Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 November 1889 — Paralyzed. [ARTICLE]

Paralyzed.

Many are the absurb transactions which take place in banks, says the Youth’s Companion, some of them showing an overcautiousness in the care of money, and others, like the following, indicating an amusing ignorance of its value. A Georgia paper says that a negro, the fortunate possessor of a valuable house-lot, one day sold his property for SIO,COO. He was given a check for that amount, which was carried in due time to one of the hanks. The .paying taller asked him how much of the money he wanted in cash. “I wants all dat ar paper calls fur,” replied the negro. “What! You don’t want SIO,OOO in cash?” “Jesso, sah.” . - l “All right answered the man, and in .five minutes he began -piling the mouey on the counter. As h 3 laid the SSOO packages on the counter the negro’s eyes grew larger and larger. Finally, when twenty of the packages had been placed before him he looked intently at them for a moment, and then, with a broad grin on,his face, said: “Pse jist paralyzed! Gimme a dollar ’n’a half, ’n’ you kin keep de rest till I call agin. ”