The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-10-08

ia that / wuz assistin, in my humble
way, ia putin them doctrines into prac
It's, determined not to 20 mad, bat tO
persevere even unto the end.
But the perverse people are doin their
level best to drive me crazy, and | am
not shoor that they won't succeed.
bought a pair NV horses NV one NV EN-
for IS, 900, and paid him in our own
money He thot he'd rather not tech it.
''When will this be redeemed!' he
askt, innocently.
ANY time you want it, l replied.
'Tn wat?" he retorted.
In other notes onto the same bank, 4"
sez |.
"And how will yoo redeem them
notes!" seq lie.
SIN jist the same way" sez |.
Then all ther is NV it," sez he, ''yoo
go on takin up one note by givin another,
and all NV them without interest nor
nOthin."
That's it eggsackly," sed l. "Yoo
see, can't 700, or are 700 an ijeot? that
money means faith. Now ef the proud
finanshel instooshin in wich am the he'd,
ishoOs its note, 700 must hev faith that
it will pay, and so long ez 700 hev that
faith, and everybody else heZ that faith,
so that they take it for money, 700 new
er want the money on it. So long ez
money is taken, 700 don't want it re-
deemed, for it is good enuff, 700 see!
Our money is made good by faith-and
ez long ez it is sustained by faith it will
go. When the note zoo hev now wears
out, come to us and We will redeem EN-
with new ones. But everybody must
hev faith. Cant yoo see itl EvRYBoDY
MUST HEV FAITH Faith in the ishoos
NV this bank Nv ourn is nessary to its
success and stability. Faith in our
money is, ez it is in Religion, the sub
stance NV things hoped for, and the evil
dence NV things not seen, only more so.
Wait till | git SIS, 600 from the printin
offs, and take EN- for yoor hosses, and
go your way. Hev faith"
Perkins, that wuz the farmers name,
took the money and went his way, pom
derin ez he went. He walked down to
BascOm's with deep lines NV thor onto
his face, wich resolved itself into a ex-
preshun NV stern determinashen ez he
went in.
'Kin 700 sell Inc bari NV whisky to-
day-a entire barl!'
''Certinly, . sed q. w. ,smilingly, ''eer-
tainly, Mr.. Perkins. It's only worth
S4Q gallon, or 81, G80 90 per bari this
mornin,"
''I'll take a bari" sed Perkins.
Gan rite" wus G. w. s response. I'D
IL soon sell a bari towunst ez by the
single drink"
SO q. W. and his wife, and his oldest
son Jefferson Davis, rolled bari up i'll
to Perkinses wagon, and Perkins remarkt
that he wanted to pay for that likker on
the spos. liasgom smiled pleasantly.
There wuz nothing So pleasant, Perkins
continyood, ez payin for things Wen yoo
get EN-, ea it saves hookkeepin and vex-
ashus troubles nv all kinds.
"Give me pen, ink and paper, G. w."
sed this Perkins.
NonpIushed, Bascom did So mechan-
ically, and Perkins ran his tongue out,
ez people do in the Corners when they
attempt Hrit,n, and after thirty minits
NV intense labor, with swet rollin from
his brow fearful, lie handed Bascom
this dokeyment:
CCNFEDRIr Y ROADS, Sept, /, 1875.
! promise to pay q, w. Rascom six
teen hundred and eighty dollars.
JEHIAL PERKINS.
'EWats tIIls" askt the astonished Bas-
com, with an expreshen NV intense dis
gust usurpin the place NV the smile.
''Pay for that likker, replied Perkins,
calm ez a JOon mornin.
"But this amt pay-it's yoor promise
to pay. ana yon amt got time nor place
| fixed for payment-yOu amt goS no in
terest exprest, nor nothin. Wen do yoo
perpose to pay itl'
"Never, q. w, never. Under the
moo disEensashep, promises to pay is
money. All you want is faith. So long
ez 700 hleevc that that paper is money,
wat do 700 want NV money! With faith
enufI that paper is money. | hev bin
figgeriu this matter out in my iutellek
ever sence l Lev bin takin yoor bank
money. Its all the same. Eff l hev
faith in yoor money yoo must hev faith
in mine Wen this note wears out come
to NE and / will write 700 a new one.
And don't keep it too lOng-I shell take
pleasure in writin yoa notes often, SC
that they will allus be new and pleasant
to look at, How pleasant it Is, Rascom
TO pay ez 700 20! How mnch better
feel TO pay on the male, and how muel
better 700 must feel to hev yoor casl
wen 700 deliver yoor goods"
| Anu II cIhlliS uiONO OlA WIN tllt IlhhcI
lite hearted, leayin hascom dumbfound
ed in the door NV the groSery, gaspin Will
astonishment and blind with rage.
Perkins didn't stop with bari NV lik
ker. He bot apare NV pegged boots 70
$50, and pade for em in the same way
and q keg NV nails, and two scots u
cloze, and calico dresses for his wife an
dawterS, and box NV paper collars, an
a neck-tie, things he had never dreeme
nv hevin before, and he got so eggsci
ed at his success in finanseerin that
went home drunk es billed owl.
( But the misery Nv all this is, ever
cuss within five miles, seein Perkins,
success, is doin the same thing, and a
immense volyoom NV wat l may ca
{ indiviijle currency is afioat. And the
. is seriously threatnin to vote to hev ii
corprashen take the stuff for take
The idee NV takin money for taxes thi
{ amt printed, and that heznt got L
5 President and Cashier and Board I
i. Direkters! There is sich a thing ez ca
r ryin this thing too fur.
0 But prosperity continoos her stimuli
!, tin rain. We ishood thirty thousaI
o dollars Nv our money last week, al