Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-10-04

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witch steps shood DC taSeh !" "s"'~e o"'
hoos. - - !,
/, without any trouble, for seven-tenths NV EN- he'd
vorsble TO any ackshen that wood keep il billin.
i To that end we past the follern res olooshens:
Warcas The democracy nv Ohio and Pennsyl-
lyany, with singerly just appreshiashen NV the
" aufs the citizens Wv the Cross Roads hey de-
menied IT ore money; and
| Whereas, Five companies hev carried out the
| idee NV the Democrisy up Ohio and Pennsy lvahv
| by furnsh'n the people more money; and
| Whereas, Notwithstan lin the unparalleled pros
perity that hez resulted from the increase IN cur
rency, certin men in the COMMONLY, py relooE-
ing to take it, decline TO be benefited; therefore,
| be II
Resolved, That This meetin NV citizens demand
NV the Town Council that tito wunst convene ana
pass an ordnance maxim the ishoes NV the EVE
| banks legal tender for everything from drinks
down TO taxes, and that any citizen WHO feloozes
to take it, or murmurs at it, or IN any way as
credits il. shell be held ez pubic enemy anu De
immejitly hung.
| The whereases and the resolooshen wuz passed
towunst and felt easier. With the power to
hang all witch refooze to take our money, rather
think kin make it current. A rope over the
limb NV q tree is persuader of rare merit, and 1t
is the best endorsement NV our paper that we Kin
possibly hev.
| SO far so good Bat jist ez | wuz feelin good
over my success, that onmiigsted cuss, Jehial
| Perkins, rose and proposed the yoonanimus adop-
shun NV the folowin whei eases and resolooshen
| Whereas, Ell 700 hev good thing 700 can't
hev too much NV it; and
| Whereas, The increase NV currency IN the
Corners hez bin productive NV prosperity SIGH CT
we never dreemed NV; and
| Whereas, 1t is the dooty Nv all earthly gnvern-
ments to dtfoose its blessins ekally, therby imi-
tatin the docs of heaven, wieh falls alike on the
! just and onjnst and
Whereas, The manufakter Nv money shooi not
be confined to the few, but shood be the privilege
NV the many; and
Whereas, We Recognize the justs and propriety
NV compellin the Peep to take sch money as may
be ishood; therefore, he it
Resolved, That every man may ishoo his notes
NV hand in SIGH sums ez may suit his interest OF
convenience, and that SIGH notes shell be legai ten
der far everything, the same ez the notes ishood
F.! by cur five bankin instito0shuns.
And tile id ideots abslootly passed the reso-
looshun without q mnt's delay, aud they de-
manded that the Council meet that very mite anu
pass the ordinance, wich it did.
Ez every last man Nv EN- commenst writin notes
to wunst, and buying all sorts NV things with EN-,
we're liable TO hcv enuf money at the Corners
immejitly-e much ez our brethren IN ONO and
Pennsyl vanv wood desire. even.
Every thing in the shape NV labor hez bin aban-
doned. for everybody hez gone into the manufak-
ter currency-that is, everybody who kla write.
Thank Heaven that they never favored skools
herc-the inability to shed ink is the only limit to
this ordinance, viz: Nobody hez noihin TO sell
THE FINAL sMAsH-UP.
There is gloom onto the Corners Our sun NV
prosperity is sot, and my hopes is blasted The
Unlimited Trust and Confidence Company is not
eggsackly no more, but its near enuff dead 10
make it safe to bury it on q vencher. Its eyes Is
sot. Its notes, which is its blud, amt hevin cir
kelashen. The people don't take EN- with that
cheerfuiness nessary to proper banking bizness
Legislashen don't fetch EN-. The ordinances,
wich made death the penalty for refoosn our ish-
COOS, only workt SO far ez takin Nv EN- fur taxes
The corporashen did take EN- for taxes in pursoo-
ance NV their own legislashen, and here wuz where
the trouble begun The taxes wuz levied on
greenback basis, and the entire levy amounted TO
SIS 600. Wel the taxes for the first time in the
histry Of the Corners wuz all pade in full, and with
CRATE Iromptnes. "A more Irompfer set Nv tax
pay ers never seed
The treasurer he'd SS, 600 nv our i,hoos when il
BEGUN nessary to buy pillow and four spades to
do some work on the roads. In vane he tried to
git EN-. The dealers at home, KNOWN wat cur
rsrcy lie he'd to pay in suddenly got out NV plows
and SPADES, and when be went to Louisville he
took 81 900 in our currency to pay his fare, and
he offered the hardware dealer the other 81 900
for the implements he wanted, but II woodent go.
lie he'd TO como back without EN-.
Then he came and demanded some currency NV
us witch lac Good yoose, wch NV course we hednt
got none, and he becum an opponent to our sys-
TEN.
Two shoemaktrs each with $4,000 NV our
money! eoodent buy side NV sole leather to con-
tinyoo their bZness with, and he'd to stop; our
lalerodes and turnpikes he'd TO stop, bccoz, hevin
got to the pint wher we he'd to hey iron an males
an sich things, we coodnt go on. So oil the lab
rers he to be discharged, which made desprt
populashen, all howlin agin US.
But the wust wuz yet 70 come. We Good hev
wethercd all this, but alas Bascomb failed.
This wuz the fnishin hlow--the great staggcrer
the Corners Good not possibly recover from.
attempted to reason with the people. l told
EN- that one reason Nv or. wealth wuz that we he'd
it in a currency that we coodent send away from
home, thus keepin our capitul within ourselves;
but they rcfoozed to listen to me. They d--d |
my bank, they id me, and they went for the |
bank, swearin that ef there wuz anything there |
that Good be converted into hkker Bascom shOod |
hey it. 1t is onnessary to remark that they didn't |
find any thing. Antissipatin an onpleasautnis, we |
he'd removed the valooabes to place Nv safety, |
which wuz the undersidc Nv my bed at Deekln |
Pogram's
Then they demanded that the money they held |
be redeemed into suthing they Good yoose. but Nv |
course declined to discuss the matter, referrn |
them to the terms NV the ishoo ez expressed on |
the notes, oz well ez Their own Enforcement NV the
skeem. !
But this didn't satisfy en- They deliberately !
brought out $4,000 NV the shoos NV the various |
banks, and pn NV it up on the street, sot fire to |
II. darcin q demoniac dance around it. This |
amoozed me, for NV course he'd no earthly OBJ |
Jtcksnen 10 lnelf feueeWln NV IL IN tnat way, out |
when l seed em rggin ropes to the trees in the |
vsinity, l remarked to my fellow officers "Gen- |
tlemen your President hez pressin biznis in yon- !
der forest" and got out rapidly my poor |
waistid Inns wood permit Indeed, wen turned |
and saw ten dozen NV the foremost men NV
the Corners clost behind me, and all shoutn Hang
the ID theft gentle gazelle that / ever
heerd NV ever skinned the plain ez l did. I did
not cease runnin till got into the middle NV the
big swamp.
Wat become Nv the Other drekters don't know.
The last fond look that turned toards the bank I
saw lssaker savitt and Deekn Pogram strugglin
in the bag NV the mob, wich wuz payfully forcin
NV ~sE 80 :. 5arnn pile uv ther own
currene
\. b. hey heerd from the Corners The I'M
grateful people, after half KILN the officers NV the
bank, passed resolooshens that we wuz all pack
NV thieves, and that them ez had sold land and
SIGH for our money shood 500 for recovery thereof,
and that they'd hang any judge wich woodent de-
side agin us. Bascom hez gone back onto us, and
hez sold back to Pollock and Bgler the store we
bot ov EN-, and hez got greenbax enutf to git few
barls NV likker, and hez re-opened lie hez put
the price NV likker down to five cents agin, and
refoozes to take anything for it but nickes and
postal currency. lie be amt gittin ez many
cart loads NV money ez he did in the nfashun
period, but he's satisfied The most Nv the citi-
zens is bankrupt, and room is everywhere. Oh
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