Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-12-19

and printing surpass all others. There
Is something SO attractive about
money, and, then, again, to see with
their own eyes so many young women
whole armies Of them-engaged in
aiding to manufacturing is alluring in
the extreme.
Just imagine thousand of them,
nearly all young girls, sitting at presses
IN Ole long room, quiet and attentive
to the labors, assisting in the process
Of getting notes ready for the use in
the marts of the country! 1t is posi-
lively cmpting-tempting enough to
persuade any of the pretty girls among
the pilgrims TO make up their minds to
bone" their congressman as soon as
they get home for a place in the bu-
rear. They want to be money-m makers
in double sense OF the word!
They also set an idea of how the
postage stamps they put upon their let
ters are backed with mucilage.
This is done sheet by sheet and in
very quick order There is a machine
which pours supply of mucilage on
the back of the sheet as it goes through
series OF rolling devices and comes
out dry at the end of it's roller route as
dry as they will be when they go to the
window Of the country post-office where
patrons lay down two pennies for the
stamp that is to carry their letters to
their destinations.
And just think of the cleanliness Of
the money they see coming through the
presses and of the specimens thereof
ha1 vine. on, Jn
the building, inclosed in great frames
and covered with glass. The notes,
bonds, certificates of all kinds, stamps,
etc.
To most OF the country folk who visit
the various public offices in Washing
ton clean, crisp, new money is like
angels visits-few and far between
To strangers in the city it has a most
wholesome attractiveness, and many
are the comments concerning it.
It would appear from the remarks of
these sightscers that there was no
clean money in the country districts.
Apropos Of this is a story told of one
OF the bureau officials, who in the en-
joyment OF his vacation short time
ago was sOjGurning in a pretty country
place not q hundred miles distant from
Washington, and in the neighboring
state of Virginia.
He met with an old friend residing in
the locality where he was enjoying his
holiday, who was rather prosperous
country merchant. This friend applied
TO him one day With his fists full of the
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ans of one and tWo-dOlar notes, and
said, calling him by name:
Have you any large notes that you
can give me for ones and twos? | have
a note to pay ut the county bank to-
morrow, and I would like TO surprise
them with q good clean note. You be-
ing i'll the Treasury Department, can
easily get this redeemed"
The bureau official gladly accomrlo-
dated him. He gave him a good clean
fifty. and took in exchange the old
soldiers wrapped them up in a sheet of
paper, confident that he could turn
them into the treasury and get value
received therefor when he returned to
Washington.
When he went to his desk the day
after his return ne called his messenger
and instructed that functionary to take
the notes over to the treasurer's office
and have them redeemed
Soon the messenger returned with his
white eyeballs nearly started out of his
ebony face.
Good lord, major" said the darkoy,
"dcy just took three Of dem notes and
punched holes i'll them, and dey wants
you to come over to dc treasury right
away"
SO they had. They had punched
three OF the one-dollar notes that were
exchanged in the country with the
three letters, "B-A-D."
The explanation given by the man
who sent counterfeit money to b. ex-
changed was acceptable, however, and
he returned them to the country
merchant with story Of his exper-
fence with them. The gentleman sent