The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-08-29
WOODEN COINS.
Story of California Banking In Early
DayE.

carpenter, and when landed In San
Francisco / opened q shop and did
better than some huckies in the mines.
did mostly fine jobs, such as fitting
MP saloons, cabinet work and making
gambling truck-the last queer things,
I tell you, full of tricks to cheat the
greenies-
Zone day, got an order for . lot of
wooden adobes. .Adobes' were gold
pieces of the value of fifty dollars each.
and the man who gave the order-the
played-out Secretary now hauling up q
tom cod yonder-wanted 1000. I
smelled rat, but kept mum, as secrecy
was the keystone of half my trade. /
set nv lathe to work in room care
fully locked, and in due time had the
contract filed. Now, want you to
gild these slugs,' said the Secretary,
sand send them down to Adams & Co.'S
Office about the time the mail steamer
gets in. Keep dark and send in your
bill. / did. Old Noise let me have
one of his gilders, and he did the work
in good style. But for the weight, you
would never have taken those 'slugs'
for anything but the simon-pure article.
In the drawers they made q fine display
represenf-$50. 900 in gold. boxed
CO.. under cover of night, and read in
the papers next morning Of the arrival
of Sc, 900 in 'adobes,' consigned to the
banking house of-well you know. the
place on Montgomery street, near Clay
Las for the name, that's nothing-it's
as dead as the bank, its President, and
its Board of Directors. / smiled, but
said nothing. The addition of those
1000 sslugs helped the concern amaz-
ingly; it was only three months old,
but it stood on its legs at once took
some pride in the affair myself, as was
the creator of its financial support.
Thirty days passed Then l saw the
Secretary. We met on the old corner
one rainy night, and, after q drink, fell
q chatting. Jenkins had Just been
hanged on tne fiaza ior saIe-cracklng'
and this brought up the SUBJECT OF TOD
Come over to the bank, said the
Secretary; I've got something privately
to tell you. This place Is too public.
1--WE crossed the street, entered
small room. and resumed the conyer-
sation. Ii lasted till midnight and was
rather interesting
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