The Red Cloud chief., 1888-08-24
FUN IN A BANK.
La1ghable Incidents That Occur In tn
Centsrs OF M0ney-HandlinG.

the grave-faced business fellows who arc
the tellers and cashiers Of banks, that they
had. during working hours, any chance to
make merry. Yet, say the New York
Graphic, it seems that they have their
share of fun even II the uidst Of their most
important duties.
"Do funny things occur around q bankF"
said one of the cravest-looking OF the boys
in the Park Bank the other day. well. I
should say so. Most people have An idea
that there is nothing except what is prosalc
and commonplace in the banking business,
but they are altogether wrong. Some OF
the funniest: scenes I ever witnessed hap
pened right here n this bank. Ii give you
a sample. Years e q man whom we WILL
call jim Simpson. because hat wasn't his
name, was one Of the Geposirors. jim wa
a character. He kept q tavern a few niles
out of the city. and did z brisk business. BE
was a Yorkshire EngiishUlar. stoutly built
and over six feet high. with 4 rUddy face
and keen. tv-inkling eyes.
Jun used 10 cone il every Saturday and
deposit MS receipts OF the wees. often <NO
or 500. Wei. he invariably went through
the same performance. Standing by adesk
near the teller's window Re would take out
his big observation-disclosures out h-s roll OF bills
and begin counting them over, leaving the
ones. tvos. fives and tens each in ! separate
pile. Then he would p!ckUp the ives. lay
them crossvIse Of tee tens. count them
again. put the twos across. so through the
same process until lie satisfied himself that
his count was correct. II often took hin
fifteen or twenty minutes TO get his money
arranged in shape for depositiug-
..nna r.v v-ha- hn Nal ~ rnrSuSllr IaYpa
amount Of money spread cut before hin. q
stranger entered the bank. walked Up to
Jim without saying = word, nu4yej the old
mar with his elbow. and pointed TO the floor
under the desk. The old fellow supposed,
of course. that he had dropped a bill. and
stopped down TO look for it. Quick IS a flash
the other rlan svep. the pile OF bills of the
desh.cranued them into his pocket and was
out II the street before Jin had time TO
straighten %. He Looked around. saw the
retreatirg stranger. then looked AZ the place
where his money rad been. { broke into a
loud ard hearty laugh. 'WeIl.Tlb be hanged!'
sald he. then laughed more noisily tnau
ever.
None of Us il the bank had noticed what
was going on, and we had 10 idea what the
Old man was laughing ~. I never saw a
Z ~ L-IclN A-&--S(O NtA3A ~ ~ ~
He hav- Lawed TIL the walls fairly echoed.
It was some time before he recovered his
gravity sufficiently to explain VIVA. had &C
Cured. He was 50 greatly struck with the
ridiculous nature of the trick that had been
played Upon him that he seemed to regard
it as more han an e9UivaIer. for the money
he had lost.
Another u.an who u-e,i % nave An &c.
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always asked for small oils. twos and
threes.' and he kept up the practice years
and years after three-dollar bills ceased -
be issued. He kept some Government
bonds here u Adj around at regular in
tervalS to request as to cut CT them there
cowpeus' for him.
You have read. perhaps. OF the country
mar who bought q draft TO pay a note which
was about due at some bank in adistant city,
put the paper in his pocket. imagined it "a
be a receipt, and only dreamed Of his mis-
take when he received notice hat his note
was about to be protested. I have known
just such cases myself. But people may
joke As they like about the country folks;
bad much rather 10 business with them
than some Of the smart city men who i'm.
a8ine that they know every thing and seem
u lu4UA C0SAlCG ID WOC4N4y lHAOEdn IL VIC
SAYS h does't know them
An amusing thing took place in our bank
sfew days ago. A laboring Ean had been
given . check by a weu-known contractor,
and came in to get bis money. I told bum be
must be identified The maj started. moi
having the faIntest idea what the word
meant.
"sDo you mean vaccinatedr be asked.
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to laugh. Bring some body here that Knows
you are the person FAMED in the check. We
can't pay money to people we don't know
1.-THE mar departed and returned in ABOUT
fifteen minutes accompanied by bis wife.
BE seemed heartily surprised when told
him that her identification Of him would not
be sufficient. and that he must bring some
body who was known to the people in the
bank. After I bad wasted half an hour
making explanations the maker Of the check
happened to drop in and I got rid OF my
troublesome visitor.
II have seen men get so angry over q
polite request that they may be identified
that they would actually tear up their
checks. meanwhile denouncins loudly the
man who paid his debts with worthless
pieces Of paper instead Of cash
There are any number Of people, some.
times, I think, q many as nine out Of tan,
who seem to think it no crime to cheat .
bank. II there is Q streak Of meanneso
anywhere in . mans nature it will crop out
when he is put 70 the test on . question q
money. Sometimes I have amused myself
BY experimenting with men TO End oQt
whether they were honest There Is a
easy way Of ascertaining. For instance, Q
depositor hands in his handbook, together
with . number Of bills and checks, The
amount Of which - 70 b placed 70 his
credit.
HE has made out . deposit ticket, whicA
he holds in his hand while I count -
money. Bow muchi' I ask. VIVA. do N
make ftp he inquiries. I name . sum i've
dollars or ten dollars larger than I have q.
ee-.Aned the amount TO be. II the man =
hcaest he will say that be thinks I am mis-
taken; but often be viii turn around and
mako out another deposit ticket, fixing Tho
amount to correspond with the figures Z
have given. Then, Of course, I count tho
cash again and announce that I have made
. mistake. and to prove It hand back tho
money and let him recount il. Men whom
nobody would e suspect Of crookedne0
aEe often very quick to take advantage Of Q
little mistake in their favor. know ~.
eral wealthy gentlemen who I truly beievo
would never think Of paying any sun, Largo
or small, that got into their hands through
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