Good For 5 Cents Antique Ink Drawing folk art puppets and all the better for

and all the better for the residue of old writing on the slate

And then on the backs are clever rhymes for each

perfect for heavy use

When I grabbed this wonderful old wooden bowl at a recent sale

Altogether pretty cool

Good For 5 Cents Antique Ink Drawing folk art puppets and all the better forWhoever made this drawing, or whoever accepted it in lieu of 5 cents, must have thought pretty highly of it, as 5 cents would have gone quite a ways then. Or, perhaps the smoking figure at top represents the owner of a farm, owing 5 cents to the hoeing laborer below, reminding one a bit of Venmo transaction emojis now! Whatever the case, its endurance over a century and a quarter or so certainly attest to its value to at least a few someones, and of