The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-01-27
NnShy.
MIR. NAsBY MAKES sUNDRY AND
DIVERS ACKNowLEDGMENT
Confedrit X Roads,
witch isin the State NV Kentucky,) 7

| w lCH Is Ill Ile ioIuIe NV heHlUChl "
January /, 1881.
Some time since some friends in lii
noy sent me shirt. Bein but six in
ches in length from the collar to the
eend NV the tail, it wuzn't NV any
great yootility considered ez a shirt.
Ez a token Nv remembrance it wuz n
perfect thing, but considered in the
lite Nv ashirt for were, or for pownin
for likker (which is the yoose | hev
gineraIly put my shirt toJ, it wuz
failyoor.
i don't keer about hevin shirts pre-
sentid to me. Ez rOol don't wear
EN-, and when L go iuto Republican
cOmmOunities wher sick sooperfiooities
are considered nessary, l kin borrer
EN- off NV cioze lines any time after
twelve at mite.
People in the visinity Nv the CrOss-
Roads do leeve ther shirts out all mite.
so a supply is alluz attainable. But |
never knowed man in this visinnity
to every leeve bari Nv whisky out
over mite, and consetently that hez to
be prokkoored otherwise.
A few days after receevin that shirt
l got Il little box by mail, W ith the fol-
lowing letter:
OTTUMwA, Iowa, December 10.
Petroleum Y. NUsby.
l have been constant reader of
your letters for some time, and AS you
stand greately in need of a jug of
whisky. I take this opportunity of
sending you II jugtul for Christmas.
Hoping it will reach you safe, / sub.
cribe myself,
NJ. c. CARLOS.
This wuz holler mockery. 1t wuz
a jug and wuZ actilly filed with
whisky, but the jug itself wuzn't big
ger than thinble, and the likker it
contained woodent hev made Il drink
for Tom Thumb. / drank it. how
ever but the only effeck wuz TO arowse
slunIGerin appetite, and make me
insane for more, Wich WuZ wicked, eZ
Bascom positively reloozes to give any
credit watever, and | hevnt seen Il
dollar since | wuz rotin for Hancock
i'm Injeany.
But merciful Providence interrered
eZ it alluz does. The very next day l
reserved the follerin letter:
CANMI, ILL.,, Dec. 23d, 1881.
To ReU. PetrOieum y Nasty, Con-
.tederdte X Roads, KY:
ESTEEMED FRlEND:-We, a few of
your admiring friends here in Egypt
have read with much pleasure and
fully endorse the observation made by
you on receiving a shirt or what pur-
ported to be shirt, from some of your
friends up AT KInmundy. From des-
cription we are led to believe that il
this particular garment, or what pur-
ports To be garment, had been before
Tom Hood when he sung "the song of
the shirt he would have cut his tune
to short meter
We desire to furnish more material
token of our regard to you for your
distinguished services in behalf OF our
time hOn0red, battle Scared old party.
There is nothing mean nor snaIlabUut
us. We think we know where to
touch tender, sympathetic chord in
the Democratic heart. We send no
supel1iuOuS articles OF food or clothing.
oars is Il more substantial offering !;
something more in harmony with
Democratic ideas, more cungenial TO
Democratic tastes, more paIaIable and
toOthSome to Democratic epicures, and
something which the average Demo
crat can always '"roll a. Il sweet ni0rsul
under his tongue" In other words,
accompanying this we send you a
quantity of as good whisky as any
body need want. We do not stop to
inquire whether this liquor is better
or best; we acknowledge no such dis
tinctions; all liquor is good to Il
Democrat. This is Fishers standard
article; it is such as Democrats use
here, and we trust it will compare fa-
vorably with Bascon's favorite brands.
4, Al
but we are consoled by the thought
that you will do ample justice to it.
We send this as our "Chrstmas gift'
to you, The greatest Democratic leader
and chieftein OF the age-und with it
. he wish that you may have merry,
jolly old time.
Your admiring friends,
FRANK j. FOSTER, w. H. JOHNSON,
II. +. CRAMER, GEO. WESTCRoFT,
A. VAN TUTL, JNo SHoUp,
II. J. w. FISHER.
Accompanyin this was male keg.
not wait for Il hammer, but | tore it
open with my hands. Enclosed WITH
in wuz Jug, a two gallon Jug. Then
came sickenin th6t. Wiz this the
work NV sum Ablishen feends? Wuz
J
gastly joke? Nervin myself and feer-
in the worst, | pulled the cork. Hal
lelCogy! 1t wuz whisky, and the best
L hev soOthed my bowels with for
many day. L am livin on the iikker,
but it is about out Wood that that
jug wuZ like the Widder Cruse's oil,
But it is ever thus.
The pleasant things of this life is ev-
auescenJ a jug of likker is like frost
alore the sun, but bile stops with you
II month. 1t was iorchiniU that ii
came in II male keg. He'd the Corners
knowd the cUntentsuv the keg it wood
never hev rceched me. Sence Bascom
hez dun away with the credit system
IL gallon jug of likker is sufficient to
prodooSe a riot.
Follerin this comes this letter:
PHELPS, y. Y. Dec. 20, 1880.
P. V. NASBY-Dear Sir: l have not
the honor of living IN Illinois, but |
am one of your New York admirers
My sympathies are aroused in your
behalf, and us you are expecting
male key" with a jug in it, take
pleasure in sending you the key, but
it contains tiara Cider-whisky not
being in my line. Ii Democrat had
manufactured it, however, it might