Betsy Gaskins “Dimicrat”

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Author

Hood, W. I. (William I.)

Title

Betsy Gaskins (Dimicrat), Wife of Jobe Gaskins (Republican) Or, Uncle Tom's Cabin Up to Date

Credits

Produced by KD Weeks, Emmy, MFR and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

Populism

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 54549

Release Date

April 14, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.CONTENTS.
3. 3.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. — Betsy Gaskins ( Dimicrat ).
4. 4.CHAPTER I. JOBE SETS AND STUDIES.
5. 5.CHAPTER II AN ARGUMENT ON THE MONEY QUESTION.
6. 6.CHAPTER III. JOBE SLEEPS IN THE SPARE BED. THE DREAM.
7. 7.CHAPTER IV. “THE COMERS.”
8. 8.CHAPTER V. JOBE MUST RAISE $2,100.
9. 9.CHAPTER VI. BETTY, THE DRIVIN ANIMAL.
10. 10.CHAPTER VII. THEY DRIVE OLD TOM.
11. 11.CHAPTER VIII. ANOTHER LETTER FROM RICHER.
12. 12.CHAPTER IX. A FEW REASONS BY BETSY.
13. 13.CHAPTER X. IS THERE A WOMAN IN THE BARN?
14. 14.CHAPTER XI. “IN TOWN.”
15. 15.CHAPTER XII. THE DECISION.
16. 16.CHAPTER XIII. JOBE CHEERS UP.
17. 17.CHAPTER XIV. A NEW MORTGAGE.
18. 18.CHAPTER XV. JOBE, OUT OF TROUBLE, IS UNRULY AGAIN.
19. 19.CHAPTER XVI. JOBE IS SCARED.
20. 20.CHAPTER XVII. JOBE SLEEPS IN THE BARN.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVIII. THE SPITTOONS.
22. 22.CHAPTER XIX. A BIG-HEADED MAN.
23. 23.CHAPTER XX. “BONDS SELL WELL.”
24. 24.CHAPTER XXI. THE SERMON.
25. 25.CHAPTER XXII. JOBE HELPING TO RAISE THE OFFICERS’ SALARIES.
26. 26.CHAPTER XXIII. PLAN TO RELIEVE THE RICH OF AN EXPENSE.
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIV. THEM PROMISES.
28. 28.CHAPTER XXV. JOBE EXCITED OVER A NOMINATION.
29. 29.CHAPTER XXVI. THE BLOOMERS.
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVII. “THEM POPULISTS.”
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVIII. TROUBLE WITH BILLOT.
32. 32.CHAPTER XXIX. “INFORCIN THE LAW AGIN BILLOT.”
33. 33.CHAPTER XXX. BETSY DISCUSSES “FIAT” MONEY.
34. 34.CHAPTER XXXI. JOBE BLOWS A FISH-HORN.
35. 35.CHAPTER XXXII. AT COURT AGAIN.
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXIII. JUDGMENT RENDERED.
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXIV. THE LITTLE WHITE ROSE-BUSH.
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXV. JOBE TALKS OF THINGS THAT ARE GONE.
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXVI. BILL BOWERS IS ON THE FENCE.
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXVII. BETSY FAINTS. A VISION.
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE PARTING.
42. 42.CHAPTER XXXIX. THE PREACHER AND THE SALOONKEEPER.
43. 43.CHAPTER XL. “THEM ROOMS.” THE “DIRECTOR OF CHARITIES.”
44. 44.CHAPTER XLI. A SORE HAND.
45. 45.CHAPTER XLII. HATTIE MOORE.
46. 46.CHAPTER XLIII. A FAMILY REUNION.
47. 47.CHAPTER XLIV. AFTER THE WOE, THEN COMES THE LAW.
48. 48.PART II — CONTENTS OF PART II. — I. THE IMPENDING REVOLUTION. — II. THE PHILOSOPHY OF MONEY. — Varieties of Money. — Intrinsic Value. — Specie Basis. — The Legal Tender Basis. — The Functions of Money. — The Volume of Money. — III. A BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF AMERICAN FINANCIAL HISTORY. — Our Coin for a Century. — United States Banks—Wild-Cat and State Banks. — The College Professor and the Facts. — Safety Fund—Suffolk and Redemption Banks. — The Example of France. — The Bank of England. — The Washington “Currency Reformers.” — IV. THE EIGHT MONEY CONSPIRACIES. — V. FINANCIAL AUTHORITIES. — VI. INTEREST AND USURY. — A Chapter from “Cæsar’s Column.” — How Wealth Accumulates.
49. 49.VII. DEBT AND SLAVERY. — VIII. THE LAWS OF PROPERTY. — IX. DIRECT LEGISLATION. — Proportional Representation.

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