Daily Kennebec journal., 1876-10-10
CONFEpRIT Y ROADS,

(w1cH Is IN THE STATE w hENTUCKY)
September 10th, 1876
1t takes great deal of wear and tear to be a
lcadin dimoc at, more than feel | kin stand at
my time of life, perrickelerly ez l}ascom j. wat'in
his likker more and more every day. On insutii-
shent sustenance its Impossible to watch all the
pints and keep all the sheep safely in the fold |
am loD gin for the eiecks1un and il iuoTgela-hen NV
that great refo!mer, Ttlden, that in the post
offs KIN enl the irO9ts NV my liber and by
giltin my hkker by the gallon, insted nv IN desul-
tory and ntrekent drinks, kn be shoor oil both
quality and quantity.
My last trouble wuZ my wusf, and L took me
an entire dav to get II stra tened. Pollock and
Joe Bigler had got hold OF Moo York democratic
paper, one wuicl | he'd been quotin AS authority,
and went hon one room to another AMI rcd II to
every dmeklat IN the village. They even ptne-
traled BasComs, and before got in, he'd ditf jOsed
ther plzen III that ~aklei pleCluCt. 1t contained
long articles shown that Tiden, our standard J.
baier wus committed ,oe ant body npt only to
hard money and imelt rr. um>hen, bur that he wuz
rcformeI NV the roforminist kIni, soin far as
to pledge hiss-li never to pay dollar NV southern
war claims never To ic-t ttbIlsh niger -CTViloOl
in any form and never to ppm to ofi, any bat
them ezwuz fluid Tor II aud sch ez wood nj steel.
Ihes did THIS whIl, wv ont or4AuiZiu "A hun
dred dim crats to 20 over nto lnjeluy to vote IN
the uteie-t uv Tetolm IN October.
Whtn | returned there wt2 trouble. ! ~uz
surrounded by hundred indignant timoci ats,
demanding Nv M VA | WIZ go'n to d. about 1t.
81 am for letotm," sad Dee1n Pogram, ''b It
| am goin to be pad Tor them sweet POTATOES and
them fence rails wich I, drl pihki's se zrd -
81 am fer r. form, sed Capt. McPclttt, 'hul
want Iay for item horses wch John M0rg tn
seozed, wich hc VOICE hey doue but to- fedIil
invaders, mirh mai c, the government clecily re-
spuu,ble for them!
81 am for reform" sed Isslker Gavt., "bnt
wat i, reform to me ef can't be collector uy this
decstick I"
shaken NV en- Of smiled sad and pensiyo
smile at ther enid hike innCsen,e, AMI mouLtn a
stump, a1dre- cd en-.
"My fiiends, | remtkt, "does water ever gii
higher than its foun'sin head? l. ch istiau even
better than the ten commandments Then | he'd
to explain to EN- wat the ten commandments wuz
Did 700 ever know "a rarty to rise above the
source Nv its sneugthi It, all very w for thi.
vile sheet in Moo \ oik to talk about hard money
theie, for the bloaud bondhodcts of the dimoC
ri,y wait it; but do wef Not any. We want
paper and lots NV it, ana we AEON to hev II
Wat can the cast do about reso min? Has the de-
mocTisy any strength therei Jist enuff to hole
the postoiices in case the dimocri.y elect pres
ident' We NV Kentucky, NV Nrglnny, NV Mary.
land and Nv Geo,gy. Massachusetts, wants hard
money, but is our beloved Tiiden Eoin back or
Kentucky, where he Ltz hens, for the sake o
Massachusetts, where he htznt q COrpol ali
guard
And speaking w the payment NV the claim
of Deekln P,giam and Cspt. Nj M'Pelter. how !. TIT
government agolu to refoooe in Amt we th'
| uliht crate parry, we anu slCn ~ We from tn
/ sou heIn Siatosl VIII there he a member u
congres, elected 10 the south whose constityooent
dlin lose ience-l alls and mules, and sweet pota
| TOYS " All. me friends, when Sh srman swept I,
the sea, he didn't real zc wat debt he waz "a pill
| mp which hls very 80 lrrs will hey to pay whe W.
retormers git control agin. Possibly he'd then
| soJ,rs knowd that they'd hev to pay for then
sweet potatoes with the cost nv collection, they
! woodent hey gob'lei 20 many NV en- Oar rep
| rescn'alves will be safe on lhis question and G
| the nofthen reform dimocrat, will git their whacl
~, my VIII be satisfied NV the jlslls the ella ans
| W at else heV we to consider ou tn. matter,
"And ez to the Offices, where does Samvoos
| Illden lit his support from in his own Satei |
| it out in Delaware county, where the people maxi
| iauch of skOOl-hOu. e., and cAulchc. and slch
them twin d'stroycrs Of dImoclisyi MOI B txte
street and slch is his strength. Is John Mori-ey
and John Kelley, and Uaky Halt, and Bos
| NJ Lough IN supp lrtInk OF him Mcthinks the
ere. llev they experienced change NV heart
Ilev they got % good III their matoor yccrs tia
tEey wont take an of,. o. that thcr flieud, he
hin i Tlidcn goinl to take his tone from Del
aware county, or from tie cities whore he git, h
maioit e,:
"Oh, yc NV little fath1 am a,hamel nv voc
Don't trouble about tie ,pus til YOU see tn
thIeves uPposin NV him. Go nome and recent
ought to wash my bands Nv you hut VIII sla
and Iced yon awhile yet. Go home aud be- c,ntcu
| with wa looI feeders are a dom The dimocrn
| vic 4 asks questions Is los,."
And the Deekin aud went into Rascor,'. an
! after takIn' a drIi or two, and lamentin 30
| lngeroIs ufdelhy, separated. The DE-, kin forge
to pay ot the hkor, and left It to be charged to mt
| Bascom stopped IN the middle NV a denunsiation II
| the Republicans for heViu' ON the un u sich !.
impuus wretch eZ inge'soll, TO marx iuet TAX il
| llkker and z lttIn out without pay ing for il wuz
/ id outrage. / think everything is 4 ght her
now. We fenon our siren ,th like the eagles.
PETROLtUM Y. NAsBY, RtfOrmer