Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-10-20
From the Toledo Blade.
NASBY.
VIZ. Nnsby makes = proposition ~ sh,
bf1ihOl0efS OF the Unltmitcd ErNs
and Confidence COnnpnny-The, Re
sult OF the Negotiation.

Nyr. Nnsby makes = proposition 10 shc
bilihoiders Of the Uniimitcd Trn-i
:, and Confidence CO1npnny-The, lie.
suit Of the Negotiation.
1NASwAAP REAR CONrRDRIT Y ROADS,
lWich Ia IN the State OF Kentncky.i
| september %, 1875.
l felt that ct he'd to stay cnotncr
| week in this internal cabin I shood
die. With nuthin but hoe cake to cat
| with infrekent and unreliable drinks.
with no society whatever, life didn't
seem to me to be wuth havin. There
fore sent note to the citizens NV the
Corners askin fur promise. nv salty,
that | init make propsishen, wich. ct
they wood accept, wood enable the
Bank 10 60 on and become as perma-
| nent ez time herself.
Tho Corners met and decided to re-
ceeve me and appinted committy to
beer my proposishen, and on rcceeyen
ther answer made my way thither.
The meetin wuz held in the Church.
It wnz an impressive seen. On the
platform in front nv the pulpit cot the
committy-the auditorium in front
wuz crowded with citizens, tho most
nv whom he'd baskets nv currency,
and there wnz an expectant murmur
ez entered. wuz delited to SEQ that
there wnz winder just back nv whtr
| wnz to stand, and also that it wDz
open that it wuz enly three feet to
the ground, and that the woods wuz
only about so rods to the rear Old ez
1 am kin make fairly good time for
so rode.
| wuz respectfully invited TO make
my statement.
Ez roze most anxshus silence
pervaded that assemblage. You Good
hev heerd a pin drop ef enydody he'd
drOpt one.
Wipin my streamin brow / rcmark-
ed that he'd never intended that the
Corners should loose cent by our
bank, nor did now SO intend. con-
fest that lookin simply to the idce nv
inflashun, fol.erin the ideos of the
Dimocracy nv Ohio and Pennsylvany.
he'd not given sich careful attenshun
ez shood hev done to the matter NV
redempshun.
At this pint the awjence seemed to
be visably pleased.
he'd he'd week nv solitood, and l
he'd employed that time q wrestlin
with the question nv finance, and l
wuz happy to say that he'd finally
mastered It. l he'd matooreda q skecm
for redempshun which I wnz willin to
present.
"Go on! 60 on y the people shreck-
ed delitedly.
81 perpose to redeem the ishoos nv
the Unlimited Trust and Confidence in
tho bonds nv the Company
Their faces resoomed q expresshun
Nv stolidity wich did not like.
"Will them bonds bear interest 2"
they all askt in korns.
Certainly they will. We shel be
generous. Yon may fix the rate of
interest at wat yoo chose"
"That seems fair" they exclaimed.
/ congratulated myself on hevin got
through tollable easy, and was steppin
of the platform to 60 over to Simp-
sons to hev the bonds printed, when
that feend, Joe Bigler, who wuz sit
tin with Pollok, rose and remarkt that
he, ez bill holder, he'd question to
ask.
"Go on!' sezI I.
"Yoo'll give interest -bearin bonds
for yoor notes, will VOC q ?'gssusr-s.s,s. =.
we will
"Wat do You perpose to redeem the
bonds in ?"
"Why, our notes, nv course. Wat
else hev we to redeem EN- in? Our
notes, with the privilege nv convertin
Nv EN- into bonds at any time-and
faith-is the best money in the world"
"Then wat'll you redeem the notes
in ?" persisted Josef with feendish per-
tenassity.
"Why, the bonds, NV course" was
my response. swat kin any wun
want better than intrest. .bearin bonds,
and wat currency kin be better than
that wich 700 kin convert at pleasure
into sich bonds? Ny friends, when
ever yoo want bonds for yoor curren-
cy don't hesitate to come for en-
don't be afraid nv given the officers
trouble. It is our pleasure to serve
the public, and we'll go to any lengths
"But wat did l un'stand yoo'r goin
to redeem them bonds in ?" askt Josef
agin.
sour notes" 1 answered, out nv
pashense with him.
Sand 700 redeem the notes with
yoor bonds?"
"Certinly ;iist ez our friesds nv Ohio
perpose to pay the nashnel debit
"And this goes on for time and eter-
nifty ?"
"Certinly, Josef. A financial insti-
tooshen, constructed ez ours is, kin 60
on from time to eternity, becoz il is
convertible--one species Nv paper into
another, and another into one. You
see
"Yes, see, but citizen Bascom. when
700 hev sold all your likker agin for
this paper, and you turn around and
convert It into bonds, hev 700 any ash.
oorance that they II take them bonds in
Louisville for more likker? Did they
take the notes afore? How much bet
ter does the bonds mako 'em." "Fel-
low-citizens of the Corners-(J j osef
spoke impressively) Fellow citizens
nv the Corners, inoggcrate this sys.
tenn, agin If 700 choose, but l feel 1t
my dooty to warn you that in week
there won't be drop nv likker In the
Corners, and wat,s more you won't be
able TO get drop. Yoo are standin
on the brink nv . pressipis. Hanl off
before 1t il everlastinly too late.'
The people seed it to wunst, and
with glare like so many infuriated
tigers, they riz and went for me. I
didn't keer to stay to argoo finance
with EN-. The winder wuz open, and
l sprang through II, and made for the
woods, which reeched just in time.
He'd they caut NE they wonld hev
hung me ont nv hand.
am now in the cabin, in wich hev
spent the last week, sick and sore.
Does finanseerin mean perpetooal
skootin for the woods? Am to allus
be escapin with my life? Oh for q
quiet, sekoor Post Offs!
PETROLEUM v. Massey.
President OF the late Unlimited Trust and Conn.
dence Company.
p. S.-Tho Niger who owns nv