The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-11-02
NASBY
His Last Experience With Fiat
Money.
CONFEDRIT Y ROADS,
I Wlch is in the State of Kentucky
October 20. 1878,

factery ez they mite hev bin, but
they will do. We hav lost Ohio and
Iowa, but we hev gObbled Inieanny
and West Virginny. The CRATE coz
NV tinanshel SalYashun, hez not pZ
yit passed into triumph, but it
hezn't bin killed, wich is some com
fort. There is yit room for hope.
Wheat hez come down five cents
bushel in conscience NV the dismal
prospeck that ther won't be no Euro
pean war, and that encourgis us.
The people never did ascribe the low
price of prodoose to anything bat the
party in power, and this drop, eff it
providenshelly continyoos will make
votes for us. The price of prodoosc
controls great deel more than any
one hez any idee NV. 1 hev knowd
a providenshel potato rot to elect Il
Democratic member Nv Congris.
Issaker Davitt is CROWN daily
more gloomy ez the prospeX NV
gineral European war diminishes,
It's crooe', =" sez he, with a tear in
each eye. "No war in Europe, and
pve got ten hogs Wich | wanted a
high price fur. This world is full of
disapp0intments. | don't suppose
pork on foot will now be wuth more
than three cents a pound. Wat do
them European cabinits mean ?'
But this is Il diversion.
81 supposed that when we had
ishood our fiat money that our
troubles Wuz over. l supposed that,
when the Common G unset of the
Corners had iShood currency based
upon the good faith NV the Corners,
and he'd passed an ordinance making
it legal tender, that everything wood
90 along smoothly, and that the era
NV prosperity Wich we hev all been
Iookin' for would immejitly set in.
But it wont work wuth a cuss. We
he'd expected to be relieved NV our
indebtedniS to Pollock & Bigler, but
unfortunitly them disturbers. with a
foresite that is feendIsh, hev persis-
'tently refoozed the Dimocrisy Nv
the Corners credit for many yeers, so
that we don't owe them anything.
And Pollock remarked vishuSly that
eff we did owe him anything he wood
ez soon take pay in fiat money ez
anything else he wuz likely to git
from us, ez he never expected any
thiag anyhow.
But we desided to git even with
him. | went into his store and ask
ed for pare ny boots.
"All rite" sed Pollock. "wat kind
NV money do 700 perpose to pay in
the glorious fiat NV the present or
the disposed greenback NV the past ?"
"Sir !" | remarkt impressively,
4 am too patriotic not to assist in
Citing our new money into cirkela-
shun. ! shall pay in fiat of which /
hev plenty and more a comin."
"All rite" sed Pollock, perdoosin
little strip of leather, "Them is the
boots"
"But they is not boots" l exclaim-
ed. swat kin ! do with that strip
NY leather?"
"Jist ez much ez l kin with your
money. You say that piece of paper
700 hey is money! say that piece
of leather is boots. My word is, l
trust, ez good ez yoors."
And with a feendish latf, he told
Joe Bigler to KEEP an eye on me, and
turned around seIlin substanshel
boots to a niger farmer wich had
Nashnel bank notes.
Sadly went over to Bascom's and
found there the entire Corners dis
cussion the finanshel sityooashen.
There was Deek:n Pogram in his old
familyer chair, there was Issaker Il
lyin on his back on a round table
that the citizens play keerds upon
when it is aroused, and Captain Nc
Pelter leanin against the bar, all
sighin at the scarsity NV money and
the deprest condishun Nv industry.
1t wuz site | hev seed a thousand
times, and it meltid me. deUer-
mined to demonstrate that there wuz
one patriot that wood respeck the
laws NV his native place, and accept
her currency.
"Gentlemen," l sez, firmly, "step
up, Bascom set EN- up"
Bascom he'd bin takin cur money
for some days, and he'd bin to Louis
vile for likker. lie sOt out the bot.
tie with a sardonic grin that boded
us no good. We each poured out the
likker, however, and placed the
glasses to our respective lips. I'm.
meiitly every man spitted the lik-
wild out upon the floor. | turned
sick, for | he'd unc Iwshushly swal-
lowed a little NV it.
1t wuz water the first ] he'd tasted
for years