The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-10-26

" x,iat Money -. Fsas Gossis.
xent into i,ss store and asked for 9 pare

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s sss;yss i rcmarkt innpressiy 9 am fs
80, nasr,otic not 10 assist in Citing our new
s 80 INFO csrkeiashunl. Ishcl pay In nat.
a witch I have plenty and more ascomin,.,ss
- An right" sed Pollock, perdoostn 81 III 7.
ale strip al leather. Them IL the Doots..s
3 q But they is not boots eXcia'me y;
Sss Wat kfn g. do with that str,p OF ieatner q
~ 3ist as much ez ] Kin with your money.
You sag shat piece Nv paper you nes y
nouey-i say that piece OF ieataer Is o ..H's
Nd with q feendtsh iaff he told Joe Big
lers n, keep an eye on me, aud turned around
sellin sukstasssbel boots to Niger farmer
who had nashnel- bank notes.
Sa,ir I went over TO Bascom's ana touna
*berr the entire Corners discussiu the imam
sl,el sitvooashun. There fwuz sDeektn fo'.
IRAN in his old familyer chair, there WIZ
TssaEer d tyin on his back on q roun d.taoie
fl,st fhe citizens play keerds upon when ls
ID aroused. and Captain. Mop elter leaDin
assnst The bar, all sighin at the scarsity Nv
money and the depTest condishn NV indus,
fry. It wuz site / hev seed thoasand
times, and il melted me. deter miuea 70
demonstrate that tber WIZ one patriot ,n nat
wood respeck the laws nv his naive pace
and accept her currency.
"Gentlemen," seq, nrsniy, seep up.
Bascom, set'em up."
Basco,n he'd bin takin' our money for
-eerne DAYS. and he'd bin to Louisville Tor
Iikker. He sot out the bottle with sar-
fjonsc grin that BODIED us no good. we
each poured out the Flikker, however, ana
placed the glasses to our respective hps;
i,nmeiifely every man -spitted the hkWia
ont anon the floor. / turned SICK, lot 1
he'd uncawshusly swallered little Nv II.
ITwuz WATER THE FIRST HE'D TASTED
FOR YEARS ~,
"Wat does this mean, sir 7" demanded
feerceiy. ., a.,
.anser ez he glared feercely at me.
alike ii I! Like il! Why, it's water"
/" Bless yoor SOLE" replied Baseom, "wby
don't VOC say it's whiskey9 The mint
VOC say it's whiskey, it IS whisky: 100
say the paper 700 want to pay me IN Is
dollar, list becoz 700 say it is dollar,
and why in bloody thunder can't VOC
make whiskey out NV water by just sayin
ifs wbiskey. GENTLEMEN, THIS is FIAT
WHIsKEY, and it's the only kind l kim
ojt with fiat money. When yoo cit to
nayin' in the comfortable old greenback,
or the modest nickel, all rite. I'll give
VOC the regler old howel-scorcher. But
the likker is goin' to assimilate to
the money. I learned that word in
louisville. Ell 700 want to pay in fiat
money 700 are goin' to git fat likker. Ef
VOC kin imagine peece Nv paper With
yoor stamp onto it is a dollar, 700 must
likewise imagine this flooid to De good i'k'
ker, and uice versy. Parson. this IS all .yoo
will ever git with yoor kind NV money"
And he leened back agin bis bottles with
q defiant air, and we sank back terrified.
Where is the end to be? j don't know.
Obi that Butler wood carry MASSACHUSETTS,.
and git into power, SO that his genius GOOD
solve the problem. Ef Bascom repudlates
the tat money it is. all over here.
PETROLEUM Y. Massey, Finanseer.