COLLECTING A DIVIDEND.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4427, 13 March 1883, Page 2

COLLECTING A DIVIDEND.

In the early days of railroading in Missouri a six foot stranger, with a \^ look in his eye, one day entered a station on the line of the Blank and Dash road, pulled out ten shares of stock in the company and enquired of the station master if there were any dividends on the stock. " Never heard of any," was the reply. ;. "Didn't anybody ever try to collect dividends ?" "If they did, they didn't get any-, thing." " This stock ought to pay ten per cent,' continued the stranger. " Here's a thousand dollars. Ten per cent a year. ' would be lOOdollars. I've held these shares three months, which would be 25d015. Pardner, I want my divy !" , "But I've nothing to do with it. You must go to St. Louis." "Too fur away! I'm going to collect here and save time. Pilgrim, count out my divy!" ; The above pei oration was followed by the sight of a six shooter, and an expression which meant business, and the agent didn't consume three minutes counting but the money, which the stranger.took and walked out. with the remark that be never invested in stock paying Less than ten per cent., and didn't believe in cumq. latiye dividends. This was the ouly dividend paid by that road for thirteen years, and the agent on a salary of §40 a month had to stand that, ,