FARMER AND BANK MANAGER.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 282, 21 August 1908, Page 3

FARMER AND BANK MANAGER.

During "tho; recent financial crisis , in' America' a certain bank wasj compelled to limit the amount depositors might withdraw to ten .dollars per day. One. man,,, an eccentric old farmer, was highly indignant when his demand ;to withdraw sixty dollars at one time was refused. The manager con- ' tinues the story" 'Doesn't the money belong to me?' he asked.- 'Certainly,' I told him, 'but we, have other depositors to accommodate, and, as the Eastern banks have tied up our' money, we can pay out only; a limited "amount-each day.' The explanation! did not;-appear to bo very , satisfactory. So, partly, to mollify him and partly because I knew that ho had unusually fine poultry,. I bargained, with him for a turkey. I paid for the turkey in advance—a good'stiff price— and he promised to deliver it dressed: At an' early hour on tho morning 'appointed I received a large, bundle, but when tho wrapper was removed from the package it proved io be a pasteboard box containing a solitary turkey ;leg arid this note:—'Dear Sir,—Tho demand for turkeys, has been enormous, and as I havo other customers to accommodate, I can supply you with only a part of your turkey each day.' -Tho next morning tho farmer, sent a turkey .wing, the following day we got another leg; arid for over a week that eccentric old fellow, spnt to town every iriorning a piece of, that never-to-be-forgot-ten sturkey I". /