Self-Help by the People Volume 1; Pts. 1844-1857 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1867 edition. Excerpt: ...to whom we have been referrin. N o sooner, however, did the Corn Mill panic get rumouredabout, t an they recurred with sinister emphasis to their old predictions, and their rumours brought about a run upon the Store. The humble directors said nothing, but quietly placed their cashier behind the counter with orders to pay every demand. One man, who had twenty-four pounds in the Store, the whole of which he had made from the profits, began with a demand for sixteen pounds. He hadsome sort of sympathy for his benefactors, and thought he would leave a little in their hands. 'Are you about to commence some sort of business?" asked the cashier.l ' N o, ' said the man, 'but I want my money.' ' VVell, you are aware that notice is required? ' 'Oh, yes, and I am come to give notice.' He ' would have hi money.'. ' Well, ' said the cashier, . ' we avail ourselves of the notice when we are likely to be short; but we can dispense with notice now. You'd better " tak brass now." ' And they made the man ' tak brass' then, and much to his astonishment, he was obliged to carry his money away in his pocket, and he went away, half suspecting he had been playing the fool. Eighteen months after, this man brought his money back: he had kept it in some stocking foot all that time (that celebrated ' patent safe' of the poor), losing the interest. He himself then told the cashier the story of his taking it out; in consequence of being assured ' Out of 100,403 deposits, an ofiicer had appropriated to his own use 71,717. The amount Iflil due to the depositors (1857) is 38,287. Sir A. Ramsay has lately presented a...