The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-09-27

t,,,rI The Unlimited Trust and Conf
J.n,r lompany is not eggsaCkly no more,
Gyr il /. near enough dead 10 make it
.,trto bury it on yencher. Its eyes is
WI, Aitcr brilyant career Of five
work., along the sky Nv finance, sheddin
Lr,.,m. At every jump, its lite hez gone,
H, br.lMncy ha. departed, and it don't
rorru,cllc with u cent.
Ne heynt suspended, nor failed, nor
l,.rlour doors, nor nuIhin, fOr the sim.
~. rr,.ou that the bank was constructed
an AN nee that made failin impossible,
,nI ,br rIo.in nv doors Unnecessary. Ez
No. lup't hcy to redeem, wat shell we fail
lar Eve dontPurpOsc to pay nOthin,
.,, .brl eclusr our doors Tor? There
1mr pplhin hide-bound about this bank
T6, peoplc i. welcome to come in and
ji.ep!- finance, and put their feet upon
tb, benches, and spit tobackcr joose on
fl, h,or, c.. "a frlcnly ~ they choose,
and thew may do it ca long ez they choose.
No the Unlimited Trust and Confidence
Company Amt Jailed, but its kinder pc.
,,rri out 20 it were, 1t is cxpirin NV
Jryr,r, II, notes, witch is its blood, aint
Gryin any crkclashcn. The people don't
nsrrm with that checriulncss witch is
necessary to u proper bankin bizncss,
Ia,i.a-hrn don't fetch en-. The Ordi.
nance wirh made death the penalty for
reioo,in our ishoos only worked so far y
ukin cm ior taxes The cOrporashcn did
take en- Tor taxes in pursoOancc NV their
own lcgi,Ia.hcn, and here WIZ where the
trouble begun. The taxes WIZ Levied on
A srrcnback basis, and the entire levy
amounted to$S,OOO, Well, the taxes, for
the hr.t time in the history nv the Cor
nrr,, WIZ all pade in full and with great
promptncss. \ more prOmptcr set Nv
taxpayers never seed.
The Treasurer he'd SS,0OOuv our ishO0s,
when it WIZ necessary to buy u pillow and
four spades To do some work on the roads,
In yanr he tried to git en-. The dealers
at home, KNOWN wat currency ho he'd to
pay in, suddenly got out nv plows and
spades, aud when he went to Louisville 1t
took $1,000 Nv his currency to pay his
fare, and he offered the hardware dealer
the other 5000 Tor the implements he
wanted, but it wouldn't 60. lie he'd to
rome back without EN-.
Then he come and demanded some cur
fcncy nv III wlrh h. Good yoose, wicl Nv
cour.c, we hcln'l got none, aud he became
an opponent nv our system.
Two -hurmaker1, each with SiO,OOO nv
our money, cuodcnt buy side ot sole
leather tO continyoo their b1ncs with, and
lmi To stop-our railroads and turnpike
he'd Ia stop becuh, hcyln got to the pint
where wc ned to hrv iron and males and
.cn things, We couldent % on; 50 all the
llourrr- he'd To h. discharged, wich made
I,,prit populashcn all howln agin rs.
Bat the wust wuI yet to come, We Good
hcy wcltlcred all this, hut alas BAsCOM
FAILED,
rhi, WIZ the iinishin blOw-thc great
.taggrrcr from wich the Corners Good not
possibly recover.
IIa.com made n manly litc, aud ! must
,ay did all that he Good to stand up for
Us, lie raised the price nv drinks to 81
per drink, and when he saw his barIs rap
idly iailn, he tried to keep the Corners
agoin by watCrin his likker, jest ~ we he'd
waterrd the currency.
But lhcsc expedicnts didn't work. The
higher the price he put on his likkcrs
the more the people seemed TO want to
drink NV it. 1t seemed to he II dGlite to
EN- to pay ont our money ef they got any.
thing whatever for it. But they wOodent
do wot IIascom most dcsired-lhnt Is to
say they woodent stand his wNtcrcd
whisky. They said to him, AZ 81 Il drink
Amt enull, charge 81, lts all wun to ns.
Set EN- up ngin.'
And the bar.room full wood step up
and take suthln, and the man who asked
I'm wood throw down On the bar peck
nv our currency aud tell Bascon to help
himself.
lIascom come to us and begged that we
slood let him hcv sutlin that he Good
yonn to re.stock his bar. lie said the
dcclcrs in Louisville lallcd in his face
when he offered EN- our money for likker,
and h. had but two barls left.
And them two barls wuz vi1ably
shrinkin every mint. 1t seemed "a
though the populis got insane for likkcr
at the very time that We didn't want en- to
hey it, for the fust time in my life |
wanted the Corners to bc tcmprit, for
every drop hrawd from the barls brought
our bank that much ncerer its end. |
sot opposite liascOm's and saw the crowd
20 in with snken sCnsaslen that wuA
akin to death. Drink by drink il went,
and e2 Ct they CoOdcnt cggshaust IL fast
CnnlI by the single drink they got to
comm for it in tin dipIcrs.
GLOW does It hold out p wu1 the mes
sage sent him at l0A.M.
The anScr came prompt:
"lOOj A. M.-Wun bari nntutched-2O
gallons in the other, and sinkin every
mint. b.
Then sent this
@l0lO.-f'ill hcrupwilh water. Keep
Jefferson Davis n p0urin in. Hold the
Tort. NJ
And the anSer came:
"lO:lj.--JCilerson Davis is n histin in
water e. fast cz he kin carry ii. Mrs.
Ba'cOm il a rinsin out old barrels, to
ElcIi abe adds kyan pepper and cNmtcnc.
I! he'd some Scotch snuff il wood help.
will hold out c1 long ez possible. But
lsIcrtibIc. A man jist come in and de-
Mand' a gallon. B."
Twenty miniIs thereafter lluscom sent
this:
Have ji't put spiggot in the last bari,
and the Corners is hOwlin. II won't
lat an hour, B."
Then an cNpedicnt sejestcd itself to me.
l'ent this note:
Time l. everything. Bust the spiggot
any, delay DRAWN. n"
WiCh lie did, thus keeping the wolves
hoay iot an hour while II was bcin re.
paired
hut Why harrow the public buznm with
'ne de'ai !. Nv this painful story? The
emu wa, inevitable. Drop by drop, drink
oyltI0k, pint by pint that likker wu1
tOOln WAY, and each drop weakened the
ullS The likkCr WIZ our life.blood,
ana eiit flowed we wited. WatCrin the
v'fl WM merely a mlliativc-Nnd il wu1
WW'l ieeIin Nv relief that saw George
" l4tow up hi1 hands and exclaim:
1t, all gone but gallon, wicl, shell
Keep TOR my own yoo.c. It's all gone,
;Wl lrlu.t get another drop in LOUSY.