New-York tribune., 1896-10-04
NASBY'S VIEW OF SILVER.
A CLEVER SKETCH THAT HITS THE CASE TO-

Petroleum V Nasty" in 1875.
CONFEDERIT ROADS Cwich is in the state Of
Kentucky. Jan. s7s-l aint so cern ,, tha' &C. !
ysr S to % ssosed es Wood and
clear onto IT, There Is suttle principles In these
nanshel questions wch requires gIea' osf wrb u
M has got understand afore he Is competent 10
one thing I'm certin NV. Bascom amt no hnan-
seer nor never will be. and told him So
Wat is a fnanscer?" asked he. 49,,
"A inanseer." sed l. assoomng the look Of DAM
Webster. rs man wich kin pay his debts WIN
"The Corners then is full OF hnanseers. he re-
markt bitterly, castin casual glance az ms slate
wich wuz jist full enuff 10 turn over ana begin on
But But he heznt any the science NY IT, wuz
noshun NV a leather currency. though | told him
silver much the same thing. and, FOR example
I would assoom that silver wuz to be the currency
NOW. don't 700 see; Bascom that ef he'd ,wict
ez much money Good drink twict ez much whiskey
ow The is sG %ho holds ~px the nv
the Corners in his hands. That's wot yoor cap
e hes bin eyeT @ s ne@ dam ics yoS Sha erhy diff
ference It's goin' TO make whether silver Is cur,
silver ef it is made legal tender? Ef silver wuz ez
plenty bricks, wat hev you got t. git any NV 1t
'"Troo. C. W." WIZ my answer but can't you
see that hev silver wood relieve the deiGr
wuth % cents on the dollar, and when the country
is Hooded with it it will go still lower Then We. We
''o "Egrsacty So" retorts Bascom: you kin pay
me Tor the good honest likkcr mlnc wrh you
hev consoomed, in coin wich Is less than the dol,
lar Ia ,srs m ~ yoo yoo Silver to
exactly wat 700 are rushin into . ,.o.
hack ' rom wich contanes the subsistence the
Corners There, In long rows, wuz Bascoms stock
nsers s ishSs n wsssey s' S~ Se Eousv %
Sansn from h that III iwS HI wseks wss coTceS o% % od
yit There IL lay, ana, cZ my eye TaHG'u
yshunately over it. felt ef Good hev the drinkn'
| NV ali that likker | wood be content to lay down
and die when the last drop wuz gone ~ L., 30,
J5ascom p'inted TO an immense tank wien ne htn ~
erectid within few days. with pipe running IN
u shant raise the price likker in conscience
NV ben' paid for 1t In u depreshiated currency!
feil Bascoms neck in az. an snS,, extacy ny de'e
| &c. w" ] remarkt while teers sufoosed my
eyes never placed 700 much below the angels
DER cent in my estimashun. Bless yoo q. w.
"Bui III tell you wat shell do. DO you see
May ask wat that is for?" sed
"The moment 700 git to payin' me in silver | she
take out NV eeeh NV them 6rrs 1st Egg eggsaGKy ai, y
three and one-hfth gallons NV hkker' ana Ill II
"Merciful hevngs,"'. we all exclaimed "and poor
And when silver gifts down TO rs cents on the
dollar shel take out :. & per cent NV whssey G " anT nc
| down. Ef silver goes up shel add whisky egg
| sackly in proporshen. In short, my whiskey Il
list agoin' to foller currency and nothin shorter
| Yoo feliers wich work for wagis may swet. but
| won't o.
| sed /. -
! Not eny But 700 may drink twice ez many
times TO git the same amount NV drunk es beforc
| by payin' for each drink" .
And Bascom stalked hawtily back ana look MS
| position behind his bar.
, Ther wuz constcrnashun In the Corners sch ei
| hey never seen Their Il hurried consulta
shun at the Deekin house and sejested that w
emancipate ourselves from the dominyun NV thu
| tyrant by startin grosery NV our own, Oh IN,
| 3ont stock principle. which wus agreed TO. eacf
] man agrecin TO contribbt SO to the capitle stock