Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-07-29
COFEDRTT y ROAD, i
(Which is In the State NV Kentucky
July /. 1879


July !, 1879
Toledo Blade.l
The most intense GrceDbacker we hey,,
the Corners Is Sam Popman, the druggcr9,
SeeessiOnville. POpman does nothin from.
mornin till mite but devise tinaushal ,kc.m.
for the payment NV the nashnel Diet. wir,
ez lie hez never bin able % pay any nv bf,
own, he is entirely competent 10 do Tia
history NV Sam Popman > one uy the ,lI.
dcst that heL grown ont NV Sherman,
croocl policy.
I'm 1861 Sam POpman vas a drugg.r o..
Secess hunyillc, heavily in debt lle oyI
for his stock Nv drugs, and hc owd for tf.
cl0Za his wife wore, aud also Tor thcuN.el
adorned h.. person. So dc~pr.t was sam.
yooers forchoous IN c0usokcuc. u. hi.
predilerk,hm for boss races and Ir,g.
poker aud sich. thet he Scru>ly cou'emua-.
eel skippin 20 Texas, and cmbarku Iu Ola.
scnrally poplar aud alluz profitable n.lae,,
NV stCrlm hosscs ON Che NcNIhu border
The inhaShun ~ the currency rIl,es.pt
on expenses nv the war changed >mtY,r.
career lie found his stock uv drug, slfg
no twenty-five per cent. dly JDup
witch ne Owd for as the rate uN sis cents
pound. shot up 20 twenty, 10 thirty. t1rf.
kept ,hootin mp tin the little stock l. I.f
NV - 900 wuZ with $50 unu and ulmlt,.-
what hc bot, 10 went MP ON hi, haul, aaI
Samyooel found hiSSelf with 100000 l
No time
w course SmyOOcl to-wUnSt cpmmu<
10 live in a STYLE commensurate with bis
merm-. lie went and bilt Ju Jddi,uu -lHi,
house. putting ON two wings and au rAt.a-
Shun back, bildin. in fact. completely ar.m.
the old house. and putin another story ul
top Then hi, wife mmciitiy got twn hired
girls. and hi, two dawtcrs VIZ sent t.a
seminary In Louisville. Samyooe. .r U.,
own plczurc invested In q fast trotiu boss.
and fined the Kentucky Club bon LolI-..t
and played poker "a much o. Joe pI..,H.
and he plccscd 10 do good dccl uN d. D.
didn't make q partiklc uy difference iH-
every dollar as goods hc bot duua.. 90
hi> hands every day or two. Mrs. Fl.ma
utterly r,foo>cd to do any work ut ans
kind. and spent the hen Nv her time t-a
on dresses, witch she bot in Louisville .aI
takin excursions To that city - wear lU
1t was rather CORFU, time for The Pop
mans.
In 1873 Samyoocl di-kiycrcd that thrr
wuz a change. The war he'd bin over SUM
time, aud the Diet witch IL he'd cost l.i %
Dee padc. Samyool didn't see any Necessity
for pawn it 40 all. Samyoocl he'd lived 900.
all the profits hc had made By the rails, H
the yalyoo NV his goods. and Med gone ho'g
into reel estate. Uchcd bot a large amour.
uy lands. which he'd been going mp ..-' ,a.
same cz drugs. aud he he'd FOt en- J.. 1r
credit. IIc hcdut made any down p.g
mcnts, but in place Nv actual money .1"H
ON his moo purchases, he'd given mortgages
ON his house and store. and SiCh other reel
and personal property 81 he he'd. IL "or.
ricd him.
II the kcntry. under Shcrman'- ro0ur,
policy began 20 git down tO "a gold basis.
drugs began Ia drop l0 per cent. .a.
in~tid Nv raiSin -. and reel c>tat, UHnl-
mcn~t 90 fJllcr drugs and SIGH, with ir.'-,a.
accuracy The land witch he he'd lsrouitp
pay 81 900 a akcr for he couldn't sol. tIr
Slj, owing TO the fact that nobody Wln't
IL. and the quinine he he'd padc 900 ounce
for, dropped 10 - -. Consistently SAM
yoDcl wuz for>t ID succum, and Boz "W
Scoopcd.
The other drugger in cCc>>huny.icNlE
another kind NV q man. lie accIpti '.r
rise on his stock dooriu the war pcru. u
a Chr>tyun >pcrit uy tAaukiuiur~-. n.
hiycl. very kccr'uly, all the muuny b. m4le
him. lie lived in the same oil house '.r..
n 40. his wife coutiuurrcd iu % Curl>'t"u
way 20 bake her own buckwhrJt cIAr, ..
do her own wushiu. and he >ot Dol, &C.," ,.
70 hint agin fast hOsses and expensive .A-
kcrs And thi, wuZ wat worried Namynpel
When the turn cum. his oppo>i>hun hri
plenty az mummy IN the bank, and Dee m1r,-
eel down his goods with the same Chlli.s-
and Chri>tyuu spcrit that in loG2 embarked
cm up. llr,cd to hi>>clf. II he'd thr .r.-
m of the RISE viii take the cou>rsrH..,
as cine fall. blessed Dee thc name gt ..
Lord and he went right along lul ruu-H.
nrrrd ~ do bizncSs and prosper. W.i.. PIN.
sheriff was clo>in ont Samyanci l-
other druggcr never how!ed about .r.
times.
Smyoocl Pormau firmly believes '... b..
wuL destroyed by sherman, and / l-r.
with him. He'd sherman gone ou .->u.I
twenty millions uy grccuraN day. l.i
pawn en- out for hOsscs and mule, 4ai
army supplies, the grrcnbaN would ..t
continncrcd 90 20 up, and so wood SANE
voocl's drugs and his uut-lot> And ,I ..
Samyoor heel 90 do I'm them halcyou days
waZ To mark MP the prices Nv his goods
every mornin. he could hey continnrr- ''
keep his fast ho-.. and Mrs. Samyoopl c.'.
hcy continnrrcd % live in Looi>lil.c ..-
bot satin dresses Mr.. Samyoocl feels p
kecny. I'm the time before the pro>p'r.a>
dayS he wuZ contcutid with SOd-cOu N..~-
KEY and Stogv scars. but his appcrt.t. 81
attooucd To champagne ami Ha'mu3> ".
he finds it exceedingly difficult 10 20 Hl.>
To the simple arkadiln habits uy form
times Mrs Samyooel hez got her A..
out i'm cookin and sich, and she utterly ..-
fooses to 20 back 10 the habits w the u.l
times. aud consistently thar i troub. H
the Popmau household. The daWtcr> l.'
bin brot home from the seminary 10 LuH.--
vile. and they cast cOutOomcly on Their
father. witch mzu't mccns TO keep th.m
in the luXcry they heve bin for ten years
accustomed 10.
This is only one case in a Thousand
heren. Whcncer take my walks abroad
see men buStid and lecnin agIu lamp
posts. mOanin and ringn their hands H
di>pair They hey pa>ter lots witch i-.'
cut up into city lots. witch are grli"'l
CROWN up into hucklcbcrry pa>tcr- HnI
won't sell for nothin. They look into tI..I
old places nv biznis. whcr they used ''
chirp chccrfully cz they marked up ,h'
price NV their goods and wher tint iao-
nothin nv takin a ten dollar bin every day
for likker and cigars, bccOz they Good
afford il, and they see other men IN posses
sion workin mite and day 10 support Their
families i'm comfort, and these men u{
their room To Sherman. Ell do.
II is a crooel outrage. IL costs the GOV
eminent DOthin 10 print money. amt Their j.
no reason why il shood not hey KEEP oa
printin currency. Wat Is a government
forl Is II for the people! Is not SAN
yooel POpman one OF the people; Then
why shoOd the government cultivate 4