Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 December 1894 — Scarcity of Small Change. [ARTICLE]

Scarcity of Small Change.

Texas Siftings. “How do yon like this town?” inquired a white gentleman of “Sam Johnsing,” who had just arrived in a Texas town and started a barber shop. / “De town am good enough; but I’s sorry for de folks, dey am so pore.” “There seems to be considerable wealth,” remarked the customer. “Yes, dar seems to be; but hit's all a snare and a collusion. Yesterday I wanted change foah a five dollah bill. I hunted all fru my pockets and I hain’t foun’ dat five dollah bill yet. 1 nebber seed a town where it was so hard to git change foah a five dollah bill.”