Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1881-02-10
NAsBY.
Nj. Nasby Makes SundFy and Divers Ae
acknowledgement.

| CONFRDRIT X ROADS,
tWich Is In the State Nv Kentucky,
January /, 1881.
Some time sence some friends in Illi-
nOy sent me a shirt. Bein but six
inches in length from the collar to the
eend Nv the tale, it wuznt NV any very,
great yootility, considered ez shirt.
Ez a token Nv remembrance it was O.
| perfect thing, but considered in the lite
Of shirt for wear, or for pawnin for
likker (Which is the yOOse / heV gin
orally put my shirts toy it Wuz fail
yOor
/ don't keer about hevin shirts pre-
sentid to me. Ez rOol / don't wear
em, and when / 90 into Republican
commoonities wher sich sooperfioOities
are considered nessary, / kin bOrror en-
of Nv clOze lines any time after twelve
at mite. ...=.
But Ikker, that is another thing.
People in the visinity Nv the Cross
Roads do leeve ther shirts out all mite,
30 a supply is alluz attainable. But I
never knoWd a man in this Visinity to
ever leeVe barl Nv whisky out over
mite, and consekentEy that hez to be
prokkoored otherwise.
A few days after reseevin that shirt,
got little box by mail, with the fol-
lowin letter:
OTTUMWA, Iowa, December2O
Petroleum " Nasby-I have been con-
| slant reader of your letters for some time, and
| as you stand greatly in need of ajug of whisky,
| ] take the opportunity Of sending you Jug
safe, subscribe myself. N. 9. CARLOS.
This wuz holler mockery. 1t wuz
a jug and wuz actilly filled with whisky,
but the Jug itself wuzn't bigger than a
thimble, and the likker it contained
wOodent heV made a drink for Tom
| Thum. drank it, however, but the
only effeck wuz to arOwse a slumberin
appetite, and make me insane for more,
wich Wuz wicked, ez Bascom positively
refoozes to give any credit whatever,
and heVn't seen a dollar sence Wuz
Votin for Hancock in Injeany.
But mercifel Providence interfered,
ez it alluz does. The very next day L
reserved the fOllerin letter:
CARN1, ILL.,, December q.
To Rev. Petroleum V. Nasby, Confederate K
Esteemed Friend-We, few of your admir-
ing friends here in Egypt, have read with
much pleasure and fully indOrse the observa-
tiOn made by you on receiving shirt, or what
purpOrted to be shirt, from some of your
friends up at Kinmundy. From your descrip-
tiOn we are led to believe that If this particu-
lar garment. or what purpOrts to be gar
ment, had been before Tom Hood when he
sung A." 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
gaFVira in hnnalf of TimG-h0nO ed and
batte-scarred old party. There is nothing
mean or small about US. We think we know
where to touch tender, sympathetic chord
in the Democratic heart. We send no super
tuous articles of food or of clothing. ours
is more substantial offering; something more
in harmony with Democratic IDEAS more
oOngental to Democratic tastes more palata-
BILE and tOOthsOme TO Democratic eplthets,
and something which the average Democrat
can always troll as a sweet mOrSel under his
tongue" In other words, accompanying this
we send you quantity of as good whisky as
ANYBODY need want. We do not stop to in-
Quire whether this liquor Is better or best, we
acknowledge no such distinction; ell liquor is
gOOd-tO Democrat This is Fishers stand
ard article, it is such as Democrats use here,
and we trust it will compare favorably with
BascOms favOrite brands. We part with il
somewhat reluctantly, but are cOnsOled by
the thought that you will do ample Justice to
We send this as our "Christmas gift to you,
the greatest Democratic leader and Chieftaln
of the age-and with it the wish that you may
have merry, jolly old time. Your admiring
friends,
FRANK FOSTER, w. H. JOHNSON,
H. E. CRAMER, GEORGE WEsTCROPT,
a, Y4E " TFTYa, FJS11.n JOHN H. sHoUP'
Accompanyin this was male keg.
Oh how eagerly opened it. / cord
not wait for a hammer, but l tore it
open with my hands. Enclosed within
wuz a jug, a two-galIon jug. Then
came sickenin thOt. Wuz this the
work of sum Ablishen feendsP Wuz
this Jug filed with water? Wuz it
gastly Joke? Nervin myself and feerin
the worst, pulled the cork. Halle
loogy! 1t wuz whisky, and the best 1
he9 soothed my bowels with for many
day. am livin on that likker, but it
is about out. Wood that that jug Wuz
like the Widder Cruse's oil. inexhaust-
ible. But it is ever thus. The pleasant
things of this life is evanescent. A jug
Nv likker is like frost afOre the sun, but
bile stays with you a month. 1t wuz
forchinit that it came in nale-keg.
He'd the corners knowed the contents
Nv that keg, it wood never hev reached
me. Sence Bascom hez dun away with
the credit system gallon jug Nv Ikker
is sufficient to perdOose riot.
Foilerin this comes this letter:
PHELPS, N. Y, December %, 1880.
Dear Sir: P. V. Nasty: l have MT the
honor of living in Illinois, but l am one of
your New York admirers. My aympathies are
aroused in your behalf, and as you are ex-
pecting "nale-keg" with jug in it, Itake
pleasure in sending you the keg, but it con-
tains Hard Cider-whisky not being in my
line. If a Democrat had manufactured it,
however. it might have been "AppIe jacks;
but as / am a Republican RechHbite, it is
"Apple Jelly" / trust you will accept it, and
find it so comforting and appetizing that
you will begin the new year Rechabite.
Hoping to hear from you soon, | remain
yours truly, @. L. BIGELOW.
The keg contained q large can NV
some kind NV compound called zap
pie jelly," the yoose NV wich don't
know. l took it over to Bascom's and
traded it for quart of his moo whisky,
and Mrs. Bascom yoosed it on her Ia
be. She sez it is a delightful thing TO
hev in the house, and she hez never
quit talkin about it. Ididn't dare tell
her it come from Moo York Yankee,
for she woodent hev yOOsed it, and she
spooses to-day it was made in Ken
.aeky. It don't make any diffrense. I
rot the quart, and so it was of some