Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-08-28
A TEN DOLLAR NOTE.
It's Wonderful Vicissitudes and TIT
Tragedies 1t Witnessed.

Rocky Mountain News.
FIRST saw the light of day in the
treasury department. / was printed
along with a number of my fellows on
large sheet of paper. 1 never real
lied so much the meaning of red tape
as when we were put through the va
rious processes In the printing depart
ment of the bureau. / was sent along
with nay fellows to a government de-
pository, severed from them with a
sharp pair of shears and placed in the
drawer of the paying teller of the in
stitution which, in addition to its
| functions of a national bank was a
sort of savings fund where people OF
moderate means and income might
| deposit savings in sums of $40 and up
wards.
I had lain in the drawer perhaps
for aa hour when there came
AN OLD WOMAN WITH A PLAID SHAWL
and presented her deposit book.
recollect distinctly the figures on the
page 1t was a paltry sum at the best
-$23 Is. Oh! the screwing and the
twisting that this small amount rep
resented. The dspositor-a Mrs. Jones
kept dodgers and times had latlerly
been bad with Der. At one time she
had thought to accumulate deposits
running into the hundreds, but sick
ness and death had come, and the last
of what was intended as nestegg
was reached. l was paid out over the
counter and placed with a great deal
of care in a shabbyslooklng retlcule
where my only companions were
soiled handkerchief, a pair of gloves
with the fingers frayed out, several
pieces of old ribbon and a dirty scrap
of newspaper which recorded the death
o. Abel Jones at the age Of So.
Brought up as I had been, these asso~
Citations, you can well imagine, did
not please me, but then what did
know of the world2 Bearing the inn
print of powerful government rep
resented money and wealth and was
foolish enough to believe that nay life
would be ever associated with refine
ment and luxury.
THE FOOLISH DREAM
was very quickly dispelled, however.
Ny mistress, who lived very far up
town, tcok one of the street cars which
ran miles out into the suburbs, and
laying the satchel upon the seat for
moment it was quickly snatched by
we'll dressed mai sitting near her,
who left the car and disappeared be-
fore the owner realized her loss. That
night / made my first visit to the
sluns and was passed over the bar of
vile saloon in payment for drinks.
Ny next recollection is that, piled up
with some Of my fellows l was de-
posted as stakes in some kind of
game. Suddenly there was the grasp
of hand on me, then there was
scuffis and a pistol shot and warm
human blood poured over me, and l
fsll to the floor neglected and appa-
rently forgotten. There was an in
quest next day, was hunted up and
exhibited as an important part of the
evidence. There were no end f lawyers
present, and the end Of 1t all was
somebody was
| COMMITTED FOR MURDER
l WAS placed among a lot of papers
which understood were to be used as
evidence at the trial and locked up in
the safe Of the coroner. That night
| [ heard some strange noises, then an
explosion and [ WAS clutched and car
ried off to rough ueighborhood in
the lower portion OF the city. Again
1 was spent for drink, contributing
largely to the orgies of the men and
women who had assembled there. Obi
the horrors of that night, the awful
blasphemy INDUCED in by both sexes,
the brutal conduct of the men and the
awful lasciylousness of the women. l
fairly shuddered with terror during
the time 1 laid on the couater. A
series of events followed shortly at
terward that made my lot somewhat
more pleasant The blood stains that
had defaced my appearance had near
| ly all diappeared. On the following
| day | was taken to the market and
pretty quickly was transferred to the
custody of
A BEAUTIFUL MAIDEN.
| was taken to her home ard placed
in drawer lined with pink satin and
deposited among lot of trinkets and
| Jawelry. l remained in nay new quar-
tiers several days, we'll content with
the quiet luxury of my surroundings.
One day my young mistress took me
from the drawer with some of my fell
| lows and took me to a large retail
store, where was exchanged for some
female trinkets. That same night l
was paid out for wages to one of the
girls in the store. She was frall,
sickly sort of girl, but when we got
home l discovered that she was the
only support of a widowed mother and
baby sister. How my heart did
bleed for them, SO much love and so
much misery. How | was handled.
How many plans were made in which
played an important part. My new
mistress, as said before, was sickly,
hacking cough was her continual
companion. On the day following my
advent to her home she was seized with
fever,
IN THREE DAYS SHE WAS DEAD.
The funeral, which was plain one,
consisting only of the hearse and one
carriage, was soor over. l was used
to liquidate the claims of the under-
taker.
The undertaken, who was pretty well |
to do, deposited me IN the bank the !
following day. l was destined, how> |
ever, for a stormy life, and inside of |
an hour | was drawn out by a young |
fellow on certificate Of deposit and |
with some other notes drawn at the |
same time, and soon found myself in
a gambling saloon. My new owner,
who was evidently very weak young |
man, staked me on the turning of a
card. He lost. The next morning he |
was found in the Bottoms with bull
let hole through his head. The cor
oner's jury said it was suicide. Since |
that time I have been quietly lying i'll
drawer, together with a number of
nay fellows, wondering yet dreading
what my next experience will be.
don't think any young bank note ever
had more romantic or tragic life
than mine. Bank notes, although
supposed to represent wealth and
happiness, see more of the misery of
the world than you would imagine.
Had Good Thing.
Wall Street News.
A stranger who seemed to be from