Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-10-04
Nasty.
MIR. Nasty HEARS FROM MAINE AND I'M
PROVES HIS OPPORTUNITY.

Dimocrats hev swallered the Nashnels, O.
/ whether the NashneIs have swallered us
| There has bin swallerin', and the Republi
kin party hez lost its grip. We are happy
Els Nashnels we hev things eggsackly tt
SCOT us at the Corners and throughout thil
seckshun. We hev succeeded in insJitoot
in strikes in all the manufacture villages
in the seckshun, and hev all the workin
men out ov work and in consekent distress
at Factryville ther amt any more factry
at all, we burned it in the holy croosadt
Nv labor agin capital. In Plainville W.
hev all the mechanics and laborers on 6
Strike, witch he'd the delightful and cheeri1
effect Nv throwing every workman out
Nv work. Halleeloogy! They hev nothing
! to do now but to walk about the streets
day times and lissen to our speeches mites
And we are maxim it lively for the bloated
employers, 700 bet. When men are dis
trest they want remedy, and they'll take
moss any kind Of medicine.
To support EN-, we hey instituted pro-
vishnal bank, witch will do till the fiat mo-
ney is ishood. It's the same thing ez ssfiat''
money. I am President NV it, and Issa-
ker Gavitt is Cashier. Our money is sim
ply slip Nv paper onto which is printed
the sole inspirin words:
''THIs, IS A DOLLAR,
"Attest: PETROLEUM V. Massey,
President.
IssAKER GAvITr, CASHIER"
The only secoority that we felt waz nee
essary waz to pledge the sacred faith Nv
the Corners that it waz dollar.
swat is it to be redeemed in ?" queried
shoemaker to whom I offered it for a
pare Nv boots, first hev he'd for years.
"In nothin. It don't want to be re-
deemed it wood be to destroy it's life-giv-
ing principle. Any body kin ishoo money
with gold behind it to redeem it-yoor
troo fnanseer is he witch kin make money
witch don't want redeemin. All 700 hev
to do with this money is to keep it movin.
700 hump this bill onto yoor leather mer-
chant, and he'll hump it along on somebo-
dy else, and ez long ez 700 think it's dol
lar. why isn't it 20
He took it, tho it seemed to me he wuz-
MT convinst.
We amt bothered with it all, ez it amt
never to be redeemed, except that when
one bill wears out, the holder kin come
and git another in it's stead. We mite re-
tire a worn-out bill, but ez that wood con-
tract the currency, we don't think it is the
best thing to do. We want a volnme of
currency afoat ekal to the demands Nv
trade.
There was some trouble, for great ma
ny farmers didn't want to take it, and
Bascom kicked somewhat. But we he'd a
remedy for this, The labrin populashin
held meetin, and in the sacred coz Nv la
Der agin capitle notified the people that
any one which refoozed to take the money
at par. wood be to wunst hung. Under
this stimulus Bascom took it, but he i'm
mejitly advanced the price Nv llkker to
fifteen cents. and few hours after to
twenty-five.
We demonstrated with him about it, and
ne answered us:
''Ef there's going to be era Nv prosper
ity L am going to share in it. 700 kin
hev all the likker you want at 5 cents, old
mony, but eff I am compelled to take yoor
fiat money for Iikker, you can't dictate to
me the price shell ask, for that rests with
me e. free citizen Nv these Yoonited
States.''
am just man. I acknowledged the
strength Nv his posishun. All did waz
to walk over to the printin offs and order
another hundred thousand dollars struck
off, and put into cirkelashen to-wunst.
What we want is money enuff.
The effeck on the Corners was instanta-
neous. We never he'd SIGH era Nv pros
perity. Ez every man had all the money
he wanted, work was generally suspended,
and the people gave themselves wholly up
to enjoyment. Bascom did a tremendous
business, the storekeepers (all except that
cuss Pollock and Joe Bigler, who not only
refoozed to take the money, but refoozed to
be hung), did smashin business. Men
which never he'd dollar in their lives he'd
their pockets full, and ther is nothin but
the most cheerful prospek ahed Nv us.
When money kin be he'd by printing it wot
is to prevent everybody heving all they
need? Nothin. I shall print lot more
tomorrow.
PETR OLEUM V. Massey,
Reformer and Finanseer.
P. S. There is one little speck Nv trou-
BILE about our fiat money. Their amt no
farmer putin in any wheat, for they say
they don't keer about sweatin for this kind
of money, The bloated employers at Fac
tryville and Plainville hev consented to
advance the Wagis Nv Their employees eff