The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-09-08


monest niger labor is now up to 50 q
day, and pair NV pegged boots il
wuth $50. but wat difference does that
make? So long ez Simpkins, the
printer, kin work his press We kin
manafakter all the money we want
and ez long ez we kin manafacter mon
ey. why, there must be prosperity.
Pollock and Joe Bigler we he'd to
git red NV, for they wuz preioodissen
the people agin US. Pollock's stock
NV goods and hiz store wuz with, in
the old times, before the era nv inila-
shun, about a thousand dollars, and
Bascom and me and Deekin Pogram
went to him and offered him that sum
for his property.
Fittings hez raised" said he. land
I won't sell for less than $500"
We promptly accepted that price.
and I sent boy back to the bank
with IA bushel basket to bring the
money. When he come Pollock re-
tossed to take it.
II want greenbax," sed he.
Our money liz jest ez good" seq l.
know it, SEE he. but l have a
preioodis in favor Nv other money
There wuz crowd about, and it
wood never do to acknowledge that
any money wuz better than ours. l
took Bascom to one side.
&c. W." SEE |, here is golden
opportunity to do two things. First
We git red of disturber, ard second,
we give confidence in our ishoos.
Rake up what greenbax 700 hev and
pay him In EN-.
q. w. consented, and it wuz done
n the presence NV the people.
"Yoo see. sed l, my friends, that
we'd jest CT soon pay greenbax ez our
own money"
The crowd wuz reashoOred, and
took our bills ez redily ez ever. Pol
lock and Rigler gave up the property,
but they didn't leave the village. On
The contrary, they went to the tavern
to board. and jeered at US, wuss than
ever. They sed they he'd made more
money by this transackshcn than they
he'd ever made in the Corners since
they landed there.
Deekin Pogram, Captain McPelter
and Issaker Gavitt hev all pade off
mortgages on their farms, and hev
bot farm and nn gittin up plans tor
a manshun befttin my new position.
| am now happy and contented. l
hev finely struck my gait. Bank
Presi.1entin scots me- wuz born for
it. II 1 wuz relijusly inclined shood
pray for Willyum Allen until / he'd
korns on both nees.
PETROLEUM v. Massey,
President Nv the Unlimited Trust and
Confidence Company.
+. S.-There' triftin but still en-
barrassin trouble okkurd. The on
preeeaented run on Bascom in conse-
kenee NV the plentifnlness Nv money
exhausted his stock Nv iikkers yester-
day, and he sent to Louisville for
more. The likker merchants NV that
inersenary city, es . mere matter NV
form, generally require Bascom to pay
for goods afOre they ship EN-, to avoid
mistakes. He sent on 81 900 Of our
money, and they refoosed to take it,
Ez he iade all the greenbax he he'd to
Pollock he can't git supplies. and the
Corners is parched. Wat to do we
don't know We don't see why our
money shoodent go in louisville.
It viii take two weeks to ship
enough grain to Louisville to ex.
change for the likker, and then comes
another terrible quondary. Rascom
demands the grain wv the bank and
wants to pay for it in the banks
lshooI And he insists on hevin it at
wat its with in Louisville in green
baxl Finanseerin amt .he easiest
biznis in the world. Our money startid
we'll enuf on the cirkle, but there
seems to be break in it, Eff we let
Baseom hey that grain and take our
own money for it, where is our profits?
Eff we don't let him llev the grain the
Corners will die NV drouth! And eff
he gets it our money must be taken
for it, for it's all he's got. [ Good cut
the Gorgen knot by iailin, but then
the wheat wood be attached. shell
hold on and see wat week will bring
forth. Providence never deserted
Inc yit. p. Y. N.