Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-11-28
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he drew back with comical look of dig
nifty.
II don't want no receipt, sir" he said.
"Do yon think | can't trust you? why
sir, | think my moneys as safe in this
here bank as in any place on earth"
explained to him that it was not
question OF confidence. but of rule and
custom. and that. without the receipt, it
would be difficult to draw the money out
This seemed to discomfort him, and he
replied;
"Well, and supposing was to lose the
blessed paper, and some cove was to
bring it here and get the money out what
good wonld il do me? No. no, sir
reckon as you're not likely not to forget
my phiz and when | comes a gain, with
or without papers, | know you'll do the
right thing. Look here. sir" he contin-
ued firmly, seeing that still held the pa
per out to him, I'll you give me that there
paper I'll tear it up, as sure as my name
is Ebenezer Knott"
After much argument | consented to
keep the receipt in my desk for him, and
he departed after making bold to offer
pinch of snuff to all the clerks in the vi
entity of the counter.
About a week after this our nerves were
upset by the strains of a large organ which
was being played outside the bank win
dows. This excited the more surprise as
no organs were, allowed in the city DUR
ing business hours Thomas, the old
bank reporter, went out with an air OF OH
cial importance and endeavored to silence
the player. The latter, however. was an
Italian who either could not or would not
understand, aud Thomas efforts were for
some time unavaiing At length the ar
rival of policeman on the scene put
sudden end, in the middle of a bar, to the
music. The policeman seized the horse
by the bride, and led it off with the organ
and the -gestculating Italian to the
Mansion House. We were still laughing
at the suddenness of the catastrophe,
when Mr.. Knott entered in a state OF great
agitation. He informed me that he had
purchased the organ and the horse, and
had engaged the services of the Italian,
with the object of making tour with them
in the provinces. Previous to leaving
London, however, he had resolved upon
treating the bank to a serenade, in order
to show US at once his gratitude and the
superior nature of the instrument. lie
had no notion that in doing this he was
must have been made, he said, since he
left London; and he was deeply mortified
at having been interfered with by the
police. As happened to know one of the
officials at the Mansion House, / accom-
panied him there, and speedily put mat
tiers right for him.
At his earnest request called upon him
at the Old Bell in Hoburn. where he was
ax,ip na u bnp frnp I hp p U
evening. He began by expressing the
qualification which my visit had given
him, and his sense of the honor it had
done him. He then entered at once on
the business concerning which he wished |
to consult me.
He informed me that, when he left this
country twenty years ago, he had had
many friends, and that one reason of his
returning to it had been that he wished
to see il he could not do some good to
them or their children. He had devoted
much time, and had gone to some expense
in tracking them out. and had found that
nearly all of them had died or taken to
bad courses. Many of them were in pris
on. Their wives had taken to drinking,
and their children TO worse vices still. lie
was soon convinced that nothing could
w NSho Az NhOhs obN th"h my ~
cuniary help which he might give them
would probably De badly applied. He
saw clearly that the only effective
means he could take to assist them would
be by taking from them the children who
were young enough to be reclaimed, and
giving them "hedicaton as their parents
'adnt 'ad." He proposed to place five of
these at small schools. and after a few
years training to apprentice them to diff
fereDt trades, such as carpenters, masons,
brick-layers, &c. The parents of these
five had consented to part with their chit
dren; but now came the difficulty. He |
didn't know how to set about it-what
schools to select, how to provide for the
payment OF their fees, and those OF their
subsequent apprenticeship, and so on.
SO be appealed to me as "scollard" to
assist him. He said he had been much |
disappointed on returning 20 England
where he found himself utterly friendless
and isolated, and had made up his mind
TO 60 back TO Australia alter lime there
at least he knew that his money would |
gain for him a consideration which he saw
1t would not get him in London. He laid
it sll down to his want of Medication"