Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-03-26

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Saints.
! CoNrKDnIr ROADS,
! (Which Is in the State NV Kentucky,) !
! March 10, 1874.
| Eff Heavens most piercin litenins Good
strike Joe Bigler and that jeerin feend,
| Pollock, shood think more Nv the econ
omy Nv nacher; for till these demons is
dead and berried we never shell hev peace
or quiet at the Corners. 1t wuz "A bitter
day for me, and for all NV us, when that
wretch Pollock come here from Illinoy,
and struck hands with Joe Bigler. Either
Nv EN- is piZen--yoonited, striknine is
nothin to EN-.
We held meetin in Bascoms last week,
Toosday, to decide upon some measures
to counteract the wimmin's temperance
movement witch we are momentarily ex
pectin will strike the Corners and ravage
us ez it hez the towns and villages in Ohio
and Injeany. Bascom called the meetin,
| for Bascom swears he will defend his rites
| till the last.
We he'd the grocery tollably full NV the
men Nv the Corners, when who shood
march in but Bigler and Pollock, who sot
down on nail kegs eZ sollum ez funeral.
Various sejestions wuz made ez to the
| best way Nv counteractin the movement,
when Pollock rose and askt the privilege
Nv maxim a remark, wich |, ez Chairman,
consentid to.
81 sympathize heartily with yoo," sed
Pollock, in thus standin up and maxim
head agin this fanatikle croosade, and
wood sejest that 700 fife the devil with
fire. In Ohio the wimen go out agin the
traffic in likker-let our winen here in the
Corners come out and enter their protest
| agin eny interference with the rites NV
their husbands, fathers and brothers. Let
the wimen of the Corners protest agin this
fanaticism."
Joe Bigler riz, and felt presentiment
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 Wv good sense that | bleeve l
shell second him in it. By all means let
our wimmin enter their protest against
this wild croosade, that the world may
know that Kentucky at least stands by
her landmarks. The wimmin Nv Ohio
| howl that the traffic is demoralizin to So
ciety, and pertikelarly that 1t is rooiuin
them. Now let the wimmin of the Cross
Roads meet and hist in their testimony
that it is nothin Nv the kind, And that
this protest may be made in doc form, |
sejest that the wimmin NV Contedrit X
Roads meet in the church to.morrer az
ternoon, at two p. m, and resoloot agin
this thing. Is it gos'
at isl" at isW 1--WE will hev EN-
| do i'll" wuz shouted from all parts Nv the
| room.
Bascom wuz delited with the propo-
sishen He sed that so far ez his wife
wuz concerned, she wood jine in SIGH n
protest heartily. 1t shood be done by all
means.
at is all well enuff to say we will I"
sed Bigler, "but let us make shoor NV
hevin EN- all out, that there may be no
faleyoor. TO make this a success the
meetin must not only be enthusiastic,
but large. Pollock, take piece of paper
and put down the names NV those whose
husbands will pledge themselves to be
present. Issaker Gayitt, will Mrs. Gavitt
be shoor to Gomez"
Issaker blushed-wich is to say his nose
turned bloo--ez he ansered "probably
not, oncss the weather shood be warmer,
| for my woman hezn't got no shoes"
MRS Gavitt can't come to protest agin
this croosade agin likker coz she amt got
no Shoes" sung out Pollock.
"But, Issaker, | bought fifty bushels NV
corn Nv 700 last fall-why didn't 700 get
yoor wife shoes them"
81 he'd to pay it to Bascom, on account"
sed poor Issakcr, blushin still more.
"All right" sed Pollock; "uv course
VOC did Go on, Josef"
esquire Pennibacker, will your wife be
present to jine this anti-fanaticism move.
ment"
"She'll oppose it," said the Squire,
| I" COZ I do. hut doubt eff she kin come
out to bear testimony agin it. She amt
got no cloze that she'd like to be seen in"
Mrs. Penny hacker Amt got no cloze,
and cant come" sung out Pollock. AGO
on, Josef"
"Deekin Pogram, yoor wife and poor
dawter Mirandy will be here, certainly?"
"Taint shoor," sed the Deekn, "uv
both wv em-ope Nv EN- kin come, but the
other cant FL my wife wears the dress,
Mirandy must stay and rice Uersy, con
they amt got but one atween EN-"
I" | hev put one down from Deekin Po-
grams ez them two wimin hev only one
dress atween EN-. Go on, Josef. We've
got to git m ore than these or the meetin
will be a failyoor"
"Lem'l Pettus, will you see that your
wife will be present to protest agin-"
"Stopl" yelled, seein the drift nv
these wretches; " this hez gone fur enuil.
| pertest-"
EASY, Parson, easy" said Bigler.
ave must hev the wimmen out. The
wimmen Nv Ohio pertest that likker
rooms em--our wilnmen must bear testi-
mony that it don't. ! confess that the
prospeck isn't encurrigiu, for we hewitt
found a sufliciency Nv dresses and shoes
and SIGH among our wimmen to enable
EN- to take part in apublic demonstration,
but
At this pint Bigler stopped, for Mrs.
Bascom, G. WIS wife, opened the door NV