The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-07
he PAID FOR HIS LEARNING.
How q Son Of the Emerald Isle Came
to Appreciate Paper Money.
From the Lexington (Ga.) Echo.

from tHe Lexington AGd.) EChO.
Nike Reynolds of the Oglethorpe Granite
| Company, has enjoyed the freedom of thi,
free country only four years, and in hi
| own mother brogue lie tells some rich ex
pc ence5 that befell him while learning thC
way and customs of his adopted home
One Of the best Of these episodes is how he
came to appreciate the value of our paper
money.
"Thart was me initiation fee into this
coontnry,n said Mike, as he related that the
first month Of his life in this country he
worked on board steamer in New York
harbOr He was to get S37 for his hire,
which TO him seemed almost a fortune as
compared with a months wages in the
"ould country and he labored hard
during the month with high expectations
of feeling wealthy hen pay day rolled
around. When it did come Mike was
called up to the paymas. er's office and
handed out three gold fiye-dollar pieces,
two tens and two-dOllar bill in greenback
The gold money was wrapped in the paper
money, and not being well acquainted
with the sthuff, as Mike puts it, he put the
gold carefully into his pure and threw the
paper away, wondering why it was the law
IN this coonthry to use three bits Of paper
to wrap oop three bits Of gold"
Mike went directly to his boarding house
intending to pay Oft bis board, and hen lie
was going to "sphree around bitn to Gale
hrate his rapid strides toward riches He
handed the landlady the three pieces Of
gold a ID was amazed that only a few cents
IN change was returned to him. Not being
able to count money he sought friend
to explain the matter TO him, telling as
how the en,lemin did gave me the
t irty-sivin dollars il the three gold monies
all wrapped O p in three bits of paper. His
friend sa what was the trouble, and as he
made Mike understand 1t, tears came to his
eyes, and he eXclaim ID, BY the holy
Moses, I'll 90 fond it" but his search was
in VAN. He related his experience to the
paymaster who with pity told him that he
wollt give him his pay next time so that
he would understand it.
With heavy heart and detected air
Mike worked the next month, often ejacu-
latiag that "a divil of bit did Oh know
thart paper was the pennies in this
coOnthrym Pay day rolled around again,
and Nike went for his money. Ii was
handed him securely sealed up in pay
envelope. This he tried on all sides TO I'M
roll, but OF course could not. A friend
helped him out ald unssaled il for hIm,
Nike all tie time reminding him 20 "be
asy with the sthOof.' When IL was opened
and handed him no careessly
deposited the specie-it was all gold
and silver this time-in his pants
pocket, and going into an inner vest pocket
pulled for b a securely made leather purse
Of his owl make, into which he carefully
deposited the envelope. calculating that
"dIvil bit will yen be ariter fleeing away
from me this tonne He had his "sprhee
around first this time. and spent his none y
and going to his land ady offered her the
envel )pe as payment for board, aud wanted
to "sphoil tue c0uAtenance Of livery moth
er's son Of thin FIR thryny TO chaLe an
honest Oirish lad, when she refused to ac-
ceyt it,