Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1876-08-29
From the Toledo EiGie.
NdSby.
His Little Arrangement with Mr.. Bas-
com.
CnNrEpRIr \ RoAns.


Wien Is IL THE STATE w KENTUCKY,
Aug. 20. 1876.
There wuz wunst doctor witch he'd a
Dark WiCh wood either ply sic or puke,
accOrdin ez be stript 1t of the tree, up or
down.
Like TO this doctor is Tliden and Hen
dirk. Reed Their letters up and they are
hard MONEY physic-reed em down and
they are soft money vomlck.
The day got back itolu the ST. Loois
convenShun | cOmmeuSt preparin Tor a
siumpin tooU for our gallant standard
barers. | borrowed an extra shirt, so
that | Good hev one; | borrowed yalise
10 carry il IN when l wuZn't Speakin. and
also To give me Staudin at sich hotels ez
the committee didn't become responsible
Tor INV board, and Bascom completed my
traveiin on liz by cOntribu,in quart bot
tie OF the newest, - be keIIied IN the
yaliSe 10 be yoosed when IN localities
where the necessaries Nv life wuz hard TO
come at.
IL coodn't 20 out instructor Nv the
people ill knowed Vat my candidates
believed 10, | decided to wait TILL got
their letters Nv &c eptance. Did that lik
ker stay in the yalise? Not any. 1t wuz
all gone the lust day, and went 10 Bas-
com with the empty bottle the next
moTnin.
Fill it up, G. W." sed IL cant go
ill hev seen them letters
when will they come ?" askt he.
To-day or tomorrow" sed |.
You shood hev kept what you he'd till
the letters come" sed he
"Bascom," wuz the response, "likker
ike yoors cant be kept"
And then, seein trouble ahead, con-
tihood:
Promise me that 700 will keep this
bottle filled till them letters come. Ii
viii be but u little while. and remember.
Bascom. VOC got the $40 that Tilden.
tbs Relormer, paid Tor my vote at 81.
LOois.n
Il promise" he groaned.
And likewise. until hev read em and
understood em, SO that l shell not 90 out
and spout false Dlmocrisy.'
Day after day passed, but no letters
came. But promptly, every mornln,
wuz at Bascum's with that bottle. which
he groanlDgly filled. On the thirlieth
day be reioosed pint blank.
&c. w" sed |, sternly, remember
yoor promise. may be called any min
i. 1t WIZ the foolish virgins wat he'd no
lie in their lamps. l am no foolish vir-
gin. Fill up the lamp Tor | may be called
tU-nile."
And he filed it. becoz he he'd promised.
But every mornin be wood lift up his
voice ez come ia, and howl, "Grashus
heytns ainL them letters never comm
10 relieve me Nv this incubus?'
At last, one mornin. the letters come,
in the Louisville papers. and Bascom
come over 10 me happy ez though
great wait had been lifted off him.
Il till the bottle for the last time" sed
he, gaily; "for 10 here be the letters"
took the papers aud red The letters,
and the next morn!n wuz promptly at his
bar with The bottle.
Fill it," remarkt calmly.
mot any," sed he. "Yoo hev the
letters"
George Washington b ;" replied.
"yoor promis WIZ 10 keep this bottle
filled, not only till / he'd red the letters,
But TILL 1 UNDERSTOOD EN-. hev bin
apply in my intelleck oem for ten hours,
and eli l know from them letters whether
am 10 talk hard money or Soft, lmme
jito Resumshen or perpetooal Postpone
ment, | hope never TO be Postmaster"
Whist did that per6jus reich do' He
telegrsfied that very mite to both Tilden
at Hendrix eZ folders:
'Shel Nasty. on the stump, advocate
Hard money or SoftP Anser to wunst.
lmportant--to save an innosent dimocrat
from ROOM"
And the ansers KUN prompt;
FROM TILDES.
Hard money nv corse, bat soften 1t
good deel in The West. Strike boldly,
however. for reform, and agin the Cor
rupshen OF the Republican party.
TILDEN."
FROM HENDRIX.
soft money, Nv course, but harden 1t
q good deel in The East. Strike boldly,
however, for reform, and agin the Cor
rupshen OF theRepublikin party.
HENDRIX"
And so, hevin my instrukshens he'd
to 90 | shell, however, before l speek,
get instrukshens from John Morrisscy
and Ferpandy Wood ez 10 the best meth
DDS Nv briDgin about reform, and Nv
ightin corrupshen in governmental
matters. PETROLEUM V. Nasty
(Which wants 10 be Postmaster.)