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Show THIS IS ABOUT THE LIMIT. H Massachusetts Banker Qlves Cham- HH plon Sample of Yankee Thrift. JHH Tho proverbial Yankee thrift shows jHJ up big In a story now gong tho iHH rounds reminiscent of a Western HH Massachusetts banker who died dur- HH Ing the past year. He believed In HH the maxim "A ponny saved Is a pen- IHB n y earned" with a vengeance. His HH clerks wcro denied tho luxury of HHJ pads of paper and were required to HB figure on tho backs of old envelopes IHB that had been cnrcfull prepared by IHH tho ofilco boy In his leisure moments. HB Tho bnnkcr had a son-in-law who HH bull ded wisely by Inviting his father- M in-law to spend a fow wY-ckt with him IBBJ at tho scaBhorc. The close-fisted jHH banker decided to unloose. i to tho ex- BBJ tent of having tho dally newspapers IBBJ that tho bank had subcrlhed for Bent IHB to him after tho quotations had been jHJ Inspected. Ho left explicit lnstruc- jHJ tlons that tho advertising pages were IHB to bo cut and the edges trimmed HH so ns to save postage. jHB Tho papers, which wcro Bent every !HH other day were too heavy for tho HH one-cent limit, though considerably In- HHJ sldo tho weight allowable for two BBJ cents. It was a matter of facetious HB comment In tho bnnk that tho "old (BBJ man" was not getting full valuo for BH his two-cent expenditure for postage. HJ Tho margin In favor of Undo Sam, HJ howovcr, diminished appreciably after BH tho third Instalment of Utcrnturo had BH been forwarded, tho cashier receiving HB a postal card that bore, tho following BH request: BB "Mall papers In slnglo wrappers BH overy four days, and they will require BH but threo cents postage." BH |