. The Turnleys : a brief record biographic and narrative of some of the Turnleys in the United States and Europe from data gathered from many sources ... . answersthereto, whether for his own or for others use I was notinformed. Having in this holiday week a day off, theyounger portion of the household all gone out merrymaking, and my Den therefore quiet, and my eighty-year-old fingers somewhat limbered and flexible from aquiet smoke of my old cob pipe, the spirit moves me tocomply with my friends request. I claim no royal en-dowment of knowledge on the subject of money, formy acquaintance wit
. The Turnleys : a brief record biographic and narrative of some of the Turnleys in the United States and Europe from data gathered from many sources ... . answersthereto, whether for his own or for others use I was notinformed. Having in this holiday week a day off, theyounger portion of the household all gone out merrymaking, and my Den therefore quiet, and my eighty-year-old fingers somewhat limbered and flexible from aquiet smoke of my old cob pipe, the spirit moves me tocomply with my friends request. I claim no royal en-dowment of knowledge on the subject of money, formy acquaintance with money is limited; but my four-score years of observation and experience and troubleenable me to give a simple and practical, and, I think,lawful and legal answer to most of your questions. Ibeg, therefore, to offer them in the same spirit I supposethey are made. Question ist: What is money (not currency)(in the United States, of course) ? Answer: Money is a metallic coin. Question 2nd: Of what is money made ? Answer: Money is made of copper, nickel, silverand gold. Question 3rd: Who makes our money? Answer: The Congress of the United States passed. Col. p. T. Turnley at 86 years of age THE TURNLEYS—Supplement 45 a law, as per Section 5, Article I, of the National Con-stitution, providing in detail what shall be the mixtureor composition of the metals named for the different de-nominations of coins to be made. Question 4th: How is money to be made Answer: Money is made in the United States mintsin Philadelphia, San Francisco, New Orleans, etc., by themechanics employed therein, strictly according to thelaw; that is, they melt to a molten condition the severalmetals named in Answer 2, and in the proper proportionfor the different coins to be made, and then by moulding,or by machinery, the coins are made with the prescribedletters and figures and designs on each, stating theirrelative value to each other, as the one cent copper; thefive cent nickel; the ten cent silver; the tw
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