Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 239, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 October 1914 — Measures His Money As Farmer Would Oats [ARTICLE]

Measures His Money As Farmer Would Oats

Bridgeton, N. J. —Benjamin Bonham, a storekeeper of this city, has the 3 unusual hobby of collecting pennies. .Not only does he procure all of them he can, but he often .uses them in returning change to customers. He paid one bill of $44 in pennies, and , the persons who sought to buy postage stamps or small articles for the sake of getting a ten dollar bill cashed were often peeved by receiv- J ing their change in a paper bag —all, pennies. ‘ | Bonham measures his money as a farmer would oats —by the bushel. He declares he has a bushel of one cent coins and says there are exactly 58,042 of them. He counted them himself and enjoyed the experience.