The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-07-11
The Commune in fEe COrners-.-An At
tempt to Equaaizc Things by Al Bfyis-
ion Of PropertY-.-N0M IL Worked.

CoNFEDRIr Y ROADS (Which is the State Of
Kentucky, Jooly /, 1SI8.-The finanshel
condisn Wv the Corners is and hez bin ter
rible sencc the tyrant Linkin emansipated
our niggers, and tother tyrant Grant re-
foozed us the control OF the Frdrel patron
ace. The people saw that gradooally the
entire wealth NV the Corners WIZ cenlerin
in the hands Nv the bloatid monopolists,
Bascom and Pollock. Dascom was grad
ooallv absorbin all the capite NV the
Dimocrisy, for he dealt in the goods they
yoose, and our march to bcggary WuZ stiddy
and memorable. We cnodelt work, becoz
the native white Kentuckian is ayerse 10
work, and likker he must hcv. We kin
git on with very little bread, but likker
is prime necessity, and there is no eScal g
from it. And so, CT we wuZ perdoosln
nothin, and must live, Bascom he'd got
mortgages on all our property. and he WIZ
gradooaliy absorbin everything Nv yaloo.
witch we hev discussed between drinks for
yeers. And lately, ez Bascom hez aban-
doned the credit system, and insists upon
cash list before takin drink to prevent
mistakes and misunderstanding, we lev he'd
plenty of time to discuss these points.
The Communists NV Moo York solved The
problem for Us. The idee Nv d:vidin' up
all the property ekally, and abolishin' at one
sweep both the creditor and the debtor
class, NV heyin' everybody share ckelly not
only all the property, but the gains Nv biz
mis-, struck us ez precisely wat we wantid,
and we determined TO karry it into effect.
Deekin Pogram OBJECTED at first, for he sed
he didn't quite see why he shood give up
his farm; bnt showd him ez Bascom held
a mortgage onto it for more than it WIZ
wutb, that it wood, under the present nc
farious and oppressive system, inevitably
pass into his hands IN q few short months.
it woodent make any difference anyhow.
He consented, eZ did Issaker Gaytt. whose
mortgage falls due in month, and so did
Captain M'Pelter. witch heZ recently bor-
rowed a large sum tlg a Moo England IN
Shoorence company.
Bascom objected and Pollock obiectid,
and we felt it nessary to yoose force. We
organized, and after reSolvin that capital
wuz robbery, and whoever possessed more
wealth than any one else WIZ thief, we
moved onto Bascom and Pollock. BE and
Issaker Gavitt and Deekin Pogram wuz ar-
pintid committee to divide the property
up ekitably.
1t wuz very simple process. There
wuz eX actly four hundred present WITCH we
considered entitled to dividends, and all we
he'd to do WIZ to inventory their goods and
divide EN- up. And we did 1t.
Bascom he'd on hand eggsackly two barls
NV iikker, besides wat wuZ in the bottles on
the bar, witch the committee consomed to
support 'em dooring the division. This wuZ
eighty-iour gallons Nv likker, to be divided
into four hundred. In two barls there's
about six hundred and seventy-two pints,
witch made 4 trlt1e over pint and half to
each Communist. We divided it up, each
man Citing his pint and half, witch wuz
promptly drunk on the spot. For an hour
after the last drop disappeared the citizens
wuz enthusiastic over the idee, and COM
munism wuz Votid great success.
At Pollock'S we he'd more trouble. He
he'd about four hundred yards wv calico on
hand, witch we divided up, givln eech man
yard. There Wuz only two hundred pares
Nv shoes, SO eech one only got one shoe
apiece. The sugar and molasses didn't
do 'em very much good, ez it wuz wastia
largely in dIawin'. The woollen goods wuz
divided up like the calicos, and civ 'em
about yard apeece. The agricultural i'm
piements we divided up by rattle, ez Their
wuzn't plows enutf to go around, and we
coodent divide plow.
We got Bascom and Pollock communed
in about an hour, and the Corners post
poned dividing up the real estate till morn
in.
The citizens met at Bascom's early in the
mornin' to finish. The Deekin called upon
Bascom to set 'em up, ez he'd sold Il plough
Wich he he'd won at the division ny Pol
locks property to n Niger farmer for four
dollars, and he triumphantiy showed the
money, SO that Baseom shood hey no hest
tashen settin' NV it ont.
80 How kin set out likker,n answered CT.
wv 4, =. when / amt got none? 700 divided
II up yesterdy afternoon
6 But you Wuz pgoin' to hey fresh lot