Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1880-04-29

~ AfiNSAt ANA 49, 49, :
'he is opposed to Unlimited greeii-
bax; and wants to pay off the nashnel
debt t
"No Tilden!' shouted the entire
meetin yoonanimously. anybody
but Tilden.n 1'a4''ii' 'aE,
Deekin pogtani moved that it wuz
the sense NV the itieetin that Senator
Voorhees, nv Injeany was the prop
er man to bear the Dimecratic BAN
ner nv victory, and | was about to
put the moshun when that onmitti-
gated Gus, Joe Bigler, which is tor
inent, rose and sed he he'd a remark
to make before tho question wus pat.
"Are you aware, Josef, that this is
aDemekratik meetin," | remarkt.
"Hevin inventoried the noses NV
theiil in attendance. smelt ther breths
and gazed Oh ther clozes, am aware
this is a Dimekratic conyenshnn."
"Are you a Dimecrat josef
''Ez | am meditatin an entire re-
poodiashu n nv wat owe, and hev de-
termined to quit work and jine the
circle Of Bascom's, ] kin say am, or
at leest soon will be-"
Then | spose we shell hev to heer
wat You hev to say"
"Uv course you will. You gineraily
do heer wat 1 hev to say. What |
want to get at is this: The Corners
willrooi itself by supportin Yoor-
hees. How much does Parsin Nasby
owe the Corners.
Every man in the awjence riz to
his feet as eff by instink.
''He owes me ninety-six dollars!
yelled Deekin Pogram.
And me hundred and forty!'
ejakilated Issaker Gavitt.
And every man nv them statid the
mizible sum | owed him, till the ag-
gregate swelled to over Il thousand
dollars.
Do yoo want your money! sed
Josef f'
1--WE do! We do!' scd they in
korns. ~
my friends" continued he, 'Voor-
hees hez no money. Voorhees, hazn't t
a cent to buy a delegate with, and
wat earthly chance wood our esteem
ed friend hev to bring back anything
from the cOnvenshun eff he goes in
structed for Voorhees,? Uv course he
will he yoor delegate, and NV course
700 expect him to come bringing
shcayes. Friendsl of the Corners,
You don't want Vaprhees, ef you want
yoor money. YoS want man wich
h,z the disposition to buy, and the
money to buy WITH
wv course we dO-uy course We
do! D-u Voorhees," they all ex-
claimed.
"Gentlemen,' sed Josef, wat you
wants Tilden. Tilden hez Money
barls nv 1t. Tilden is patriot wicl
don't want any delegate to vote foi
him for nothin. That eminent patri
ot will be in Cincinnati with hi,
money. lie will hev his headquar
ters full NV it, and whose wants will
be permitted to plunge into that bar
elbow deep. Jtis Nv vital interest tc
the Corners that he be our nominee
And immejitly q half-dozen move(
that the name nv Tilden be substitu
ted for Voorhees,, and it wuz carried
yoonanimonsly.
Joseph Bigles then moved that hi
esteemed friend Nasty be the dele
gate, which wuz carried. ti ya.rs.
| was so grateful to Josef for this
that I actual come down from th,
chair and embraced him."
Hold on, sed Josef, ''go slow
Parson, | hev another moshun t,
make. I Imove also that q commit,
NV the Parsons creditors be appoin
ted to accompany him to Cincinnati
to see after gettin the money h,
brings it back with him. | do no
doubt the Parsons honesty, but
don't like tc expose him to tempta
shuh, Human nachur is week.
And this motion was carried, an,
Deekin Pogram, Issaker Gavitt, am
Capt. MPelter, was made sed com
nifty, and they waz instructed to re
ceive the money themselves, and t
divide it pro rata among MY credi
tors.
And the meetin adjourned. Jose
remarkin ez we left the house, ain
it wonderful, Deekin. how littl
: things inhooence great ones. Onl
: think nv it. possibly your vote Wi
nominate the great Tilden. "Spoos
you he'd never come to the Corners
J and never borrowed money, the oil
+, man mite never hev been President
: But don't know after all. You
e hev borrowed it somewhere else"
+ Iwish to Heaven that 10 Biglc
: wood die. Here | am forced to &
Y to Cincinnati, with tho certainty OF
t decent pile, and no good to M
t What good does it do to pay debts
D [ can't drink the likker over thu
e money paid for nor kin | eat IL
: meals over again. That is gone. b,
e | spose l. shell have to stand j
But all the same. ef they git tn;
: money / shall confess I hev falle
: into my dotage.
n 5s PETROLEUM V. NAsBY.
o delegate Elect