The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-08-08

The editorial head lay in suggestive near
ness 10 q phenomenal cabbage which some
eiated country subscriber had LETT upon
our table, and the editorial brain was doz-
ing over an unfinished struggle with the
nrfc e. OF grain A. affected by the charges for
tran sportafion. when the Man with Hob
br stepped in II the open ONCE door. he
was liffIe old man in long linen coat
turn ed back AZ the wrists, with blue eyes
ana broad. beaming face, fringed by thin
cray whiskers-a frosty sunrise sort Of face
Ind he carried over his shoulder an un-
blea ched cotton bag. His tread was SOFT,
but steady, and ~ he lowered his burden TO
the floor beside him, ne said IN pleasant
though slightly impetuous tone:
NY name q Joshua CraybiI; live IN
Burr Oak Bottom, where John Brown stay
ed the last night ne was In Kansas"
The editor had frequently heard Of MI.
Craybili, he said with yawn; bad once
made mention Of him. he believed. 10 the
meet aim He was also familiar with the
fact that Old Osawattomie had tarried over
night in Burr Oak Bottom on his way tn
Harper's Ferry. AN age ago, that seems"
added the editor, musing:
"YeS-shank you-yes,v said the little old
man, slipping into chair, and pushing the
hair from forehead sphered like that Of
Horace Greeley. "pd like 10 show you my
Classification Of Credit-my key 70 the solu-
ton Of the great financial probIem-and ex.
plain i y you, brieny,~ Auer : not no.,
ablnsn and touch Of urging sadness.
Then be DIRE forth from his cotton bag
nv pillow-ca@e," he called it-A large rOl
Of yellow oil-cIoth, which being spread out
displayed upon IT, creased and glaring sur
face series Of diagrams, a. joshua Cray
bin was pleased 10 term them, painted n
aggressive coIors and emphasized by sundrl
notices. quotations and caricatures. Thii
wa his Classification Of Credit, fgurativel!
repreSenfed--a bewiidering invention q
first glance. but yet having latent method
in it, tangled lines and H. gaudy, gr0tesqu'
emblcms. that raybiIl pointed out with con
fident fondness, and in the rather hurried
manner OF one impatient to bestow favor
There were three separate, but cognate
"piansu Ia the classification. The hrst M
named ''the ash-hcpper" plan, or banking
pyramid gpy- rsmid, the little old man pro
nounced iii, having NJ the bottom . brigh
round red spot labeled, "deyil's nest-egg.'
The next was ssthe store-boxv plan, o
banking upon bonds, shown BY square
with various queer inscriptions about Teen
traiizssion.v .monopoly,v ssepulchers,
and so on. The last was the "corn crib plan
Joshua Crsybil's hobby, shown also by
pyramid the insisted upon pr0n0uncing
pg.ramid). but pyramid standing upon u
natural and fixed base, and denoting. - d
dollar - opposed TO the rascally dollar''--
currency issued directly 70 the people upo
real estate mortgages, drawing nomins
rate OF interest, renewable At pleasure, an
TO be redeemed "only when the base cease
70 cover the ISSUE" he explained-"whic
will he neyerv he called out In a raise
and peremptory voice. while big exultan
smile oyerspread his face. and then b
stood gazing n the diagrams In rapt, oblivi
Gus silence.
The editor had given careful heed, bu
somehow he did not altogether comprchen
the corn-crib doctrine. People seldom al
at nrst-thc little old man innocently n