Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1875-09-23


WIZ assistin, in my humble way, inli
putin them doctrines into practis, FL
determined not to go mad, but to per-
severe unto the end.
But The perverse people are doin
their level best to drive me crazy, and
am not sure they wont succeed. i
bought pare NV horses nv one nv
them for $4,000, and paid him in our
own money. He thot he'd rather not
tech it.
''Wheu will this be redeemed ?'' he
asked, innocently.
'tAny time you waut it, replied.
''In wat p he retorted.
"In other notes onto the same bank,
sez l.
"And how will you redeem them
notes ?'' sez he.
''In jist the same way sez 1. "a
''Then all there is NV it," sez he,
''yoo go on takin up one note by civ
in another, and all nv them without
interest or nuthin
''That's it eggsaekly,' saidI You
see, kant voc, or are yoo ijeat ? that
money means faith Now ef the proud
inanshel instooshin in wich l am the
he'd, ishoos It's note, you must hey,
faith that it will pay, and so long ez
yoo hev that faith, and everybody else
hez that faith, SO that they take it for
money, yoo never want the money on
it. So long ez money is taken, VOC
don't want it redeemed, fer it is good
enough, 700 see! Our money is made
good by faith-and ez long ez it is
sustained by faith it will go. When
the notes you have wears out, come
to US and we will redeem them with
new ones. But everybody must hey
faith. Can't you see it? EVERYBODY
MUST HEv FAITH! Faith in the ishoos
NV this bank NV ourn is nessarv to its
success and stability Faith in oui
money is, ez it is in religion, the sub
stance of things hoped for, and the ev-
idence NV things not seen, oaly more
so. Wait till ! get $4,000 from tht
Eprintin offs, and take 'em for youl
horses and go your way. Hev faith. .
Perkins, thut Wuz the farmers name
took the money and went his way
ponderin ez he went. He walked
down to Bascom's with deep lines Nv
thought onto his face, which resolved
itself into expreshun nv stern deter
mination ez he entered the door,
kin you sell me a bari of whisk,
to-day-a entire barlE' sed he.
ssCertainl.y, y = sed- g.. w :, stnffingly.
certainly Mr.. Perkins. It's oni,
worth $40 a gallon, S1680 per barl thi!.
mornin.''
'I'll take a barr ell, sed Perkins.
''All rite,' wuz G.. W.'s response. -
I'd ez soon sell bari to wunst ez b
the single drink
So CIV. and his wife, and his old
est son Jefferson Davis, rolled bal
: up into Perkinses wagon, and Perlzin
: remarkt that he wanted to pay for tina
: ticker on the spot. Bascom smilet
pleasantly. s"There wuz nothin s
pleasant, ,,Berkins continyood, ez pay
in for things wen yoo get EN-, ez
+ saved boQkkeepin and vexashus troub
les Nv lfkfnds. .
g "Give, me pen, ink, and paper, {
8 W. sed this outrageous Perkins.
! Nonplussed, Bascom did so mechar
d ically, and Perkins ran his tongue on
!. ez people do at the corners when the
il attempt writin, and after thirty mil
v its Nv intense labor, with SWEET rolli
:. from his brow fearful, he handed Ba
e com the followin dokeyment:
u u CONFEDERATE K ROADS, Sept. 1,'75.
4 81 promise to pay G. W. Basco
8 sixteen hundred and eighty dollars
'JEH1AL PERKINS"
''Wats this :" askt the astonisht
Bascom, with an expression NV i
tense disgust usurpin the place of t
smile.
IS IS "Pay for that licker," replied Pc
n kins, calm ez Joon mornin.
Ii: Is But this amt pay-its your pro-
q; ise to pay, and 700 amt got time n
diG 5ir place fixed for paymen t-you all
Us got no interest eXprest, nor nothin.
e. Wen do yoo propose to pay it ?''
ed ed ''Never, 6. w, never. Under Il
ses moo dispensation, promises to pay
EN- EN- money. All you want is faith.
ac- long ez yoo bleeve that that paper
money, wat do yoo want of none
With faith enuff that paper is none
-st hev bin fggerin this matter out
my intellick ever since I hev bin tai
+ at your bank money It's all the san
lno Ef I hev faith in yoor money Y
fos fos must hev faith in mine. When /
hat note wears out come to me and '
an write yoo a new one. And don't k,
ant ant it too long-I shell take pleasure
writin your notes often, so that tt
v. will alluz be new and pleasant to lc
"a at How pleasant it is, Bascom.
pay as you go! How much better
IFS feel to pay on the male, and how m,
better you must feel to hev your C
wen 700 deliver your goods
III And Perkins drove off with the Ii
Ill. er, lite hearted, leavin Bascom dur
founded, in the door NV the grose
gaspin with astonishment and bl
with rage.
Perkins didn't stop with bari
nora ticker. He bot pare NV pegged be
teen for $50, and pade for 'em in the 81
nal way, and keg NV nails, and two SO
to of close, and calico dresses for
wife and dawters, and box of pa
colOrs and necktie, things he
never dreemed Nv heven before,
ES. he got so eggscited at his success
fnanseerin that he went home dr.
- as q billed owl
But the misery NV all this, eN
cuss within five miles, seeing Perk
es success, is doing the same til
the and an immense volyoom NV W.
efts aTSo may call indivijile currency is afloa
for: for: And they is seriously thretnin to
lean, to hev the corporashen take the
I'M for taxes The idea Wv takin mo
J. for taxes that amt printed, and
o@- hezn't got no President and Casl
and Board of Direkters! Their
*. sich thing ez carrying this thing
. fur.
But prosperity continoos her ST
latin raid. We ishood thirty thou
Nv our money last week, and the
tafiah1a affaot ;s y,is;I,la Whaotis