Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-08-25
from the Toledo Blade.
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NR. :AsEY WAITS FOR THE LETTERS OF TILDES
AND HENDRICKS-HE BECOMES \ BURDEN 70
DASC1N-HiS FINAL INSTRUCTIONS

hN- i-1-AsA NAA4S tNN TIE EA4Ehs VI 4lLUEN
AND HENDRICES-HE BECOMES \ BURDEN 70
BAScoN-His FINAL INSTRUCTIONS
CoNFEDERIT Y RoADs. wich l. IN the }
State OF l>sntncsF, AaE 7th. la76
There wuz wunst a doctor wich hel
bark wich wood either physic 0r puke,
accordin 5z be stript off the tree mp OF
down.
Like to this doctor i, Tilden aad Hendrix.
Reed tleT letters up and they are hard mon
ey phySlc-reed EN- down AMI thry are sJit
money yomick
The day | got back from the s.. Lo5is
Conyenshun.l .leommenstp preparin FOX stump
IN t01r for our sg.lent standari-blarers. l
borrowed an extra shirt, % tina: | Good hey
one, | borrowed valise 10 kerry it n
when | wCzl', speakin, and also 70 give me
standin al sich hotels Il the Committee
didn't bac0ms responsible for my board.
and BiSc0m completed my travlin outfit By
coairIbutin "A quar-: bottle Nv the newest,
10 be keTried in tie va.ise 70 beyOosed when
IN !okalltlos where the nessari.- Nv lie wGz
/ hard 90 come at.
Ez c0Odcnt g 0Gl Dstructin " the peO-
pie tIil knowoi wat my cadItates hleeyed
N. decided to val. TIL | got their letters
" gccept!nce. Did that lIkker stay In the
yalisc? Not auy. Ii wuz all gone the tu>,
day. and | went 10 Bl=con wi.h the empty
bottle tue next mornln.
"Fill it Up. Il. ". sd l. Il cant 20
til hev seen them ittterS.
When VII. they Gomez askt ne.
- To cay or to MORROW" SCI /
:" Yoo shood hev kept Wat yJo he'd till
the letters come sad he.
" BA-com." WIZ the response, " iiAksF
like vOors cannot be kept.
And len seem trouble ahead c5n.in-
yood ,-,
tie filed TIL them letters come. Ii Will Je
bus . lIttle while. and remember, Bascom,
voj sot the 500 ;hat IIlGen. the RctJrmer,
paid tor my vote at s.. Loois.
{" promise :" be groaned.
" And likewise. until hov read en- AMI
understood em, 20 thst shel not 60 cut ant
spout false Dun1crisy.
Il promise - he groaaed agin-
Day after day passed but no letters cane
But promptly every morning waz at BAs-
CONS with that bottle, which be grJaninly
filed Ga the thirtieth day he reiOOsed
pin; blank
&C. W" sed |. steruly, " remember
voor promise. may be called any mint.
[ Ii was the foolish virgins Wat he'd no lie 10
/ thcr lamps | am no foolish virgin tiil up
/ the lamp Tor | may be called tO-nlte.
/ And he filed 1t. beecz ne 1,d promised
I But every mCrain be wood Its up his
/ voice ez | come in. and howl. Grash1s
] heyens amt them letters never comm u
/ relieve me Nv this incubus
/ At last one mOrnin the letters come, IN
the Louisville papers. and Bisc1m come
over to me happy. ez though Il great wait
had bin lifted eff him.
Ifll the bottle for the last time. i
he caily, " for 10 here be the letters"
took the papers and red the letters, and
the next mornin wuz promptly at hiz oar
with the bottle.
- Fiji it ~ remarkt camly.
&" Not any" sed he. foO hoy the lei
ters -
1" George Washington b" | replied,
- yoor promise wuz TO keep this bottle filled
! not Only till he'd red the letters, Bur TILL
UNDERSTOOD EN- hev ben appiyin my IN
telleck TO EN- for ten hours. and ef know
from them letters whether | am to tals
Hard money or Soft, Immejte Resumpsher
or Perpetooal Pos;ponement. hope never
to be Postmaster.
Wat did that perfjus wretch do? Ill
telegraphed that very day to both Iildci
and Hendrix, ez tOlle!s:
sshel Nasty, on the stump, advoSsto Hard mon
ey or Soft, Answer 10 wunst. important, to saw
an innosent Democrat rom roOin
And the ansers come prompt;
PROM TfLDEy.
Hard money, NV course, but softer il -oo'
deal in the West strike boldly, however, !9r he
form. and azin the Corrupshen Nv .the kepuol ~
party. iiLDA''
FROM HEsDRlN
soft money, nv course, hut harden it a 200
deal in the East. Strike boldly, however, for ne
form, and sgin tho Corrupshen Nv tae hepuni I, ~
PARTY.
And 80, hevin my ins,rukshens, | he'd {
go. shel, however, before spees. get IN
strukshens from John MOrrissey and Fer
mandy Wood, oz 10 the best methods u
bringin about Reform. and Nv ightln cor
rupshen in governmental matters.
PErgoLEun " Massey,
Cwich wants 30 be Postmaster-)