The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-08-24
NASBY.
Mr.. Nasty waits for the Letters Of Til
den & Hendricks-H Becomes
a Burden to BIscom---
His Financial In
structions.
CoNrEDTEArE X Roads.

| 1oNIEDEI.tri. ~ tkoADS,
| WIoH is IN THE STATE wv KENTUCKY. :
August 7, 1876.
| There Wuz wunst doctor wicll he'd 6
| bark wich would either physic or puhc,
| accordin cz he strip off the trees up Cr
| down.
Like TO this doctor is Tilden and
hendrix. Reed their letters up and
they are hard money physic-reed en-
down and they are soft money vomicl
| The day got back from the st. .Loois
ConveHshun L commcnst preparin for a
stumpin toor fOr stsisvnt standard
harers. [ borrowed an extra shirt, SO
that | Good hev one [ borrowed Il val
ise to kerry it in when [ wuzn t spe,lki1i,
and also to give me a standin at sich
hotels ez the committee didn't become
responsible for my board, and Bascom
completed my trhvclin outfit by con
tributin a quart bottle nv the newest, to
be kerried i'll the valise to be yoosed
when III lokahties where the nessaries
uv life wuz hard to cum at
Ez L coodent go out instructin nv the
people till L knowd wat my candidates
believed in, | decided TO wait till L got
their letters uv acceptance. Did that
likker stay in the valise 2 Not any. II
WIZ all gone the fust day, and L went to
Bascom with the empty bottle the next
mornin.
"Fili it up, G.. w" sed I. ''I can't
go tn L hey seen them letters.
"When will they come ?" aslt he.
70 day or tomorrow" sed [.
''Yoo shood hev kept wat 700 he'd ill
the letters come" said he.
"Bascom, wuz the response, ''likel
Like yoors cannot be kept
And then seein trouble ahead, I con-
tinyood
''Promise me that 700 will keep this
bottle filed till them letters come II
will be but little while; and remember,
Bascom, yoo got the $S400 that Tlden,
the Reformer, paid for my vote at st.
Loois."
81 promise :" he groaned.
''And likewise, until / hev read en-
and understood EN-, so that I shell not
go out and spout false Dimocrisy."
81 promise !" he groaned agin.
Day after day passed bat no letters
came. But promptly every mornin l
wnz at Bascom's with chat bottle, which
he groaninly filled. On the thirtieth
day he refused pint blank .
go. w" sed I, sternly, remember
yoor promise. I 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 I
may be called to-nite %
And he filled it, becoz he had prom
ised.
But every mornin he would lift mp his
voice ez L come in, and howl, "Grashus
heavens amt them letters never onnain
TO relieve me Nv this incubus 2"
T. last ono ,On,nin tho Ia{tarc aoDoa
i'll the louisville papers, and Bascom
come over to me happy, ez though a
great wait had bin lifted off him.
81 fill the bottle for the last time, -
sed he gaily, ''for 10! here be the letters.
took the papers and red the letters,
and the next mcrnin wllz promptly at
hiz bar with the bottle.
"Fill it - L remarkt calmly.
'Not any," sed he. ''You hev the
letters"
''George Washington b. I replied,
'tyoor promise wdz to keep this bottle
filled not only till IHad red the letters,
BUT TILL 7 UNDERSTOOD EN-. [ hev bin
applyin my intellek to EN- for ten hours,
and eff L know from them letters wheth-
er to talk hard money OF soft. immnjit
resampshen or perpetooal postpone
ment, I hope never to be Postmaster.
Il
Wat did that perfjus wretch do? He
telegraphed that very day to both Til
den and Hendrix, ez follers:
Shel Nasby, on the stump, advocate
hard money or soft ? Answer to wunst.
Important, to save an innosent Dino
crnt from room.
And the answer came prompt:
FROM TIIDEN
Hard money, Nv course, but soften it
| a good deal 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 it
good deal in the East. Strike boldly,
however, for Reform, and agin the cor
rupshen of the Republican party.
TENDRIX.
And so, hevin my instruIsshens, I he'd
to go. I shel, however, before [ speak,
get instrukshens from John Morrisey
and Fernandy Wood, ez to the best
methods NV bringin about Reform, and
nv tightin currupshen in the govern
mental matters.
PETROLEUM V. NAsBY,
(Wicn wants to be Postmaster J
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