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Show In Ye Olden Tyme. , jaieniber the time when a small silver coin did service all over ;W I States as a 12i-cent piece, and " tne size as a 6i-cent piece, and abundant and more popular 'e dimes and half dimes. These e aays of small things, fractions f wing carefully calculated, a J "Inch was aided by the large r J half cents in circulation. lU ledgers showed many entries tand 1 cents, and from that '? cents. It was a common prac-archants prac-archants when they were short cntsfor change to give half a the place of one. Common everywhere four for a cent. . time have we 6een one, two, Cgars handed over the counter toBl change. Goshen Times. |