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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 15, Issue 767, 7 March 1870, Page 2

Top Sharp sy Half. —An enterprising business man of Hartford runs two brandies of trade, to wit, a grocery and fishmarket; the grocery himself, the fishmarket by a deputy, and every night the latter makes returns of the day's business to the proprietor. A day or two since, the grocer found in his fish-market returns a counterfeit five dollar bill. He didn't wish to lose it, and he didn't want to take the chances of passiug it. So he called an old darkey who was hanging about the premises, and said to him:—" Sam, here's afive-dollar hill that's a little too doubtful. If you'll take it and pass it, I'll give you a dpllar of the change." " Very well," said Sam, and he took the bill and went off. Later in the day he returned, haviug accomplished his feat, and handed over $4 in good mpuey to the grocer. That night the grocer in counting the cash returns from his fishmarket was more surprised than delighted to find the identical five in the pile. " Look here," said he sharply, to the fishmarket clerk, " here's a counterfeit bill—who did you take it off? didn't you know 'twas bad? " The clerk took it and looked at it a moment. "0, yes," said he, " 1 remember now; I took it off Sam, the darkey. I thought it was a little doubtful, and wasn't going to take it, but he said he got it off you, so I thought it was all right." Farther explanation wa6 unnecessary,