Davis County Clipper | 1908-05-22 | Page 7 | Mark Twain on Money

MARK TWAIN ON MONEY humorist points out what he cofeld era some wrong conceptions Concept lon mark twain said that the financial panic has caused a wrong idea of the use and value of money the spendthrift says saya that money being round was made to roll the miser says that being flat it was wag made to stack up doth both are wrong strangely wrong too in their ideas about money are the veteran australian gold diggers these simple old fellows though worth perhaps a halt half million or more live in the sim pie dug outs and shanties chan ties of their lean early days once lecturing I 1 landed at an australian trall ark port there was no porter in sight bight to carry my luggage seeing a tough rough looking old fellow leaning against a post with his hands in his sockets I 1 beckoned to him and said jackets HL seq ea here if you carry these bags baga up to the hotel ill give you halt half a crown the man scowled at me ile he took three or four gold sovereigns from hla his pocket threw them into the sea scowled at me again and walked away without a word