Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1898 — The Bankrupt. [ARTICLE]

The Bankrupt.

Few words have so remarkable a history as “bankrupt” The money changers of Italy bad benches or stalls in thebourse or exchange in former times. At these they conducted their ordinary business. When any of them fell back in the world and became insolvent, his bench was broken, and the name of “broken bench” er banca rotta, was given to him. When the word was first adopted into English, it was nearer the Italian than it now is, being “bankerout” Instead of “bankrupt” Some machines have automatic attachments and some have sheriff’s at*