| Show ayom saturdays dally aug 21 A bank kote the virginia nev chronicle of a recent date gives tho following humorous bit which baay laay nt be uninteresting to many it was only an old coat tattered and torn but in the eyes of the old man who discovered it kicking around in the dust on D street it possessed a definite value compared to the garment that fluttered in tho breeze from his lean form liko a signal of danger to crows from a broomstick in a cornfield probably nobody else would have taken the trouble to kick tho coat oatha way but this old man picked it up examined it with critical eye that noted the absence of buttons and the extensive acres of nothingness hero and there and concluded thai he had made a good trade with chance by swapping tho coat ho had on for this one then ha put ins hand in the pocket and felt a piece of paper which ho pulled out lie had struck a genuine bonanza for the paper was a 50 bill and visions of whisky galore and a square meal danced before his eyes lie took tho bill toneto Dunne who gave him change for it and at the old mans request kept ft large portion on do security for numerous pros drinks for a few days lie old man the delta barkeepers bar keepers buy filling the flowing bowl for himself and friends then mr dunno paid the 50 to charley mueller aud charley acet it to the brewers in sail francisco it camo back stamped counterfeit and pete is out 50 ho contain platea tapping tho old inan to recover whisky |
