The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-09-18
NASBY AS AN ORACLE.
The Ex-POstmaster DevOtes Few Min.
utes to Answering Questions OF
Correspondents.
from the Toledo Blade.l
tONI n thpos
(Which is in the State NV Kentucky, 7

IfrOm the TOLEDO BladeI
CoNFEDRIT 6oADs,
CWich Is in the State NV Kentucky,
Aug. n, 1884
Ihev received sum thousands of letters from
my Dimocratic friends from all parts NV the
kentry, witch, ez i cannot find time, or postage
stamps, TO answer persnely. do thro the me-
jun Nv the publik press.
/ wood seiest that Dimocrats witch git Their
trends 20 write me queries on politike matters
shood enclose a stamp or two To enshoor an
early reply. Bascom don't use stamps, but he
kim sell EN- to Pollock, and Biger, and the iron
mill over on the Run, and he seq he Will take
EN- NV me tur drinks, fur to go to the trubble nv
turnin Nv EN- into money is better than TO
charge up watI consoom. Hereafter no letter
will be answered witch does not contane at least
one scent stamp. kin yootilize EN-, as Bascom
hez agreed 10 make one 5-center the price NV
one sustaner, layin down the stamp list aiore
he sets out the bottle, to prevent mistakes Mr.
Bascom hez a strong desire 10 sell his hkker,
but he lacks faith in hooman nacher.
He wants cash afore he sets the bottle out,
witch is generally inconvenient, es the man who
hez the lyeliest thirst is the denticle Teller wat
never hez the cash. Thirst and cash seldom
IL comes alike to him witch kin pay for asswag-
ers and him witch can not. Credit is the main
stay of indivijjles well or NV States But
Bascom is not politikle economist ana don
understand the principles NV things.
But TO my answers
Young Dimocrat, Poseyville, Injeany; Fur
Jim Blame 10 have his son go about Vlsitln
Boards of Trade, and SIGH, and gittin his name
into the newspapers, is takin unfair advantage
of our noble standard barer, ex-sherli Cieve,
land. IL Is not shivelrous. Grover Cleveland
hez a son. IL is troo, that is, he Is PERSONNEL TO
hev wun, though he SEE 1t isn't certain precisely,
ez witch NV the four its father RELY wuZ Any
how, Sheriff Cleveland son isn't NV that per~
tikeler kind the father NV witch would keer to
hev goin about the kentry claimn TO be
his son, OWN to the unforchnit circum-
stance that he wuZ born when ex-Sherlf1
Cleveland wuz giddy, wild yooth NV only AZ
summers and about the same number NV very
hard minters, and he wuZnt perclsely married
l.. H. DAxr QFd
Beecher doesn't mind little thing like that,
and, in the interest NV purity ignores 1t, but he
isn't eggsactly quotable authority on SIGH delikit
matters He knows how IL Is himself, and his
word don't count While eX-Shertn Cleveland
ia undoubtedly innocent in this matter, Marian
Halpin is undoubtedly guilty. Apply TO this
case the same rool that Plymouth Church did TO
Stump-speaker, Smithville, Injeany: From
wat i know NV the kentry 700 live in, shood
advocate Tariff Reform, with decided leen1n
to Perteckshun. think 700 hev coal in your
visinity, and that yoor voters are largely inter-
estid in manufaktrn Ef 1 am kerrect that Is
wat 700 want to do. Eff, on the other hand, /
am not kerrect, and 700 are purely agricultrel
and yoor people are not pertikerly intelligent
insist that Dimocrisy means tariff reform with
decided leenin toward free trade. 700 know
wat yoor people want Constroo the platform
to SCOT en- The platform wuz made TO be con-
strood; constructed, in fact. so that Henry Wat
terson and Sam Randall kin both stand on it,
j. L., =, Missoory: wat part NV hissoory
are 700 in? Ell 700 are in a seceshn naberhood
insis. that Hendrix wuZ out and out secesh-
mist, and reed his speeches durin the war &c
yoor awjinces. IF 700 are in Yankee naber-
hood, insist that he wuZ merely an upholder Nv
the constooshnel rites nv the South, but he wui
ez loyal ez anybody, only differin with the bees
Linkin ez to methods. Whether 700 reed bi'
speeches doorin the war TO your awjinces or not
depends entirely on the kind NV people 700 are
talkin 10. However, insist upon reform strenu
ously.
strikt Purity, Kokomo, Injeany: Ex-Sherif
Cleveland hez no past but Marian Halpin. His
record is boy of about IL yeers nv age, wicf
his name il is Oscar Folsom Cleveland EX-
Sheriff Cleveland wuZ thotlis yooth NV 4.
yeers ge when this happened, it bein one ny
the pardonable excuses NV a mere boy SOWING
his wild oats Pay no attenshun TO the ex.
Sherif's past. In fact. amt shoor but wat ii
wood be well to assert hat he never wuz Dim
Ocrat In most seckshuns NV the kentry that
wood be to his credit. and wood go CRATE way
toward inspiring confidence in him. / wunst
knowd a man wich he'd too much respect foI
his wife TO ever stay at home. Let us be ekally
magnanimous to ex-Sheriff Cleveland. He is
comparatively moo, and Their amt no yoose In
saddlin cur record onto him.
Persnel Liberty: Read eX-Sherif Cleveland
letter Nv acceptance and 700 will be satisfied.
The question NV likker don't properly enter into
this campane, but the ex-Sherif hez put himself
on record ez intiexibly in favor NV everything in
the way nv free whisky everywhere Urge this
in the VIII sky shops and beer sloons, but say
nothin about it anywhere else
Fiat Money, Cass, Pa. The possishen NV the
Dimocrsy on the money question is the same ca
on the tariff. IF You will tell me wat yooI
voters want will answer definitely. shood
ledge from your letter that 700 bleeve in fiat
money. NJ | am right then hev to saw that
the Dimocrisy holds that dollar Is anything
700 choose to call dollar. Paper makes perhaps
the best dollars beGoz printing Is now very
for money, kin now be he'd for about l6 cents q
pound. All we want is for the Government &c
buy paper and print onto It this Is dollar,
with the cut NV dog watchin safe TO inspire
confidence, and then pass law compellr
people to take 1t for dollar, and thar you are
Manufacturer Westerly, r. l.; The Dimoc.
Money means wat the world recognizes el
money, gold and silver. To print this is
dollar" onto piece NV paper don't make it Q
dollar, even though you put onto 1t q cut uN
a dog watchin safe. The printed dog and safe
amt no more reel dog and safe than the paper
dollar is reel dollar The Dimocrisy Is FOL
honest money.
Honest Count" Ashtabula, Ohio The Di
mocrisy will insist that the colored voter il
Mississippy shell hev the same rites at the poles
ez his white brethren, Dimocrsy will pertek
the rites NV ALL under the Constotooshen, with
out regard to race, color, or previous condishr
NV servitood. That's what Dimocrisy will do
The safety the colored man depends ontC
the eleckshun NV Cleveland.
Shotgun, Danville. Virginny: Wv course al
inferior race should not be permitted to exercise
proud Cawcashn. However, while your cours,
NV KILN niggers to pervent ther takin charg,
NV 700 is kerrect, II wood perhaps be polisy z
restrain yourselves till the mornin NV the eleck
shun, so that the report NV your shotguns shoot
not be heerd north afore the poles wuz CLOSED
and the postoffises be sekoored. Be we ez wis
ez serpents, eff we don't jist take to the dow
racket.
Indignant Independent Republican, Bustville
Mass. The President hez the appointin Nv post
masters. and the refoozle Nv the Republican part.
to give VOC the offs in your village wuz, maxi
no doubt an outrage After Cleveland Is electe'
Twill remember your name and address U
course you cannot support an impure man TO
President Put in your best ticks for Cleveland
hev many more to answer, but will reserv
them for fucher occasions. My correspondent
will not forget to enclose stamps. Silver kin q
by mail, but stamps will answer Bascom, ez
sed, heyin agreed TO take EN- NV me across hi
bar PETROLEUM V. NASBY INSTRUCTOR.