The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-01-29
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In passing along one;of the Streets OF TINS
city Caaysville). my attention was atsra0.so
toa pIacard at the side of door announcing
In large letters SnaH Change can Dc afsa seTe.
1t was notice like unto Perry Davis Fam
Killer-"a ioy to the world" Being IN need
of that necessary but scarce article, 1 entered
the Office and ,accosted small sallow old
fellow wearing pair of large green specta-
Giles, and smoking fne meershaum; be had
on a long swallow tailed bluecoat. surmount-
ed with large brass buttons the collar of
which reached to his ears. his hair grey and
long and terminated in ahuge queu, tied and
wrapped with the skin of an eel and resem-
bled much the tail of an old oppossum,o he
told me that he had been advised by an
Indian d octor to use the skin Of the eel as a.
cure for and preventive of the Neuralgis
or Cheek Ache, with which he had been
much annoyed. I asked him if he could
give me change for SIS bill, to which ne
replied with great suavity TINT he could, and
inquired If would have the square or round.
Surprised by SO singular question: he I'M
mediately exhibited one of each sort the
first being small square card, informing
the public that the same was good for ten
cents when presented at the store Of the
maker thereof; the second composed also of.
paper, but round, verisimiiar in color and
size to a silver dollar, having on the diverse
side the American coat Of arms, aud on the
-oro-,a tbot H. zor,a rza. oood for ran eants
atPhillippi, and would be redeemed in State
Bank paper, when the same should be pre-
scented to the amount of SIS. Through the
middle was small hole lined with copper,
such as worn in shoes and through which
the strings run, and called eyelet holes, SO
that it might be strung like beads or buttons
and so conveniently carried and paid out;
and for his part, he said, he greatly preferred
the round. With sly wink, he told me
he was only an sgent for the sale and cir
culatien of these tickets, and that he had
received that morning. from the maker, 176o
yards of round and pointed to the same lay
ing in large coil, under his counter, like
cable on the Prov of a steamboat. At the
end of very yard the Irvine passed through
a silver five cent piece, which he facetious-
" declared was to sheW that it was founded
on a specie basis, and that in a full mile
thereof, there was the large sum of $e8 of
pure and genuine coin predicated for their
REDEEM ption. remarked to him that was
sufficient to inn part to his currency the smell
of silver, like the odor. of barrel Of coal oil
fills cellar, or the fragrance of a tub OF soap
grease pervades a taIlow chandlery, or
spoonful of pure Java Coffee imparts its
aroma to gallon Of the Rye Substitute;
figures and illustrations with which he ex-
pressed himself greatly pleased, as express
ing in a very felicitous and foroible manner
the superior value of his currency and indi-
eating that / was not only scholar but a
poet-upon the .bestowal of which compli-
ments bl1shed, seeing which he delicate
ly observed, r" That 6lnsh ,0as the color Of
virtue" ....t-.. d.
enquired how he sold it, he said at IS
per yard; whereupon he cot me off three
feet. for which paid him "green back" Of
that determination and sixty cents for his
premium and commission; assuring me, as he
dlNybnabAb " iat OObbOl W. al 6iOOh DoS0SJ
which had not even the odor of the precious
metals about them, and no basis but Lin
coins and Chase's necessities, O. --
I here informed him that was writing a
poem upon and against an inflated paper
currency, And thai, 1 had adopted the style
and, MEASURE of Scotrs clay of the Last
Minstrel" Whereupon he raised his eyes
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in a devotional manner and chaunted the
first four lines of that admirable production
of.the great Wizard of the North:
-"The way was long, the wind was cold,
The Minstrel was in firm and old;
His withered cheek, and tresses gray,
Seemed to have known better day."
Such was his feeling, diction, and pathos,
that if it had not been for his internal old
queu, which upon every movement of his
head, stuck out like the beam of an old
fashioned cider press, my wrapt fancy would
have deemed him the yeritable old Minstrel |
Of Walter Scott. ~
He expressed desire to see q sample of
my poem and handed me neat pocket edi- |
ton of Moore's Melodies, and requested me
to write on the fly leaf the first staDzs of my
muse, whichI did, and which read as fol- |
lows: 'n@c-1z--sr' go A.5..# -~ri.-
'tKentucky is now as populous with rags,
As once her forests were with stays,
- The people wi tn fierce wrath shall burn,
And doom them to an ashy urn" .
The old fellow confi1entially communi-
Gated to me, that be once In early life and
when in love, had cultivated the acquaint-
ancs Of the muses., and referred me to an
address tohis Lady Love who to great beauty