Ellsworth American., 1878-09-26
Nasby and his Printing Press.
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~ Era 81 Prosperity ~ sAe Csr.ers.
CoNrEDERrT ROADS. }
WIch Is IN THE STATE Nv KENTUCKY.
Sept Is. 1878.

CoNrEDERrT ROADS.
WIcn Is IN THE STATE w kESTUCKY.
Sept. Is, 1875.
The norZe from Maine her reached the
corners and 1t hez encouraged Us, both ez
Nashuels and Dimocrats. IL dosen't make
a straw's difference TO me whether we the
Dlmocrsts hev swallered the Nashneis, or
whether the Nashnels hev swaiiered ".
There bez bin swslierin. and the Republi-
can party hez lost Its grip. We are happy.
To support EN-. we hev institootid pro-
vishnal bank. wich will do till the hat
money is ishood. It's the same thing ex
fiat" money. I am president Nv il and
Issaker Gavi,t l. CASHIER. Our money Is
simply a slip of paper onto wich Is printed
the sole inspirin' words:
"THIs Is A DOLLAR.
Attest PETROLEUM V. NAsBY President.
lssAKER GAvITT, Cashier"
The only secoority that we felt WIZ nee
essary wuZ to pledge the sacred faith Nv
the Corners that II was 4 dollar.
rs nasbnels, we hev things eggsactly To
SCOT Us at the Corners. and tbroue hout
this secAshun. We hev succeeded In iu-
sti,uting strikes in sll the msnutsoturin
villages In the seckshun, aud hcv all the
workmen out of work and In con>ekent
distress. At Fsctryville tbcr Amt any
more factry at all, for we burned II In the
holy croossde NV labor agin capital. In
Pisinville we b-v got all the mechanics
and laborers on n strike, wich he'd the
cheerin cfeck Nv THROWN every workman
out NV work Hslleeloogy, They hev
nothin To do now but walk about the
streets daytimes. and lissen to our speech
es mites. Aud We are ms> in II lively for
the blosted employers, 700 bet. when
men are distrest. they want n remedy. and
take most Any kind Nv medicine.
swat l. Il To be redeemed in?' queried
a shoe maker to whom | offered IL Tor a
pare Nv boots. the nrs, hev he'd for yeers.
In nolhin. IL don't want Ia be re-
deemed. To redeem Ii would be TO de-
stroy it, HE giving principle. Any body
kin ishoo money with gold behind IL TO
redeem it-yoor iroo inanceer Is he wich
Kin make money wich don't want redeem
In. All VOC hev to do with this money Is
TO keep 1t moovin. 700 hump this bill
onto yoor leather merchant. aud he'll
hump Il along on somebody else. and ex
long ez they think It's dollar. why Isn't
IL"
lie took 1t, tho IL seemed TO me he wuz-
Mt csuyinsi.
We amt bothered with IL at all. ez II ain I
never to be redeemed, except when one
bill wears out. the holder kin come and
git another in it, stead. We mite retire a
wornout bill. but as that wood contrac,
the currency. we don't think Il the best
thing to do. We want n volume Nv cur
rency afoat ckal to the demands of trade.
There wuz some trouble. for a great
many farmers didn't want to take Il. and
Bascom Kicked somewhat. bot We he'd a
remedy for this. Tue labrin populsshen u
L.. -..E. l..
Der agin capitle notified the people that
any one wich rcfooIed To take our money
NJ par wood be- io-wunsi hung. Under
This s'imu'u, Br-r"m took " bat he lrnnc-
july advanced the price uV hAAcI u hitrrn
cents. and few hours after To twenty-five
We demonstrated with him about H. aud
he answered us:
"Ef there's going to be- All era Nv pros
peijty attn going 10 share in L. loo Kin
hcv all the lisker 700 want at five cenis.
Old money, but ef I am compelled TO take
yoor nat msnsy Tor likker. 700 can't die
tate 10 me the price | shel ask. for tha,
rests with me ~ a free citizen NV these
loonited States.
am just man. | ackno~ ledged the
strength Nv his posI.hun. All lid wuI
10 walk over TO the printin of'i- and order
another hundred thousand dollars struck
/
Wa, We want i money enur
The effeck IN the Corners wuz instanta-
neous. We never he'd sich a era NV pros
perity. IL every man he'd all the money
he wsniid, work was generally suspc ndid,
and the people Civ theIrs.lyes up wholly
10 enjoyment. Bascom did a tremendous
businis, the storekecp-rs (AH except Pol
lock and Joe Blgler. who not only refooz.
ed 10 take the money, but rcroozed 10 be
hung done smashing business. Men
wioh never he'd . dollar tn their lives he'd
ther pocki,s full, aud ther Is nothln but
the most cheerful prospeck Ahcd NV US
When money Kin be he'd by printing II,
wat Is ,o prevent everybody hcvin all
they need: Noihin | shel print a lot
more tomorrow.
PETROLEUM V. NAsBr,
Reformer and YInAnse-r.
L. S-There is Que little speck Nv
trouble about our dat money Their sin't
no farmer putin in any wheat, for they
say they don't keer about sweAiin for this
Kind Nv money. The bloa,ii employers al
Fsciryylll- aud Plainville hey oonsinied 10
advance the ~sgis NV ther employees e.
they will take our money 10 pay. but the
mechanics swear they nus, he paid 10
Nashnel Bank notes. ef they work And
the most NV cm decided they won't work
al ali so long ez they kin get enuf oy Il AT
money TO live on. IL all very well now
but iher ought to be some work goin on.
We must hev legislation compeIlln NV em
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