The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-09-27

Hoa1ee lnsslngsnse.
hHs. soopLHe N REV yonx-Y00x AUCTION
mas AND MES fooDLEs-- BARGAEs IN WATCH
n, JBwELRY, &C.-AMUHR0 sCRNs BRPORB THE
POLICB COURT.
TAs majority Of our readers ~ dosst havs hard ssn
q thas anisbe and loving couple Known Mr sad Mrs.
Toodss, and many Of them have witnessed thu inmita
bic acting Of hr Burton In pieoe called tho "roodes"
in which ME- Toodles most admirably represented -
woman osIest bargains Visiting al the auctions Tar and
near buying all sorts Of things because they cheap
and, course 'such bargains!n from old vAtehbox
down 70 second hand door plate bearing the name Of
Thompson-it being, she asserts, handy TO have
There many Mrs Toodles In this city who have the
mania for Waiting auctions for bargsns especially TO-
wards tho spyng of the year when It Is believed that
every household article sold at auction must be bar
gain and therefore $50 handy TO have II In the house"
ject Of controversy before police court except In the
present instance Mrs Toodes becomes the victim Of
gang Of mock auctoneers In Chatham street in the
chase Of reputed gold watch In tbis however, les
son be drawn which the Mrs ToOdle Of the present
Gay might we'll profit by as In the larger auation sale,
extent ON an article that ultimately when IL Is Knocked
d,rn the buyer Is made TO pay mere than the article
could be bouE Or new-but then the article presumed
to be bargain" because obtained at auction Married
women too often get bar gains of thi docpon but the
husband Is hos much Is paid psrchance he
might grumble ana be always haunting his better half
with the bargain she made
The Mrs Toodles in this case rays she crisened
Betsey Brown and resides with her husband ut Pitts
town hnsseAer county, in this State. on . visit to
York for the purchase Of goods Now Betsey advxnc
ed to about the middle sgea and slim. good form, and
counepance any thing but simple the contrary she
rather Keen from her conversation should
imagine she considers herself smart Is most women do
About one O'clock Saturday afternoon, Betsey
stalled into the police court At the rome and asked
sat Justice Osborne administering out the law TO those
who call Betsey walked up smiling and addressed the
magistrate in somewhat ofa Yankee accent as follows
This morning. Squire passing along Chatham
street attracted by the cry Of An auconeer who
appeared to be selling oil great bargains so thought
would make purchase surprise my old wnen
returned home, be thinks never can get bargain
M me osy I % iS
| considered bargain, and bid on the next watch,
which going at 30 s71s bid the other shilling aud
it knocked down to me for $40. paid the money
and took the watch and about leaving the store
when the man who purchased the watch just before me
won't take this watch tits mt gold give my money
| back again Well said to the auctioneer, my watch
want mine changed also man then spoke to me and
and this watch you have purchased i. nothing
but brass / judge Of the article you had better
buy another Taking his advice returned back the
watch and purchased another at auction knocked
| me for S4b. then bid on chain which was knocked
down to for SIS. The man who gave me the advice
charged dollar and the money paid for the watch
and chain made in AL SOL paid for this watch and
chain exhibiting and chain to the Justice ap
parenty worth about 500 the cases of the watch contain
ing too much gold TO be called silver watch and too
much silver TO be correctly dsnomnateda gold watch
After bought the watch they asked me when was go
ing out Of town. and told tuem to have gone the
night before but that should leave this afternoon The
auconesr then told me that the watch valuable
had better not it in the city ~ some rosaes
might watch me about seeing was from the country,
and steal it from They also advised me not upon
| any account, TO show IL to any watchmakers as they
would break someb hing and then charge for the
pairing The auclioneer then put the watch up in q
watch box" and ! carried 1t of In my hands |
thought after LETT the store that 1t looked suspicious
they they should tell me not to exhibit 1t to wachma
ker and could got tan acquaintance to taxs
II to matchmaker in Broadway, ana he was informed
| that The watch worth moro than $50 or $25
am satisfied have been cheated and want to get my
| money back
| Magistrate-wen suppose you don't get your money
| back will you tell your husband what bargain you
| made?
| Betsey.-- Laughing no indeed j won't never tell
him why. should hear the last of it, he would be
| constantly talking about il TO al the neghbors.
Magistrate Was YOU the lady who bought the bargain
| Of door-plate, with the Of " Thompson! :" "a
fiited laugh wa now manifested by those Pesea anci-
| patiDg the reply
plae bought this watch and it will be the last
purchase hall make in Chatham street auction shop
| daughter
Magistrate Mrs Brown in few days there will be sn
excellent chance for Mrs Toodles TO get bargain,
the Corporation intend to sell OF all the old watchmen
caps al auction this " III be bargain for some one !,
Betsey.-( Langhing) Well squire guess don't want
any watchmcns caps nor 90 want to buy any more u
must confess they combined together completely that
| ! was so boaildercd scarcely knew what about
| The magistrate Informed Betsey, that he would do
his best TO make the dishonest auctoneers refund the
money. Accordingly officer Burley took the matter in
hand Mrs Brown accompanied the officer TO the auction
shop and there they the suctioneer who
full well the object Of their visit. compromise
tered into The Sol refunded and Mrs. Brown was
more in the possession Of her funds and went Of
| 20 .ocing
a pioeni Assault ,rih hEe.-0ficer Isaacs Of the
Fifth ward between three and four O'Clock Sunday
morning arrested Frenchman named Alexander AkAsal
ban, on charge OF violently assaulting man named
Terrence Donney. residing in Third twenty
third street with dirk knife INJECTING dangerous wound
in the shoulder with intent to kill forth in the
complaint Of Donnelly 1t that Q difficulty occur.
red in house In the Fifth ward and Akasaban turn
cd out into the streets and the prisoner asserts
struck by Donney. and In selfdefence compelled
the knife The ed when brought before DO
lice magistrate at the Tombs stated his examination
that he was by trade lace and worked
New Jerey The magistrate required the prisoner to find
bail in the sum OF 81 900 To the onsrge in default
of which he was committed TO the Tombs for trial.
Disturbance al the Ferry On Saturday q disturbance
took place at the ferry foot OF Twenty third street.
tween several who had met there in funeral proces
on IL seems that two funerals met at the ferry about the
same time and dispute to who should pass
over the ferry fret, and from words they got to
blows The police led to the spot who succeed
ed In capturing Eve Of the dsturbers Of the public peace
Their names Robert Baker James Leonard Patrick
Cullen James Riley and Michael Pagan They were all
conducted before Justice Stuart who held them bail
In the sum OF $500 each for their future good conduct
default Of this bail they committed to prison.