The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-08-03
STRANGE CHECKS.
The Odd Assortment Collected by
-. One Bank Clerk, 49,.

The Odd Assortment Collected by
q One bank Clerk. ,t.Is, a.
A torn linen collar, q. piece of lath, Q
cuff and o. half dozen other. -odda. OBJ abb=
1ects hung above the bank clerks desk,
My collection of queer checks" the
young man said. each Of those things
Is a check. Each was duly honored.
Each has a story.
II have been collecting queer checks
for three years. That piece Of lath
started me. A western bank honored
the lath for $3.50. 1t was made out as
q check by the owner Of a sawmill, who
was out at the plant with his son, thir-
" miles from any house, and totally
without paper. let alone a check book.
The money was needed to pay of the
hands. The sawmiller wrote on the
lath just what a check correctly drawn
has on 1t, and he sent his son in to the
bank to get the money and to explain.
The lath check was honored after some
discussion among the banks officers.
1.-THE cuff check wal drawn by On
actor who had become slightly intod-
Gated, got into a fight and been arrest
ed. he was treated cavalierly in his
cell. They wouldn't give him any pa
per, and he bribed a boy to take the
check to a bank. The boy got the
money, and with 1t the actor paid his
ane. Otherwise he'd have been jailed
for ten days. Thus the cuff check may
be said to have saved a man from pris-
on.
''The check written on that linen col
lar won a bet of S.. A man bet a wor
man that a check made on a collar
would be cashed, and Of course he won
The story Of Cockrell's Election ia
the United States Senate.
The truthful story is told in Missouri
that the throwing Of a broad brimmed
hat to the ceiling Of the hall of the
house Of representatives in the capitol
at Jefferson City made Francis Marion
Cockrell a member of the United States
senate. The state had been stirred by
q contest for the Democratic nomina-
ton for the governorship. The lines
between supporters Of opposing candi-
dates were sharply drawn. In a state
convention numbering q thousand dele
gates Charles Fl. Hardin had won by
the narrow majority Of one-half of one
vote. So close was the result n SO
bitter the feeling that the Democratic
leaders feared irreconcilable division in
the party ranks. The result, however,
had scarcely been announced from the
secretary's desk when the tall figure of
the defeated candidate, General Cock
rell, was seen coming to the platform.
A moment more, as the hush Of eSpec-
fancy fell upon the crowded hall, Cock
rel's voice rang out. mo man." said
he, will more loyalty support the NOM
inee Of the convention than myself. No
man will throw his hat higher for
Charley Hardin than will L" And
away to the ceiling went the broad
brimmed Cockrell hat. The conven-
ton, frantic with enthusiasm, heard
not another word. But the following
spring General Cockrel became United
States senator by the unanimous vote
Of the Democrats Of Missouri. For
I'VE successive terms after March 4,
1876, with never q Democratic vote
against him, he was elected to the soma
torship, the first political Office he ever
held. No senator from hfs state sur
passed his record IN length Of yeassss
and none equaled Il ave Thomas
Hart Benton, the great Missou1ian-
Waltes Wiltan1s IN The WoFjdToday-
CEool.
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