People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 September 1894 — Yellow-Dog Money. [ARTICLE]

Yellow-Dog Money.

At one time the Mississippi valley was flooded with bills on which was stamped the figure of a big hound and which were universally known as “yel-low-dog money.” The captain of ■ steamer was trying to work off some of the stuff in exchange for wood. As ha came to one wharf after another on his way up the rfver he called out: “Take yaller dog for wood?” For substance the answer was al ways the same, though the form varied. Nobody wanted “yaller dog.” At last, however, the captain received an affirmative reply. He steamed up to the wharf at once, but just a* the line was being cast off he bethought himself to ask another question. “How do you take it?” said he. “Cord for cord,” was the answer.— Boston Transcript.