nine yeers repeetin'
| them terrible words, "Chak it down"
| he'd made EN- somewhat monotonous.
But wat he wanted to say wuz this: Wv
course our friend will yoose every means
in his power to liquidale the debts he has
made here. In order that these payments
shall be made ez soon ez possible, he wood
urge upon the citizens NV the Corners to
| give the road in whose employ our friend
| goes, the preference over the rival line
And petikelerly wood he urgethat citizens
Nv the Corners, when they travel take the
cars at Secessionville, and also to alluz
| buy tickets Nv our friend, the new Station
Agent, ruther than to pay on the cars. No
| Conductor owes US anything. Ez he I'M
| derstood it, the Company settles with its
Agents wunst in three monhs-he be
lieved that in that time our friend ought
tc at enuif funds in his hands to clear
HIM here. May he prosper in it!
| responded. | remarked to EN- that
this wuz the happiest moment Nv my life
| he'd bin honored with the confidence nv
the people Nv the Corners. Deep silence
when they ought to hev cheered) | he'd
lived among 700 for years more deep
silence), and he'd okkepied posishens Nv
trust | wuz now goin away (cheers) and =,
eff | knowd myself and my opportunities,
shood pay my debts loud and vociier
Gus Cheers) | he'd no doubt Of my ability
10 do so. | he'd held offs under various
| Dimokratlo administrators too long not
to know all about how to make place
profitable. SO much for that. But |
wood not take my seat without remarkin
that feel great encouragement | see
nothin but good in the signs Nv the
times. | shell wunst more be Postmaster
at the Corners-l shell wunst more take
my old familiar place at Bascom's fire
side, and shell in that cOngenial place
spend the last end Nv my lie | hev good
reasons for the hope that is in me | see
a life Our anshent enemies, the Rcpub-
| licans, are in sore trouble, and the Dim
okrisy WIS never
AT this pint, there wuz commoshen in
| the lower part Nv the room. There wuz
Pollock, Joe Bigler and the Sheriff Nv the
county, and they didn't lose no time in
maken their bizness knowd Two weeks
atore | got a SCOT Nv close Nv Pollock on
| tick, tellin him some little, pleasant story,
witch he had the audacity to claim wuz
| fraud. lie he'd charged me with gettin
| goods under false pretences, and he'd es-
! tablished his case, and he selected this ez
the occasion to enforce his claim ! wuz