The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-05-22
THE Nasty LETTERS.
Nr. Nas6y and HI Friends Guard
AgainK tho Female CraSadtD-Ar.
Bdscom'S Inordindte Self&IneSS.

NJ. NdSby and HiS friends Guard
AoainH the Female CraSadtrS-Ar
Bdseom'3 InOrdinae Se!fdtneSS.
CoNFEDRIT Y ROADS, J
witch is In tho State Nv Kentucky
April rs, 1874
When the women destroyed wat whis-
ky Bascom he'd on hand, two weeks ago,
gloom settled onto the entire Corners
With the excepshun Nv the little l saved,
wich dripped thro the floor, there wuz
not q drop Nv anything within reach,
Parched, burnt up, 1 exclaimed one
mornin in agony, with the anshent
mariner:
"Water, water everywhere,
But nota drop 10 drink"
Three days passed, and Deekin Pogram
staggered into Boscom's faintin and well.
nigh exhausted.
"Hev the supplies come yitf" askt the
good old man.
"Nary |" sed BssCom, q tear glitrin in
his leil eye, and rOllin pensively down his
face, washin out a iurrow for itself ez It
rolled.
In ono corner on nail keg sat Issaker
Pogram with his face buried in his hands,
the piktur Nv woe, while Kernel Nc
Pelter laid out on tho bench, breathin
heavily.
Imagine men in the Crate Sahspra
Desert with the water all gone.
Imagine men on raft in mid-oshen
with no water.
Then 700 will git o faint idee Nv the
Condishen VIC wuz In.
At last one morning Bascom's Oldest
son Jehial, who he'd kept at tho Stashen
at SeCeshionville oil the time for two
weeks, with single wagon, wuz seen o
ridin' down and u1tn' the mule TO its ut
most speed.
"Hooray" said Bascom, ut hez come
at last
Immejitly there wuz a change. Deekin
Pogram riz, and fallln' on his knees, sed
deVoully, THANK HGvins - Issaker
spraug 10 bis feet, and Elder Pennibacker
and McPeltcr shouted "Ha IA !" with e.
much power ez they he'd LETT in 'em.
Thank the Lord, the mule didn't baulk.
e. et impressed with the Importance Nv
Its mishen, 1t come up calamity 10 the
door, and backed up squarely, that the
precious load mite be easily and quickly
taken out It wuz unloaded safely; the
spigot wuz druv in, q bottle wuz filled,
we drank the reviVin' draft and wuz
saved
But how to perfect our treasure wuz the
question. Lucindy Gavitt he'd swore that
she wood bust every barrel Nv likker that
wuz brot to the Corners, and We kuowd
she wood keep her oath eE it wuZ prossi-
ble' s'
Issaker sejcstcd that she be pizened,
but tho idee wuz yoonanimously rejected.
"Hev l no friends ?" askt lSsaker. "Do
yoo all hate mot"
A good many other plans wuz discusst
to head OF this terrible female, but none
Nv EN- seemed feasible. ...
At last hit It. / scd that We must
guard 1t with our strong rite arms. Let
us arm ourselves with axe.helves and go
out on each Nv the four roads and stop by
force every woman who appears on the
streets, oniess 1t Is certain she hez no hos.
tile intenshuns. Let US go in twos-eight
will suffice. Let US be stern and inlex-
ible.
Bascom thought tho sejestion wuz a
good one.
NV course" sed I, "ho pickets will DO
entitled to their sustenance, gratis, while
In active service"
"Certainly| said BHscom, TAT regular
intervals when no enemy is in site, they
may come in and got reiresher and git
back 10 their dooty."
Then came a trouble which ! he'd not
anticipated. Every man in the Corners
volunteered to 60 on guard duty. That
free drink wuZ o bounty which fetched
EN-.
It was finally announced that VIC shood
take turns at 1t. Myself, Deekin Pogram,
Issaker Gavitt, Capt. McPelter, Absulum
Pettus, Zach Porgeous, Elder Penniback-
ar and Sam McGrath, l selected for the
first days dooty. ! put myself in the
first day, for l wanted the first pull at the
arrangement, hevln an idea how 1t would
come out.
The Deekin and volunteered to take
tho post Nv danger, which wuz the south
road onto which Lucindy Gavitt lived.
We went out and took Our stashuns
and looked up the road and down the
road.
"Therc Is no wimmln In site Is there ?
scd the DCekin.
"Nary," scd I, "lhe coast Is clear"
"Parson, the coast bcin clear, isn't !
time that we 60 down to Bascom's for thu
reIreshCr he spoke uvp This is teartully
tryin 1Ooty."
I agreed with the Deekin, that, beir
old men, VIC needed suthin bracin, anC
down we went Ez We entered the dool
we wuz astonishGd 10 see the other six, 9
the bar, oil takln their drinks.
We got ours, and went back, and agail
viewed tho field. TWAS still quiet. Lu.
clnda wuz, 1t wuz evident, NOT yet ready
to move.
"Deekin" saidI, "does tho foe APPEAR
"Nary foel" said he, "the enemy is no
IN site"
"England expex every man to do hi
dooty, Deekin, but hadn't VIC better an
Bile gently to BSscom's and get sustain
err This Is fearfully exhaustln."
Before the words wuz out Nv m
mouth, tho Deekin he'd made doze
rods. wuz pleased to sec the old ma
30 active, We reached Bascom's In
very short time-very short, indeed, an
there, somewhat to my surprise, stood Ii
other six, all croo&iu tho pregnant hinge
Nv the elbow. Bsscom did not heY
pleased expression on his countenance,
Agln We departed for our posts, and W
peered up and down tho road. We a.,
RnkhIn fnovinp out NV IasAker's bouao