June 26 - The number of counterfeited and altered bank bills in circulation has become really alarming.  It has recently been found by the counterfeiters to be easier and more profitable to alter the denomination of a small bill to that of a large one, rather than go to the trouble of making a plate.  The rogues have only to extract the ink of the letters and figures which express the denomination of the bill and stamp those of a larger sum and the work is done.  The Warren Bank has just issued an emission of bills from a special plate, with a landscape view on the back of the bill.  This plate besides being a great obstacle to counterfeiters is highly ornamental.  It gives a view of the central part of the village, the spectator facing Central St., embracing a space from the Post Office, on the right, to our Printing Office on the left.  Allen's block, the South Church and the Hotel make a prominent appearance in the picture and the cars of the Essex Rail Road are seen in the distance , crossing Central St. on their way from Lawrence to Salem.  In the foreground Teel's Omnibus is seen just leaving the Post Office, and  the Town's baggage-wagon is coming into the square from Lowell Street.  A lady with her parasolette is tripping across the street near the pump and guide post, and sundry individuals may be seen on the sidewalk.  We should be pleased to see a view of the same spot as it existed some 20 to 30 years ago, when the old South and the old Raccoon box would have been the most prominent subjects for the artists, if we may credit the statements of our seniors whose memories extend back to that remote period."[1]