The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-01-08
PELTS AS CURRENCY
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70 return % IA hau-ts - tbs Dstrepo-
Ia ard bo-ehslartiy tossed TIE tavern
tesper q ons kun6re5 dollar oete ct
~ -hleh 20 take ray for his TN IT,
iarfiord cosid ~ chzrrs tie rc.e.
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II vas rot u-tii & lad teez set al
ab0gf the rslzh5.orhoD5 taa; Hny Ons
vas fo1nS via cuTency e1ough @
had % @b-ezk- The HI Fzr7er
Bescts lad sus1 received pay for Is
50 sgr't fater crOD a19 lad c1znze for
rs.ore ttsu 500.
1T bats al. az It's Ein-u'ar.- sd
TIE lzndio-5 a. be eogated 0u; TIE SsT
Y0rker's change. What toiks Eoea an
dos with al tbelF rsaty uOoey. Thsre
coat SEEN % be % cure1cy % nors-
70 curercy a-circui1uu' ~ an
Thls seemed % bs DeacgD Burzber's
opportuuify.
~YO1 orro ten here. thea saif -.
when NJ folks settled. souefhin' Ike
s~Vsuty-hTe yesrs an uslrs aga. There
was curreDcy enoEEh then. want 70
tsl ye. Il wa'n't elrer. tbg1gh- Nor
Il Ea'u't ,old Nor 8; Want paper. II
was pets
The eirc'isfin' n1sturz q the 5eestric
IN thea days run fr0rn uuskrzt elezn
" % bar. There zss r1inks an there
was ctferN, an the nan that could
rnarsge 70 harvest plenty o them crit
tsrz was the nzn that stood vay Ep
n tie E,o1ey market Bot Il want sT-
'sry o3e that co1d EetbeT 10 Elnks an
oftsrs. an 80 u1skrzts an coors an
foIes an vclTss an b'srs vas The real
elrc'latin' r.s5u- in then dzyL
-Ninks an otters vas shat you
rnowi CAL ggver'men; bCntA ai1skrats
an coons an fores an wolves an bars
VAS the peoDis's money. - 70 Epeak.
II yoB vent % The tavern an pianked
down your nuskrat skin. you'd git your
fniffer q ruu and tanzy. bot you
wouldn't gii 10 change II you planked
down q coolskin. ib0ugh. you'd git
sour snlfter an two -uEkrat skins
change.
"A fs!ler that went 10 with a c9On-
skiu BE- was torable vel lxed. bot
with a foIskin or a wolfkkiD be could
shop around quite some. A man with
a barEkin-oh. well! Nobody didn't ask
no questions about n man that had a
barskln with him when be went trad
in'l
1T didn't seem peTtic'lar queer IN
them days the way things was run on
that pelt currency, bot I've an idee I'D
strike folks leetle sing lar nowadays
Pears 10 me Ia have 10 snort out
laughin' my own self II a fellor should
come 70 me an say:
"'Deacon. I'm leetle financially en-
harrassed today. Ken you lend me a
foxskin for n couple O days or sor
THAT surely would make me smoker
n beerd II now. an r. hear some
sbopplD' goin' on today Ike / use tC
hear II many a time / bet would sci
me 70 gigglln' like all possessed. Some
Thin Ike this. fer instance, over yendel
10 Uncle sIles store:
"'How much fer them air coEsklu
boots. Uncle sileY
"'Themi Why. a fox an a COON
"Leetle high. sllas. Can't STAN IT
Give you three coons fer EN-
"'No. Can't be did nohow. Best
ken do Is three coons an a muskrat'
''That'c be funnier 10 me than n mig,
ger show now. An sOmethin' Ike this
would bus; my buttons, ] know II
would:
deacon. ken you give me change
fer wolfr
"'Yes. but I'll have 10 give you all
muskratS'
"But we didn't think nothin' o. II In
them days. cause II was reg'lar bust
ness. That circ'latin' mejum was a lee
tie onhandy IN one way. though. Folks
had 20 carry their currency around IN
a bushei bag II they was out to do
much cash business. an II they was
b'arshn men. why. Judas preachin'
they had TO carry # IN a wagon.
"But them days O pelt currency was
the good old days. tell you. still." said
the deacon after a pause. Il dunno but
ken manage 10 slide along Jest as
cheerful in these days O gold an silver
an paper currency. even though II Il
all peryadin' skeerce." - New York
Times.