Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-08-25
NASBY
Mr.. Nasby Waits for the Letters of TIL
den and Hendrlcks-He becomes "A
Burden TO BascOm-HIs Final In
structiOns.

Burden TO BascOm-His Final In
structiOns.
CoNFEDRIT RoADs,l
WICH Is IN THE STATE wv KENTUCKY,
August 7th, 1876.
The day got back from the st. Loois
Convenshun commenst preparin for a
stumpin toor for our gallant standard
barers. borrowed an extra shirt, so
that Good hev one; borrowed valice
to kerry it in when wuzn't speakin, and
also to give me standin at sich hotels, ez
the committee didn't become responsible
for my board, and Bascom completed my
travelin outfit by contributin quart
bottle NV the newest, to be kerried in the
valise, to be yooscd when in lokalities
where the necessaries Nv life wuz hard to
come at.
Ez coodent go out instructin NV the
people till knowed wat my candidates
believed in, decided to wait till l got
their letters Nv acceptance. Did that
likker stay in the valice? Not any. 1t
wuz all gone the fust day, and went to
Bascom with the empty bottle the next
mornin.
Fill it up, G. w." sed 1. "I can't
90 till hev seen them letters"
"When will they conner" askt hO.
To-day or tomorrow" sed |.
Yoo shood hev kept wat yoO he'd till
the letters come" sed he.
tBascom," wuz the response, likker
like yoors cannot be kept"
And then, seein trouble ahead, con-
tinyood:
"Promise me that 700 will have this
bottle filled till them letters come. 1t
will be but little while, and remember,
Bascom, 700 got the $400 that Tilden,
the Reformer, paid for my vote at st.
Loois."
az promiser" he groaned.
"And likewise, until | hev read 'em,
and understood 'em, so that shell not 90
out and spout false Dimocrisy."
az promiseV he groancd again.
Day after day passed, but no letters
came. But promptly every mornin /
wuz at Bascom's with that bottle, which
he groaningly filled. On the thirtieth
day he refoosed pint blank.
&C. w." said l, sternly, remember
yoor promise. may be called any
mint 1t wuz the foolish virgins wat he'd
no lie in their lamps. | am no foolish
virgin. Fill up the lamp, for l may be
| called tO-nlte.'
And he filled it becoz he had promised.
But every mornin' he would lift up
his voice ez l come in, and howl:
"Grashus hcvens! amt them letters
never comm to relieve me of this in
cubus?"
AT last one mornin the letters come, in
the Louisville papers, and Bascom come
over to me happy, eZ though great wait
had bin lifted off him.
81 fill the bottle for the last time, u
sed he, gaily, for 10! here be the let
ters."
took the papers and red the letters
and the next mornin wuz promptly al
hiz bar with the bottle.
"Fill itr' remarkt, calmly.
Not any," sed he. "Yoo hev the
letters"
George Washington b." replied,
"yoor promise wuz to keep this bottle
filed not only till 1 he'd red the letters
BUT TILL UNDERSTOOD EN-. / hev bir
applyin my intelleck to EN- for ten hours
and ef know from them letters whether
l am to talk Hard money or Soft, Imme
jite Resumpshen or Pcrpetooal Post
ponement, l hope never to be Postmas
ter"
Wat did that perfijus wretch do? HI
telegraphed that very day to both Tilder
and Hendrix, ez follows;
"Shel Nasby, on the stump, advocate
Hard money or Soft? Anser to wunst
Important to save an innosent Dimocra
from rooin."
And the ansers come prompt:
FROM TILDEN.
Hard money, Nv course, but softer
it good deal in the West. Strike bold
ly, however, for Reform, and agin thu
Corrupshen Nv the Republican party.
"TILDEN."
FROM HENDRIX.
"Soft money, Nv course, but harder
it good deal in the East. Strike bold
ly, however, for Reform, and agin tn,
Corrupshcn of the Republican party.
: " HENDRIX"
And so, hevin my instruckshens, het
to go. / shell, however, before l speek
get instruckshens from John Morrise,
and Fernandy Wood ez to the bes
methods of bringin about Reform, ant
NV fightin corrupshen in governmental
matters. PETROLEUM V, NAsBY,
(Which wants to be Postmaster)