The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-02-23
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A Novel CURRENCY.

During the first year of the war
when change was scarce, and some
large firms were issuing currency OF
their own, a farmer, went to store In
a neIghboTIng town, and Troublesome
goods, and gave the merchant a FIVE.
dollar bill OF which henwanfedt sew
| enty five cents back 1.-The, merchant
countedi out the amount and handed
it over to thea farmer He looked al
II ? Empment and inquired, sNW that's
l&1ASE .JsS1
It's my currency said the mer-
chant. sfa9mitns2 Is9i9fi0d III
- Wal, faint good for nothin' where
| live, said the farmer. p 91a 4 (, sl'E y
H. :" Very well, alrepfied the merchant
keep it until you get a dollars worth
and Ybring IL to my store, and T Will
giveA dollar for IT, II . w ~ = t1..' :
The farmer pocslkseetfed the chan q
and departed a few weeks aftershe
went into the same store and bought
goods to the, amount, of one dollar
and, atteE paying doYer the identical
seventyt i've cents, he lookout a handzi
tut Of pumpkins and counted out,
twenty five of them, and passed 1lthem
fover to the merchant.
80 Why, said the merchant, what's
this. 1u9HrtYggs0 sW90 ad,
IT. Wal, said the farmer. this is
my currency, and When YOU get a doI-
lar 3 worth, bring it to nv blaze ialnd'T
will giFe you dollar f0f - y :, g.
DIRECT ANSWERS. This ii catch .
is best explained BY the Following dia-
logue:
q .sCan you answer me three ones,
tons, with either syes or no. without
using any other words?''''. s4t.,asq LOO
Of course / cam H.. ,s.ab,-1.
| don't believe. you can, but Iwilbl
Try lf.k Now, remember, you are To-
answer only yes, or no., a9F,ub 9iIoqd
understand as9I bae .aaurI
" Have you lost one Of, your ears 9a
NO. -fIaAW mo1f I4lf9l ris3sW
, Have you noseghl aal1ub EaIo
Yes. .lfaI1
gHHpmphl Haven't you heard of
this game before 14edai Ig1HfT19lfej
Meier dc"
- Pc you call that ges Or sso?"l t1a1
The laugh is upon him. E ,oil9s
ktnw., 81 H9..T0 sW Is4kfi sail ~ IN
NIKE, 81 said a, bricklayer to his
Iioqman, In you meet Patrick. tell
e y make haste, as we are waitingl
or ,qr nlm p. 81 Shure an I will. p repIied |
s ! but what will I tell him if I
ion't mate him?"
A how on.o5 9qB4 I8ioE9nmo0 B L
he o GbS sntered a stationery store,
ne oIneT gay, and asked the proprie, r
or what Kind of pens he sold I'D ALL
zlnds, was the reply. I'D e Weil tba,nitt ii
II taks three cents worth of XII
)enS, TlaaalH 5afBge1g IIITT9fTTa re
roo 1adt .TM HAN aITIYEHIVa 9dI 4
A ScHooLs BoY's, CoMposrTroN ON r.
HE SEASONS There are four seasons ms III
Q ytheyear-Spring, Summer. A utnmr5 a
nd Winter. Some folks like Spring
ONE folks like Summer,q some f folfs j
Ike Autumn, and some folks lie.
Winter; but as fer me, give me III. A.
rty or givefme death. 4 'T'-le5IE7 Z r.
1t was a. Scotch woman who said s.
nat theObatcher, of her own town only u.
llled half a beast alta time. g1sg3 s.
AN OLD Saw come for the
aw, SIR. = ttWhat saucer? "ihsW Why /
ne e, saw, sir, that you borrowed. -" II fo'
oerrowed no saucer. {" "sSurelyyou
ID, sir; you borrowed az saw, sir. " Sc Sc
l |, never saw, sir. your saucer.n Sc
Dut you did, sir; !. thereis the saw Iao
gT, sIr; oh, lyou want the saw RI =
ny didn't Won sa p - ~ gss,TT IL IN