The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1876-09-08
PETROLEUM v. Nasty
'fAdeRss and Hendricks Letter
OfAcccptance.
COSFEDRIT Y ROADS.

ned q Dard wien wood either
physic or puke, according ez h,
stript off the tree up or down.
like to this doctor is Tilden anC
Hendrix. Reed ther letters VI
and they are hard money lphysic
reed EN- down, and they are sof
money vomick.
The day got back from the st
Loois Convenshun / commenst
preparin for a stumpin toor fOl
our gallant standard barers.
borrowed an extra shirt, so tha
| Good hev one; | borrowed a va
lliSe to kerry it in when | wuznt
speaking, and also to give me
standin at sich hotels ez the
Committee didn't becomeTespon
sible for my board, and Bascom
completed ny travelin outfit by
contributin a quart bottle NV The
newest, to be kerried in the va.
lise to be yeused when in lokali
ties where the uecessaries Of life
wuz hard to come at.
Ez coodent go out instructin
NV the people till | knowd wat
my candidates bleeved in, | de
cided to wait till got their let
ters NV acceptance.
Did that likker stay in the va
lise? Not any. 1t wuz all gone
the fust day, and | went to Bas-
com with the empty bottle the
next mornin.
"Fill it up, G. w." sed l. 81
cant go till | hey seen them let
ters."
"When will they Gomez" asked
he.
"To-d3y or tomorrow" sed /.
"Yoo shood hev kept wat 700
he'd till the letters come" sed he.
"Bascom," was the response,
''likker like yoors cannot be
kept
And then seenin trouble
ahead, | continyOod:
"Promise me that 700 will keep
this bottle filled till them letters
come. 1t will be but a little
while, and remember, Bascom,
yoo got the $400 that 1'ilden, the
Reformer, paid for my vote at St.
LOoiS."
II promise!" he groamed.
"And likewise, until | hev read
EN- and understood EN-, SO that |
shell not go out and spout false
Dimocrisy."
Il promise!' he groaned agin.
Day after day passed, but no
letters came. But promptly ev-
cry morning ! was at Bascom's
with that bottle, which he groani-
ly filled. On the thirtieth day he
reioosed pint blank.
Sc. w." sed |, sternly, ere
your promise. | may be
called any mint. 1t wuz foolish
virgins wat he'd no lie in ther
lamps. | am no foolish virgin.
the lamp, for l may be
called to-nite.,n
And he filled it, becoz he he'd
promised.
But every mornin he wood lift
up his voice ez | come in, an
howl "Grashus hevensI amt 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 thrugh 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 mOrnin wuz
promptly at hiz bar with the bot
Tia,
"Fill i'll" l remarkt, calmly.
"Not any" sed he. "Yoo hev
,he letters."
George Washington r." re
piled, "yoor promise was to keep
his bottle filed not only till l had
'ed the letters, BUT TILL UNDERSTOOD
EN-. ! hev beenapplying my in
.elleck to EN- for ten hours, and
# ! know from them letters
yhether | am to talk Hard money
IL Soft, immejite resumption or
,erpetooal postponement, | hope
lever to be Postmaster.,'
Wat did that perli,jus wretch do?
lie telegraphed that very day toI
10Th Tilden and Hendrix, ez fol |
ers:
"Shel Nasty, on the stump, ad-
iocata Hard money or Soft! An
ser to wunst. Important to save
IN innocent Dimocrat from roo
NJ
And the anser como prompt:
FROM TILDEN.
Hard money, NV course, but |
often it a good deal ip the vest
Strike boldly, howeyerfor reform
md agin the corrupshun NV the
Republican party. TlLDEN.n
FROM HENDR1N,
"Soft money, Nv course, but
harden it n good deal in the East.
strike boldly, however. for Re
orm, and agin the corrupshen Of
he Republican party. HENDRly."
And so hevin my instrukshens,
he'd TO go. shell, however, be.
ore / speek, get instrukshens
rom John Morrisscy and Fer.