Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-08-20
NASBH.
From the Toledo Blade.1
CONFEORIT X ROADS,
(wich is in the State NV Kentucky

The Corners is blazU 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 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 a penshun the same ez
tho he he'd worn the bloc instid NV the
gray.
In less than minnit there wuz the
widest eggscitement the Corners hez
seen sense the surrender NV Lee. The
citizens gathered about Bascom's by |
the hundred, and ther wuz but one |
opinyun about it,
"Ef this crooel war is RELY over"
sed Captain McPelter, land the era of |
good feelin is reely goin to be inogger-
ated by the elecshun of Hancock, why |
continyoo these worn out distinkshunsP |
IF we understand the posishun NV the |
Dimocrisy, the late onpleasantnis wuz |
merely difference of opinyun between |
the two seckshun5, wich 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
wiseP We both fit for our noshuns, and
both wuz ekally mertorious. 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 | hev heerd
for yeers, and immeitly 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.
There wuz a rush like that NV a cir
cus-wagon. Every citizen Nv the Cor
ners he'd, immejitly strong recolleck-
shun NV hevin been in the Confedrit
servis, inclooding suthin like fifty wich
he'd sekoored pensions alreddy for serv-
isses in the Fedrel army.
Deekin Pogram filed petishun settin
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enlisted in the Confedrit servis, he he'd
contracted a severe roomatism BUSH
whackin Fedrel pikkits. doorin Gar
field invashun NV the sacred soil, and
was entitled to penshun on that skore.
Issaker Gavitt set forth that while he
he'd not sholdered his muskit in the
feeld, he spent six ronths in Injeany
assistin the Knights NV the Golden Cir
| IL in Yacictip drafts anH sinh and N
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,
I wich indulged in more foot races than
g any regiment in the Confederacy, and
also for organizin draft riots in Ohio.
/. Bascom claimed penshun on the
e score NV keepin his bar open late at mite
for the refreshment of Deekin Pogram
: and others on their return from BUSH
whackin.
Mahlon Petuts he'd actily served with
: Forrest, and participated in the mas
sacre at Fort Piller. To prove it he
t he'd the thigh-bone of nigger solier,
wich his sister (wich is a artist) he'd
carved with appropriate inscripshuns.
All the citizens nv the Corners, with
. the eggscepshun NV Pollock and Joe
: Bigler, rushed in, and they cum so fast
. that it was impossible to take their
names.
To simplify the matter, BascOm Sc
y tested that committee be appointed
s to file the claims, and that this com.
e nifty shood copy the tax list and for.
n rerd all the names onto it ez entitled to
II penshuns.
e There wuz immeiit dissent from
q this, for there wuz only ten or dozen
I. names on the tax list, and they wuz
). mostly radikels.
It Here my genius shone out.
n ave will not yoose the taX-list," sec
J. |, "but rather the poll-sheet NV the
4. last eleckshun. All that we permitted
J ]. to vote in this precinct may justly
II clame to be confederits, and we she
e git all wich is really entitled to consid
4 erashun."
e This sejestion wuz adoptid, and / an
p p bizzy at work maxim out their applica
o shens.
a, Two onpleasantnisis okkurred. San
Pettibone cum up to be enrolled for hi
:. penshun, and showed that he haC
n served in the 10th Alabama. wuz {
A. putin him down when Issaker Gayit
IS interfered.
e "Sam, you can't play that onto me, >
'P said Issaker. ''You did enlist in tht
TO 10th Alabama, but you desertid. f;
,e much ez l want to bring capitle to tn,
Of Corners the Yoonitid States amt agoil
Is to pay penshuns to a man which de
T. sertid the Confederacy in her hour u
I'd need"
m Sans name wuz immeiitly stricken
le off the role. There is a great deel u
le Spartan virchoo in the Corners.
{s Another trouble okkurred with Smit
n. Peyton. He come and claimed to he pu
le down or being entitled to a pehshun.
rv ~ "But YOU served in the Fedrel army,
it obiectid Issaker.
or "Troo," sed Smith, "but l deserts
IS. and hev votid the Dimekratik tikke
cd without a scratch, ever sence."
nv ns His case wus taken into consideration
he and it wuz finely decided that his nam
tn shood be entered With these trili
he excepshuns everything wus harmC
at nious.
IA l find that every citizen NV the Coz
he ners, eXceptin Pollock and Bigler wa
9eT in the Confedrit servis, either rs a az
no tooal soljer, or in sum- way engaged i
ok promotiNits interests. We shell insis
SS SSS to put us'on a complete equality wit
m the Fedrels, that these penshuns sh'
mt date back to the beginnin NV the wal
he and intrest shell be compounded froI
that date to this. Also that each on
all shell hev the same land-grants, and a
M the addshnel pay that the Fedre
se hev reserved. Likewise. ina
TO much or the Confedrit money wuzn
mo- good for nothin, that each Confedr
ye soljer shell receive pay for the entir
us time he wuz in the Confedrit seryi
the same or Fedrel soliers, with an az
.g- distinct allowance to make up for til
'es insuflishent rashens he reserved Will
ra- in the feeld.
nc nc, The effeck upon the Corners is mira,
mr. elous. Bascom is so certin Nv the elecl
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