Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-12-22
W hole Number 14O7.

the Dimocrasy he'd spent over $4,000, 900
to carry the elecshun, and that they wood
hev to come out NV these claims first. Then
there was the agents, which wood hev to
hev their slices, the members therSelYes,
which would take their bites, the heads Nv
departments and ther favorites, wich wood
hev to hev ther divvys, and so on, till, by
the time the claimant got his money it
wood be shaved down to a mere nothing.
We latt at him, and remarked that we
coo9 make the claims large enough to xiv
er all these things, and in that way git wat
was comm to us.
''Gentlemen," said he, perhaps you
don't know that there will be in Washing
tod, lmmelltly, the entire gang that was
with johnson. No matter how big yoor
claim is, you won't git as much as / offer
YOU. Do yOo want them to 90 throo the
hands NV Mrs Cobb and sieh?"
That staggered me, for l did some claim
biSnis in Washington myself, dOorin John
sons time, and | knowed the processes.
Onhesitatingly advised our people to make
out bills large enuff and sell EN-, wich they
finally agreed to do, and we sot about max
in Nv EN- out:
IsSaker Gavitt, for horses taken by
John Morgan, in conscience Of FEEDER
al invasion, and assessment Nv farm
produX cOnSoOmed by six federal SOL
jers which camped one mite on his
place. e.............- ...........-... So, 0O0
Captain McPeiter, for mules, corn and 2
barrels NV whisky left in his diStilery
while he was with John Morgan, and
other property which he cOOdn't re-
Deekin Pogran, for several lengths Nv
rale fence, lot Of sweet potatoes and
other property used by Federal pix
klIS--. ..---- 80. .-'..s- zOUOO
/ put in a claim for time lost in avoidin
Federal forces, and for gineral anguish
dOorin that terrible 5 years to the amount
Nv $1,000, and Bascom put in his bill for
so, 900 for the absense Nv the people Nv
the Corners five days while the town was
okkepied by rebel troops. The other citi-
zens came in and put in bills for their loss
es, which footed up, after we he'd doctored
EN-, to suthin over 5000, 600. We had
crate deal of trouble, for the citizens are
ignerant. Why men came in which had
lost some fence with bills for $20l Sich we
put up to s., 900 or 81, 100 as the case mite
be. that ther mite be some show for gittin
suthin.
Some Nv EN- he'd some doubts as to how
we was goin to put EN- in as loyal citizens,
but | eXed all that. l swore to Issaker
Gavitt'S loyalty, he sWOre to mine; Deekin
Pogram swore to Captain McPelter's. and
by three o'clock the next ssssternoOn, we he'd
the papers all made out and the S7atter all
arranged. The spekilatOr footed up 10
amount and drew his pOcket-bOOk to pay
EN- off at a rate Nv thirty per cent. 1t was
a critikle period. BaSeOm SOt ther with his
akkOunt book to receive the money, wich
he intended to take out vat was comm to
him-he had bills agin us wich would ab-
Sorb the most of it-and for what balance
was doc it was understood that he shood
give US credit at his bar. His eyes glisten-
ed, and was weeping teers Of JOY.
THANK Hevinl' l exclaimed, this is
the substanchel froots of vietry."
At that critikle moment. just when the
Corners was to be made Opulent, Pollock
rode up with louisville paper, which he
throwed in tous with fiendish smile.
The spekilator looked at the head lines
and dropped it, buttonin up his pocket
book, and throwing the bills down upon
the table, sood without saying word.
''Pay usr' l shrieked in agony.
'.Not dollar" he sed; them claims Nv
yoorn amt wuth the paper they are written
on. Look at that paper.
did look and fell fainting to the floor.
Louisiana. Florida and South Carolina
for Hayses! Hayes elected by one voter
That was all, but it was enuff. That one
vote has cost the Corners deerly. We are
despondent. The niggers all come out NV
their houses agin, and Pollock opened his
store.
The spekilator in Southern war claims is
still here, waitin reliable intelligence. May
Hevin send us the news we want.
PETROLEUM V. NAsBY,
Reformer.