Year: 1869

There a sweet little cherub that


sits up aloh,
Aud keeps lookout for the life of poor
Jack


think there is, must be cherub or
something keeping lookout for newspaper
men, and providing them with something
to write about.


l was afraid that when the election was
over should have to go into some other
business.


As there is only one business politician
out of Office can go into, aud maiutain bis
standing in the Democratic party, | had
sent note over to my friend TON Acton to
ask him if he had a second hand license be
could let me have cheap, and I was looking
around for an eligibibIe site for bar-room.


Frank White promised to sell out to ne
if he waselected tlditor


But he wasn't


As Dennis O'KeefFe Is going to Albany,
| thought he might let me have one Of his
two hotels, SO l went TO him aud offered to
buy him out


He said he couldn't afford to keep ore
bar


He explained to me the mysteries Of the
business, how man must keep two bar
rooms to live


Its this When q customer has run his
credit at one house as long as the house can
stand it, they send him to the other house
to get rid of him.


Then there Is another reason.


Whisky is Yariously and wonderfully
made, and taking one kind Of poison for any
length Of time Injuries a man ; health.


When they see steady customer failing,
be is recommended a change Of whisky, and
instead of going to a strange place he is sent
to the other establishment Of the same pro-
prietor


A friend of O'Pake's keeps six houses,
and by judiciously rotating them from one
bar to another, some customers have drank
his liquors regular upwards oftwo years, and
still live


l told him that I hadu't capital or expe-
rience enough to run two establishments.


He said in that case | had better hire cut
as barkeeper somewhere for six months,
then | would acquire enough Of both to run
half dozen hotels.


l have been thinking it over.


But what I was going to say about the
sweet little cherub, &c.


No sooner is election over, than an inter-
estiug series of


BANK RoBBERIES
providentially occur, to make the newspa-
pers interesting.


Robbing banks is almost as profitable as
being politician in the ring.


And nearly as safe


Shakespeare CD. ~o',- trust in
TANKS.


1 don't put any trust in banks.


Nor my cash either


always feIt able to take care fall the
money got.


And more toe.


I don t see Why I should trust banks. they
never trusted NE.


l never asked them to, but to oblige
creditor Of mine who had a singular halluci-
nation on the subject of my financial stand
ing let him try the valae Of my name on
check


The bill had been standing for some time;
but be hadn't said anything to me about it,
and hadn't said anything to him, because
I thought I could afford to let it stand as
long as he could, and if he hadn't revived
the subject shouldn't.


lie did at last remind me Of the fact, in
very polite note, stating that he had some
engagements to meet.


That is the way with creditors, find,
they are always making engagements and
expecting their debtors to furnish the money.


But as I said before, he was very petite
about it and merely said he would like to
have my check for the amount


As he had accommodated me so long. l
could hardly deny such areasonable request.


sent him polite answer requesting him
to nominate the bank on which be would
prefer to have the check drawn,


He said he would leave that to me, what
ever bank my credit was good at.


told him it was immaterial to me; my
credit was just as good at one bank as at an
other,


finally sent him check on the Walla-
bout National Bank for the amount


Naturally felt some interest in learning
how my creditor made out at the bank.


He didn' make out anything.


He came to me in more excited state
than l had seen him before.


"Sir, said he, your check is not worth
anything


lam sorry to hear it, said I, though
it is not entirely unexpected.


''The cashier of the bank says he don't
know you. .


"The next time you see him, said |,
''tell him to read the Eagle, particularly on
Saturday


''But why did you give me your check
when you had no money in the bank ?"
said he


Because you said you would Ike to have
lsmy check, and when a man makes reason
able request I like to accommodate him if L
can


have had no faith in banks since then.


Men who don read the papers and don {
know me, don't know enough to take care
Of their property.


The Dime Savings bank must be quite a
.,I,,bY;o,,s institRtion


1t had been robbed and didn't know it
until the police fonnd it out by accident and
told them.
And then they said it was Of no couse-
quence.


The D. S. Bank must be some relative to
the bank where the Wild Tayme grows.


Singing securities around in old TIN boxes
in such wild way that anybody can walk
of with them.