Show dean monahan relates an incident which abo absence of small chango iu ihu early days of kansas in 1868 ho went into the at hays city throw down a quarter and asked for a postage want only onea queried the postmaster only one ro plied tho whereupon tho boft mastor banded him a stamp and raked iu tho quarter dont I 1 get any change demanded donahau Mo chango Cha ugo fa 11 replied tho government official wo bavo change in these pans smaller than a quarter I 1 and this was strictly true in haya city tho smallest coin known was tho 25 cent piece A glass of beer cold for a quarter and tho same chargo was mada for a pound ot crack era or a cigar it ia related iu the early annala of tho town how abo baloon and bauco hall keepers bold an meeting to tako action in tho caso of a bow man who advertised verti sed to bell two classes of beer fora quarter abo meeting resulted in abo do of tho innovator for pastures baw As lato as 1873 there was a store in hays city which never aavo anny smaller than abo 25 beut piare if tho customer had say 15 canta coin ing ho was at liberty to help himself to a glass of whisky from a barrel which blood in abo corner but he need not expect his dues in money kausas city journal |