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: THE GALLITZIN NIEMORANDUM Book. 31
keep la dairy? This riddle must, I suppose, go unsolved,
unless maybe in this hypothesis, which while untangling the
riddle, is nevertheless presented here not wholly without mis-
gilllngs. The solution I offer, is that Father Gallitzin in
realitl’ did not of himself raise, produce, buy, or sell any of the
many commodities that are named in this book; that he had
neither farm, orchard, garden or dairy, except maybe one just
large enough to supply the wants of the good missionary"s
larder and table; that ‘ all the entries in the Memorandum
Book, were in fact merely memoranda of exchanges, or batters
of the several commodities named, which had been given to
him in the first instance by his parishioners as tithes, church
dues, or free gifts, and which now Father Gallitzin, in turn, dis-
posed of to his creditors as payments.
V That in those days--it was the first quarter of the present
century, people carried on their business mostly through barter '
and exchange, is not at all unknown to students. Every reader
Of: our early history knows that as a rule, people were, if not
actually poor, at least in want of ready money, and that this
financial stringency was not a condition merely of backwood
settlements, but of even large commercial centres.
As a result of the wars of 1776 and 1812, there was a dearth
Of specie ; government script was worth far less than its face
value ; there was little, if any, trust in banks and moneyed ins
stitutions, and, accordingly, people traded. That this fashion
Of trading has not yet gone out of date is svitliinjoll?..)Y?il?”5
Own knowledge. In charge of the Order of which he is a H.
member, there is a mission in which for years gone by, there
has been in vogue Ta’?z‘ETfEr system of exchanges, or trades, as
W33 the case in Father Gallitzin’S d3)’ at Loretta‘ In this
mission near1y an the payments made to the rector for pew.
rents, Church collections, fees for b3Ptl5m5v etc" are made m
home produce, as butter, apple-butter, lard, cord wood, eggs,
cream, woolen stockings, and even fence-rails and the like-
All those things are valuable. The country stores accept them
from the rector in exchange for purchases he makes from their
Stock. Hence .1 conclude that Father Gallitzin received pay-