Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-04-23

.iaNs " NiN wv aIl'Ni w haNN N'NHN'h't !
the Corcs loan, they had sold out my s,oc
at a profit Of eighty thousand francs, an
begged me not tn feel uneasy, as remittance
we're always slow IN coming from the dis,au
plantations, in the interim, my signa,ur
would furnish me with all the money coul,
want. The prospectus Of German banl
was inclosed, in which fiiy shares had bccr
secured for me.
Either understood nothing Of Commercial
matters, or the clerk had written one or tw,
ougAh too many. My situation became en-
barrISsiug. was overwhelmed with con.
gn,ulatous, especially when | put on my
new suit of black. The editor OF the news.
paper though, himself obliged to give a biog,
raphy OF nay cousin JagucS, and asked mc ior
additional particulars. was bcsiegcd with
annoying questions In What way would
furnish nay house What would ! do iur
public establishments some benevolent la-
dlcs wro,c To recommend To my notice the in-
siiu,Ious under their guardianship. ] Was
ruined iu po,tagc,, tur ln the midst of all
my riches whether real or imaginary, bad
uo money. Fortunately from the mumcut !
wls held to hc rich, no one would take q sou
from me. and iradysrncn cour,cd the honor oi
giving mc credit
Al last decided ON going 10 Paris, and I'M
mrdlalcly on NV arrival. wen, to my bank.
20, who received mr IS the luhcriior Of great
wealth. - regret" sid VI. Bcrgcrc,,
b. th., you nl,lru-Icd the Spanish loan, Tor
the stock has again come up. No matter,
however, you have some len"
Will you have the goodness, Monsieur
sad l, to tell mc PRECISELY how much all
these fund, are worth which YOU bough, Tor
mr
The calculation b, easy. Twcnly thou
sand dollar,, at 81 much the dollar, and lhr
sum alrcady pald. II ,ou >slI to-day, You
will pat abou, two hundred and ,wculy Ihuu-
sand franc, ,uto your pocAc,.'
oprucd bolh ny ,ar,.
You ,ar, Monsieur. two hundred and
,vculy thouslnd' Are you quite certain '
" ~ certain o, any one eau be- within O
few hundred francs
! drd not wish to appear leo much the nov
rcc and replied, That D, well you spok,
also ot a bank ''
"lc,. tbc establishment, Of ,hl, bank has
mr, with ,omc difficulties hu, the affair is
nu, the lrs, good We are ou ,hc eve of ter
II, and the ~cnp, D, we'll up
Could ,ha, script also by -old ~ mquIr-
ri.
.. You hold fu, ,hmr., replied ,hc bank
en-. (which ha,, aI,aucrI four hundred and
fn, Haau.. malIue altogether ugarly s.Nty
thou-lud francs.
Although %, ycl h1,, plld nothing ~
Without duuh',' Wa, 'hr answer
That Is singular. bat ,ruo' N"' '7y ~
] submit should hAs 60 make q N,'i' 'n-
'r,inrn' ct 'H' whole VIII You " NJ N''"
90, to specify
"uur five per ocn''' N"n''r"T-oo' h''
Irr cents, ! Know "i n"'hiU1 'sir" " Tue
present rate ihc gain "l,l "' s'N. lean casi.
Iy understand Ihat sil these llt'Ic matters Nor'
ry yuu. You wlll ~uuu have To deal With
much larger ,ums.
By placug all that hold 90 the five p'r
cents, should have 900 Income OF
That i- ~""n f'cN"n'". lN''' h""''''
thousand or lhrUahuu'N The quotation al
rghly makes eighteen Thousand hancs. SaN
twenty Thousand io mas" "a round sum.
An. twenty ih"u,aud frame ct i"c"in''
said !, ed" wh"u could ] rnrrNr % Or
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