The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-10-06

OuI DItiDIeU III OuiO utN
desided that money is simply prom
ises to pay, and that it don't matter
on wat material that promise IL
stampt-whetber gold, silver, iron,
shells or copper. We shall put ourn
on paper, cos it's the cheapest. We
shell hev no extravaganza about this
bank.
Pollock. the lllinoy disturber. 10
the most brootal manner, refoozed to
tech it, and consequently his biznes
suffered. One shoemaker from Ohio
followed SCOT. He undertook to
argoo again so much money. He
asserted the heresy that addin TO the
volume NV currency didn't add
noibin to its power Sed be:
IL will illustrate so the Corners
will comprehend. 700 take a gal
Ion Nv whisky and add TO it three gal
Ions Nv water. Well, you hev four
gallons in the bari, but there amt
! but one gallon Nv square drink in it,
after ALL"
/ assured him by readin eopious
extrax from Cary's speeches, shown
that troo prosperity goes hand in
hand with plenty of money.
They finally was ~conyinst and took
our money fur our grain, tho We had
to pay them at the beginning twenty
cents a bushel more for Their wheat
than other money wood hev got it.
But we didn't care, for we knew we
Good make all Nv it we wanted.
1t wuz astonishin wat a era Nv
prosperity set in on the Corners to
wunst. Money BEGUN ez plenty eZ
blackberries, and everybody had
their pockets full Nv it.
Land went up in valyoo two hun
dred per cent. in a week, and the
price Nv the necessaries NV life raised
ekally. Bascom put up his new
whisky from > to % cents per drink,
aud such wuz the run Nv trade be
had that biz wife and Oldest son,
Jefferson Davis Bascom, both had to
stand in the bar to waite on custo-
mers. The bank bought all the
wheat and other produckshuns, and
pail for EN- in It's own money, aud
we paid sich prices ez happened, fur
money wuz with us no object. The
high prices brot all the trade fur 20
miles around to the Corners, and all
the deelars who would take the
money stood up to their middle in it.
When my turn ONE. Pintin to
the crowds Nv people in Bascom's l
said to the doubter:
"Wuz trade ez brisk ez that afore
imitation ?" which settled him.
improvements are being projected
every day. We hev organized a
company to build a branch road from
here to Secessionville, another over
the Bloody Fork, and still another to
Little A~ndersonville. Five turnpike
companies hev been organized, and
bre factories heV bin actooally COM
meneed. The water power on the
run jist above the village is to be
improved at wuust, and Bascom is
alreddy at work on a wing to the
back part of the grocery. Town lots
are dublin in valyoo every day, and
new addishuns are being perpettoo-
ally laid out. Everybody is spekla-
tin, and everybody is getin rich.
There is flush times here. The peo-
pie are all inflashionists.
/ am president Nv all these compa-
MES, aud | see no reason why | can't
put 'em through. 1t liz troo the price
Nv everything baz gone up. The
component niger labor is now up to
So per day, and a pare Nv pegged
boots is worth $40, but wat differ
ence does that make? So long ez
Simpkins, the printer, kin work his
press we kin manufackter money
and there must be prosperity.
Pollock and Joe Bigler we had to
get red nv, for they wuz prejoodissen
the people agin US. Pollock's stock
NV goods and his store wur with, in
the old times before the era Nv in
dashun, one thousand dollars, and
Bascum aud me and deekiD Pogram
went to him and offered him that
sum for his property.
Things hes raised" said be, land
| won't sell for less than $4,000"
We promptly excepted that price,
and | sent a boy back to the bank
with a bushel basket to bring the
money. When it came Pollock re-
foosed to take it.
II want greenbax," sed he.
"Our Toney is jest ez good" seq /.
II know it," seq be, "but | have a
prejoodis in favor Nv other money!.
There yuz q crowd about, and it
would never DO to acknowledge that
any money wuz better ibap ours.
took Bascom to one side.
20. W" seq /, here ia a golden
opportunity to do two things. First,
We git rid of a disturbeT, and second,
we give confidence on our ishoos.
Rake up what ~greenbax you bev and
pay him in en-"
G. w. consented, aud it wuz done
in the presence of the people.
"foo ee,"sed |, my friends, hat
we'd jest ez soon pay g-eeabax ez
our own money"
The crowd was reasboofed end
took our bills ez readily ez ever. Pol
lock and Bigler gave up the property,
but they didn't leave the village. On
the contrary, they went to the tavern
10 board, and jeered at US wuz than
ever. They sed they he'd made more
money by this tr~ansackshun than
they bed ever made in the Corners
since they bad landed there.
Deekin Pogram, Captain McPel-
ter and fssaker Gavitt hev all paid
of mortgages on their farms, and /
hev bot a farm and am getting up
plans for a manshun befitten my new
position. / am now happy and con-
tented, / hev finely struck my gait.
Bank presidenting o mel wuz
born forit. Ef wuz relijusiy i%aclin-
ed should pray Tor Eilyum Allen
until | bad corns on both knees.
PETROLEUM V. TAsBY,