The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-09-17
GhtgnteIIigerreer.
I,SsY'S MONEY TROUBLE.
ma. progrcss Of Initiation nj the
10rncTS-.The Trouble that Mr:
SsrkinS StnFIetl-.The Present
SniuS Of the Great Idea In the
place Where II Is Being Tested.
CoNrEDEMT y ROADS,
y,-tlslS the STATE w KENTUCKY,
vs." September II, 1870.
CONFIDENT y ROADS,

yf-rrls IL THE STATE w kENTICkfi
W. September II, 1870. J
rb,r had trouble enough with the IN
,iigb,eprd, people Nv these Corners ioi
49, %,5,.f week to uccrly drive me mad.
taJif,I / should hey been in the loonatiC
'",'I ere this he'd not been sustained
y, III ."otbcd by an Unlimited faith in the
1" ,,,r,pi. nv the doctrines NV the Ohio
~ n;mmorri.v, O. regards money. And feel.
,br, wiz assistin, in my humble way,
~ "n,tin them doctrines into practis, |
iI.,,rminci not to 90 mad, but to persc-
were unto the end.
'' E,, ,Lc perycr.c people are doin thcr
i.rrIhr.tto drive me crazy, and en- not
t,nr tLcy wont succeed. ! bought u
,,,r ms Eor.cs nv one NV them for S.
hr1 and paitl him in our own moneY He
bot he'd rather not tech it.
when will thi. be rcdOcmedy.' he in
nornlly asked .,r,,,
ANY time you want IT. ! replied
nlp what he rctOrted.
pin other notes onto the same bank
oAnd how will you redeem them notes?'
SCI he,
'r5en all there is NV it, seq he, "yoO
10, nm akin up one note by giyin an
6otbcr, and all Of en- without interest nor
"D What. it cgg,ackly," scdI, "You see,
c,r,t Woo. are 700 an ijeat? that money
mean. faith. Now il the proud linanshel
in.too.hin in wich am the head, ishOos
II. po,e, YOU must hcy faith, 80 that every
boIyrl-c hel that faith, So that they take
il ior moncs you never want the money
nm il 50 long q money is taken, yOO
don't want it redeemed, Tor 1t Is good
rnntl, Won see Onr money Is made good
by nith-an cl long ~ it is sustained by
nith it will go. When the notes 700
hey now wears out, come to Us and we
will redeem EN- with new ones. But
everybody must hcy faith Can't you see
it? ErgJoiy NUT her JaM' Faith in
thc i,hoos nv this bank Nv Ourn is neCes-
.ay to il. success and stability. Faith
in our money il, e. it is in religion, the
substance oithings hoped for, and the eyi.
denre nv things not seen, only more 20,
Waittill | gct $1,000 from the prinlin
off,, and take them for your horses, and
20 your way. lIey faith"
Perkins, that wuz the farmers name,
took the money and went his way, pom
derin o. he went. lie walked down to
Bl,coms with deep lines Nv thot onto his
face, which resolved into a expresshun
nv stern dcterminashcn e. he entered the
door
"Kin yoo sell me u bari NV whisky to.
day-a entire barl?' sed he.
Certainly" scd q, W., smilingly, Ger
iainly, Mr.. Perkins. It's only worth $40
agalion, 81 $50 per bari this mornin."
am take a bari, scz Perkins,
"All rite" WIZ q. WIS response, "l'd
as soon sell a bari 10 wunt1 cz by the sin.
gledrink,"
So q. W. and hi, wife, and His oldest
son, Jefferson Davis, rolled a bari up into
Pcrkin.cs wlgun and Perkins remarkt
that he wanted To pay for that likker on
the spot. IIiscOm smiled pleasantly.
There wul notlin 50 pleasant, Perkins
continyood, "cl payin for things wen 700
get en-, "a it saved bookkecpin and yex-
lshus troubles nv all kinda
"Ciyc me pen, ink aud paper, q. w."
scd the outrageous Perkins.
Nonplu.hcd, BasCom did 30 meChani-
cally, and Perkins ran his tongue out CZ
people do in the Corners when the attempt
wrilin, and after thirty miniles Nv intense
labor, with SWEET u rOllin from his brow
fearful, he handed Bascom the fOllerin
dokeyment:
CoSFEDmr y ROADS, Sept. |, 1875.
promise to pay u, W. liascom sixteen
hundred and eighty dollars
JEinAL PERKINS.
"Wats this% asked the aslOnishcd Bas.
com, with an expreshun nv intense dis.
gust usurpin the place NV smile.
"Pay for that likker," replied Perkins,
calm ez Joon mornin.
"llut this Hin't pay-it's yOOr promise
lopay, and you nin't got time nor place
IiSl for payment-yoo amt got no inter.
eat cSprcst, nor nuthin. When do you
pcrpO.e to pay it%
"NevCr, q. w., never. Under the moo
dispenshashcn promises TO pay il money.
All YOU want is faith. So long ez 700
blecyc that paper is money, wat do 700
want nv money? With faith enui' that
paper is money, | lev bin fggerin this
matter ont in my intcliCk ever since !
hev bin takin your bank money. Its all
the same. EiI hev faith in yoor money
you must hev faith in mine. When this
note wears out come to me and | will
write 700 new one. And don't keep il
too long, shell take pleasure in writin
yOunute often, so that they will alluz be
new and pleasant to look at. How pleas.
ant il is, BasCom, to pay ez 700 go! How
much better l feel to pay on the male, and
how much better 700 must feel to get
yoor cash wen 700 deliver yoor goods"
And Perkins drove oilwith the likker,
litehearIcd, leavin BasCom dumiounded
in the door nv the grosery, gaspin with
a'tonishment and blind with rage.
Perkins didn't stop with barrel NV
likker. lie bought u pare NV pegged
boots for $780, and pade for EN- In the
same way, and kug NV nails, and two
scots oil close, and calico dresses for his
wife and dawters, and box NV paper col.
lars and neck.tie, things he never dream.
ei oil hcven before, and he got so eggsct.
ed at his success in transferring that he
went home drunk asa billed owl.
liat tue misery Nv all thisis, every cuss
within i've miles, seeing perkinSes sue.
cess, Is doing the same thing and an i'm.
mense voIIyoom NV wat may call indi.
willie currency is Nlloat. And they Is sc.
flon,ly tlreatnin to vote to hev the cor.
pta'hen take the stuff for taxes. The
ldee Nv takin money for taxes that ain'l
printed, and that hezn't got no President
anu Cashier, and Board Of Direkters I!
there Ia .ich a thing NJ carrying this
thing too fur.
bui prosperity Continous her slimlatin
ram We i'houd thirty thousand dollars
Wv our money last week, and the bene.
s s;nIe eiieck L. visible. Wheat il nov
ssg "a on,hel, Ticker 81 drink plain, and
;. 9yto them as take sugar in lheirn, peg.
Seu ooots Is $50, cotton sox 81, and town
itos-Eell any price one chooses 10 ask
lot cni' The diggin Nv cellars Is goin on
satisfactorily, q i'anything that We kin
PTlotlno our own money. But tremble
WIN aPprehensions. What will hanpen
Snsn they come to want tho lumber, and
pau, and glass, and other things which
ael 70 come from l.ooisvillel That's the