The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-09-15
NAsBY'S VIEWS ON SILVER.
(Pstroleum v. Nasty iu isb.)

CONFEDERATE X ROADS (w'ich Is In
the state OF Kontucky), January -, 1s7S.
Il amt go cert'in that want the silver
bill to pass ez / was.The fact is the thing
DON'T work ez i s'poeed it wood and 1
amt clear onto it. There Is suttie princi-
pies in these fnansbel questions w'icn.re-
quires great deel uv thoug hit, and there
is underlying principles with man has
got to understand afore he is compet-
ent TO set hissel up ez authority.
One thing Inn cert'in Nv. Bascom amt
no fnanseer, nor. never will be and
i told him so.
Wat Is q tinanseer?" asked he.
IA fnanseer,," sed J., assooming the
look of Dan'le Wbster, Is a man w'ich kin
pay his debts with nothin"--a man WITCH
kin git suthin' with nothin.
"rhe Corners then is full of 6nan-
seers," ne remarKt, bitterly, casting a
casual glance at his slate, witch wuz jst
full enuff to turn over and begin on to
'ther side.
But he hez's any NV he science uy II.
1 wuz argooing with him the other
day IN favor Nv my noshunn NV leather
currency, though told him silver wuz
pie, 1 would assoom that silver uz to be
the currency Nv the fucher.
snow dom 700 see, Bsscom, that et
/ he'd twict ez much money, l Good drink
twict ez much whiskey and pay for it?''
SHOW much is twice nothin'?" was
the unfeelin' answer of the tyrant who
holds the destinies of the Corners in his
hands. That's what yoor capitle hez
bin ever since / knowd yoo.~
"Parsop," said he, 81 don't see what
erthly difference it's goin' to make
whether silver is currentcy or anything
else. How are yoo goin' 20 Git silver Of
1t is made legal tender? Ef silver wuz as
plenty ez bricks, wat hev you get to git
any Nv it with?"
"Troo, q. W." wuz my answer, but
aan't 700 Sc that to hev silver wood re-
leeve the dettor class? Even now, aiore
1t is legal tender, it's only wutn e2 cents
en- the dollar, and when the country is
hoodid with 1t, ii will 60 still lower.
Then we, ar rather sic Nv us ez hev prop
"Eggssctly so," retorts Bascom; "Yu
kin pay me for the good, honist likker
NV mine, witch you hev consumed, in
n, witch Is less than the dollar you
omised. All rite. But look here-come
in here, all nv 700. i want yoo silver
men to know exactly wat 700 are
rushin' into"
~ IT, \. .olr
room--that back room which contsnes
the subsistence NV the Corners. There,
i'm long rows wuz Bascom's stock. There
in barrils, piled one on top Nv another,
wuz the 6elishus whisky OF Louisville,
NV different ages, rangin' from that Nv
two years old to that witch he'd jist left
the still and was scarcely cold yit. There
1t lay, and cz my eye ranged arecshua-
ately over ii, l felt as ef / coud hey the
drinikn' NV all that liKker l wood be
content to lay down and die when the
last drop was gone.
Bascom r'inted to an immense tank
witch he he'd erected within few days,
with pipe running in from the roof.
81 sha'u't raise the price Nv lisker in
conscience Nv beip' paid for il In q de-
preshiated currency" sed he.
foil on Bascom's neck, in an extacy
Nv deIite, while the othersshouted, "Ah
for Bascom"
&c. W. l remarkt, whilo teers
suffooseed my eyes, ~ never placed you
much below angels, but this generous
act has h'isted yoo a hundred per cent.
in my estimashun. Bless yoo. q. W.,
bless YOU"
"But III tell you wat ] shell do. DO
you see that tank?" sed he.
"Msy ask wat that Is for?' sed.
"That tank will fill with rane water"
sed he. "rhe moment 700 git to payln'
me in silver, / shell take cut Nv seeA Nv
thom barriIs jist .eggsaokly three and
one-Iith gallons Nv likker and I'll 1t
with water"
"Merciiul bevingsl" we all exclaimed,
Sand yoor likkcr so weak now"
"And when silver gits down to. 75
cents on the collar, 1 shell take out "a
per cent. NV wbiskey and nil her up
with 25 per cent. OF watcr. And so on
down. Et silver goes up, 1 shell ada
whiskey eggsackly in proporshen. In
snort, my whiskey is agoin' TO foller
currency, an nothin' shorter. Yoo fol-
lers witch work for wagis may swet, but
1 won't"
"But yoo'n increase the size OF yoor
glassesY sed /.
"Not eny. But 700 may drink twice
ez many times to git the same amount
NV drink es before, by psyin' for each
drink" a.
And Bascom stalked hawtily back and
took his posishun behind bis bar. r
There wuz consternashun in three Cor
ners slice ez nev never seen. Tber wuz q
s...;oa nan.oI,a.hua at the Deck m q