Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-15

tuluk AZ SuO NUEuoIb tAHt bcllh IUE lcbS
than dollar for one, and tho Track
shunel currency wuz decided to be
yooselis. Besides, it costs jest ez much
to print ten cent note ez it does dol
lar, and we believe in economizin.
Simpson, the printer, Is maxim US a
little trouble. At the beginnin /
yoosed to pay him for printin our bills
by just signin enuff NV 'em ez they
come from the press to make his
amount, but lately he has refoosed to
take our money, and insists on green.
bax. We tried to overawe him, but
when he threatened to publish the
finanshel condishun Nv the President
and Direktors, 1t wuz considered ad-
visable to humor him. 1t il singler
that SIGH men throw impediments in
the way NV progress.
Tho obstacles in the way NV the
Bank that have thus far developed
themselves, hev bin happily and easily
removed. Bascom demanded wheat
NV us to ship to Louisville to get more
whiskey. and we had to lot him hev il
and take pay In our own money. And
ez he demanded that we take our own
money jest the same ez greenbax, that
being tho standard In Looisville. we
met heavy losss. The account stands
ez follows:
1900 bushels OF wheat cost no in our own
Sold ii 10 Bascom at Looisviiie greenback
prices wIch il 81 per bushel, tskin pay
the same money We hae paid for 1t. $1,000, 90
Loss (which is easily nggered) 81, 500, 90
We he'd one more trouble, which we
got on easier with. Pugsby, the shoe
maker, who took our money, run out
NV leather, and when he sent to Loois.
vile for more, the merchants there, ez
in the case NV Bascom, refoozed to take
our currency. Pugsby knowd NV Bss-
CONS experience and he came up smil.
In to hev us sell him wheat enuff at
greenback prices to renoo his stock.
swat kin we do?" demanded in
dire distress, for really / didn't see
why Pugsby shoodent how wheat to
renoo his stock ez we'll ez BascOm,
ceptin that whisky is more necessary
10 the COrners than lcAihor.
"Do!" sed Issaker Gayitt, with a cx-
preshnn nv akOrn on his classik fee
chers. do. Aud 700 claim to be
finanseers Hez Pngsby safe? No !?
Well, wher does he keep the $4,000
nv our money! In his desk2 Yes !?
Aud that is wooden: Aud his bildin
is wood. Very good. Tell Pngsby
TO como to-morrer aud we will give
him wheat at dollar bnshel for all
Nv our money he hez got. We hev
twenty -four hours, and banks, ez well
as nashens kin be saved In twenty four
hours"
And Issaker put some matches in
his vest pocket-about $3 worth
Matches hez gone up $3.50 = box-onr
money.
That mite Pugsby's shop burnt up
and tho fire commenced jist under his
desk. The next mOrnin that nnforch-
nit man came to us and insisted on
hevin the wheat on the score NV the
money he he'd NV ours.
"Bring us the money" said Issaker,
beamin sweetly onto him. land we'll
give 700 all the wheat 700 want"
"But 700 know that ! he'd yOor
money, and that it wuz burnt up last
mite"
81 persoom 700 he'd some NV our
money, but don't knO,o It," replied
Issaker. "No well-regulated bank kin
live if they shood take every mans
word, ez You want US to. How kin
tell but wat 700 hev that money con-
ceeled, and that the burnin Of yooI
shop was scheem to defr0d y0or
creditors. am not shoor that it isn't
my dooty to Investigate the matter
And Isaker looked 40 stern that
Pugsby left the bank with s'howl Of
terror.
Isaker is devolopin 80 great q genius
in financeerin that Pm RELY jealous NV
him. He is the master sperit of the in.
stitooshun.
At the Board meetin last mite we
DISGUST wat we shoOd do In such cases
~ Pugsby's hereafter, but arrived at
NO definit conclooshun. There ia sew
raj nv ON, and they will hev to be met.
Issker believes In the style NV treat
ment be yoosed in Pngsby's case, but
1 can't consent to it. Its heroic, l ad-
init, and good enuff for . temporary
expedienf, but it won't do for reglar
system. Ell our money stimoolAtes a
mans biznis to the pint of his bildin z
new house, we hev benefited him, and
the commoonity en- we'll. But ef to
avoid the inconvenience Nv redeemin
that money we hev TO burn the house,
wat good hev we accomplished 7 None.
We hev got to find some other way. ]
don't see any other way, bnt no doubt
it will seiest itself to me in time.
1t ia astonishin how the Corners il
boomin, that 1t hez money enuff. Five
new railroads are being built, twelve
turnpikes, one hundred and twenty
eight cellars for new houses Is being
dug, and last week the corner stone
for 8 factrys wuz laid with apprOprii
ceremonies. The gradin is bein dun
on tho ralerodes and tnrnpikes, and
that part NV the work will he pushed
to an early compleshun, for the labrera
furnish their own shovels and picks
and take our money for wages. The
labrers buy their Twin nv the farmers
along the line with that money, and
then the farmers cOme to the Corners
with 1t, and cheer their soles at Has
CONS.
So, far, all serene and sweet. So faI
the money sheds blessins,ez . skunk
does perfoom. But at this point comes
worry. Wat is BascOm to do with 1t
The Looisville merchants refooze ia
tech It for likker, and we can't afford
to give him wheat at Looisville prices
agin. We wood build distillery but
alas VIC can't pay for the nsils, the
glass and the stillin aparatis In our
money, and we amt got any other
Thank an overrulin providence, Bascom
hez enuff likker to last two weeks, and
suthin will turn up sfore that 10 gone
Prices have gone up 80 that II take.
Q vast volume NV currency to transact
the business NV the Corners. Simp.
sons hand -press wont snswer the de-
mands made onto It, and he has pur.
chased power-press, which VIII print
1000 sheets an hour. And 70 facilitate
hizniz.. and to make It perfectly shO0r
that We shau hey al the currency We