The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-11-05
WHOLE NO. l47S.

oSFy, Two " his uIgger gals, anu He
to be his dawleFs, wich wuz likely
ez they he'd the Pogram nose, o
two pair, aud wen be lost EN-, be Sc
en- druv off South without panO
Ez be remarkt on that occasbun
wat Offence is it +? The- is more
comin.p
1t wuz a thrillin site. The Deeki
wuz playin with Slipry Jim Tedson
aud he'd lost every dollar be he'd il
the world, and also his watch snC
Dis double bIrreled shot gun Sliprl
jim sa; ther sardonic, restin secoo
on the solid toaadashen nv foar aces
The good Deekin he'd three king
and two queens. which auy ebrischel
wood consider good enuf to Pus &
mortgage oalO his house for
Slipry Jim bet $50 aud asked toe
good Deekin wat be wuz goia to d.
about it.
Il see it, sed the good old maD
"end go ye $50 better"
"WheF's yer stuff 2" asked jim
"Yoo kao, Deekin, never make
mouth bets"
Look here. Jim, sed the Deekin
81 amt got 40 more money handy
DO, We know them two gals, Libby
aad Sary Ther sin't two more Ike.
ls gals in The Csrners. aud in Me-
Orieens they is wuth three thousand
dollars ef hey is cent. I'll count
them gals at hat money aud check
sgin EN-"
"All rite, - sed jim, and al it they
went jim saw the Deokin's raiee
and went hundred better, and the
Deekin, foll uv faith 10 his king full,
KEEP on bettin till the gals wuz all N
the pot.
Then cum the chow down and ez
four aces sliuz lays over a king full,
SIipry Jim raked in the gals
The Deekin is gentleman aud ex-
csedingly punctilus, and wnen be
saw be wGz beet he sen for the gals
Tber mother cum with EN- aGd made
a fuss about tber bein lost at a game
Nv poker aud bein separated from EN-.
and minated that DO deeeut man
wood gamble off his own flesh and
blood, which jim resentid by kn0ckin
ter down, aud bus,lin her ouE uv the
door. The Deekin made our the bill
Wv sale and jim took me gals away
and they wuz never seen more 10 that
secksbu8. jim sold EN- 10 Noe Or
leens TO two young sri-tocrsss for 81,
009, wich the good Deesin esteemed
ez a personal complime'H 10 nisself
He wuz vexed, hoEes,r, when the
mother committid sooiside, which
made him luse three niggers "a that
one baud.
The Deekin bez1't that Fesorcs any
more. He loves 8 qnies game Nv po-
ker jiss ez we'll now ez ever, bl: alas.
in Bis deciiain yeers he heza't any az
bis his OWL children to stake 90 8
king fall. He hez got down TO the
ignouTiny uv plsyiu penny ante. aud
tnst indulgence Is altogether too ia
ireksa.
The niggers is workin, not for a.,
but for themselves. There are q doz
en- Nv Deekin Pcgram's posterity
wich are livin comfort, vile the Dee
kin hez not about him the price Nv q
drink We heV land, bat hev no Ia
Der TO work il, and consekently Bas-
com hez he'd to furnish hkker On
credit, and tAis hez gone on till be
hez g mortgage on every foot Nv land
owned by white men within 10 miles
Nv the Corners.
Our only releef is in more currea-
cy, and tina; is why We bal General
Butler eZ our patron saint IF the
Government wood ishoo e few hun
dred thousand dollars ~ greenbsx,
redeemsble in 1othiD, We Good git
out. That money wood git into cir
kelashen, il wood incurridge traffic,
il wood git down to us. it wood be
90 plenty that il wondent be worth
nuthin exeep. to pay debts with, wich
is wat we want 1t wood ems0sipate
Us from Bascom.
How easy enuT Deekin Pogram
hez SIX hundred and forty skers Nv
land, which is mortgsged to Bascom
tor the likker be hez consoomed since
toe war, say for i've thousand dollars.
That lsnd wood sell low for jist the
mortgage, sad leeve the Deekin out
onto The mercies Gy q cold world
Bu. suppose the Government should
Ishoo hundred miiyuDs, or a thons-
and mily lyuns-xe don't keer wieh-
and shood pay It cut for sll sorIs Nv
slsck-wstrin, snd Pacific Talerodes.
aud custom-hoGses, and lend il 70 ali
sorts uv people on no sesooriiy wat
ever, skkoroiR 20 our nosbuSs Nv ker-
rect finance, wat wood happen ? The
Corners wood be inandatid with
the good DeeEin's land wood
20 up TO q thousand dollars q sker,
and all the Deekln wood hev to do
wood be to sell ise akers and go to
Bsscom with his FIVE thousand nv
fat money, and be released from his
wuss than Egypshen thrsldom. Fire
akers, more or less, wood make no
diirense 10 the Deekin, for be never
works any CT it, anyway.
Wood it efeek Baseom! Not at
al. Uv course be wood PCT NJ the
price Nv drinks from she beggarly fTe
rents be gifts now to dollar, or I've
for FIVE dollars, and he wood be ez
well Of ez be is now. Ii wood work
hsppiuess ali around ez long eI ii ,ss-
It'd, wieb woed be Till We got cut Nv
debt. The next gsaersshun mite
suffer sum Inconvenience, bot ] amt
Iivin Tor the next genersshuu. The
aexE genersshun never did agtbin for
ne, and beside the next ge1erastun
kan repoodisse ef they don't want 70
pay
General Butler must be 70 us, in
this day aud genersshun va, he mig
gers WIZ sfore the war. He mus.
take the place Nv them niggrrs. and
furnish Us funds The Cross Roads
holds out its hands 20 Batier and de-
mands Gv hin Feleef.
Gresnbsx We must have We
want enui az en- 70 slack water Sc
cession Run TO make il nsvigsbse IN
the Winter. and to provide for pump
in wells on its banks 10 make il nav
sgable il the Summer. We want 3
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