The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-10-12
Petroleum v. Nasty an Infia.
ZIONIST.
AN EXPERIMENT WITH BILL ALLENIsM Al
THE FUR CORNERS.

THE FUR CORNERS.
The Corners hev red the speeches u,
Honest Ole Bill Allen and that otbcI
gileless patriot, General Samyooal Car,
Nv Ohio, oz well ez the PenDsylva
ny platform, on the momenchus suhjicL
nv More Money, till they bev bin worked
up TO state Nv absoot madnis. The
Corners are jist the same ez all other i'm
7ecoouius peope---they want More
Money, and the idee NV Honest Bill AL.
len, that, to git it, all 700 he'd to du wus
10 ishoo it, filed our idees Nv fuanse egg
sackly. It's simple and ezly understood
determined TO put the idee into prsc.
tice, and to that end seiested to nv
friends the orgsDizashen NV a bank NV
iShoo' under the namo and title Nv The
Oulimited trust aud Confidence Company
Nv Con'edrit x Roads" | wuz made
president, The theory on wich our paper
is iahood 10 very simple The onmpao,
ishoo it and the people tnko it. We hev
no time fixed for redempshun. for the
beauty NV the bisnis is that We don't
never intend to redeem.
1t wuz astonishing wat a era Nv pros.
periiy set 10 on the Corners to wunst.
Money became ez plenty ez black berries,
and everybody he'd their pockets full NV
it. Land went up in valyoo 200 per
cent 10 week. aud the price Nv the mes.
saries NV life raised ekally.
The citizens which are the stanchest
supporters Nv the new money hev deter.
mined that, ef we hev the rite to ishoo
money, they hev the same rite. And 20
four 400 banks bev bin started, the week
Then trouble set in in chunks. The
people who was not interested in bankin
refoozed, pint blank, TO take any NV their
ishoos. Banks WIZ u gettin rather too
ireekent. A reack,hen okkurred sgin
our money winh we who wuz interested
determined 10 crush to.wunst. The off,
shls ov the five banks in the town met
and decided 10 hold meetin NV tie citi.
aaos. at uirh steps ihnnld be taken to
legaize our ishoos. The meetin was held
and Nv course we kerried it without auy
trouble, for seven-ten,hs Nv EN- he'd our
money in their pockets. and they wuz
very favorable 10 any ackshup that wood
keep it bilin. To that end we passed
the folerin resolooshens -
Wareaa, The Democrisy Nv Ohio and
Pennsylvauy, with siugerly just appre.
>haehen Nv the wants Nv the citizens Nv
tho Cross Roads hey demanded moro
money and
Warens, Five companies hev carried
out The idee Nv the Denoc,isy Nv Ohio
and PeDnsylvany by iurnishiu the people
more money; aud
Wareas. No.witbstandin the onparal.
eled prosperity that btz resulted IRON
the increase in currency, cer,in men 10
the commoopiiy, by reioosing to tsSe it
decliue to he beneftted therefore. be it
Resolved, That this mee.n Nv citizens
demand Nv the Town Council that it to
wunst convann md nnss nm nrdnnnco
maxim the ishoos Nv the Eve banks legal
tender for everything from drinks down
to taxes, and that any citizen who re.
foozes to take it, or murmurs at it, or 10
any way discredits it, shell be held ez
public enemy and be immejitly hung.
The whereases and the resoloosbeD wug
passed to wunst. aud felt easier. With
The power to hang all wich refooze to taxi
our money, rather think kin make it
current. A rope over the limb Nv tree
is a persusder of rare merit, and it is the
hest endorsement ov our paper that we
kin possibly hev.
SO far so good. But jist ez | wuz
feelin good over my success, that ommiti.
gated cuss, Jehial Perkins. roso and pro.
posed the yoonanimus adopshun Nv the
followin whereascs and resolooshen -
Wareas. Ef you hev good thing 700
can't hev ton much ov it; aud
Waress. The increase Nv currency in
the Corners bev bin productive NV pros.
perity sich ez we never dreemed Nv ; and
w.. 7. - Al i--.J or .ii Sa,,Liy
governments to diffoose its blessins ekaly.
thereby imitatin the docs ofheaven, wich
falls alike on the just and opjust; and
Wareas, The mapufakter Nv money
shocd not be confined TO the few, but
shood be the privilege Nv the many: and
Wareas, We Recognize the justs and
propriety Nv compelin the people to take
sich money ez may be ishsod therefore,
be it
Resolved. That every man may ishoo
his notcs Nv hand. 10 sich sums ez map
suit his interest or convenience. and that
sich notes shell be legal tender fur every.
thing. the same ez the notes ishood by
our Eve bankin irsiitooshuns.
And the d-d ideots absolootly passed
their resolution without minits delay,
and they demanded that the Council meet
that very mite and pass the ordinance.
which il did
Es every last man ~ EN- commenst
wriiin notes to wunst. and buying all
sorts of things with en-. wo'ro liable TO
hev enuff money at the Corners immeiitly
-es much ez our brethren in Ohio and
Pennsylvany wood desire, even.
Everything in the shape Of labor hex
hin abandoned. for everybody hez gone
into the msnuIaktur nv currency--tbat
ia. everybody who can write. Th,nk
Heaven that they never favored skools
here-the inability to shed ink is the onl ?
limit to our iuaasheu One siuguler re.
suit has followed this ordinance, viz:
Nobody hez nothin to sell.
There Is gloom onto the Corners! Our
sun Nv prosperity is sot, and my hopes
blasted. The Onlimited Trust and Con.
ideDce Company is not eggacky no more.
bat its near enuti dead to make il safe to
bury it on vencher. Its eyes is sot.
Its no'es. which is its blud. amt hevin
any cirkelashen. The people don't take
EN- with that cheeriulnePs nessary to a
proper baukin bizness. Legislashsn don't
fetch EN-. The ordinances. wich made
death the penalty for refoosin our ishoos.
oplv Workt so faI az taking uv em for