, 1883-06-09

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That Iiraur i've. G.fus.h
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PINE TREE SHILLING.
Captain John Hun wI- the Mint
master ~ Ma--acu-rtt., and coined
all the money that WIS made. lll-
wa. a new lime ~ lu-inc-- for the
EARLIER dIy ~ the rnluny the cur
rent coinage consisted ~ the. gold
and diver money uf ENGLAND. portu-
rl ami Sprlu Thr-c cuin- hclng
-rIrrr, the people were often forrcd
tn lgrter their cpmmodltip, Instead
~ selling Them.
For m-sucr, ia man wanted tu
Purrha-r 1roat, hr pirh1r- cNrhang-
od a hear -hin fur if;if De- Wishcl
fnr q larr,t NJ mula---c-, he might
pur h1-c e furpinc h1lrl-. Mu,kpt
bullui- were used Instead uf frih.
iuT-. The lulfln- had -prt 81
money called wampum which WIS
made of clam holl- ;uulihi. strange
-ort ~ -p,air WIS liSpvi-r taken In
payment ~ debt by Eu-li-h -cttlor-.
Bank hill- had never hHru heard uf.
Th,rr Wa not money enough uf any
Kind IN many mrt- o. pay their
mini t,r-;-n that they bad -omo-
Time tu taSpquiu,al.uf Oh, hu-h-
ol- NJ corn, ~ ,nrj- of wnri instead
81 silver aud gld.
~ thr P,opIe grew mur' mmrr-
uu-, and th,i.trtlr wififu1ran0tlnr
incrra 81, tho want .uu nt money
vs,- -till murr -gn-itlyf.it, To sup
Ply the demand, Gou0rl Court
passed q law Cor c-tIH.-hluea cuin-
agr u -hilliur-, -i2Ien-p- and thrct-
- - 'liiAiiaii " A IsIiiliai
10 mluufrturc thi- MONEY, and Va-
tn have about one shilling out uf
every twenty 10 pay him for hi
trouble iu nJ1ing thrm.
llcrcupln. ~ the Old silver in the
colony Was hulni over to Capt
John Iull. The battered .ilyrrnn-,
and tauk,ri-, : -uWuaa and silver
hut kle., and bruN"u -pupE-, and Ill
yer hilt- of swords that hId figured
at court, all such ruriuu- old articles
were doulilos- thrown into the MELT
ing l,ut tug ,hrr. Uut hy Hr the
greater part ~ thp silver consisted
II bullion from the mine, of south
America, which the English huu-
rcor- ,vhu were little hottor than
pimtp-I had taken from the SPAN
iarl- und brought to Massachusetts,
Al thi- odd and new silver lping
melted down and coined, the result
was an immense amount of splendid
shilling, -iypauuc-and thrccpcnnr-.
Estrh bad the dlte lGjs, on the one
side aud the figure ufu pine tree ON
thg other ,-idr. Hence they were
called pine tree -hilliuc-. And Tor
cvcytwonty -hilIing- that be- coined,
you will remember, Captain John
Hull was entitled To put pnc shilling
Ia hi- own polArt. The magistrate
-UOn began 10 suspect that the mint,
master would have the best " the
bargain They offered him large
sum uf money IL he would give up
that twentieth shilling which he wa-
continually dropping into his own
packet but Captain Hull declared
that he wa~ perfectly satisfied with
the shilling; and well he might be-,
for diligently did he lnlioE that in q
few years his pockets, hiA money.
bag, and his strung box wdrc over.
flowing with pine tree Ehillings.
This wa- probably the casf when he
came into possession gfhis grand.
fathers chair and as , had worked
50 hard at the mint, II was certainly
proper that he shghh have a com.
Portable chair to rckt himself in.
When the mlptma-ter had grown
very rich, aEodng man, samuel
Sewcll ly nhne came courting hi.
only daugh<r. Ills only daughter
who's namT do not know, hut we
will call her Bctsy-was a fine,
hearty ddmsel, by no means 50 slcn-
der ~ SONIC young ladies Of our own
days. On NAe contrary, having al
ways having NJ heartily on pump
kin pies, douRhnuts, Indian pud-
ding, and other lpritan daitics, she
was Us round and plump Us q pud-
ding. With this r6pnd, rosy-Afiss
Betsey did Samuel Sgwell fall In
love. As be was a young man Of
good character, industrious In hi
habits and member Of the church,
the mint-master very readily gave
his consent.
"NeS, you may take her, said he
in his rough way, and you will find
her heavy burden enough"
On the wedding day we may sup
pose that honest John Hull drcsseil
himself In a plain coat, all the but
tons Of which were made Of pine
tree shillings; the buttons Of his
waist-coat were siNpence-i and the
knees Of his snallclothes were but
toned with silver three pcnees.
Thus attirod hc sat with great dig