Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-07

blSSell : toss INTO TINS UNKNOWN up-
stroyed'' currency The government has
the coin represented by il. but it cam
not MAKE good losses like thos, OF Mr.
Bsseil simply because ii has no means
of knowing chat The. currency is de
stroyed and will never be presented for
redemption.
AS an example. the government during
the war ana immediately following is
s" .,'. N'oS,"~,"' OF lfact'o,al cuirtmcE,
,n',t'S hlio"n us Hnlnpi| Ii, isH
>,,,,,s ,'.. ~ ~ r,',;ns
g. 9e. IA W. ''''' - 9''''
1itni ~ - VI Au''' ''ot, "i.' ~ nm
49,, ~ VIZ ih"rh ~ 1t We "VtiiH ~
5e,,'r'i ,,aSt year 'ne S "Nrt,''iiena ~
~ -" 800 o, ms ir"'ll"'''i 'ui' tiicy
:, 80 "'u1Neu that TINS '"l,i' Hlrs''H i.u 'i
"a ~ ,,, ",' rau Pr1SetN'" l'i,''9 " .nl9
w, 'toieS OF Shlhpiaster "aSs us souve
h tnn ~ ~ "etr iorceu |" US t'itih III we
,'" ,i lines ms o. iaSt N'ar; IN ON piessi7
go ioi tedeihptioh 'Hete ""9 iuii
', LIZ w StSe' Oh 'hf''-''tI' AliiilpiaS-
. - nov 'e'h pi'HV' fN" 80 ,iii"S
~" ,heh presented lol Tod'np-
.ioi .'ui the great amount OF currency
itucUtheu Is lost or Hu'l'd JUST as
~ niNsell money was lost ~ was
tt'net u'tefiS destroyed or was so burned
dn,o,, t ir hol1ers th"uSht II was past re-
nv, il'l'ti'h ana never preserved me aSneS
ne government is the beneficiary. but
i it"' III lu&h any unWliinSieSs I" pay all
''$> OH iSallohS.
I'm Uiie o. me rieVereSt appeals OF TINS
CHARACTER was prcSt ni"d To IN" treasury
department last fan signed by 4 Michi-
Sdn ia"N' It. may nave been iictltlouS or
s'eiluI'l", n" treasury oiilclaIS 90 not
khoW winch. They however. admit the
i9 s,S,, OF the argument. but also their in
genuine case ii i similar 10 thai Of Mr.
Bisscil The lrtto. j. ms follows.
Decatur Mich. NOV. %. 1850.
Dear Uncle sam: No doubt YOU will
say am crazy. and in my own cStima-
non | am at least foolish. | sat by the
iIrt this morning lonEinee nt Two 81 bills
reading the statenrnt UPON Them and
thinking of vour wise and comnljrarnd
financial system At mis- ,,,nmrut my.
mother ,gna In ,,jtI, l,,,,.. i,1t.,.,> ~,
mail matter. vac -. 5oii|rbt,d ,l,.,t
ur,nr tbo,,oi,, ~ Ia. ,,,..'i..,T I'm. . j.,
inns iust e.1,tl,,.ta ii ~, ~,
scrans ana nm th',,, ~, ,i W. ~,,,
l,t. 49, i'' ti'ili al '"' E"'l -N""'
,-,,,,. ~" - t'tl SI'NFi '''''iH ~
,,', - ''HuiN "hiCh VIII never D" tali"d
~ ",,'' - S"" VH'"'9r /" Iah" my W"t" III
',.'H 'l''tVi' hH"" itiil A"" nave a
- 90 many expenses aud that You are
"PlSTd 10 account for all the money YOU
spend. ltut am not asking Nou /" give
me dhNthn&: accidentally destroyed
your promise TO pay. and ask you to
make 1t good. pledge my word of honor
rs a teacher and a servant of the Great
Teacher that if You maxi, il good no ,nc
hut my mother will oyer know. / also
pledge my word of hn,o} th.t if those
btllS should eyer rise from tbn 1IIne
Uhtv never with oft4r r,,l INV, -, III.
the loss good ! vii lrsf, ,,,. ,I,.,, ar. soma
them In Won rs Inu ,,,..,. lfr. I,,.
most hln1l;I .,.,.,..,nt
Ni,flt,, ctIrpyy1nr,
- ''i''' w ''''f''
ucie Sam IS however not careless
about such matters No debtor r,,l. took
more p4inS to MAKE. good his nrot1fSa t,,
nay. The treasury ,auartn1nnt mas In
its redemption division EXPERTS who with