Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-07-01
DOLLARS IN sKUNKs.



Editor Register:
The following is convorsa
overheard in one of the cloak TO
of the House OF Representatives
tween n Populist Congressman
from Kansas and a New York re
sentative:
Kansas-"Are your people in
ested in the money question:
New York-"Yes, and a great mas
of them think there is not half enou
in circulation TO do the business OF
country"
Knnsas-'I am surprised; that
exactly what my constituents thi
but had supposed that you Easte
ers were all gold bugs, and wan
less money instead OF more.
New York-"Well, there has I'D
some change of sentiment In I'll
direction in my village. You
we've got literary society there u
has been giving entertainments
the benefit Of the village librai
Some of it's exhibitions didn't prove
be very attractive, and instead Of nan
ing any money got behind, and, ca
ing around for a way out of It's troub
it was found that old DIR. Mo
- College had lecture on 6nnn,
that he would deliver for $50. Tl
price was low, the cause popular, an
as the people were all interested in VI
money question, III was thought 10 DO
good idea 10 hire the Doctor, make
special effort TO rout out "a good aud
ence and liquidate the society's indobI
edness. SO the Doctor was engaged
and on the appointed evening the ha
was packed. The President of the 80
ciety introduced the speaker, VIII
took the floor and delivered himsol
of the following:
Ladies and gentlemen This sui
ject, finance, is one that I've given
lifetime of study TO. have write
several works that have become Tex
books in the schools and OF recognize
authority, so 1 think i know som,
thing about the subject. am not
rich man, nor ever expect 90 be. 10
many years l have been supported b.
my college, and suppose / always wi
be. And thus, having neither mono
or the want of il, am an unprejudice
witness. understand this matte
thoroughly myself, but 90 make
clear TO you, like the Hleight-of.
performer, need a confederate 80
you will send up from the audionc
some one with money in his pocket III
make it SO plain that children can un
derstand it,.
"Charley c., the Populist leader q
the town, elbowed his way through Ga
CROWD and got upon the stage, and th
speaker said TO HIM:
"'Young man, have you got an
money! Charley said he had hftco
dollars.
Where did you get it2' he wa
then asked. And Charley told hir
that he'd just sold ten skunk skins a
$3.50 each. The Doctor then askol
him who he sold them to, and he sai,
to man that came along buying furB
and on being Intercepted ais 10 whor
the buyer came from and went 30, IA
said he came there from the first tow
to the east and went on west buyin
peltries. The Doctor then asked hin
he sold him the ten skins, and Charlie,
said he did; that he would buy all hl
could get.
essay, said the speaker, why didn'
you sell him moreY and Charley told
him il was because he had no more
The orator then turned 10 the audi,
ence and said:
"'rhere, ladies and gentlemen, lioi
the whole question in a nut shell. There
is a wide diversity of'opinion about Oh,
amount OF money required 10 do The
business of the country, and what Ga,
per capita circulation should be some
think il should be at least seventy-hvC
dollars, some fifty and others think
that twenty-five is about right, bat
everybody agrees that 10 should be
more than fifteen. II is then perfectly
clear that this young man has not got
as much money as he should have, but
the fault appears TO lie, not in any
scarcity of money, but rather, Ina tho
paucity of skunk skins. This money
is like a pigeon that hieth whore 10
listeth, and has no respect Tor per-
sons, State or Nhtional frontiers, po-
litical or geographical divisions.
Where the mast is, there also is tho
pigeon. So say to you wherever tho
skunk skin is for sale, there also ia
the dollar TO buy il with. Good even
ing And the orator we'd paid $50
TO thus dismissed the audience and
the subject. Well, some Of tho poo-
pie were disappointed, but I've no-
ticed ever since that there's great
deal less talk about finance, and more
for skunk going on"
Kansas-"Some folks think they're
,ussed smart. -. M. Todd ia Friend.
ship IN. " Register.