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666. BANK (U. S.), Dividends of.—

The
bank has just notified its proprietors that
they may call for a dividend of ten per cent.
on their capital for the last six months. This
makes a profit of twenty-six per cent. per annum.
Agriculture, commerce, and everything
useful must be neglected, when the useless
employment of money is so much more
lucrative.—
To Plumard de Rieux. Ford ed., v, 420.
(Pa., 1792)