Show How > lr raa Ill lll Illll Among the eccentrlcltlea of thus late Richard Vaui was hla strong axerslon for Iho me ot bank book or checks The famous exmayur hail a bank account ac-count of course In fait he had several of them but ho never drew upon them In the regular way through the medium of checks Whenever anyone ratio to him with a bill Mr Vmu would pay It In a very unlquo way The buck of an old envelope or n fragment ot paper of any kind or site would servo for a check and upon this he would l scribble tho amount ot the bill the name of the creditor and 1 his own characteristic signature sig-nature He very frequently used n strip from the margin of a newspaper Thus filers at tho banka all knew of Mr Vauxa strange custom slut none of Mr Vauxs homemade checks avers ever tuned down |