, 1861-05-24


Brsrc sbotts rss in the citv Yesterday. =
Lcs,y fe1;ov and x.rrc. win n Ml,,sstonch in
TIC Eay of srccu1affon, Tct.r him arr,vc
aud knew his GRAND. He had come to bpr
1roduce. That IA hIe huslues. and h,s 1;fe md
Dcre shotte fs .1r.ys welcome in money
circles. Known on Change Is B, shottc. Good
for any amount be may ect his signature IN !.
B. s. Always glad to see him in this market.
We knew he had come to buy. and wc
watched him. He wondered II he Ind heard
OF Btump-tail, Its Illness and dceease We nam
Just how it would Affect Baeee shotta and tbo
B. ehottc mode Of operations, A1v,va hrou,ht
good money, he did. for be camc froT,, , r.,s,,,
where wild catvould create 1.rper .,n,as;o.
itan wild Indian, OF the yeritaLle bison.
said ne, as NO thought of Raere shotte,s
plamp roll Of bills, What xfl He do With
It," Time was when his first movement in
the produce line In CL1caro r,s 10 buv wild.
cat How he used to chuckic, old B. ehotte.
as he sold h,s EXCHANGE and Eastern fpnd. for
aplump margin. md f1,,o., nm his pockets with
Currency In re.d;n-s. n ,11c.t thu farmer. ora
middlemen. Good enonch far them w.a III.
Bank of owl c,ect ana The crt and Thr,,st
Of Crabbc Hollow, and the Bullfphant Plank
Road Cou,r.nr. stGood ~ wheat ~ hac.,,.
good for 1heat. and f1onr and notatoe. Hor
old shottc delighted in The f1om asra,, ~
twenty Ter CENT nrof7t m bia ,or.v $3.50
ofrfor such specimens of bank nota enar..,n1
Is he uked to tell ia wa. !. xooa .ronob n n,7
cut In Chicaeo.n
But nc .]Ta,s ,ot,.ed That sbot+c racd IN
u,ed to a.1t down . ,itt,c n,le of HI. own mnn
ev for = contingent fnnd and then mart with
all his Currency bere. He never thought Of
taking dollar of it Away with him: never
took It with him further than the ratlroad of.
3ca where he bought his ticket home. We had
known him do this mauy time. and knowing
he had bought thousands Of dollars here
neither he nor nc had expected 10 zee sny Of
it in the bands. ct our own farmers and mer
chants. Old B. stotte always chuck1ea when
he raid them it" Currency" Said We once
indienaatly to him, "You deserve etobc-"
"Be what W said he,
"B. shotte," said nc, not cal ing for IN open
rupture, for be subscribed regularly for tho
TR1BUsE. which every one knows binds an
editor In t1ammcls of the most serious and
1eighty character.
Thls time we felt an unusuM interest in
Boege Shotte's arrival, stumptall being in .
b.d ray. It turned out exactly as we imaein.
ed. He found no difficulty in getting offers
for his eastern funds ard exchange. and real1y
the figure MAS SO tempting that he sold few
hundreds and got-Currency, The man Who
drew the elephant in a ratIle vas = jubilant,
aye, IN e1static Individual compared to B.
shotte little later when le tried to buy pro.
ducc with stumptail. It couldn't be done by
o.,,., ~. ,,s;.,c., ..-o..s. -r,..,.sN--
bis Currency and frurinr nm its value On tbo
s'ste OF courrc be soon tired Of Tint
We eaW him little later and asked him how
he came on. He opened to us his grievances,
We were forced to tell him Nc were clad Of II.
thouoh Ee did It .t ner..na1 r;sk We IN.
formed hin, that t},e onmr w.. nlavad or,+
That stumptail was dead. That when Natnre
Into harvest not long since slipped in
quantity of "Stumptail y the farmera and ho3d.
c1s came m honestly to the scratch. called
things by their right names and sold stnmn-
t,il wheat on ,Chanos az stpmnta;1
Tt, n7odnc.r, AVID: Tho ,,ao,,a a.,-.d a
we're oett,ng Inst +b;a aoms th;nn 49, .az
would sell Bseoa shotto md ,ver,ho51 e1.s
good cereals for rood frnds uao whot ,,on
ey you bring us dear old Bap9e shotte II b,s
come to pass that noth;nq 1esa will do IN +b;.
market Wetave cut nnr tee4b and +bo.a Who
have not will rece;v, tbe;r ;nc;sora =, a voo.-
or two. We can ssfrnu th;s out,, ,fford -eyooa
currency aud ara oo;no ~ b,va - n 49,