The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-02-12
5elltt MisfRllanll.

CONFIDENCE MEN.-This class of the
genus homo seems to be doing a pretty
good business nowadays. A few days
ago the New York papers told US of a
country gent, who was sold to the tune of
some three hundred dollars, by one of
these chaps. This case was in the
freight line. Here we have the record
of another'one, where the operator play
ed the .pious dodge and sold his Gus
toner to the amount of eight hundred
dollars. A short account Of this trans.
action may not be uninteresting, and
should any of our readers chance to come
in the way of this class ofrogues, it may
help them to keep out of a scrape.
Mr.. Suttle, 3 resident of Tioga county,
N. Y, visited New York City upon busi-
ness, part of which was to buy a Bible.
This article he wished 10 procure at the
Methodist book concern A well dressed
gentleman, having business up that soay,
offered his services, which were accepted.
On the way to the Bible House. the guide,
who professed to exceeding piety, descan-
ted upon the depravity and wickedness of
a great city, like New York. and, it seems,
won the confidence of Mr.. s. After the
book was purchased, the guide proposed
visit to Williamsburgh. to see a ship
launched. After reaching Williams
burgh, while inspecting the Navy Yard,
they were met by third gentleman, well
dressed and of prepossessing appearance.
He was the fortunate possessor of .'pa.
tent safe" and after exhibiting the s'little
joker" contained in it offered to bet ST..
900 that neither of the other two could
open it. Guide wanted to bet, but his
money was at his Hotel! The country.
man was induced to lend his pious friend
$500, at the same time receiving checl
for 5000 on one of the N. Y Banks as Sc,
curity. Here the story ends. Mr.. Sut
tie bought $500 worth of experience tha
time-a pretty good price, it's true, bu
man does not do it more than once it q
lifetime.
A curious crse of ssconf dence" has
been developed in the Pittsburgh Court
of Quarter Sessions. A pretended Eng
lish nobeman-Lord Arthur John Hud.
son-bosght farm of Peter Parchment
resident OF Wilkins township, for which
$4,000 was to be paid. The English
Lord represented that he had fl8,oo0 or
deposite at his bankers. Peter sold ev.
erything he had but his wearing apparel
and by the orders Of the Lord stopped
working a coal mine on the farm, losing
some valuable contracts thereby His
FLordship took pig and some poultry te
town, hired Peters workmen for higher
wages. and started off at millionaire
speed. Before the papers were all made
out, it was discovered that the English
Lord was a fiction, and the deposites q
''delusion." so Peter had his Lordship put
into prison, and the Jury found him gull
ty of obtaining goods Ii. e. pigs and tur-
keys on false pretences. We do not in
tend to moralize-but simply say. that
but few who take the papers get into the
power of such knaves. and very often are
saved money, time and ease of mind, by
the Information weekly Journal affords
them, for only dollar and half year,
or three cents week.-Portqge Dens
The reported discovery of the ruins the
Tower of Babel, by M. Place, French
Consul at Mosul, is treated as hoax by
the Eastern religious press.