Year: 1864




ladies will please not misconstrue those
words and think l am in the stocking
trade) Of appropriate phrases was very
limited.


Gully, said /, come and see me with
Est full OF tin. Never mind the high
flyers, and let corner parties and euchre
parties sell till they can't rest. Shell
out! cover my call with the spondulicks,
or walk off on your ear


Here, said the banker to his clerks,
and forthwith they came marching in, in
solid column, four deep. l thought /
was about to get bushel of money, and
he had called all his employees to count
it out. saw my error when he said to
them, calmly


Put this .jackass OUT


/ demonstrated.


Teller said, he, speaking to the fOre-
most


Don't tell her till you get ready said
I, with an air of authority. l was in
censed, / offered to the opulent and
digni6ed young banker, by good reliable,
able bodied parties, subject to the draft,
that / was not Of the species of the ami
NAL creation that he had intimated, and
told him if he had all the bankers and
brokers in the city under bis thumb, and
ruled the market, he couldn't rule me.
The argument fell dead upon his ear, and
peculiar circumstances induced me to re-
tire peaceably.


went to Saltonstal's. Saltonstall is
stock broker. After a little conversa-
ton with him, be asked me if wanted
to take some stock. told him for the
sake of sociability / would take glass
of stock ale with him, though ] was not
in the habit of partaking of tonic beyer-
ages. think there was come misunder-
standing, for he served writ Of eject
ment on me SO quick that have always
taken particular pains, since then, when
passing his bank, to keep as far away
from the door as possible.


Greenebaum is a gay banker. went
to him confdentially d told him l
wanted to open bank in the city, and
would like to know the best mode of do
ing it, lie said there were two ways of
opening bank l might do it with a
crowbar, but if the bolts were very strong
| would have to use gunpowder. l left
him precipitately, assuring him as went
that he had better put on a double watch
around his institution that night.


On the street noticed there was
great sensation among bankers as pass
ed. Some of them had seen me come
out of Jim Boyd's Office and they had it
rumored all over the town that | was one
of his brokers. They all summed me,
every body was afraid of me, thought |
was going to make run at them COLI
lide with them and smash their institu>
tions. felt that ought TO 60 back and
chastise the man who had got me into
such scrape by piling up so much
gold in his window that it induced me to
go into bis bank, but when | remember
ed the procession of strongarmed clerks,
| thought l ought not to do it.


/ called on Mr.. Parks and declared
my intention to him of opening an ex-
change office. Young man, said he
knowingly, Sit takes something to start a
bank All rightP l replied; Il can
start a dozen, for take something every
hour in the day. l Istarted out, resolved
to take something and start bank. j
felt jubliant. AS / retired, heard
man say / was one of Jim Boyd's bro
kers. | told him if he would come out
I would measure his length on the side
walk. He said tine invitation was no in
ducement; he had just had his length
measured in a tailor's shop. l went
and took something. Then commenced
looking for a good location for bank.
Found basement story that pleased me,
and went down to examine il. 1t was
occupied as a saloon. / took something.
Came out and went up street, whistling
Gentle ANNIE hoping some young lady
named Gentle Annie would hear me
and know ! was banker, Concluded
to 90 back and ask the saloon keeper, if
he would sell out to a banker. Went
back saloon keeper wouldn't sell; l
took something. Then l took something
and went out again. Thought / heard
the saloon keeper say l was one of jim
Boyd's brokers. Went back to see about
it. He denied it. took something.


Began to feel very wealthy. Thought
l would make run on all the banks in
the city and smash them. Went out and
met a friend. He had a cigar in his
mouth, and l thought it was torch