The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-02-10
THE TWO LITE DOLLATlRS.

The TWO LITE DOLLATlRS.
Once upon a time there were two
little dollars that started out in life to-
gether at the little stone bank in Apple
Center.
One was round and hard and shlney.
and the other was square and soft and
crinkly.
The first trip outside the little bank
was when they were crowded close to-
gether in Farmer Watkins big wallet
after he had cashed his check for load
of wheat. Thus the two little dollars
became quite chummy, and they hoped
they would not be separated for long
time.
AS luck would have it, they were not.
The first thing they knew they were
plunked together into the cash drawer
at Wilson's Dry Goods Store. Then
they were paid out together to a busy
little country as change for an aristo-
cratic ten-dollar bill which would hardly
look at them as it passed by.
Their next trip was to Jones Bros.
Grocery store where they almost lost
each other in the mad scramble of the
Saturday afternoon trade, but finally
found themselves IN two different rooms
of the cash drawer with only thin
partition between.
How do you like it?" whispered the
round hard dollar to the soft crinkly
one.
"Fine business, answered the other.
Everybody is so busy and seems SO
happy"
Just then the round dollar was whisk-
ed out of the drawer and didn't have
time even to say good-by.
But the two little. dollars met again
and again, quite often, in fact, for
they were busy allthetime. Now itwould
be back to the stone bank they would
be carefully sorted and stacked Then
at the grocery store, and once in a
while at one of the many farm houses
which they each visited every few DAYS.
They became well acquainted with the
farmers, the trades people, the car
penters, the doctor, the Druggist, and.
in fact, all the busy folks in Apple
Center.
Then for long time they did not see
one another. The round little dollar
kept on working just as tight as it
could work, sometimes doing the work
of twenty dollars in a day and making
twenty people glad He wondered
where his old friend, the soft little dol
lar, had disappeared to- Finally after
about year they came together at the
bank.
my, how old you lookl'' was the
hard little dollars first words. where
have you been?"
'1've been in Chicago, leading too
fast life" was the soft little dollars
reply.
"How on earth did you get to Chica-
go?' asked the hard little dollar again.
Mrs. Hartigan sent me to a mail
order house after an order of groceries, 4"
was the answer. land such a time |
had. haven't seen a farmer for an
age. And though l never would get
back"
They seldom do" remarked the
hard little dollar.
Are things as busy as they used to
be?' asked the soft little dollar.
mot since so many of you went
away to the mail-order house in
Chicago, answered the round one.
The Jones Boys have closed their
grocery and Wilson's are running a
general store now. The farmers are
complaining about hard times and high
prices. Two or three of them have
moved away"
How about Mrs. Hartigan, the lady
that sent me to Chicago?"
well, | haven't seen her for a long
time. We all stopped calling on her
after her husband lost his Job. Then
they began TO buy their goods at home
here on the credit and finally they
moved away"
The two little dollars lived to a good
old age, although the hard dollar out
lived the soft dollar.
And they stayed in Apple Center
the rest of their lives and made MANY
people happy many, many times. For
the people in Apple Center learned WIS
dom-and after the Hartlgan and some
others had moved away, the rest of
the people decided they would keen
their money at home. So the mail
order business in Apple Center dwindl-
ed and dwindled and dwindled and finally
became SO small that it could be rolled
up IN little wad and balanced on the
point of cambria needle.
Which, as you all know, is some
small.
MORAL: Money is made round SO it
can roll. Keep it rolling round your
own home town.
Another Moral: Spend your money
where you get it and you may get il
back again.