The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1852-11-20
NUMBER 10.
An EDITOR Swrxp1Ep BY Mcck.Arc1roxrEps

An EDITOR SwINDIED by Neck -ArCTIoNEERs
Moses A. Dow, Esq, Editor of the Waverly
Magazine. a periodical published in Boston,
while strolling through Chathamst. yesterday
morning, was attracted by the cry of going
going" which proceeded from mock-auction
shop in the vicinity of French's Hotel, and en-
tered the place. lie stood for while observ-
ing the auctioneer selling, or pretending tosell,
what he represented to be a valuable double
cased gold watch. Ithad been run up to about
Sl4O, when one of the Peter Funks approached
Mr.. Dow, and asked him to purchase the watch
for him. Mr.. d. declined, on the ground that
the other was stranger TO him. The auction
Ger, however, stated to Mr.. d. that the gentle
man In question was respectable and RESPONSE
bic. The other then told Mr.. d. that if he would
pay for the watch, he would refund the money,
as he had II at his cOuutine-roCm. to which
place he asked Mr.. d. to accompany him. The
auctioneer also stated that in case tine money
was not returned he would take back the watch
and refund the money himself. On these condi.
tions, Mr.. d. paid Sl60 for the watch, and went
with his new made friend, the "Peter,' to hunt
up the counting-rOOm of the latter but after
searching some time for it iI>van, Mr.. D. gave
up the search. and returned to the auction shop
with the watch. and demanded of the auctionecr
the return of his money. This request was re-
fused and while Nh. b. was rejecting upon the
course he had best pursue in the matter, anOth-
er '.Peter'' stepped up to him. and said that he
knew man who would give Sl70 for the watch,
and asked Mr.. ID. to go with him to see this man.
Mr.. ID. consented, and the 'Peter," with the
watch in his hand, led the way to another auc-
tion shop. and having placed the watch in the
hands Of the auctiOneer there officiating, the lat
ter commenced crying il oil. Mr.. Dow refused
having it sold and demanded its return to him.
The auctiOnecr claimed Sl1 80 as his fee, and
refused to return it until that sum was paid to
him. Mr. d., finding himself to be in the hands
of n ctip pniI
watch and went before Justice Bogart and made
a complaint against one John Doe, alias VIM.
Dewitt. one of the principals in the swindle.-
y warrant, for the arrest of this individual was
then issued and placed in the hands of officer
VIM. IT. Stephens Of the Lower Police Court,
who arrested the fellow and frightened him into
restoring the money TO Mr.. Dow which he did.
Mr.. ID. then generously offered Mr.. Stephens SIS
for his services. but this offer respectfully
declined. and at ) o'clock i'm the afternoon Mr.
Dow left the city for his place of residence, No.
| Watcr-st, Boston. That person of Mr.. d.
Knowledge and experience should he victmzed
by New \ Ork sharpers is certain evidence of
the skill and cOnsummate impudcncc exhibited
by such concerns as those above described in
carrying on their nofarous business. The exs-
tence Of such thieving shops in our city is
burning shame to the authoritics.-.N. y. Irib.
THE OLDEST INHABITANTS OpINIoN OF RAIL-
ROADs.--The last number of the Knckcrbocker
Magazine in the Editors Table gives the opin-
ion Of the oldest Inhabitant' in one of the far
OF shore towns Of Massachusetts, Bay touching
rallrOads--his experience consisting in having
seen the ends Of the road laid out and the cars
running upon it. lie remarked to visitor
What Kind o 'cOmmOdatOn be they You
can't 20 when yOu want to 60: you've got TO go
when the bell rings or the blasted noisy whistle
blows. l tell ycou, it's payin' tew much for the
whistle. Efyou live a lectlc ways Oft the Dec.
pot, you got to pay to git TO the railroad ard
you want to 60 anywhcres else, 'cept Jest to
thc end on t. you got to pay to go arter you get
Mtrr. What kind o commentators that?--
CON round the country tsw murderin' folks.
runnn' over cattle. sheep and hogs, and settin'
fire to bridges. and every now and then burnn'
up the woods. Mrs. Robbins, down to Cod
pint, says. and she Ortcr know, for she's plus
woman and b"longs to the lower church, she
said to me, no longer ago than day fore ycster-
day, that she'd be cussed if she didn't kno,c
that they sometimes run over critters purpose
they did likely .shoat o hern, and never
paid fort. cause they was a corporation, they
said. What kind o 'cOmmOd:On's that! Be-
sides, now I've lived here. clus to the DeepOt,
ever since the road started to run, and seen cm
90 out and come in; but never could see that
they went so cusscd fast nuther.'
C0rroN FROM PINE LEAyEs-A correspondent
of the National 1ntclligcncer says that. in Sile-
sia there is a factory in which species of wool
or cotton is manufactured from pine leaves,
which can he woven into cloth 1t has been
used for blankets, rugs, furniture covering, and
other articles requiring strong texture. The
tree is stripped of its leaves while they still
green. one man gathering about two hundred
pounds per day. The liquid left after the de-
cOcton of the leaves is also said to be beneficial
as a bath in some cases of disease. The CORE
spondcnt of the Intelligencer probably procured
pfn fron | ic'a
Magazine, in the last number of which, there is
an article almost identical, not only in subject
matter but in language, with the communication
in the ntelligcnccr.
DEAD LErTEEs.-Durng the last quarter, one
thousand seven hundred and eighty-onc letters
were returned to the Dead Letter Office, in the
Post Office Department.. These contained S10,-
$50. in the aggregate. Recently, about one
million and third of such letters were public
ly destroyed bonfire being kindlcd with them
OIL the Mall. We yesterday saw a large num-
Der of the various articles transmitted through
the mails the majority of which will never come
into the possession of those to whom they were
addressed. Among those may be mentioned a
horseshoe gingercake, the postage on which
was So 10; donation to church. being
small cake in paper box quilt, a New Year
present to a bachelor; Dutch pattern for q
child dress pincushOn, the stand of it the
bottom of a glass lamp, the postage 81, the in
trinsic worth as many cents; zinc frame be-
longing to a galvanic battery, postage SIT; q
stone weighing two pounds, addressed to a gen.
tleman by Eliza" as a sample of his generosi-
ty: a pair of mems boots sent to lady; large
bottle Of salve, and a bundle containing coarse
shirt a pair of blue stockings and razor
Washington Republic.
THE THINNEsT PART.-An amusing anecdote
is just now current in New Jersey. A number
Of gentlemen were sitting around the bar-room
of hotel the subject of discourse being the size
of pigeon fight, when one of the number start
cd new point by saying:
"Wcil. gentlemen, YOU need not make SO
much difficulty about the length of that pigeon
streak. as once saw myself fight of crows a
mile wide, twenty-five miles long, and they
were so thick that yOu couldn't see the sum-"
Don't believe it, Captain said tall Yer
monter cmphatically.