The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-06


or tat hals IS house. 50 Henry g0s s9os
e2xpooarv.s a-E pst1kse9 I'D t1s unfinished
enc ar cAssEsrs-3 e himself. ard got -za--
RED and w.n; 5owz g Johnszowa % by
sonas furniture ar4 hing. Tas eG-ni-
t3rs man SAs Ga4t 20 sell sre-n- ard
Henry found rAl2.s 90 reaSoaaSas COZ
pa-es VIII norse prices that ne so2ga. q
tab. sre three common chairs AID .
pat.n, rocking chair and Q eecs.ssc AM
se5~s arc sore carpets sz4s q 1fee brass
krsrI.. Bur when he offered 8 handful
CT HaraiIton coua.y collars l. pAyze5,
+ .hs sacpIan's face CHANGED
II Tc known yoa ~eTs from up saA
river wo1s1z.'- hase sosa; - much tina
or yoa. 10 sad We cant take .1ose
sasags+
Hen was Indignant. 'rheyr. Just es
goo9 money IS ever vas" he sd You
fellows must De a lot Of geld bugs
NO~. iook here. ny young friend"
s&i1 Ire furniture man where "a his
r-oney come from
II earned H." ssla Hen. ~oy gaiAfn' At
three dollars . Day. s1t ] worked hard
for 4. too
All right" sad me man. Where ia
The man get & that yo1 guided
Wen. ne was a fealsr from Afast.rdarn.
and ne brought Gp an Old brass tsAxeitte
aaa hac IL coined
And you worked for him how Eongr
Three weeks"
We'll" sad ~. furniture nan, -
you'd worked three weeks Tor gcoe Fnoaey
y1a could have PAID ne easy. but I'm net
gong - give yol new kettle foE a. Oh
ons AID throw Il bed ard soys al
sot OF chairs. II wanted az old ke1-
Re there's one OFT n the back yard
lien was assgnisaeo as ne I'D never
been asEonisn~d before
You see" said the Johnssowr mar.
you cag't make a tA.ns waa' u sat
.-nF Ef~
any more property IN the wor3 after
yuar hl@cksguit chopped ne kettle iato
pieces sn5 marked the pieces than wa!ie
q remained q kettle Yoa caa'E 80, mix
from a Aeds nd ~ calling q coz
Hen Wsa. oat ia iron; 81 the store and
Sat Oh las stone aorse~bieck for a&if an
tT1r N geep thought Tnen ne walk -
luEo the Furniture mans back yard.
picked ~ ne Old kegtle tnat lay there
and started FOR The mini lae next WEEK
ne vas back with sheep @hfea he had
bought from a msa 10 Aorenouss- lie
sod The sheep and bought all 1hs brass
hinges he could carry A fortnight later
Re 1as a. Johnstown again. HE had e nee
pair OF horses and big wagon this tine.
and the wagon MAS fall 81 country pro
dacs. % aail stockings. and lsgs Of matt
Eoa. and rolls ~ butter and trssa-k.lied
paTtri2Ees. ard al tie nice tA!Egs That
me ap-rFer country sends down 10 nAAr-
N@t. EfSEt FGok Uath toAA Oh EAs Nit7s
and bought roadside hotel with -four
ish.ng trade Ia It's bar. But hs displayed
la MS Sale OF drinks q preference for
fore.g n money. and every week Ms wagon
wens down 10 N. "a T9ad. and when Il
came back Hen eogga; d few COWS Or
somebody's farm. or hired e gang Of men
10 build him Up new barn
Every body else hAd experienced he
same difficulty In paying FOR things out-
side u the county. SO that they used their
United states money for Their foreign
trade ard the brass money for domestic
transactions. As The Boy Orator ex-
planned 10 some pBxzled citizens. Even
II the gold and silver and greenhacks CO
60 away, j. there not brass enough 70
give every body plenty Of money
IL was noticeable. too, that ina greatest
prosperity came 20 the poor men. The
, few rioh men Of the country dI6 rot seem
10 take much Interest IN the boom They
went about their business, took no more
o. tho brass money than they could help.
and paid that little very promptly 20 taeir
hired mea. or IN buying the farms and
1--we stock Of their poorer nelghbors Lie
Benson was the only one OF the w'ell-to-do
men VINO traded extensively In Hamilton
dollars Soon after ne free coinage act
became a law IAJA took q s4lree days trip
TO Glen Falls and had a long conference
vita The officers Of . bank. After his
Lies operations attracted much attea-
tion. He had good many thousand dol
lars Of brass coined, and Of course be-
came a. once = wealthy ana prosperous
citizen. Then tie went about calling on
every man In the county. and OF each man
he eough, one suit Of Old working clothes
and hired the mans wife 20 put them In
order Aiso he purchase. pork ard pota-
toes OF everybody VINO raised them. ard
laid in great stocks o, hay and OATS ana
bought nearly q hundred horses great
many p~opls thought Lie WA out or hls
mtud AMI ought 70 resign as sGperv lsor.
'T tell ye." said old BiIl BDrton 70 his
wife. Sars Ann, early one morning as by
candle light ne pulled on Bis boots 70
drive 10 Worthwhile. Lille Benson IS crazy
Il ever mar wa Hes srt that Fnu-
scum 81 cid cloes ana 8 hundred horses
eatln' thelr heads of and more pro-
visions Than ten families could cat IN a
winter. and believe Ae'S spent every cent
he bad
Then re amt the only oh :ool n
town" responded Sar Ana y know
one that ain't got provision in he house
to lass tAree days and winter comm right
on"
well. asa't xoin' 20 Worthwhile now
s.N re cd man IN disgust I'D gore
last week II hadn't been KEEP 80 IN me
wosots'
II pms past noon when Billy pulled Mp
his oorrow-t team IN front % Hank Mead
ows genera store IN Worthwhile Main
street nsl wAs hungry. Dat he decided
- attend 20 business nrs- Entering the
sore ne sought tse proprietor
wen. Hank. ! want big bill et goods
rA,s time"
Hank lookc, troubled -~BHl.~ said -.
Ia Ike 10 ,-e y9u. eGt unless you've go;
coed money ] can't
Amt my money as goo6 as any TAasT
said Bill IN much indlguayicn
- y0pr brass
aln't." said Hank. And yoa know Il;
AIN :"
u know. sail Rin t~precSt!nglv. that
folks 30 IKE the ca6 KIND OF money a Hitis
better. euE lssi knew you could pass Il.
ven ,souH alwsy- ra@s a 3otasr Cor 50 cent?
80 ear way ra; I've been Ia rhs woods
the lAg month and ihings may have
changed uf;ie. Bgt ncw. Hank. -
said. MS color rising. I've traded w'la
ynu twenty year and = yc5 - back 81
r,,~ row III do ray trstfnx iu Wsls TIE
stnrekeeVers t&rre have So to axe 20
comfy money whether tSsy hbe = O.
rot
Yes out YEA sos 20 ray -a-ir "
whetA~r yo4 Ike 3; o. rot sac Hank
.~T~sv Rave 10 $3.50 DOVE ~+eer for ns'-
xeusa a~a thev eset nav ter -s~fu III
ecssrsv money Sc Eorenae Sss rsr@
v~~t1~aAv ans saiH - He~ theT s&e-~l
81 .o4nty ~ ensy fer clrFnes ae al
s. tor = dirk sas ley g n; sel .er
r-efsx a4t casa. ne .Aer. foT 'eHv c&1't
-.sa~,s no.h.rx out brass r a~y u tAe~
Navn "a see gha ag. sasy tr-es 7At a-s
tr-s so~es leze an8 IS every tag
~-n els mas Aea5 ssoeN Hark
rsfs ne ~ff ny woneT atH . go Y1a
kres- atv rsr-,e = E-s3 Vent - rF--s,
re- Pr : saw - csoea=s an NY winter
praytstsnsT
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