HE GOT HIS DIVIDEND.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1079, 29 December 1882, Page 4

HE GOT HIS DIVIDEND.

Ii the early clays of limited liability ■r mills in America, a fix-footed iiger, with a Lad look in bis eye, day entered the city office of Hie pany, pulled out ten shaves of c in the company, and inquired of secretary if there were any divi1s on the stock. “ Never heard of ” was the reply “Didn’t anybody try to collect dividends V “If ■ did, they didn’t get anything.” is stock ought to pay 10 per cent,” inued the stranger. “ Here’s a .sand dollars. Ten per cent, a would be lOOdol I’ve held e shares three moths, which would sdol. Fat'dner, f want my divy !” it I’ve nothing to do wi hj it. You tgo to the riiill at .’’ “Too iway ! I’m going to collect here, Bft vq, iime. Pilgrim, count : out' iivy !” The above pcivd-ation was wo I by the sight of a six-shooter, -mi expires ion wh.ch meant busi-

ness; and the secretary didn’t consume three minutes counting out the money, which the stranger took and walked out, with the remark that he neygr invested in 1 stick paying less than ten per cent, and didn’t believe in cumulative dividends. This was the only dividend paid by that limited paper mill for four years, and the secretary, on a salary of 40' clol a month, had to stand that.