The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-01-10
THE BANK OF ENGLAND.
AVisit to the Old Lady of Thread.
needle Street.
FroYn the T,-Ndnn Telopranh

of rivalry engendsred by the new build
ings and fine machinery of kindred es
adjustments on Tower Hill, or whether
entirely stimulated by the exigencies O
increased business, need not to be deter
1ained; but the bank Of England is jus
-Hbw the scene of unusual hustle and &C.
: fivity. What is practically fine nev
entrance into the building has been e
Gently opened up from Princess street
1t has been described rs new doorway
1t is hardly this, however. Tie doc,
has always been there. and some Of the
-O!1 slagers IN the establishment can re-
n>omber its having been opened.
A good many years ago, however
during some time of popular turmoil
this entrance was pra 'ticalIy abolished
by building up inside Of tia pondtrous
mass Of brisk-wor and masonry. This
has been removed, and access to the in.
terror Of the bank may now be Lad on
ne western side. Inside the bank, too,
there has been a considerable readjust-
ment ofof1lces. The public drawing Of
flee, for instance, and the branch bank
oliee- have been transferred to the
handsome and spacious room which
formerly was the accountants hank note
otiice-the office, that is to say, in which
OLD bank notes are sorted and regis
tered before being stored away in the
dark vaults of the bank, where Tor five
years they l;c packed away in little
wOodcn boxes, something like plum
boxes, ready to appear like so many &C.
,l,
made them the means of fraud. It is a
little irregular to have got
down into this neither world
* pecuniary ghosts 80 early in
The course Of IN inspection of the
hunk, but, now that VIC are here, it may
save coming do"n again if we look about
ns little. There are probably people
about to whom reg ion of veritablo
ghosts would be scarcely more tearsome
than these gloomy, silent avenues, piled
40 hisn on either hand with these little
Wnoden receptacles.
II is rather startling idea that very
l:tssibly flashes upon the visitor as
II 3oves amid these silent witnesses to
sRHy monetary transactions that if dur.
!hAAthe past five years he has scrubbed
his name and address across Bank of
England note, probably that signature is
bore, and that somebody may some day
bring into the bank up. stairsa note bear
Ing the same number us that which he
signed. Surprising the new arrival is
sufficiently genuine in apnearance to
puss muster-no doubt. r,tler FIR.
fetched sunno,ition unless Il r.aIlv ia
oenuine-withiT faw h,urS a cIarl.
Will lake dawn "a OMAR . lnokino ieIvar
ns ever went nnder tho name and 81,
nroceud to "nost" The rote Than T.
VII, In sean tint tha nronar cnona e.,
note If that date and thut nnfnher hoS
L. ready been filIed in Somsth,n, ,rnsi
abo wrono The new orr;v,;i ,nny ha I's :"
God nn,a ~ ti,ot cosa tt.a o 10y Nv
fnrgerv and anvh" , Wv sx bt,u n r"ua'
,;,nnenrs on i NAV rxnect rn,nn,nm; l..
t;nps snv dsv sonetlI;n o' ;rra,,,,inr a.
ti,r;n. dawn ,,r>o,, onu nf ,s +bo o. 10y
Sns 90 dota,.t;va ;,,et 10 NJ ponn W.
81 ast Sir M.,s;ncyt, 'a ;, NIL 10y 4" th ,,
amons ol,j Row stres,t rnun.r TownsanG
..SxOon down nnon the simnle ola f,gn,.
Or win hos n,;t., ;nnocun,iv tok.n nna
~ +n,o ~ tho ,,oto, tronod - h;,, fnn',,
thaso oloony ro,,,t, ''' ''o'A'
consc;.1oo 10 q ,,,oooon+ 1os,ace;,>,,
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' i've , a,.r''" Raj s.o n;nt lie
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Itoiin "n'cn ~ appears tl'a . "a tne course
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- L Txas "u WHIT au n, aat e s;G h,l
,;;;a o,,.d ro"oi, . "a rr';ioa ' Ie ~ ~
$50 $3.50 WIZ uar l1u. 20 Ill; ii tIa, a. .,'g
onnh " "o1o , ,Tt PIG Ivy WHY
;o;nad end to an5 t,ov wanlt :, IN w ~
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H,;oi ax+.,,,t is sa,J r. Iu,.r,thar iacs ,t'o,,
that NJ Iivdn ,'nrl Thov wo;,,h t n,,ar
an "a TONS and their orivino, vaIne w.,a
fser ri 75iI G2(}1;,O TIE o,ea,esi of
! ne,ies mivIt bn inclined to find soma
/ ,1ntort is,ha extent md I'M rico,v nf
NJ - store Of old naner> OF cnTr. "
,n,,wavar thav Srn ,,'ost evctar, ot;nalI,,
Vunged. and anv note of The SEVENTH
van Williams NAV ha nonnceI ,,no,
Ttba Utmost celer;tv and nracia i pom
,tH1Tsnd nf five vears these M notas
~ :. tbro.r, ;,+, :, $500 eroo;ol,., .n'
arc 1905 ~ w. nr,nsa o 1 b,1rHo IoA'
@t' 49, 10 ;o,,s P i.nt howo,ar +I',t Or
- i, tsx,nra IS 10 nanar ~ - oe, ,,1; 0o
',nk IF En,,l,nI n,MHtI,pt h,,r,,;,o aInno
T.; I;t,ia ,,i,,a al fra,,a '" tt,, r .eI1s
= sfSfo n N mi 1vS
,f1H,;,aoo 'Thou u, c,,m,la,e,v ,.tarraJ
"a hjck thn ,,a nsr stiIi I,olds +ovathar
/ the nrintinr OF tl,e note is sail to h,
ic;entlv lec,ble to establish its oenn.
uass and to warrant ira Rel q
shed There are some other notes
ra that ware Dashed ofter h,v;ny ,,nn.
,wn with the Eurvdice q few Years
ADO. and reduced to little better than
min InlpaL ,ha srrans and tr,yna,ta
tyh;ch sometimes come into tha 6anI n
- oo.haI Lova a ra.l,v r;d;m,io,o an
Snrancs IN tho o,.c,s;on Of rac..p,
Gt for INSTANCE the of1iria]a led
1der examination nuu,Ler a,
.ev,nents of di,colored amer none
~, .h,o ,er than n siynenfe. and WIEN
"a 'QTber nresentini. tn Tie unal iiied
t,ddaf tha sIi,ht.st 1esa, ,)onca to
,nn1a Aud va, Il wns nrettv coutidrnt
To-, ossarted thot the nnnar womb Il,
,ashsd y It il beneath ihe diun;tv ofth,,
,,a,,k If Env,anI like or sven :,
foear TO take. advantage of accidents
Their notes, and if there is any posi-
s,ffftv of establishing the identity of one
az them. il is sure to be duly honored,.
Even where q note is entirely DESTROY
I'd. nroper evidence of the fact of de-
81 rnrtion will he accented and oavment
,na'ie. A lost note will in some cases be
,aiJ and there is one ocrasion recorded
nrnr Which thu liberal attitude of the
,rl'Il.. y. - oo,, oe+h;, I;,d ;nvol,,nd
1i'ec' :1 - io :" 'sa s COZ n', hnnl, a.
mem ~ " toss ~ sso',o'J. TO-, ,os Ut'1.A ~
tn, te , on' ,non ''h h; 80 s,;v;, n.n