Show KEPT WITHIN TilE LAW The action of that New Jersey bank in damping 1000 in silver on its floor in payment its checks in the hands of a rival institution brings up the question of legal tenders Gold has always been legal tender in the United States With a brief interval previous to the passage of I the bland act silver dollars have been also Greenbacks are but gold and silver certificates are not except on customs taxes and public dues National bank notes are not legal tenders and can and have often been refused in payment of debt Subsidiary coin islegal tender only in limited quantities A gentleman went to the stamp window of the postofflce in a neighboring city and called for 100 one cent stamps tendering in payment 100 one centpieces Those are not legal tender in any such quantities growled the stamp plerk I t refused toacdept them You do eh answered the gentleman Well giva me ono stamp at the same time shoving out a penny The stamp was forthcoming Now give mo a stamp He got it Another stamp Now another See here said the clerk how many stamps do you want You are keeping twenty people waiting Oh I always keep within the law responded the gentleman Another stamp please Pennies are not legal tender in large amounts Another stamp Andhe shoved off his pennies and purchased pur-chased stamps one at a time till ho got his hundred But the clerk was cured Pennies are legal tender at his widow in barrel lots Washington Post |