As head janitor of that Institution in the
mid-90's, we opened an account with your good Bank, and it is
still open. Later I rose to such responsibility therein I was
permitted to write with pen and ink (Arnold's Ink in earthenware
bottles or jugs) Russellville Bank's Letters of Transmittal to
your Bank. That done, I would carry said letter back behind the
safe to the "letter press," open the thin sheeted copy book and
. . . lay my letter face up below a clean sheet. I would then pick
up the 3 gallon bucket and go to the town pump down the street
toward the railroad and get a fresh bucket of water. Next I would
put a rectangular piece of cloth made for the purpose into the
bucket of water and then squeeze it to a proper stage of
dampness. Then spread it over the clean sheet . . . Then close
the copy book and put it in the press and start revolving the
wheel of said press much like the old time brakeman would "set"
the brake on a box car before the advent of air brakes. The
process would give us a copy of said letter of transmittal and at
the same time a questionable policy of insurance against you big
city Banker slickers claiming you never received a check of
correction from Butler Brothers to our local general store, Inge,
Ross & Co.
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