Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 July 1889 — A Nickel That Nobody Wants. [ARTICLE]

A Nickel That Nobody Wants.

About a year ago some wag polished off a nickel till it only resembled the coin of the realm in size and color. After it had dropped into the bottom of the bobtail-car box the driver eyed it suspiciously, and evidently thinking that the other side of the coin might be all right he gave the decisive pull and let it pass. From that time to this the company has been endeavoring to get that nickel back on the rascally public. But strange to say, every man who tears opeh the little envelope containing it and its companion pieces always chucks the smooth nickel back into the box. Of course no driver can now complain, because the coin always comes out of the company’s package. During its first year of service it has taken about 2.190 trios, and as it is getting thinner and smoother all the timo there is now no hope of its ever escaping street-car service except through the rdfhantic charity of some kind deliverer, or through the final dissolution of the company corporation. Baltimore American.