Litchfield enquirer., 1833-10-10

| last weeks paper, were crowded out by the Manifesto from "ths G6UeyRmeRt" iiselF:1
 Major DowDing's Official Correspondence with l "The Government"
 To Ginernt Iackson.
 NRw YORK, Sept. %, 1888.
 Dear Gineral-When wrote to you from Philadelphia on 10th, Ithought would go next day to York hut got a letter from our old friend Zekel Bigelow, ettin me know he was there. and snOUtin about the Banks, and among the Brokers in Wall street. and that by the time come here, he could tell me all a. bout it in mini. He said the whole bmsi
 ness was in aassf ell and he'd crack,it. So didn't hurry Qlls but kept myself busy tn Philadelphia. putting things to rights there, f6r thought if 1 could get the mud out jf thts spring, we shoultis have clean water after wards. didn't git here till yesterday. The folks wanted me to land at Castle Garden, hut thought wouldn't, seeing that them are Esirng pieces cHtna 80 nigh putin an eend to the Government spell ago.
 The first maj, met in the crowd was Ze- kel He was waitin for me, and he looked as natural us ever. The crowd was s6 great, | was tny most mashed [" slab. All On em callin out. .s there's inc Major'-and all wan ] tin to shake hands with me, and to know how | the bank. Some frilers had ony one shoe on, ] and eny most no shirt. and they too wa6ted to know about the Bank. never see sich q 1 mess 0f feiers as they have here all the while There is all kind of critnrs. jamming and l scrouging folks, and one anotheri they doni seem fo dO nothing, and haN on eTn think when We knock the bank down, they are to git the Rloney.
 Zekei and I went as soon as we could get through eIn. straight tO the tavern where we all on us put up spell ago; and then says ! "Zckei, we must spring tO it, and let the Gin- eral know. as soon as we can, all about mon ey matters here.'a
 " We'll" says he, .' Major, I'iItell you ptet- ty much all about it.; and i,'s jest as true now as the sun:n And with that. he slick'd his hair dosSn from his eyebrows clean to the eend of his kew, and went at it.
 Zekei las got curiods notion of telin a thing he begins away hack tn d bab5's, and then he comes up along. and every once in a while he gives his head and haie a sIicken down, and he is so earnest, and looks as if he could see right through an inch plank. | ! eoutdn't ttl yon one half he said, # was to write week abodt it. I'll only tell you n lit iie here and thcre--hc says there is two kinds of money hard money and paper money I One is always good and the nthrr is some times gouds and then agin it aint good for n0ihin. He says there is jist about so much hard 1 money all the whle-and 1t keeps goin round and round all about creation; and they get 1 the most ont who are the most industrious and cute in Hventin ihings-Ae aays that pa- per money is jist as good, and lsrile better than hard money, if folks don't shell out too much ont: and thes the nature of paper money makers is aiwaysio- sif of as much as they can. and fl il want for someihinto check #, it would 5e as bad as old continental times. He says. there is two ways tn make moaey ~carcr--One is by sending hard money away out nf the country, to pay fpr notions we cant sending Amos KindIe round tel!in folks the Goser0ment is goin to do something, folks don't know exactly what. nor he nsther. <. Then es'ry hody grabs all he can git. and holds on and things are list as bad as ifihere wasn't no money, and the brokers go at it, and lathtr and shave--says they-s can Ony gise yn,i iittie''--.. hard times"-the fellcrs fger interest for an hour as easy as n"ihin. and Jist So with the poitecarys- tellt folks KOlera is comin. and they go at it mixin Par agoric and Kamfre, and chalk it np like gold dust.
 Zekcl says on the hull. that niony matters. and Banks, and trade, is all as curious as one of Bisels clocks; and folks hadn't ought to meddle in regelatin or alterin oa't. without knowin all about it. .'A And now" says he, Maj"r, I'm good mine to spile my watch. io show you my notion why think trouble will come if the Gnerai n0cks down the U. s. Bank"
 Zekel is one of them are folks. and always was, who would spile horn. or make spoon {; and with that he out with his old watch as big as a tea cup, wound her up. and then clapt her to my ear. 'She is as true," says he, [" as the tides" He then opened it." Now." says he, .' Major do you see that are chain pnlIin all the while and then do you see a loi vi little wheels, and springs, and screws; {; and here on top is big wheel. that's. all the V hile gain round one way, and back Agin, and jest So fast and no fasirr.--thats the ,rlickrr. says lie, = and if it warnt for that. yoa'd sse trouble in it. and I'll show you; hut know tt will all go t0 biis''--aDa SD he twitcted out the hig wheel. and the old watch did whi1. l Iell yoM. Some of them lecile wilreis went so fast, you couldn't see n0ihin. One keel'd Up, a,:d another got sum teeth nock'd out 1; she stopp'd spell. then spring snapp'6 and w hiz ii went agin, and the splinieFs flew. and by and by. 1t all siopp'd; end Zekel gin his | kew another sIickin; and says he. { Major, we've spil'd thc old watch but don't yally the loss oD't sesin y0s gnt notion by ii;'' snd with that he seraped t altoseihes, and wraP'd it up in the Washington GiAbe--'. there" | A Am e Ll nal- A.