The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-07-18

The following letter Is reprinted from
the Toledo Blade of December, lS77
Confredrit X Roads,
CWich is in the state Nv Kentucky)
Dec. 2 1871
Ez as a matter of course, the Corners
Is impecunlous There never was a time
In the history of this place that 1t wuzn't
m thai. snte of fnanshel helth. The
dlsinolnhshen NV the people ITO labor
the porousnis NV the clay wfch requires
50 much likwid film and the loss NV
time resultln' makes 1t extremely dlfli-
cult for anything like accumulashen to
huppen, consekently borrerin Is the prin-
clpal Industrial pursoot, wich would be
wel enuff eff ther wuzn't amy payin. Payin
is wat blutes q man, and cripples his ener-
giles. Payin Is slowly hut shoorly un-
derminin the Corners, and sappin Its pros
perlty. / hate pay.n 1t robs O. dolur of
all It's delMe to know you hev got to
pay 1t agn after you hey spent 1t, Wat
[ shood like would be to hev dollars
wlch reprodloose e-rselves. Ef two dol
lars cood only marry and hev large
1lmiliesl THAT wood be sulthin like.
The silver DILL w.oh Bland is pushin
pleases us here for several reasons. the
Corners is largely composed OF the debtor
class. We are all in debit. That grasp.n
Shy;bck, Bascom, hez furnisht us the
neeesshries NV lfe these twenty years,
and hez kept on ''chargin Ut up, when W.
didn't pay, with the remorselis accoracX
NV q feend. He never Good get no mort
gage out NV me to secoor hisselt TOT
the reason that / don't happen TO hev
anything to mortgage, but he does noia
mortgages on Deelo.p Pograms place uhu
also on every other place In the VICINITY
for money lent and supplies turnisnt'
Wat happens? Why Bascom wants ms
pay. He sneerinly sez thar IL we uoh
expedt Ito pay wat do we drink furY Kin
| buy lil1lxer in Louisville, and sell i 10
yoo without pay" says he.
All! II Q only knows how pleasant ~
ia 20 drink and how unpleasant 1t Is
to nay he wood change his mind ABOUT H.
But There are very few large hearud men
N this world.
Baseom wunts his money, and Bascon
Is conseSently Shylock. lie IS op-
pressor, and a grinder OF the races NV
the people. We wood rise up IN our
wrath ana mob him, but alasl there amt
one Nv us wioh has credit enun Tor q
barl NV lllxlSer In Looisville, ana 30 we
hev to- endoor him.
Therefore when we heard OF bh-s silver
biznls we wuz rejo.ct. Ef silver Is mans
a legie tender, and Is only wuth w cents
on The dollar now, we hev at least res
Good ourselves from the grasp NV lhAs
mercenary cuss wich wants his money
ner cent wuth anyhow. And we are
sa,isfied II will 30 lower than that. When
Sharon and Jones and the silver miners
NV Nevady hev got things fixed SO that
they KIN pay wat they owe In their own
silver. they win hist " out to an extent
vi ch win make It ez cheap ez coca DC
wished. Then we win hev this yoosurer,
wlch holds destruckshen over us. Our
,nad--I am spealxin NV the other cptaEehs
now w.ch hev land-will go up ten times
In valyoo. Land w.ch is now wuth $AV
an acre win spin up TO s4OO-in silver
,and we will sell enuff 10 set wat we
owe Bascom, and we win load cart WIN
It and take II to that unmerciful cred
itor and compel him TO take u ana re-
leese us from his dom.nashen.
see In my minds eye Shat deer de-
rteful old saint, Dekln Pogram maxim q
deed fur two acres NV the hundred ana
Atty he hez That miserable grlndin Bas-
com tent him 81 900 four years ago. w-ch
hez hin runnin on interest ever sence.
and he hez a bar bill NV perhaps SSOO
more nrllin all perhaps 1880 wich this
Sayloclx holds agln him. There VIII De
spekIator from Looisvllie down 10 Sne
Corners abuy.n land
''Deekin wat VIII you ask me an aker
for two akers on the left side Nv yoot
placer" seq the spelSilator.
"Afirandy," fays the Deekin. wac 20