A USEFUL PENNY.
The oHioo boy in a broker's office owed one of tho clerks thive pence; this clerk owed the cashier two pence; and th© cashier owed tho office, boy two pence. Tho boy happened to have ono iwiiny, and, concluding to diminish his indebtedncss, handed tlio coin to tliG clcrk, v> ho, in turn, paid half, his obligation by handing it to the cashier. The boy again passed the penny to tho clerk, who passid it to tho cashier, who handed it to tho bov, who then oaneollod his entire debt bv handing it to tho clerk. Tho clerk's "debt to the cashier and the cashier's debt to tho boy had tine, been. nettled in tho UansactMßii,
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 13, 23 December 1911, Page 12
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119A USEFUL PENNY. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 13, 23 December 1911, Page 12
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