The age-herald., 1898-09-17
THINGS DONE,
 HEARD AND SEEN

A business man of Birmingham yeter- day found himself in possession of a $3 bill. Before night he had parted with the greenback, but he had instead thirty-eight crisp new one dollar bills. His good for tune came to him in peculiar way, as tho following story will prove Walking into a business house he said:
 twill you give me change for this" as he handed the worn-out bill across the counter
 Cant do it," replied the cashier, 'ft is counterfeit"
 He next went to a bank.
 You're way ofp said the man who deals out change, that bill is no good.'
 The gentleman had about concluded that his clerk had been duped for S. But be- fore charging it to him he carried it to curio hunters shop That gentleman ran his fingers through his hair a moment and remarked that he would give $25 for tLe relic
 why, it is worth s5O" replied the gen. tleman, suddenly assuming a different air and sniffing a good bargain.
 The curio man looked through his cata- logue and a compromise was effected whereby the $3 bill netted the uneasy
 
 merchant $3S.
 The gentleman to whom the bill was first presented and the bank cashier had that very depressing feeling when they heard of the merchants good fortune.
 The bill in question was just one cen- tury and quarter old, bearing the stamp of the Merchants and Planters bank, New Orleans.
 
 "The veteran never forgets military tac- tics as is evidenced by an occurrence at Chickamauga Park few days ago." said a gentleman yesterday.
 "One day the Second Kentucky regiment reproduced in miniature the famous battle of the war on Snodgrass Hill. The re9l- ment was so arranged that the attacklhg end defending parties were in the salne positions as the confederates ana lederais in that famous charge. A J. Erwin, who lives near the park IS a confederate veteran and was In the Tar nous charge. He was near the scene When the sham fight began, and, seeing once again that terrible charge reproduced, he simply became wild with excitement ana said that he wanted to be in the fight and go over the same ground with gun once again. The boys accordingly dressed him in a uniform and gun was given him with a number of blanks. He at once joined in the fight, and although nearly 65 years old, he executed the different moVe- ments as though he was young again and facing real bullets. Although he fought on tho side of the confederates in the civil war he went in the union lines yesterday, just for a change, fighting just as fiercely as though in the confederate lines.
 ''The northern soldiers" he continued. "never tired of having amusement with the numerous little negroes about the streets of Chattanooga. The would go about with pockets full of nickels pennies and other small change. To see one standing on corner surrounded by half hundred fuzzy heads scrambing for the coins was an every day sight"
 A well-meaning teacher of class in 8 Birmingham sunday-school during the sum- mer months carried her scholars for an outing one day in each week. One Of the youngsters was so naughty that his class mates decided that he should not go on any more of the excursions But on the morn- ing of the next trip to the country the out. cast turned up at the railway station as if nothing had happened The teacher said to him: "Tom, don't you remember that the class told you that you could not go on any more excursions because you will not be good?'
 "Yesm, I know dey did," Tom answered, dismally, 'but if you'll jus try me dis time l I'll be good. Cross my heart l will. Please femme go, teacher.'
 "I have nothing to do with 1t now will ask the class what they think about 1t. | boys and girls she said, turning 10 the | class. which was standing open-mouthed watching the scene, Tommy promises to | be good and wants to go with us today. | What shall we do about it?" There was a moment of silence, during I which Tom looked imploringly from one to | the other-class and teacher-then a small | boy spoke up: "Teacher, mightn't we try 1 him again? If he ain't good this time we can pound him, you know"
 "Yes," came the chorus, "try him again. | and if he aint good we'll pound de stuffin' | out of him."
 ''That boy was a perfect angel that day." the teacher said afterward. "But I could not tell whether his good behavior was due l to the moral effect of the lesson or the fear | of punishment by his comrades"