The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-10-12
NLasY ON SILVER.

moral which the free and unlimited sill
yer coinage people will do well to heed
CONFEDERATE K ROADS
(Which is in the state Of Kentucky,
Jan. 22, 1878.
amt 60 certin that want the sill
yer bill to pass es wuz The fact is,
the thing don't work ss l sposed it
wood. and l amt clear on to it. There
ia suttle principles in these fnanshel
questions witch requires good deel Nv
thought, and there is underlyin prin-
ciples witch man hez got to understand
afore he is competent to set hisself up
ez authority.
Ono thing | am certin nv. Bascom
amt no fnanseer, nor never will be.
and told him so.
"Wat is finanseerf" asked he.
"a fnanscer, sed l, assoomin the
look Of Danl Webster, "is man wich
kin pay his debts with nothin, a man
witch kin git suthin with nothin "
'"The Coruers, then, is full Of tinan-
seers," he remarkt bitterly, castin
casual glance at the slate WITCH was jist
full enuff to turn ever and begin on the
t'other side.
But he hezn't any nv the science Nv
it, vUz argooin with him the t'other
day i'll favor Nv my noshun Nv leather
currency, though l told him silver wuz
much the same thing, and. for example,
l wood assoom that silver wuz to be the
currency Nv the fucher.
Nov. don't 700 see, Bascom, that eff
he'd twict as much money Good drink
twict as much whisky and pay fur itl"
''How much IL Swiot nuthinr" was
the unfeelin anser w the tyrant who
holds the destinies Nv the Corners in
his hands. "That's wat your cspitle's
bin ever since kpowd yoo."
"Parson," sed he. II don't see wat
earthly diff renee it's goin to make
wether silver is currency or anything
else How are 700 a-goin to git silver
Of it is made legal tender! IF silver
wuz ez bricks, wat hev voc got to git
any ny it withH
"Troo, q. w." wuz my answer,
"but can t 700 see that to hev silver
wood relieve the dettor class2 Even
now, afore it Is legal tender, it's only
with SO cents on the dollar, and when
the country is flooded with it. it will
go still lower. Then we, or rather SIGH
nv us ez hev property to raise money on,
kin pay off,
"Eggsackly so, "retorts Bascom, "yoo
kin paw me for the good honist likker
NV mine witch yuo hev consoomed in
coin wick is less than the dollar yoo
promised. AL rite But look here
come in here all Nv 700. Iwant VOC sil-
yer men to know eggsackly wat yoo are
rushin into"
room--that back room wich contanes
the subsistence NV the Corners There,
in long rows, wuz Bascom's stock.
There, in barrels, piled one on top Nv
another, wuz the delishus whisky Nv
Louisville, Nv different ages, rangin
from that NV two weeks old to that
witch had jist left the still and wuz
scarcely cold yit. There it lay, and sz
my eyes ranged affeckshunately over 1t
I felt ef Good hey the drinkin Nv all
that likker wood be content to lay
down and die when tho last drop wuz
gone.
Bascom pinted to an immense tank
wich he had erected within q few
days, with pipe run,4in i'll from the
roof.
II shan't raise the price nv !ikker in
conscience Nv bein paid for it in g de.
preshiated CURRENCY" sed he.
fell on Bascom's neck in an extacv
nv delite, while the others SHOUTED.
"Rah for Bascom!"
&c. w." J. remarkt. while teers spf
tossed my eyes, Il never placed voc
much below the angels, but this gerer-
Gus act hez histed 700 100 per cent in |
my estimashun. Blesa 200, G. W., bless
yoo!'
But I'll tell 700 what shall do.
Do 700 see that tankf' sed he.
"May ask wat that is for*' I sed
"That tank will fill with rane wa
ter" sci he. 1.-THE moment voc git to
payin rue il silver I shel rake Out ov
eoch ov them barrils jist eggsackly 10
gallons W likkor and fill it with va
ter. -
"Mercif,l hevingsl" we all exclaim-
ed, land yoor tikker 20 weak now!'
land when silver gets down TO rs
cents on the dollar l shell take our 25
per cent nv whisky end fill hsr up
with 20 per cent Nv water And SO on
down. IF silver goes up, | shell add
whisky cggsackly in proporshun. In
short, my whisky is iist a-goin to foller
currency, and nothin shorter. Voc fell
lers wioh work for THgis may SWEET. but
I won't"
"snt yoor increase the size of yoor
glasses!" said |
Not any. But 700 may drink twice
ez many times to git the same amount
nv drunk ez before, BY paying fer eech
drink.
And Bascom stalked hawtily back
and took his posishen behind his bar,
There WIZ consternashun iii the Cor
ners SIGH ez I hey l'eNer seer There
wuz d hurried cOnsu ltashnu ut the dee
kin's house aud 7 sejeste3 that we
ourselves from the domiI-
yub NV this tyrant by startin grosery
NV our own, Oh the joint stock princi.
ple wich wuz agreed to, ecoh man
agreein 20 contribbct $40 to tho cRpitle
stock. wich would be enuf to buy
barrl ur toe fur beginnin
We wuz enthoosiastic till we cum to
ballotr fur the man 10 keep the place,
wen it WIZ funua, instead Nv my bein
chosen yuonantmously, ez eggspected
to be- that evry r4aH ned Voted fur his
self. Ez not sole nv them wood re-
coed, the skeem Sua blocked rite there
md finely he'd to be abandoned, ana we
went back to EasCom's aGd submitted.
That tvrant hez us.
PETRoLEUM Y. Nasty,