Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1876-08-08
Nasty.
Mr.. Nasty Goes Into Indiana On .',.,
II ut.stou-.He Takes Issaksr ss'''
,,,th Him--Ths Mistakes tha' '"''
Nd. aud the Dire Result.

usn;suv but few days aud full Nv
,-'hia 7 kan't understand why life should
be such a conundrum-l cant un ..s
stand why things shodut go on WIN
more perfect looseness, ana au ea 49,,
as;t In short. why shoodn't everybody
s,cept the black Replikins. hev preciseiy
wa, thew want without all this truole ana
perplexity to git It. ,,h;n
Feelin il 10 DO my dooty TO do su'hin
/, tho interest NV "Tilden and Reform,
/ conclooded TO spend porshn NV the
money that John Morrissy left with me-
~ indooence in a lower county 10 inJes-
any. and 10 do it efectooaIly' 1 maus
neyfect preparashen beforehand anu
made SIGN arransements ez WOOD result
in the proper demonstrashen Nv Inc 800
,or;or;,v nv .Tildea and Reform, over
Hayes and Wheeler. .aod
Ez he'd TO do the speekin 1 intehueu
il TO be effective. wantid my "ol.
sbood count for the coz and be SEED mat
shood result in glorious harvest !"
November. .Ao,
hev alluz nolised that eli speaker
kin be interrupted at the rite llme' ahd
Of The fellar wat Interrupts happens 10
ask a question on witch the spehAei 70
perfectly pos,id, his prompt anser ANU anu,
mt the uuestioner or interrupter 10 hite'
and wins for The speaker the sy mp"'ny
of the people. l purposed 10 later Goose
a new lice in siumpin, by lakin Win tne
NV own interrupler. so that L cood DC
sure that the queries he shood put "oou
be SIGN lha, coad properly anser' ana
anser with etieck.
selected ez The questions | wanted
asked me, theSt-
Wat is the amount NV the nashene'
debit ~ o,
En- Linkin he'd been detected WOOD
,het debt hev bin incurred?
Wuz not the incuurrln Nv the ueOt
blessiu. pertikerlerIy ez 1t wuZ incurred
10 give freedom 10 &c. 900 niggerS
Is it not the wisest thing we KIN 10 10
oil down To a gold basis To wnnstT
Hadn't the western farmer ought LII
SWEET and scald To pay the debt NV Inc
eastern capitalist
wri, these questions all down and
arranged for the ansers. You see 'neJ
give me "A chance ei Good hev EN- ASKED
in order. to give the Repulikins sich
hidin ez they never he'd. IL give me AL
opportunity TO show that The DEBT "u|
made in the interest Nv abolIshunisu'
that eli the Repub!ikin party had never
succeeded there never wood heV ON no
debt, that 10 git back 10 gold wood rum
everybody, and that the Eastern BONO
holder wanted the Western iarmer to
pay the deb, anyway.
| decided TO lake Issaker Gavitt with
me TO act ez Republican Interrup,er. aud
I he'd to git him Up ez kepuolikin' IL
waz a hard job-the hardest l ever
undertook To change Cross Roads
Democrat into Republican /. task that
requires genius. but | undertook anu
succeeded 10 some extent; ! powdered
his nose, he'd him shaved. and put on
him q clean shirt. made him black
his boots. hevin first furnished HIM with
! a pair. and then pat on him decent
SCOT OF clothes. and made him wear em
about the Corners while till he got
yoosed TO em. and Good appeer easy In
EN-. Then took him and coached him
in the questions | wantid him 20 ask. l
he'd him repeat EN- over and over agin
till he he'd em by hart. and | told him
exactly where 10 my speech | waniid
him to git in with each one Nv EN-. L
repeetid my speech TO him dozen
times, and he'd him interrupt me with
his questions. or rather the questions
he'd prepared for him, and then made
the ansers, and instructed him in all the
minutia, even 10 his blushin when he sot
down discomtitid.
got him so we'll instructed that
battered my self shood go through with
Il W ct sheet aud flowin sale. and shood
accomplish big work Tor the party. |
LATED 10 think wat q good thing it wood be
TO hev Issaker dressedup ez Republican.
with his nose powdered. and To- hev him
ask me such questions eZ | Good anser-
askin EN- ez Republican. and me putin
him to utter shame
The iust mite spoke he'd it all ar
ranged. lssaker wuZ 10 set in The
awlence, and at the proper time in ali
Nv witch he WAS instructed. be wuz to
commence. It wnz a dig meetn, the
skool house wuz lull. and | hoped Tor
great things.
Alass Tor human expectashuns he'd
bin so bizzy drummin up the meetin
thro the day thet didn't watch lssaker.
and knew nothin Nv wat he WIZ dom
Till | saw him in his place in the awjence.
| commenced my speech. and hadn't go.
decently into the introducsheu-I think !
wuz dwe.ln onto the horrors Nv misse-
genashun-when up he got. Great
Heavens! He wuz ez drunk ez biled
o wi, and hedn't emmy more idee nv wut
ne wuz doom than 500 lnjun. Risin
10 his feet he sway ed around unstedily,
and remarked tibet he he'd question 10
ask. In agony, Tor | coodent help my
self, sed. "Ask it,"
"Ez n Republican" sed he
Tue awience all LATED for they knowed
by his nose that be wuz no Republican.
''Ez Republikin | want 10 know
whether debt witch wuz incurred 10
nominate Tilden, and bring abont the
blessins Nv Southern Coufedrisy.
oughtent to be paid by the bloated Dem
ocrasy Nv Moo York. witch nominated
Tilden and paid the likker bills Nv the
speaker on the platform. who owes me
Tor more than four yeers board, and
never paid for drink in his lie onless It
wuz mistake. and witch brot me here
to interrupt him, witch / swear l won't
onless he"-
"Sit down, you iiit." yelled, land
don't interrupt me when | am discussin
great constooshnel questions"
"Iiit yoorsell." yelled lssaker. ina
drunken rage. II come hear on yoor
account, and OF yoor expense 10 play
Republican and interrupt 700, and /
| taE