The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-05
Nasty ON SILVER.

IF
WaaWhtten- naseom's Object Lesson nj
the Corners
The following letter from PetroleumSy
Nasty. written In ISIS, Is or peculiar in.
~tcrest lust now. It contains q mora
which the free and unlimited Alye,
colnagepeople Will do well 70 heed.
CONFEDERATE SsRoAps,
DtlVichits ingthe state OF Kentucky,
Jan. q, 1873.
ain so csrtln that 4 want the silver
bill TO pass Ell EwuE. The fact H., the
thing don,tf work ,ez II sposed ii wood,
and ain't clear ontotit. There Is suttle
principles In these flnanshel questions
swichI requires o. good fdeel NV Thought,
and there Is underlying principles witch
a man has got,to understand aforc he IL
competent, To set, hlsself UP. cz authority,
One thing / am certln NV, Bascom
aln't no fnanseer, nor never will be, and
I told him So
.tiatls a. nnnnsecr2n asked he.
"a finatseer, scdb ], sassoomlng the
look OF pan'l Webster, lisa man witch
kin3pay his debts with nothin'; a man
witch kin git suthin with nothIn.." ll
1.-THE Corners, Their, is full Snf 5finan-
seets," he remarkt, bitterly, castln' O
casual glance at the slatefwieh was just
full lenuff to turnover and begin on the
tother side, z
But he hezn't any NV the! science NV II.
wuz3 argooipg with him the tother day
In favor SlvS my noshunf NV q leather
currency. thought told him silver WI
much the same thing, and for example,
] wood lassom that silver wuz to be the
currency of the fucher.
NOW don't you zee, BascOn, that ct
l he'd ctwlct, as much money, I Good
drink Atwlct as much whis!sey. and pay
fur TT"
"How much Is twict nuthln,?" was the
unfeelin' nnsers OF the tyrant who holds
the destinies NV the Corners In his hands.
That's wat your capltle's bin ever since
1 knowd' you."
"Parson,,r scd he. At don't see wat
earthly difference it's goin' to make
wcther silver Is currency or anything
else. How are 700 a-goin' to git silver
eff 1t is mado legaltcnder2 Eff silver wuz
ez bricks, wat,hev yoo got to, git any Nv
1t with?"s VIZ
"Troo, G. W., wuz my answer; but
can't yoo see that to hev silver wood
relieve the dattor class2 Even now,
afore ii is legal tender, it's only with
.ninety-twoI cents on the dollar, and
when the country Is flooded with 1t, IL
will so still lower. Then swe-or rather
sich Nv us ez hev property to raise
money{on-kin pay Off"
"Eggsactly so,r retorts Bascom;"you
kin pay me for tie good honist likker
NV mine, w'ich you hevk consoomed in
coin witch Is less than the dollar VOC
promised. All rite. But look here-come
in here all uv yoo. I want VOC silver
men to know exactly wat 700 are rush.
in into.""4a
And this feend led us into the back
room-that back room witch contanes
the subsistence uvSthe Corners. There,
In long rows. wuz Bascom's stock.
There, in barrels, piled one on top NV
another, Swuz the delishus whiskySuv
Louisville, NV different ages, ranglns
from that NV two weeks old to that
witch had jIst left the still, and was
scarcely cold yit. There 1t lay. and ez
my eyes ranged afreckshunately over It.,
I felt OF IScood hey the drinkin' Wv all
that l!kkert I wood be content to lay
down and die when the last drop wuz
gone
.Bascom pInted TO an Immense tank
witch he had erected, within a few
days, with apple running In from the
roof.
II shan't raise the price Nv lIkker in
conscience NV beln' paid for, It in a de-
preshiated currency!n sed he.
l fell on Bascom's neck In an extacy
NV delite, while tho others SHOUTED,
.Rah for Bascom!"
&c. VIII sremarkt, while teers suf-
foosed my eyes, II never placed yoo.
much below the, angels, but this gener-
GUS act has hlsted VOC q hundred per
cent in ny ~estimashun. Bless yoo, G..
w, bless you"
"But41lls tell yoo wat I shell do. Do
yoo see that ltank?" sed he.
May ask wat that Is ;for?" I scd.
THAT tank will I'LL with rane-water,"
sed he. THE moment y5o git to payin'
me III silver, I shell take out ov eech
ov them barrils list eggsackly three
and one-tifth gallons Nv lIkker. and fill
1t with water"
"Mcrclful hevlngs!"w we all exclaimed,
"and your llkker so weak now!"
And when silver gets down to seven
ty-fiye cents on the dollar, 1 shell take
out twenty-five per cent NV whiskey and
fill her up with! twenty-five per cent NV
water. And SO on down. Ell silver goes
up l shell add whisky, eggsackly in pro-
agoin to foller. currency, and nothin'
shorter. WOO fellers witch work for
wagis may SWEET. but I won't"
But yoo'l increase the size Of yoor
slasses?" said l.
Not Sany. But yt'o may drink twice
ez many timeslto git the same amount
NV drunk ez before, by paying for eech
drink"
And Bascom stalked hawtily back and
took his posishen behind his bar. !
There wuz consternashsn at the Dee
kin's house and i se1ested that we
emanclpate ourselves from the domin-
yum uv$this tyrant by %startin, a grossery
NV our own, on the point stock princI-
pie. which wuz iagree to, each man
ngrceln' to contribbit ten dollars to the
capitle stock. wich wood be enuff to buy
a bar'l or two, for q; beginnin'.''
"Merciful hevings!" we all exclaimed,
"ard your llkker so weak now!"
land when silver, gets down to sew
cnty-five cents on the dollar. Ishel take
out 25 per, cent uvswhisky and fill her up
with 2J per cent NV water. And so on
Gown. Eff silver goes; up ] ,shel add
whislsey ~eggsackly in prop0cshen. In
short, my whiskey Is Jest a-goin' to fol-
Ter currency. and nothin, Shorter. Zoo
fellers witch work for wagis may SWEET,
but l WON'T
But yooil incrcse the size Nv yoor
slasses?" sed L.
Not cny. But 700 may drink twlct
cz many times to git the same amount
NV drink ez before by payln' for czech
drink"
And Bascom stalkt hawtlly back and
took his posishun behind the bar.
4 There wiz coneternnshun In the Cor
ners SIGH ez / hev never seen. There
wuz a hurried consuitashun at the Dee
kin's house and / scjested that We cman-
cipatc ourselves from the dominyune of
this tyrant by startin' n grosery NV our
own, on the joint sto'St principle. wIch
wuz agreed to, eech man agreeln' to con-
trlbblt ten dollars to the capitle stock,
witch would bcAgcnufr to buy a barrl ur
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