The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1837-05-26
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From The New fark ~, mag Star
We have had occasion Frequently 10
recur 10 the writings AMI sa, ings Of Va.
rious iD,li, iduals, Who wrote and SPOKE
Of events that were 10 follow in the e,en:
of such and such courses being adopie.
as were urged al the period when they
thus wrote or spoke. l'ut we have rart.
~ met wiIh any production that seems
to cover 30 much ground, in the shars
Of prophecy, as tie fclloWin eNtrac, ii
letter written by Mejor Jark DOpn,as
TO his old friend " the t;ineral," As long
ago as September, 1888, now nearly -four
years ago.
The Ngjor, il seems, had come on to
New York from v ashingien To ascerpn
for .ihe Gineral" how things would
work in case the dcposites were taken
away from the United States bank, an!
given among sundry state banks. He
fell in With his old friend Zekel RieelOw.
and they together entered into tie inqu
~, and the Major thus writes:
"Zekel says there is iist about 50
much hard money all the while, and il
keeps goin round and round and III
about creation, and they git the most ont
and keep il, who are the most indusiyi.
Gus and cute in inyenlin things. lie says
that paper money is jus, as good, ant
leetle better than hard money, il folks
don't shell out too much ont; and it is
the na,ur Of paper-money makers to q;
off as much as they can; and il it wan'i
for somelhin to check ii, il would soon be
as bad as old continental times.
"Zekel SAYS, on the hull, that money
matters, and banks, and trade, are III IS
curious as one Of Peleg Bissel's clocks,
and folks hadn't ought to NEEDLE or al.
term ont without KNOWN all about II.
And now SAYS he. Major, I'm OF
good mind to give YOU a notion; Snow
it will Spite the old watch, but want TO
show you my notion why | think iro'-
bic will come, If the Gineral insists IN
knocking down the United States BANK.
ezekiel was one Of them sort OF folks,
and always was, who are 'letarmined : 10
make a spoon or Spite hon,' and with
that he out with his old watch, nigh up
on as big as tea-cup, and wound her
up. and then clapt her to his ear, and
then to mine. She is as true says he,
'as the tides lie then opened her.
Now says he, MAJOR, do YOU see TIA:
are big chain pulling al the while! and
then do YOU see a grist OF little "heel'
and springs and screws! Well, lhen.'
look here: on the toop is a big was'i'
that is all the while goin round one way
and back agin, and jist so fast and no
faster; that says he) is what call lie
kfirkev, ami if it warn't for that You
would see trouble in it right of, and III
show you; hut know it win send The
old watch III to smash Iloweser, ne
twitched out the kicker or balance wheel,
and the old watch did whiz for SPELL
tell YOU Some of them little Wheels
went so fast you couldn't see nothing on
EN- for spell. One at last keeled uP'
and another got its teeth knocked out
She stopt a spell, then a spring snap"
and she Dhiz'd agin, and the sPlin'erS
flew, and by and by the hull scrape gu
EN- stopt. Zekel slick'd his Kew down
and look'd at me, and says he, : Malor'
we have split the old watch, but don
vally the loss on it an atom, seeing tha'
you have got a notion BY it. And WIZ
that he scraped il all together and wrap
ped it up in the Washington Gt9''
There says he, Major, do 20" sel'0
that to he GoUsr7,mea, aud tell the ',,,
eral there is more there than some l. lSF