Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-08-08

amt So certain that want tho sill.
yer bill u pass ~ | wuz, The fact is.
the thing don't work ~ | S'pnscd il
wood and amt clear ON to il, There
is Suttlr principles in these tinanshel
questions w ch requires n great tlecl NV
Thought, and there is uudcrlyin prin-
riplrS W 'ich man has got to understand
atorc he is competent to set hSSelf up
~ authority,
One thing | am certain uv--BaScom
amt no tiuanSeor, nor never will be.
and told him So,
"W'at is n tlnanScer?" asked he,
"A tiuanSeer," sod l, assoomiu tho
look of Dml Webster, lis man W 'ich
kin pay his debts with nothin--a man
witch kin git Suthin with nothin, "
Tho Corners, then, is full Of tinan-
SocrS, hn remarkt bitterly. caStin u
casual glance Mt his slate witch wua list
full cmtr to turn over and begin ON tho
t'othcr side
But he hcZu't any NV the science nv
it. | wuE argooin with him tho other
day III favor NV my noShun NV u leather
currency, though | told him silver wug
much the same thing and for example.
| would aSSoom that silver wuA to ho
tho currency nv the fuchcr.
Nov, don't You SOC, BaSconl, that cf
| he'd twict w much money, l Good
drink twiot ~ much whisky and pay
for it,"
GLOW much is twice nothing" VIVA
tho unfcclin ansor NV tho tyrant who
holds tho dostines nv tho Corners in his
hands THAT 'sw ut your capitle hez bin
ever Scncn knowd You. "
PEARSON, sod ho, II don't SEQ wat
earthly difference it's goin to make
whether silver is currency or anything
olSc, How arc You agoin to git silver of
it is made loyal tendory Ef silver wuz
oz plenty ~ bricks, wat hev you got to
git any NV it WITH"
"Troo, G. W, )" wua my nnser,
"hut can't 700 SEQ that to hav silver
wood relieve tho dettor class? Even
now, nforo II is legal tender, it's only
wuth % cents ON tho dollar and when
tho country il flooded with II IL will 40
still lowor, Then we, or rather SIGH nv
nv ~ hcv property to raise money on.
kin pay of, y
"Eggsuctly so, ptorts Bnscom;
lyon kin pay mo for tho good, honist
likkOr nv mino witch you hey con
soomcd in coin W 'ich il less than tho
dollar you promised. All rite. But look
hcrc-como IN here all nv you. | want
you silver mon tn know exactly vat you
arc rushin into !"
And this feend led nv into tho hnok
room---that back room W ich contanos
the subsistence nv the Corners, There.
IN long rows. wuz Bnscom's stock.
There, IN barrils, piled ono on top NV
another, wuA tho delishus whisky nv
Louisville, nv different ages, rangin
from that nv two weeks old tn that
witch he'd jist left tho still and wuz
scarcely cold yit. There IL lay, and ex
my eye ranged aiieckshunntoly over il l
folt Of | Good hey the drinkn nv all
TINT lilSkor ! wood ho content to lay
down and die when tho last drop wuz
gone.
Bascom p'inted to mn immense tank
witch he he'd erected within few days.
with Pipe runun in from the roof.
90 shan't raise the price NV likker In
conscience nv bein paid for il in dc.
proshintid currency" scd he,
foil on Bascom's neck IN IN oxtacy
nv dclito, while the others SHOUTED.
"Rnh for Bnscom"
ga. w )" | romarkt, while teers suf.
foosod my eyes, II never placed you
much below tho angels, bat this gener-
GUS net has histid you u hundred per
cent in my estimashun. Bless you, G.
w, bless youl'
But I'll tell you wat sholl do Do
you SEQ that Tank" sed no.
May ask mt that IL for?" sed.
THAT tank will fiji with rane water, F"
sed he. 1.-THE moment you git to payin
me in silver shell take out NV eech NV
them barrils jist oggsactly three and
ono-hfth gollons NV likkor and fill IL
with water. "
"Morciful hevings |" We all exclaimed,
land your likker so weak now -
And when silver gifts down to rs
cents on the dollar she'll take out 30
per cent Nv whisky and fiji her up with
25 per cent nv water, and 80 on down.
Ef silver goes up, she'll add whisky
aggsactly in prororshen Ia short, my
whisky IL jist a.goin TO foller currency
and nothin shorter. You fellers witch
work for wagis may SWEET. but won't
But you'll increase tho size nv your
9lasses?" sed /.
"Not any But you may drink twice
81 many times TO git tho same amount
Nv drunk or before by payin for eech
drink -
And Bascom stalked hawtily back and
took his posishen behind his bar.
Their wuz consternashun in tho Cor
ners SIGH ez hev never seen. Their wuz
hurried consultashen at tho Deekin's
house, and I sejested that we emanci
pate ourselves from the dominyun nv
this tyrant by startin grosery NV our
own on tho joint stock principle, witch
wuz agreed to, each man agreein to con-
tribbit $40 TO the capitle stock, witch
wood be enuff to buy bar or two for
beginnin.
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