Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-10-07
The answer eame prompt.

a h0 A4S W CE lllO HlOA&lRAs 1
10:o A. None barl untouched-e0l
gallons in the other, aad sinkin every |
mint. b.
Then sent this:
fsI0:10-F'ill her up with water. Keepf
Jefison Davis apourin in. Hold the |
fort. NJ
And the answer came:
'l0:15-Jefeson Davis is q histin in |
water ez fast ez he kin carry it. Mrs.
Bascom is a rinsin out old barls, to
which she adds kyan pepper and cam
fene. Eff / he'd some Scotch snuff it
would help. Will hold out ez long ez
possible. But its terrible. A man jist
come in and demands gallon. b.
Then an expedient sejested itself to
me. l sent this note:
= Time is everything. Bust the spig-
got and delay DRAWN. NJ
Wich he did, thus keepin the wolves
at bay for an hour whileit wuz being
REPAIRED.
But why harrow the publick buzum-
with the detales Nv this painful story?
The end was Inevitable. Drop by
drop, drink by drink, pint by pint,
that likker was ebbin away, and each
1dr9p weakened the bank. That likker
wuz onr life blood, and ez it flowed we
wiIted. Waterin the barl wuz utterly
paliatiSe-andit it wuz with feeliu of
releef that l saw Geo. w. throw up
his hands and exclaim:
'It's all gone but gallon, wich shell
keep for my own yoose. It's all gone,
and | can't git another drop in Loois-
EviIle.' =.
And he dropt his head .desponding-
fly on a pile Nv over Sl2, 900 wv our eur
rency, wich he hadn't taken off the bar,
and wept despondingly.
why cant, you git more?' demanded
the excited populis.
'Becoz l amt got no money but this,
land you couldn't git a bari NV whisky
in louisville for carload Nv it,
l attempted to reason with the peo-
lple. told EN- that one reason Nv our
wealth wuz that We he'd it in Gu, rency
that we coodent spend away from
home, thus keepin our capital among
Yourselves, but they refoosed to listen
to me. They id my bank; they id
me. They went for the bank, deter
mined eff there wuz anything that
lcood be turned into >Hkker, Bas-
com shood hev it. 1t is unnecessary to
remark that they dident find any,
thing. AntiSsipatin an onpleasantnis,
we he'd removed the yalyOoables to a
place Nv safety, wich (wuZ the under
side NV my bed at Deekin Pogram's.
Then they demanded that the money
they held be redeemed in somethin
they Good yoose, but Nv course we de-
Eclined to discuss the matter, referrin
them to the terms Nv the ishOo eZ their
own Endorsement Nv the skeem.
But this didn't satisfy EN-. They
: deliberately brought out $675, 900 Nv the
ishoos Nv the various banks, and pilin
it up on the street, Set fire to it, dancin
a demoniac dance around it.
This amoozed me, for Nv course he'd
no earthly 0b,eckshun 10 their redeem
in Nv it in that way, but when Il seed
EN- riggin ropes to the trees in the vi
Isinity, | remarkt to my fellow officers !:
! Gentlemen, yoor President hez press
in biznis in yonder forest" !" and I got
out ez rapidly ez my poor wasted Inns
would permit. tiatter myself made
tollable time for a man of my age,
whose strength is mostly in his STUN
lex. Indeed, when l turned and saw
ten or dozen NV the foremost men NV
Ithe Corners close behind me, all shout
in, Hang the id. theefw no gentle
eazelle that ever Isheerd Nv ever
skinned the plain ez did. L did not
cease runnin till got into the middle
NV the big swamp, in a place that |
1knowd wus sekoOr from EN-.
I Wat bekom Nv the other Direckters
J I don't know. The lastfond look that
/ turned tOards the Bank l saw lssaker
Gavett and Dekin Pogram strugglin in
the hands NV the mob which wuz play
dfully forcin them to sit down on a
burnin pile of their own currency.
am In deserted swamp wich WIZ
yoozed by runaway niggers in the old
times, and am fed by niger farmer
who hez not heerd Nv the collapse,
and consekently takes his pay inothe
Unlimited.
~sEf the nooze ever gets to him NV the
reel condishun Nv things, and he shuts
offsupplies or reveels my whereabouts,
Ham lost man. t.z-
| Wat char ges there is in life! A week
ago.a suceessful finanseer and the pet
Nv the. .popuiis-the Savior Nv the Cor
ners To-day a hunted fugitive livin
on corn hoe-cakes furnished by Mig
lger! One needs to be tilosofer.
T. ~ - PETROLEUM V. NAsBY,
Late President Nv the Unlimited Trust
and Confidence Company.
n. B.-I have heerd from the Cor
ners. The ungrateful people, after
. half-killin the Offisers of the Bank,
passed resolooshens that we wuZ all a
pack Nv thieves, and that them ez he'd
sold land and sich for our money shood
500 for orrecovery thereof, and that they'd
hang any Judge or joory which wood.
ent decide agin us.
Bascom hez gone back onto US and
hez sold back to Pollock and Bigler
|, the store we bought Nv em, and hez
.. got greenbax enuff to get few barls
Nv likker and hez reopened. He hez
put the price of likker down to 8 cents
agin, and refooscs to take anything for
it but nickels or postal currency. He
sez he aint gittin ez many carloads NV
money ez he did in the inflashen period
but he's satisfied. The most NV the
citizens is bankrupt and room is every
where. Oh, why did their faith give
! out at the wrong time! P. V. n.