Show recalling early days of american currency an innocent dog played his part in the creation of our oldest american bank says girard in the philadelphia inquirer when continental money was not worth a continental d n philadelphia staged a financial frolic A big dog was covered with tar and then plastered over with continental dollar bills with drum and fife and flying flags that dog was marched down chestnut street and around the tha center of the city by a shouting gang of men and boys five days later came robert morris plan for a permanent bank to replace the old pennsylvania bank which had done its ita work and was soon to quit less honor Is given to that temporary bank than its record merits one thing it did was to buy rations tor for soldiers another possibly less worthy object was waa the purchase for or them of barrels of rum |