Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-11-08
HIDING MONEY.
Queer Places Used by People d q
Their Money.
Wen Also Have Different Manners q a.
Their Cash.


IN olden times men carried tbei,
~ purses, but In this age. and - -
| LIES, the purse is a rarity. MANI D
nlsmen put away their paper n,o..S
rs loot OF a sock. Other men sew h
he we hhins or the coat, and evs. n Z
~, rne INSIDE OF the undershirt. Men
use much money rarely carry
ana 40 this in observance OF -
ddage that one should NOT carry y,
eggs IN one basket Therefore fbex
,h lnelr money and distribute il A.
tneir persons in various pockets - ~ ~
IL any Of IL is stolen IL will onlv he !.
paratiyely small portion. -
seems remarkable, but IL 10 .
ma, ma, me man VINO is most careless Of RI
hiding places are the most secure ~ ~
secreting Of money. Ut
Watch your friend, when he cor..-
pas q doiiar or more, and notice w.
ne taxes the money. He may reach ~
er hand behind him and produce A rnis }.
OILS from either of the pistol-pocksts 3
ms trousers; he may find IT in eithe, :
me 'front.' pockets OF the two-legged -.
ment, or, IL his roll be small II NAV q
secreted in the watch-pocket of his ~
ar coverings. -
lie is likely IN produce the bills r..
either OF the four side-pockets Of his ".
or, If the bills be large, he NAV ~
down INTO the cayernous depths OF ~
inside pocket of his waistcoat. IL he .
a grocer or butcher. his wealth NAV IA
wrapped in piece of brown paper A.
slowed away in the inside pocket 81 ~
coat; and If laboring man, you need ~
be surprised to see him stoop and taka
from his boot, which seems to Justify q.
in calling money filthy lucre.
If you are a close observer Won -
notice that many foreigners carry ~
money in bag, and suspend il. either =
the breast or back. by a string aroma
the neck, and it is often amusing M ~
them fish II up for use.
Tell, If you can. the number OF fiyn.s
you have seen man turn mis- back unos
everybody present, take from some recerS
of his clothing roll of bills, the amous1
Of which ne wants to conceal, remove ~
sum needed for the present expenditurr
replace the money and then face You m
the others who happen to be present AT
nothing unusual had occurred.
But where are the larger sums a
money hidden when doubts and fean
about banks fill the mind of the hoarS-
err? An aged man kept popular drink
ing place in Hamilton. Bermuda fev
years ago. 1t was a one-story limestone
structure. like many others there n
was successful in business and was q.
counted to be rich, although this opinioa
was gathered from the knowledge Of M
lively business and frugal ways Pr
many years his popularity and business
Increased, and one day he died unexpecf-
edly. and the stock was sold and ths
store offered for rent.
III was nlred Dy man VINO mad been
an old customer of the aged man, AMI
to the surprise of everybody the shutter
remained up. nothing was done in the a.
rection of fitting up the place for any
purpose, and at the end of a month IL
new tenant gave up the place and, tai
ing another and larger store in a more
fashionable part of the parish fitted Il
handsomely, furnished it with a costly
stock of goods and is now a rich man.
The fact is that when he was a fre-
quenter of the drinking-place he was Z
poor man, but one day he saw the ~
man slip a sum of money behind one q
the rafters of the old place. After u
old man died this customer got tOgetha
enough money to pay rent for mona
and during that time went prospects,
among the rafters. his search being ~
warded by the finding of a fortune st0Wet
away there. for safe keeping, by "
former occupant. He still lives and ~
business.
Our grandparents were wont to uulle
the old china teapots and milk pitchUg
for the safe keeping of money, and H.
habit has come down to many of our ~
farmers. for the same old, broken ~
otherwise useless ware can be seen y
this day up in the further corner Of u
top shelf of the cupboard. Feather bedg
and mattresses have been used for secret
ing money and are still so used, but ~
old woman who put her wealth in the To-
of an old shoe, which she left in careless
fashion on the floor of the closet In hef
bedroom and then permitted her ten-yeaf-
old grandson to play there, found, Whe1
too late that while old shoes are Safe
inqusitive turn of mind A man SOM
time ago found silver bars in the run Of
an old slave ship which he was breaking
up.