The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-14
Ardmore, Friday, March IA, 1913
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THE NEW NICKEL.

The new street car conductors de-
light and the legitimate limit of the
penny anti has reached Ardmore. In
a spirit of retaliation one of the local
bankers has brought on box of the
new nickes which the outgoing re-
publican administration, almost with
its last breath, foistered upon an un-
protected public.
From an architectural viewpoint
the new nickel is wonderfully and
fearfully wrought. 1t is seemingly a
cross between car seal, a beer
check and a night mare. 1t has some
letters engrade upon both the head and
the diverse side-"obverse side"
seems language better fitted to polite
society's usage than tail end
which may be deciphered by the use
of triple strength, double barrelled
magnifying glass. Also by the con-
tinued use of this glass it may be
seen that the unlucky number "thir-
teen" appears preceded by the num-
ber nineteen upon the head of the
coin.
The head itself is representation
of the stolid features of some Indian
of the James Fennimore Cooper tribe.
lie seems, judging from the woe-be-
gone expression upon his craven fea-
lures to have died of sadness and
heart break several hundred years
ago Like Napoleon Bonaparte in
the elocutions of the schools of years
ago. this noble red man is grand,
gloomy and sublime" Great fortitude
is pictured in his face. And it needs
to be-for great fortitude will be re-
uuired of him. Just imagine how
degrading it must be to be called
from the happy hunting grounds
where the spirit buffalo has been
chased for these few past centuries,
to be put to chasing the foaming
schooners of the wet states up and
NOWl UulllDtIltNS bulS
But the inhumanity of the designer
of the nickel was flushed with a
little drop of the milk Of ordinary
kindness after all For on the cob
verse side" of this fearful looking
coin is pictured a buffalo. Seemingly
this buffalo is also dead. From all
appearances this poor old buffalo run
himself to death. 1t cant be said
whether he chased himself to death
IN eluding the battered hunter on
the head side of the coin or if buffalo
enats run him off the earth. Prob
ably the latter for he is all bumped
and drawn up and bears a strong
family resemblance to a three months
old puppy whose caudil appendage
has just come in contact with the
business end of a hornet.
We had great deal of trouble in
getting rid of the first one of those
nickels which came into our posses
sion We got it from scheming bank
teller who sandwiched it in between
two old time five cent pieces so
that we would take it from him un
suspectingly and without argument.
After we found out what we had we
returned to the bank and engaged
the banker IN an argument, but with
out avail. Next we tried to pass it
on a peanut yender-he refused it.
An unsuspecting descendant of the
Montezumas seemed a likely 'ictim
He said if We We're broke he would
give us some hot tamales, but that
no car seals went with him in the
way OF trade. Next a willy slot ma
chine refused it. Finally after an ar
gument with a postoffice employe, We
got rid of it. Not, however, until
after we had threatened him with
Woodrow Wilson and all the mem
hers of his cabinet, including VIII
liam Jennings Bryan. Even then we
had to allude to Theodore Roosevelt
before he capitulated.
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