The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-21
"rINAxcInn" p. v. Nasty on sILvEu
As Free silver Deprecated the sn-
IOOnkeeper Wntercd His whisky.
from the New York Post.


Ioonkeeper Wntercd Ills whisky.
From the New York Post.
A correspondent sends us the following
letter from Petroleum V. Nasty on the
silver question. which shows, In connec-
ton with recent events, that public opin-
ion in Kentucky has been greatly onlight-
ened since the year Of grace SIS:
Confedrit X Roads (Which is In the state
Of Kentucky. Jan. %, Is7S-I amt so Ger
tin that l want the silver bill 70 pass ez l
wuz. The fact IS. the thing don't work
81 ] sposed II wood and ] amt clear onto
It, There is suttle principles in these flnan-
cial questions which requires great dee
NV thought and there is underlying prin-
ciples wich a man has got TO understand
afore he is competent TO set hisself up ez
authority.
One thing am certain NV. our saloon
keeper Bascom, amt no inanseer nor
never will be, and ] told him so.
Wat is a finanseer?" asked he.
"a finanseer." sed /. assooming the look
of Danl Webster, rs man witch kin pay
his debts with nothin-a man wich kin git
suthin with nothln."
1.-THE Corners, then, is full Of hnan-
seers," he remarkt, bitterly, castin a
casual glance at his slate, wich wuz list
full enun to turn over and begin on the
tother side.
But he hezn't any NV the science Nv It. l
wuz argoong with him the other day in
favor NV my noshun Nv a lether currency.
tho l told him silver wuz much the same
thing, and, for example, l would assoom
that silver wuz TO be the currency NV the
fucher.
Nov. don't 700 see. Bascom. that ef
he'd twict ez much money l Good drink
a g. -
How much is twice nothin'?' wuz the
unfeelin answer Nv the tyrant who holds
the destinies NV the Corners in his hands
That's wot yoor capltle hez been ever
sence l knowd yer"
"Parson," sed he, II don't see what
earthly difference it's goin' to make
whether silver is currency or anything
else How are you a-goin' to git silver ef
It is made legal tender? FL silver waz ez
plenty ez bricks, wat hev you got to git
any NV it within"
Tru, G. w" wuz my anser; but can't
yu see that to hev silver wood relieve the
dettor class? Even now, afore 1t is legal
tender, it's only wuth % cents on the
dollar, and when the country is hoodid
rather SIGH Nv us hev property to raise
money on-kin pay Off
"Eggsactly So" retorts Bascom; you
kin pay me for the good honist likker NV
mine, w'ich you hev consoomed in coin
witch is less than the dollar yu promised.
All rite But look here-come in here all
NV yu. I want yu silver men to know
exactly wat yu are rushin' into"
And this feend led US into the bak room
that bak room wich contains the sub
sistence NV the Corners. There, in long
rows. wuz Bascom's stock. There, in bar
rils, piled one on top NV another, wuz the
delishus whisky NV Louisville, NV differ
ent ages, rangin' from that NV two weeks
old to that witch he'd jist left the still, and
was scarcely cold yit. There II lay, and cz
my eye ranged affekshunately over 1t I
felt eff l Good hev the drinkin NV all that
lkker l wood be content to lay down and
die when the last drop wuz gone
Bascom pinted to an immens tank witch
he he'd erected, within a few days, with
pipe running in from the roof
Il shant raise the price Nv llSker in
conscience NV bein' paid for It in a de-
preshiatid currency" said he
fel on Bascom's mex, In an extacy Nv
delite. while the others SHOUTED: "Rah for
Bascomv
&c. W." I remarkt. while teers suf-
foosed my eyes. Il never placed 700 much
below the angels, but this generous act
has histid W hundred per cent. in my