St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-08-18

and a. b. Jewett, of Swanton. ~ Il
meeting of the directors. Waldo brig
ham was elected President, and Johh
ii. George, Secretary.
Nasby on the Letters.
HIS LITTLE ARRANGEMENT WITH MIR.
BASCoM.
(From the Toledo Blade)
CoNFEDRIT y ROADS,
Wien Is IN THE STATE w KENTUCKY,
August 9TH. 1876.
There WIZ wuilst doctor wirh had
bark wich wood either phNSic or puke,
accorlim ez he stript off the tree up or
down.
Like to this doctor is Tilden and
Hendrix. Reed Their letters up and
they are hard money physic-rccd EN-
down and they are soft money vomlck.
The day got back from the st. Lo"lS
Conycushun, | commcnSt preparin for
!. stumpin toor for our gallent standard
baIerS. | borrowed an extra SHIRT, 50
that Good hey one; ! borrowed il va
lise to kerry it in when wuzn't speak
in, and also to give me StandIn at sch
hotels ~ the Committee didn't become
responsible for my board, and Bascom
completed my outfit 10y contrlbutin II
quart bottle NV the newest, to he ker-
ried in the vali>c to he yoosed when in
localities where the nesS;irits NV life
WIZ hard to come at.
En- coodent go ont instructor NV the
people till knowed wat my candidates
bleeved in, decided to wait till got
their letters nv acceptance. Did that
likker stay in the >al>c? Not amy. 1t
WIZ all gone the fust day, and ! went
to BaScom with the empty bottle the
next mornin.
Fiji it up. &. W." sed |. Il cant z"
till hev seen them letters"
"When will they come ?" askt he.
..To-day oI Tomorrow, sed |.
You shnod hev kept what y"u he'd
till the letters come" sed he.
"Bascom," WIZ the response, "likker
like NoorS c:llIh"t he Kept"
And then. seem trouble ahead, con
tIuNoOd
"Promi>e me that you will keep this
bottle filled till them letters come. 1t
will he but II little while. and remember
B;lScom. N"u got the 500 that Tildcn,
the Reiolmer, paid for my vote at st.
LooiS.
Il promise" he groanrd.
And Likewise, until | hey read EN-
and understood EN-, 81 that | shell not
go out and spout false Dim"cri~y.
Day after day passed, bat no Letters
came. But promptly. every mornin. |
wuz at Ba>c"m'> with that bottle, which
he groaningll TILED. On the thirticth
day he refused pint blank.
..G. W. Srd |. StcrnIN. "rrmrmhcr
Noor promise. | may Ice called any
mint. Ii wuZ the foolish virgins wat
he'd no ia, in Their lamps | am no fool
i>h virgin. Fill up the lamp tor may
he called to-nitc."
iSrd
But every mnrnin he wood lit up his
;oic,. cz | come in. and howl. "CilashuS
heavens, amt them letters never com
i'm relieve me nv this incubus ,"
At last one moruin. the letters come.
in the Iooisyill, pHprrS, and BaScun
come. over To- me happ\. cz though :,
gIrat wait had hin lifted of him.
hlI 'ut '"i'It ioi the ''>' ''int'
sea ne %aliN' l"r !" mere ne the tt-
'etN.
'"nh 'i'' papers an" 'eo tue 't''''>'
anu, tue icN' MOI ill"' ""H l''"'lP'lH At
l I'm :, :. ..I, II
moi any" Srd he ..Ioo hey the, let
ters"
"t;corr,. Washington t." | rcplicd
..yonr promise wul to keep the l., tile
/ fU,,I nat amin I'M ! L,, rr,I III, LETTERS
III I TILL UNDEE>Tnop EM. | hey hin
apply iug my imtcllrk to en- for ten
hours. and ef know from them letters
I whether am to talk Hard money 81
Soft. lmmcitr Rc>ump>hrm OF Per
petonal '">tp"ucmrnr. hope never t,
/ he Po>tma>trI"
] NL,, Ill