The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-04-14
From the Toledo Btade.l
The Corners in the Absence of Mr..
Nasty, meet and Endorse the Presi-
dent. s.s.s. ~
CoNFEDRIT X ROADS, \
witch is in the State of kentucky :
March %, 1877.

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March %, 1877. J
Important business called me to a
neighborin village, and / wuz alb
sent from the Corners two days.
The biznis wuz, l may say, not alto
gether unconnectid with supply NV
shirts, DoOrin the campane for Til
den and Reform, wich hez endid SO
unhappiIy, my linin wuz wore out,
and | went out to seckshun Wher
they hev sich things, to bOrry three
or four, wich | did-off NV lines,
without hevin any preliminary con
vershun with them Nv whom ] bor-
rerd EN-. l shood hev preferred to
hev EN- dun up, but shirts a dryin
amt bad. l amt proud-the troo
Dimekrat skorns starch. Wood that
we Good go back to a state NV nacher,
in wich shirts is onnessary. Eff we
didn't heV to hev shirts and sich,
there wood be more for likker.
When the cats away the mice will
play. Smite the shepherd and the
sheep will be shattered. ScaseIy had
turned my back onto the Corners
afore Pollock and Joe Bigler got at
the people, and they capcherd Bas-
com. Capeherin Bascom they he'd
the rest NV EN-.
They red to the Corners the inog-
geral of the Hooserper Hayes, and
explained to EN- wat the polisy NV
that arch conspirator wuza goin to
be. They red over a list of his Cab
met, dWelin espeshly on his appint-
ment NV that runnygade. Key, and
tole EN- that he wuz a goin to run
the Government in the intrest of the
whole country, and not of any seek
shun, and that the time he'd come for
the lion and the lam to lie down to-
gether, and that the little child wuz
in trainin to Iced EN-.
And blest eff they didn't git EN-
imprest, and they showd Bascom
that it wood be better for the Cor
ners eff the old fpelin wuz done away
with entirely, that the two parties
shood dwell in yoOnity, ana instid
of Wastin their strength a cOntendin
with each other shood eXpend it a
maxim suthin of the place.
| arrived at about seven O'Clock in
the evenin and went, eX Wuz material
strate to BascOm's. | felt well. My
eXpedishen he'd provd a success, for
| got not only more shirts than any
Reform leeder in Kentucky ought to
hev, but L he'd also prnkoored sum
soX and pare of boots wich wuz
standin convenient outside door.
"Wher is G. w. ?'' | asked of Mrs.
Bascom, who wuz in the bar.
"Ther is Il meetin at the church,
and Bascom is there"
"a meetin at the church? Who
dares to call meetin in my abb
sence?"
And feerin evil | fastened over to
the meetin house.
1t wuz harrowin site my eyes
rested onto. There on the platform
sot Pollock, the nigger postmaster,
NJ M'Pelter, Issaker Gavitt, sevrel
more niggers, Bascom, another mig.
ger, and-the Deekin. Joe. Bigler
wuz standing up and reedin from
a paper.
"Wat is this ?" Ishreeked. "Bas-
com, M'Pelter, Issaker, and ct tn
Btoot,-the Deekin with them Radi-
kels! Wat does this meen 2"
1.-The Gentleman will take his seat.
and keep quiet; while L reed these
resolooshens," returned Joe, and he
red em:-
WAREAs, the country hez bin ken
in hot water for about fifteen years,
and
WAREAs, Hot water amt the
most c. mfortable thing in the world
for the fish that is in it, eff they hev
bin accustomed to cold, and
WAREAs, Ez President Hayes an
pears to be tryin the best he knows
how to settle things on a proper ba.
sis, and in sich way ez to do iestis
to every one, and injestic to none,
therefore be it
ReSolred, That the Corners, recog-
Min the good intenshuns of the
President and his advisers, pledges
itself to stand by him, without re-
gard to former party affilaShens, and
to do wat we kin to bring about the
era of good feelin.
ResolUed, That from this time out
all the bitternis of the past shell be
buried in the Corners, that every
man will recognize every other man
ez citizen, all hevin ekal rites, in
lie, liberty and the pursoot of suthin
to eat
"And drink" sejested Bascom.
And that all the divisions on po-
litikle questions shel Geese ontil
things hev settled, and suthin occurs
to divide us a more material way.
Resolved, That
i 80. 4 d.