The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-08-26
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From the Toledo Blade.1
CONFEDRIr K ROADS,
twich is in the State Nv KentuckyJS
The Corners is blaze of eggscite-
ment. In the Louisville papers wich
wuz received here last week there cum
an account NV Confedrit soljer, wich,
ez soon ez he heerd Nv the nominashen
NV Hancock, and fully bleevin in his
eleckshun, immejitly filed his petishon
for a penshun.
The Confederit stated boldly in his
applicashen that he he'd never bin in
the servis NV the Yoonitid States. but
that he he'd served four yeers in the
Confederit army, and bleeved that he
wuz entitled to penshun the same ez
tho he he'd worn the bloc instid Nv the
gray.
In less than q minnit there wuz the
widest eggscitement the Corners hez
seen sense the surrender NV Lee. The
citizens gathered about Bascom's by
opinyun about it.
IF this crooel war is RELY over"
sed Captain McPelter, land the era of
SOOu ACCAAh 40 AOOAy SOAA w w iAOe56SA
ated by the elecshun of Hancock, why
continyoo these worn-out distinkshuns?
Eff we understand the posishun NV the
Dimocrisy, the late onpleasantnis wuz
merely a difference of opinyun between
the two seckshuns, witch led to armies
and sich. But ez neither side wuz con-
kered, and ez the war meant nothin at
all, all traces Nv it shood be immejitly
obliteratid. Ez men from the North
took up arms, the country pays them
penshuns. Now wat want to know is
why men from the South wich took up
arms shood not be paid penshuns like
wise? We both fit for our noshuns, and
both wuz ekally meritorious. 1t is
the dOoty NV reunited country to ce-
ment fraternal feelin, and how kin it be
done ez well ez by payin both sides PEN
shuns."
The speech wuz resolved with more
applause than any speech I hev heerd
for yeers, and immejitly it wuz resolved
that every man in the Corners wich
he'd served in the Confedrit armies
shood to wunst file hiz clame SO ez to
git in early. ia
There wuz a rush like that Nv cir
cus-wagon. Every citizen Nv the Cor
ners he'd, immejitly a strong recolleck-
shun NV hevin been in the Confedrit
sservis, inclooding suthin like fifty witch
he'd sekoored pensions alreddy for serv-
isses in the Fedrel army.
Deekin Pogram filed petishun settin
forth that while he wuz never reglerly
enlisted in the Confedrit servis, he he'd
| contracted a severe roomatism bush
whackin Fedrel pikkits. doorin Gar
| fields invashun nv the sacred soil, and
| Cd tn rrorohrrv, M, that gEnro
Issaker Gavitt set forth that while he
he'd not sholdered his muskit in the
| feeld, he spent six months in Injeany
assistin the Knights Nv the Golden Cir
kle in resistin drafts and sieh, and in
votin the Dimecratik tikkit, wich wuz
| NV more servis to the Confedracy than
ez tho he he'd reglerly enlisted.
put in my clame for three months
service with the Looisianer Pelikins,
| wich indulged in more foot races thar
| any regiment in the Confederacy, and
also for organizin draft riots in Ohio.
| Bascom claimed penshun on the
score Nv keepin his bar open late at mite
for the refreshment of Deekin Pogran
and others on their return from bush
| whackin.
| Mahlon Petuts he'd actily served with
Forrest, and participated in the mas
sacre at Fort Pller. To prove it be
he'd the thigh-bone of nigger solier
wich his sister (Which is a artist) he6
carved with appropriate inscripshuns
All the citizens nv the Corners, will
the eegscepshun NV Pollock and 10,
Bigler, rushed in, and they cum so fas
that it was impossible to take theil
names. ~ ~,
To simplify the matter, Bascom Sc
tested that committee be appointed
to file the claims, and that this com
nifty shood copy the tax list and for
rerd all the names onto it ez entitled t
penshuns.
There wuz immejit dissent from
this, for there wuz only ten or dozel
names on the tax list, and they wu
mostly radikels. a.r-
Here my genius shone out.
1--WE will not yoose the tax-list, set
I. "but rather the poll-sheet NV tn
last eleckshun. All that we permitted
to vote in this precinct may justl,
clame to be confederits, and we she
pit all wich is really entitled to consid
erashun."
| This sejestion wuz adoptid, and an
bizzy at work maxim out their applica
shens.
Two onpleasantnisis okkurred. San
Pettibone cum up to be enrolled for hi
penshun, and showed that he ha
served in the 10th Alabama. wuz
putin him down when Issaker Gavit
interfered.
..Sam, you can't play that onto me,
said Issaker. ''You did enlist in tn
10th Alabama, but you desertid. E
much ez want to bring capitle to tn
Corners the Yoonitid States amt agoi
to pay penshuns to q man which de
serlid the Confederacy in her hour u
need" ....
Sans name wuz immejitly stricke
off the role. There is great deel u
} Spertan virchoo in the Corners.
Another trouble okkurred with Smit
Peyton. He come and claimed to be pu
J down ez being entitled to pehshun.
s.But you served in the Fedrel army,
objectid Issaker. -
"Troo," sed Smith. ssbut deserti
and hev votid the Dimekratik tikke
without q scratch, ever sence.
His case wus taken into consideration
and it wuz finely decided that his nam
shood be entered. With these trifii
excepshuns everything wus harmt
nious.
1 find that every citizen NV the Coz
ners, exceptin Pollock and Bigler wu
: in the Confedrit servis. either as a az
, tooal soljer, or in sum way engaged i
promotin its interests. We shell insis
;; to put us on complete equality wit
the Fedrels, that these penshuns sh'
date back to the beginnin Nv the wal
, , and intrest shell be compounded frol
that date to this. Also that each on
shell hev the same land-grants, and a
, the addishnel pay that the Fedre
; hev reserved. Likewise. ina