The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-09-10

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age of bills, and then it isacalled @can.
oeled." Afterrthis the packages arsscut
| in two, aud each half of the, package is
sent to- q different department and re-
counted, and, if any mistakes are found,
I don't know what comes next; but, if
[ should disappear Suddenly at any time,
my friends may conclude that aTreas-
ury girls who have the audacity to
make mistakes are quietly made away
with, and that no questions must be
asked. ..s5.,s-s.4 5.s s#s.a
Il is not desirable to advance very.
rapidly in the art of counting, money,
for the reason that when you become
qnite proficient you are given notes of
higher denominations to count, aud
even among ffty-ceut notes there are.
many counterfeits, and if you put these
spurious notes among Uncle Sans
money you will be obliged to make it
good to him out of your own little
pocket-book. Miss r. showed me three
counterfeit fifty cent notes from her
work the other me ming, but couldn't
see anything wrong with them, and she
did not attempt to explain how she told
them, for as General Spinner says, .No
woman ever could give d reason why q
bill is a. counterfeit, only that it is
counterfeit, and ninety-nine times out OF
hundred she is T:ght.s ;a
| I have had a peculiar, horror. of
'sodds," because they must lie about
loosely on ones table until they can be
made into packages, and the fear of
brushing them off is a constant night
mare to me, partly on account of dread
full story which / read in the CapitaE
two or three weeks ago about luckle
Treasury girl s'who dropped" an 'sodd"
and was Immediately collared. as it
were, by an Official whose name the
Capital spells with three letters, which,
| when pronounced, mean intestine
Well, the lady was marched up to the
Treasurer's room tor areprimand, where
it was administered as kindly as posi-
bic, but still she was indignant at being
taken before. the Treasurer for a repri-
nand, like a school girl drawn up be-
fore the principal for some act of willtul
nanghtiness. sssass4ss
So far as ! personally am concerned, J,
I might endure q correction of this kind
with angelic meekness. but for the sake
of preserving the dignity of the Indiana.
press, with which I have been connected
for few years, ! shall endeayor prayer
fully to avoid such offenses as. woald
make it necessary that I should be led
mp stairs by one lug to. Mr.. New for
punishment. Il l.5s2. osi5 s
happen to know a small joke all to
myself on this same official whom the
I Capital does not love- It was few
mornings ago while waiting to see
lady friend at the Treas,srya fine look
+ ing gentleman came in and asked Mr..
F g. If he could see Mrs. A. 81 dof7t
know, sir, answered Mr. G. in highly
official manner tho rules are very
strict IN regard to seeing visitors, unless
1t be-on very important bnsiness.n This
answer would have annihilated utterly
an ordinary person, but this gentleman
only looked squareiy at the official and
said sit is not business OF the slightest.
importance to me, sir; am United
States Senator 49,, and Mrs. A. wishes
to see me abont getting a leave of alb
sence." The transformation which this
sentences produced npon the official face
was something wonderful TO bol,oid. It
relaxed all its Stony outlines and melted
at once into the most delightful genial
ity, as its owner said, 8 Oh, that alters
the case. You can see the lady in
moment and instantly lie disappeared,
and almost Immediately reappeared
with a very pretty. modest looking lady
in tow, who at once entered into con
versation with the q. s. S. about her
So ! iiave already learned that the
name q. S. s. has i magic influence
upon stony hearted officiaIa, aiid' that
The most ,iiniexibl BE rules can be- friaS1e TO
yield when the proper kind Of pressure
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