The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-07-30
GOOD CROSSROADS LOGIC
An Old Letter From Petrclecm Mas
by Rdsurrected.
Cheap Money Wouldn't Buy More
HhiskeY. How Bascem Would
Equaiize Matters. The Corners
Gould Stand Diluted Cur.
rencY but Not Weak Liquor.
CONFEDERATE X ROADS
(Which is in the state of kentucky,


yer bill to pass OF wuz The fact is,
the thing don't work cz l s'posed it
wood, aud I ain t clear ON to it. There
is suttle principles in these finanshel
questions W 'ich requires great dcel NV
thought, and there is underlyin prin-
ciples wi ch man has got to understand
afore he is competent to set hissef up
OF authority.
One thing l am certain uv-Bascom
elnt no hnanseer, nor never will be,
and told him so.
wat Is q finanseer?" asked he
ga fnanseer, sed I, assoomin tho
look of Dan'l Webster, is man witch
kin pay his debts with nothin-e man
witch kin git gu;hin with nothin.
THE Corners, then is full of f1nan-
seers, he rcmarkt bitterly, castin
casual glance at his slate witch WIZ fist
full enutf to turn over and begin on the
S'other side.
But he hezn't any Nv the science nv
it. wuz argooin with him the other
day in favor Nv my noShun nv leather
currency, though l told him silver wua
much the same thing, and, for example,
/ would assoom that silver wuz to DO
Litc SulieAu5 NV VIZ IuCEcr.
Now, don't you SEQ, Basoom, that OF
he'd twict cz much money, Good
drink swiot az much whisky and pay
for it?"
How much is twice nothin?" WIZ
theanfeelin ansur NV the tyrant who
holds the destinies nv the Corners in his
hands. That's W at your capitle hez bin
ever senoe l knowd you
"Farson, sed he, II don't SEQ wat
earthly difference it's soin to mako
whether silver is currency or anything
else. How arc you a-goin to git silver Of
it is made legal tcnder? Eff silver wuz
es plenty NJ briclu, wat hcv you got to
git any Nv it within
"Troo, q. W." WIZ my anser,
but can't 700 see that to hey silver
wood relieve the dettor class? Even
now, aforo it is legal tender, it's only
with 90 cents ON the dollar, and when
the country is flooded with it it will 10
still lower Thon we, or rather SIGH nv
Us OF hev property to raise money on,
kin pay of. !"
Eggsactly so,' retorts Bascom
you kin pay me for the good, honist
hkker nv milne witch you hcv con
aoomed in coin witch is less than tho
dollar you promised. All rite. But look
hore--cone in here oil NV you. l want
you silver men 60 know e1actly w at Won
are ruei1in into. -
AND this fecnd led nR into)the back
Soom--that back rooru.w iich cortenes
the subsistence nv tho Corners. There.
IN long rows, VIM Basco,n's stock.
Ihere, In b2ETils, nled ono on top nv
another. WIZ the delishus whEaky nv
LoeisTilla, NV difierent ages, ranrin
from that nv two weeks old to that
w'lch hea 3ist left tho still and wuz
scarcely cold yit. There it lay, and ea
my eye ranged afeolslMnately over it
felt CT I Good hev the drinlia NV all
that h4iker wood be content to Law
down and die when the lust drop wuz
gone.
bascom p'inted TO an Immense tank
w'ich lie he'd erected within n few DAYS.
With Pipe runnin ia from the root.
Il shan'f raise the price NV likker in
consekenos uG bein paid for it in de.
pr.ehtatid qnirencyr' ned he
fell on RasooIn's neck in an extacy
NV dehte, while the others SHOUTED,
Rah for Bszcomr'
20. W." reinarkt, while teers suf-
soosaa my eyes, II never placed you
much below the angels, but this gener
Gus act has histid you hundred Der
eent In my estimashun. Bless Won. q
W., bless your'
Eat I'll toll you wat shell do. Do
you see that tank?" sed he.
May I ask wat that is forr'' I sed.
That tank will FIJI with ,rane water"
scd he The moment you git to payin
mo In silver l she'll take out NV eech NV
them barriis jist eggsactlyi three and
czetdnth gollons nv likker and fll IL
with water
"Mercifal hevings !" we an exclaimed,
land your hkker soweak nowl'
And when silver gits down to rs
cesiss on the dollar shei. cake out 25
pen cent nv whisky and fill her up with
70 per cant nv water, and SO on down.
Ef SILVER goes up, shell add whisky
esgsaotiy in proporshen In short, nv
WHISKY il Jist a-goin to fofler currency
and nothip shorter You felIcrs w'ioh
work for wagis may SWEET, brit 1 won Z. "
But you'll increase tho ,size nv your
glasees?" sed 1.
Not any. But'yon may sdrink twice
% many times to git tire same amour,
uv drunk es before bylpayin for eech
drink. -
And Basoonystalked 'hawtily back and
took his postshen beh2srdg1hs bar
trY,r II