The Portland daily press., 1876-08-23
[From the Toledo Blade.l
NASBY.
His Little Arrangement with Mr.. Bas-
com.
CoNFEDRIr X ROADS, \
WITCH IS IN THE STATE Nv KENTUCKY,
Auo 1QTe

CoNFEDRIT X ROADS,
WITCH IS IN THE STATE Nv KENTUCKY,
Aug. 29, 1876.
There wuz wunst docter wich he'd bark
wich wood either physic or puke, accordin ez
he stript it off the tree, up or down.
Like to this doctor is Tllden and Hendrix.
Reed ther letters up and they s:e hard money
physic-reed EN- down and they are soft money
vomck.
The day got back from the St. Loois con-
venshun commenst preparin for a stumpin
toor for our gallant standard barers. / bor-
rowed an extra SHIRT 80 that Good bev one;
borrowed valise 10 carry it in when wuzn't
speakin, and also to give me standn at sich
hotels ez the committee didn't become respon-
sible for my board, and Bascom como oleted my
travelin outfit by contr,butin quart bottle NV
the newest, to be kerried in the valise to be
yoosed when in lokaities where the necessa-
ries uy life wuZ hard to come at
Ez coodn't 60 out instructin Nv the people
Till l kpowed wat my candidates beeved in, 1
decided to wait till got their letters Nv ac-
ceptaDce. Did that hkker stay in the valise?
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 I. 81 cant go till
hev seen them letters"
when will they Gomez" askt he
To-day or tomorrow" sed
"You shood hev kept what you he'd till the
letters come" sed he.
yoors can't be kept"
And then, seein trouble ahead, contnood:
Promise me that yoo will keep this bottle
filled till them letters come. 1t will be bnt q
little while, and remember, Bascom, 700 got
the $400 that Tilden, the Reiormer, paid for my
vote at st Loos."
II promise!" he groaned.
And likewise, until 1 hev read em and un-
derstood em, go that | shel not go out and
spout false Dmocrsy."
nau off Aax, I.,Ax. l1AA
But promptly, every mornin, I wuz at Bas-
Gums with that bottle, which he groaningy
filled. On the tbirtieth day he refoosed pint
blank.
&c. w." sed 1, sternly, remember yoor
promise. l may be called any mint. 1t wuz
the foolish virgins wat he'd no lie in their
lamps: l am no foolish virgin. Fill up the
lamp for may be called to- mite
Aud he filled it, becoz he he'd promised.
But every mOrnin he wood lift up his voice
them letters never comm to relieve me Nv this
incubus?"
At last, one mornin, the letters come, in the
Louisville papers, and Bascom come over to
me happy ez though a great wait had been
lifted off him.
81 fill the bottle for the last time" sed he,
gaiy; "for 10! here be the letters"
took the papers and red the letters, and the
next mornin wuz promptly at bis bar with the
bottle.
III IL, L remarKt calmly.
"Not any," sed he. "Yoo hev the letters"
George Washington b." replied, ''yoo-
pomis wuz to keep this bottle filed, not only
till 1 he'd red The letters, BUT TILL I UNDERSTOOD
EN-. L hev bin applyin my intelleck to EN- Tor
ten hours, and ef l know from them letters
whether l am to talk Hard money or Soft,
Immejite Resumshen or perpetooal Postpone
ment. hope never to be Postmaster"
What did that perfius reich do? he tels-
graffed that very mite to both Tilden and Hen
dirk ez follers:
'Sbel Nasby, on the stump, advocate Hard
money or Soft? Auser to wuDst. Important
to save an innosent dimocrat from rooin."
And the apsers KUN prompt:
FROM TLDEN.
"Hard money Nv corse, but soften 1t a good
deel in the West Strike boldly, however, for
reform, and agin the Corrupsben of the Repub-
likin party. TILDEN.,
FROM HENDRIX.
soft money, Nv course, but harden 1t good
deel in the East. Strike boldly, however, for
reform, and agin the Corrupshen of the Repub-
lkin party. HENDRIX"
And so, hevin my instruksheus, he'd TO 20.
l shei, however, before l speek, get instruk-
shens from John Morrissey and Fernsndy
Wood ez to the best methods Nv bfingin about
reform, aud Nv tightln corrupshen in govern
mental matters PETROLEUM V. NAsBY.
(Which wants 10 be Postmaster.)