The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-11-07
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suppose that when we he'd ishood oai
Fis, money that onr troubles WIZ over.
suppose that when the Common Counse
Nv the Corners bed ishOod currency
based upon the good faith Nv the Corners
and he'd passed an ordinance mskiu il le
glo tender, that everything wood <,
along smoothly, and tba, the era ny pros
perils wich We hev al been lookin fol
wood immeiitly set in. Bat 1t dom
work with cuss. We he'd expected Il
+ be relieved nv our indebtednis 10 Pol
lock & Bigler, but unfortunately them
iIslurbers, with ioreste that is lcendish
hev persisteutly retoozed the Dimocrisy
Nv the Corners credit for many years, sC
that we don't owe them anything. And
Polockiremarked yishusly that ef we did
owe him anything he wood ez soon take
pay in fat money ez anything else be wua
likely TO git from US, ez be never expect
Id anything anyhow.
But we desdid TO git even with bin.
went into bis store, aud asked for pare
nv boots
All rite, sed Pollock, what kind Nv
money do You perpose TO pay IN? The
glorious fiat Nv the present, or the despis
ed greeaback nv the pasts
Sirl remsrkt impressively, an toe
patriotic not to assist in gittin our new
money into eirkelashnn. | sbel pay IN
fiat, NV wich | hev plenty, aud more d
comm.
All rite, perdoosin little strip OF Ieath
er, them is the boots.
Bat they is not boots, exclaimed.
Wat kin do with that strip nv leather?
Jist ez kin with yoor money. Yoo
say that piece nv paper 700 hey is money
Il say that piece nv leather is boots
Ny word is, | trust, e. good ez yoors.
And, with feendish atI, he told Joe
Bigler to keep all eve on me, and turned
around, sellin substanshel boots to mig
ger farmer wlch he'd Nashnel Bank notes
Sadly ] went over to Bascom's and
found there the entire Corners discussir
finanshel sitycoashen There wuz Dee.
kin Pogram, in his old famiIyeI chair
there wuz lssaker, lyin on his back on 9
round table that the citizens play keerd'
upon when it is aroused; and Capt
M'Pelter, ieanis against the bar,-al
sighin at the scarsity Nv money aud thu
deprest condishn Nv industry. 1t waz {
site hev seed thousand times, and il
meltid me. determined TO demonstrate
that ther wuz wan patriot that wood re
speck the laws nv his native place, and
accept her currency.
Gentlemen, sez, firmly, step up. Bas
com set 'em up.
Bascom he'd blu takiu our money for
some days, and he'd been 10 Louisville foI
likker. He sot ont the bottle with sar
donic grin that boded us no good. VIZ
each poured out the likker, however, and
placed the glasses to respective lips. lm
mejitly every man spittid the likwld ou
upon the floor. turned sick, tor | het
uncaw shusly swallowed little nv 1t.
IT wuz WATER! THE FIRST | HE'D rAs
TED FOR YEARS!
Wat does this mean, sirY askt fercely
Don't yoo like the whiskey? wuz BIZ
auser, ez he glsred fercely at me.
Like i'll Like i'll Why, it's water!
Bless yoor sole! replied Bascom, why
don't 700 sag it's wbiskeyf The mini
yoo sag it's whiskey, 1t is whiskey, VOC
say the paper yoo want TO pay me is dol
lar iist becoz yoo say it's dollar; ant
why In bloody thunder can't yoo make
whiskey out nv water by jist sayin in
whiskey? GENTLEMEN, THIS IS FfA1
WHsKEY; and it's the only kind kit
git with fiat money. When yoo git Il
paying ia the comfortable old groenback
or modest nicke, all rite. m give yof
the rcger old bowel scorchcr. But The
likker is goin 10 sssimmulatc 10 money.
lea ned that word in Louisville. Ef yoC
want 10 pay IN fiat money, VOC are goin
10 gil fiat likker 1T 900 Kin imagine i
piece NV paper with yoor stamp onto II j
dollar 700 mu-t Iikewise imagine thi'
dooid TO be good Iikker, and yiec versy.
Parson, this is aiI Soo will ever 2it will
yoor kind Nv money
Aud he leaned back agiu his bottles
with defiant air and we sank back ter
ri6ed
Where Il The end 10 beY | don't know
o, that Butler would carry Massachu
sets, aud git into power, so that his gen
ius Good solve the problem. Ef Bascou
repudiates the Gst money, il is all Owe
here.
PETRoLEM V Massey, Finanseer.