The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-10-30
Nasty.
MR. NAsBY's LAST EXPERIENCE WITH
FIAT MONEY.
CONFEpRIT Y ROADS.


witch is in the State of Kentucsy,) :
October Is, 1878
The October eleckshuas aint ez
satisfactory ez they mite hev bin, bat
they will do. We hev lost Ohio and
Iowa, bus we hev gobbled IDjesny
and West Yirginny. The CRATE coz
Nv fnaGshel ~salyashen hez not q Wit
passed into q triumph. but it bezent
bin killed, witch is some comfort.
There is yit room for hope. Wheat
hez come down five cents a bushel in
conscience NV the dismal prospeck
that Their won't be no European war,
and that encourages us. The people
never did ascribs the low price Nv
perdoose to anything but the party
in power, snd this drop. ef it prOvi-
d~enshelly continyoos, will make votes
for Us, The price Nv perdoose con-
trolls a great deel more than anv one
hez auy idec nv. | hev knowd q
pr0videnshe bel potato rot TO elect q
Democratic member Nv CJngriS
lssakef Gavitt Is gregin dsiiy more
gloomy es the prosper Nv a gineral
European war diminishes.
It's %cro0el,' seq be, With q teer in
each eve. "No war in Europe. aud
I've got ten hogs wieh | wantid a
high price fur. This world is full Of
disappintmenls. | don't suppose pork
on foot will now be with more tnan
three cents a pound. Wat do hem
European cabiaits mean?'
But this is a diversion.
supposed that when We he'd ishood
our fit money tibet our troubles WIZ
over. | supposed hat when the
CJmmJu Counsel Nv The C)rgers hei
ishccd IL currency based pm the
g)cd faith Nv the CJraer-, add he'd
passed al ordinance maxim ii legle
tender, that everything wood g.
along smoothly, aud that the FRA Nv
prospect ' which We hey all been
iuoking fur wood ium-j tly SCI il
But il dln't work wa n GUS We
he'd tXptctid s, b. relieved az our ia
drhteduis to PyilJck 4 3 gler. but
uufDrtu lilly them dIsturosrs, viii a
fJresits that is lo5hdi7h. hrT p %rsis,-
emily fefu zsd the ntmrc.iy nv toe
Corner c ed Fl msuy yters, - that
We d3h't W them anything AGd
Poll0es remark d sishusly that IF we
did owe him anything he wood ez
soon take pay in Gss money u any
thing else be wuz likely u git from
Us, "a be never expec i'd anything
anyhow.
Bot We desidid to gin egeu with
him. went into bis store sad ask
ed for a pare Nv boots
"AlI rite" said PUll OK "sat kiud
Nv money do you perpose ~ p.y ia
the Curious fat NV the presen, or the
dsspised gleenback Nv the past?'
''5itl' irsmaFtt INCREASINGLY, Il
am too !ar;otic not % assist ia git.
ling cur new money iat eifk-lishu1.
sasi IA; 10 fat, Of which | bev
Rio"'s' osN nViS . Tof,tti
"Ail rite" sed PolI1ck, 2srdoosin
9 li;tis strip gy leather, Them is this
boots.1
But hey is uotboQ.s," eYclaim.
Wa kiq ! Do viii that tip Nv
lesthtr2'
"Jis. a much q Kin Silb your
money, YOg s'ij that PIECE Of paper
700 hes is money! say ibsi pie-'
Of leather il b0ots. IL -srd is, i
trust, ez god ,zyooss"
Add with q feendisb lsT be tod
Use Bigl.r to keep an eye On me Az
tGraoq sfoal9 ssllia s~ub4taBehel
hoots 10 9 niger lerme. Hish led
Nashnel Bank notes.
sadly ] went oyer to Rascom, $
AID found there the entire Corners
.discussia the Gaanshel sityooashen.
There wGz Deskin Pogrsm in his old
chair there wuZ Issaker a
Gu bis beck ca Il round table
that the citizens play keerds upon
when it is aroused, and.Capt. M'Pel-