New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1878-11-03
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How His Fiat Money Worked.
CoNFEDRIT Y ROADS,
(which is in the state Nv Kentucky
OofObar TX 1879

How His Fiat Money Worked.
CoNFEDRIT Y ROADS, !
(which is in the state Nv Kentucky
October Is, 1878.
/ supposed that when we he'd ishood our
fat money that our troubles wuz over. l
supposed that when the Common Council
NV the Corners he'd ishood a currency
based upon the good faith Nv the Corners,
and he'd passed an ordinance maxim it
legle tender, that everything wood go
along smoothly, and that the era Nv pros
perity wich we hev all been lookin for
wood immejitly set in. But it won't work
with q cuss. We he'd expected to be re-
Iieved 1v our indebtednis to Pollock & Big
ler, but unfortunitly them disturbers, with
foresits that is feendish, hev persistently
refoosed the Democrisy NV the Corners
credit for many years, SO that we don't
owe them anything. And Pollock re-
marked vishusly that eff we did owe him
anything he wood ez soon take pay in fat
money tz anything else he wuz likely to
get from us, ez he never expected anything
anyhow. But we desired to get even with
him. went into his store and asked for
a pare nv boots.
"An rite" sed Pollock, "wat kind NV
money do 700 perpose 10 pay in-the
glorious fat nv the present, or the des-
pissed greenback nv the past ?"
"Sir," remarkt impressively, II am
too patriotic not to assist in Citing our
new money into cirkelashun. I shell pay
in fat, nv which / hev plenty, and more
q comm"
"All rite" sed Pollock, prodoosing
little strip of leather, "them is the boots.
But they is not boots" exclaimed.
"fWst kin do with that strip nv leather
''Jest ez much ez kin with yoor
money. You say that piece Of paper 700
Aev is money! say that piece Of leather
iRboots. Ny word is, / trust, ez good ez
yfors"
lAnd with a fsendish laff he told Joe
Sgler to keep an eye on me and turned
sund selling substanshel boots to
Y ger farmer wich he'd nashnel bank
Sadly ! went over to Bascom' and found
We the entire Corners discussin the
Nlshel sityooashen. There wuz Deacon
am in his old farnilyer chair; there
Wssaker a lyin on his back on a
liable that the citizens play keerds
when it is aroused, and Capt Nc.
ter Ienin aginst the bar, all sighin at
scarity nv money and the deprest
Ilishun nv industry. It wuz a site /
sed q thousand times, and it meltid
determined to demonstrate that
wv one patriot that would respeck |
a nv his native place, and accept |
ency.
smen," SEE, firmly, "step up |
set EN- up.
he'd bin takin our money for
IA knH lSv1 IN T oasfalvsila Fo
We sot out the bottle with al sar-
that BODIED US no good We
poured out the likker, however, and
ed the glasses to our respective lips. |
aeiitly every man spitted the ikWid |
upon the floor 1 turned sick, for |
(incaWshusly syallered little nv il.
was water! The first had tVsted |
years.
wat does this mean, sir ?" demanded |
icely.
Don't 700 like the whisky, ?" wuz his
answer, ez he glared feercely at me.
1 Like it | Like it Why, its water 70
BLESS yoor sole" replied Bascom,
is'why don't you sag its whisky? The
mint 700 say it's whisky it is whisky |
700 say the paper 700 want to pay me in |
Is Q dollar, list becoz 700 say it is dollar |
anu Way ~ NhdAeAOA JUL JOO |
make whisky out of water by jist saying
its whisky. Gentlemen, tins is fat |
whisky, and it's the only kind / kin git |
with fat money. When you git to payin |
in the comfortable old greenback, or the |
modest nickel, all rite. I'll give the reg
ular old bowel scorcher. But the Ikker
Is goin TO assimulate to the money.
learned that word in Louisville. Ell 700
want 10 pay in fat-money 700 are goin to
GIT fat hkker. Eff you kin imagine a
peece nv paper with yoor stamp onto it is
4 dollar, yon must likewise imagine this
fiopid to be good likker, and vice versy.
PaTBOn, this is all you will ever git with
your kind nv money"
And he leaned back agin his bottles
with defiant air, and we sank back ter
rifed.
Where is the end to be? I don't know.
oh, that Underwood carry MASSACHUSETTS,,
and git into power, so that his genius
Good solve the problem9 Eff Bascom re-
pudiates the fiRtmoney it is all over here.
PETROLEUM v. Massey, Finanseer.