Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1888-03-10
WHEN YOU WANT FIVE CENTS
Very Much, Sometimes You can't
Raise IL on $50 Piece.

Speaking about having money IN
YOUR pocket, and yet feeling as helpless
as if you were pauper, SAID fhlla-
delphian to some friends who were dls-
cussing the subject, reminds me OF
small experience | had in that line little
while ago. / was in the northern part
OF the city, and in a great hurry to go to
the corner of Seventh and Market
streets. In my pocket was $50 gold
piece and no other money-not even
nickel. Fully persuaded that no car con-
ductor would change the coin for me,
entered saloon and ordered glass OF
of beer, throwing the yellow piece upon
the bar as / did so. The barkeeper
turned from the beer-rack, placed the
beer before me, eyed the coin an instant,
looked at me sharply, then reached for
the untouched glass of beer, put 1t down
behind the counter, and said: You
can't work that here; it's been tried
afore.' l protested that the coin was
genuine. that it was all had, and that
/ wanted change to pay car fare-but IL
was no use. In his own words, he was
onto the game and l left the place
filled with my own rage and covered
with that barkeeper's suspicion.
son the next corner was drugstore.
/ went in with the $40 piece In my palm,
and upon thrusting is before the clerk,
| asking him whether he could change IT.,
he replied, sneeringly, and in tones which
| implied that he felt hurt at me for TAX
ing him for greenhorn, well, not this
| time.
"Once outside the place, it occurred
to me that if L had made purchase
there would have been no trouble IN
getting change. Resolved not to be so
stupid again, / made for an inviting
looking cigar store, five doors away,
where | put my luckless coin on the
glass top of the showcase. and politely
told the salesman if he would change it
for me [ would only be too glad to buy s.
worth of his goods. The smile that
crept into his face persuaded me that !
had conquered him. In reality L had
only put him on his guard. He merrlly
said. as he turned to wait on another
customer: AN I've had 'em offer to buy
| So worth, but we're not IN that business.
Nothing but the fear of being arrested
on the double charge of assault and bat
terv and showing counterfeit money pre-
vented; me from throwing the tobacco
scales at that heartless wretch.
AT three other places the coin was
refused, curtlN and suspiciously, and
finally, fully realizing what an absurd
thing it was to do, hurried over to q
conductor of a Columbia avenue cal
that had stopped on a crossing, and,
showing him my solitary coin, asked
him if he would make change for me il
l got aboard. He didn't even answer
me, but as he yanked his bell to &c
ahead 1 heard him say grufiy to fortu
nate possessor Of a nickel on the plat
form: Guess that fellow thinks | own
the road.
"Not one of The people who refused
to make change for me touched the
coin; the sight of it was enough fol-
them, and it made them suspicious
What did / do? Why; walked from
Columbia avenue and Eighteenth stree
to Seventh and Market, and the big enc
Of my $40 piece went to pay for the sup
per and theatre tickets L had wageret
on being there at the appointed time
That's what a nickel cost me when
didn't have it. "-NiLIdelphia Press.