Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-09-12
4 A Wisc0ss sim Man Taken In. q

enclesing bogus check for Slllo6, whicl
| had been foisted upon him by two men,
calling themselves Joseph Nox 4 Co., The
latter end of last month, on board of the
steamer Emigrant. The orthosrahy OF
the letter Is so reiculously bad that the
lmeaning is scarcely Ineligible. It is toe
long to warrant publication, or it might
stand as an unequailed specimen Of the
Iilliterate position of many in our midst
1t is to be gathered from this remarkable
document that on the 10th or last July,
Anderson, who will appear to be a perfect
|greenhorn, left this clay to return to his
home in Wisconsin, having in his posses
sion two land warrants and 1925 in gold
land paper. Two men, whom he did not
know, -accosted him, saying that they were
going up the Missouri river. They were
very soeiable, and inquired about land
warrants saying that they wanted to get
some, and that they would like him to 90
with themsup to the bank to compare
what warrants they might buy with his.
The greenhorn went up with them, but the
bank was closed. They went away, and
lat the solicitation Of the new acduaiutan-
ICES he drank with them. One Of them
said he had to pay out some money that
|evening, and that if it would be any accom-
mediation to him he would give him a
twenty dollar gold piece for paper The
victim replied in the affirmative,as he had
to pay one per cent. to exchange sonie.-
Then both wanted to know if he would go
with them in the morning. When the
morning came on deck came they. He
supposed they had slept in the cabin. He
in company with them went up into the
town. The boat had not left the levee
here. The banks were not open. They
drank. One then said they must 60 to
the mill and engage some flour, and bring
it to the boat, and hadibetter 60 in bus,
and that the green otie would have the
opportunity Of seeing the sights on the
way out. ] hey said there was a great
mammoth cave little beyond the mills,
close to where the bus stopped, and that
they would get some cold beer there flor
which beverage Anderson had manifested
great afection.) His letter then runs
thus: 81 as it war like sheep dunn be-
fore nv sheers put on all the confadanc in
my ledeers been candid an onast and went
into the cave staid little bit, as the lead
ers advised him not to 60 out in the hot
sun after being in SO cool place" Now
comes the curious photography: ';prasant-
| " thar cam a notllar secras candad lukaiI
man to whar we sat, convar sashan took
place my gids( lny guides)inquires Of stran-
ger whar he was goan he replied on his
way to washanton to the patant office he
had calad to see frand lnanc1ianing his
nam that live ovar thar he was inquired
o. what he was agent git patant he shoed
brass ball about one and a half inches in
dimiter, with small creses bu four sizes of
it which he sad was holor and to be fild
with powder, and yoused as crap shot in
tended to burst whan tina lit my gids than
inquird how it opened and if thar was any
thing in it or not hee sad thar was piece
of rban in it he than STEPPED TO one side OF
An old bildan as havan chashn my gides
1 than began to open the ball after a fue
trils showed plug that want cleer thrue, a
cap Of the end Of the plug tux out piece
| of riben closed it up agan than the man re-
turned, my gides offered to bat (be0 with
him that it wasant holar or that thar was
no, ,riben in it hee said it tina have to be
holar handan it to moe to feel how have
| (heavy) it was hi than sad bee wouldent
bat that it wasant holor but hee would bat
thar was 40 riban in it," afoi 81 es
1t then appears they vert to pulling
out their money to bet with. him.. The
man that owned the ball said he would
not bet anything less than $1,000. The
greenhorn's guides, as he terms them, said
they had not that much money, but one
said he had check on the Missouri Bank
for eleven hundred-that he would bet
that The stranger said it was good, but
the other would not bet without the mon
ey; he then stepped to one side. The
guide said to- the novice, eve will have
some fun with the man, and make him
back out and treat, saying they did not
want his money, only they would back
| him out and have some beer" (not for
getting the novice's appreciation of that
strengthening article.") His guides hand
ed him their check, and he gave them his
Imoney, and land warrants, and paper mon
ley, which was all together. The accep-
tor said he would keep them separate
Then they gothic strangers money, which
they tied in handkerchief. Mr.. Ander
son, the unfortunate victim of credulity, then
winds up his epistle as follows, in his usual
photographic style, which we perfect to
Isave the rea Ter trouble. 81 then felt thai
they had carried it too far, not thinking it
would be carried so far, but thinking the
check good which they gave me. The
stranger then opened the ball and unscrew-
led cap on the other end Of the plug, and
took out piece Of ribbon. He then pick
led up the money and walked of. My
guides then appeared to be astonished.-
The one who gaze the check said he
would have to bear his loss. The other
said, Let rs try to get it back. Trey
/ then told me to 90 and draw the money
at the bank and to the boat and they wo'd
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