Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-08-16
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,s-I 7Slegraphic Di&patch.-.A young
.'.m,n of this city, 81 no is notorious wag
= ,rickster, and who is exceeding fond of
-. flesh, was recently the victim of one of
:, most complete sells on record This gen
IAN has horse, spirited trotter, one of the
.s..s been<," Of which he has taken the utmost
rsccp,ly. On Friday last this horse was
:, down the river to Marietta, to trot for u
-, Of two hundred dollars. The person in
,b,,,e of the horse, and who designed to pre-
w.. him for the race, promised to telegraph
u, owner as soon as the result of the contest
was known. On Saturday evening our young
horse f,ncier was expecting every minute to
boar Of the result of the race and the "glory of
The grav." At last it occurred to the haJitues
II the Mcclure House, some of whom had been
yir,jmized by this same wag of horse man,
tim, Joke of the first class might be easily
rrrpetrated upon their old enemy; so they set
their heads together and concocted bogus tel
e,ram, having first procured, by some means,
either fair or foul, a blank dispatch and envel-
one. This dispatch was duly written out in a
manner well calculated to deceive, the services
Of strange boy were procured, who watched
his opportunity, delivered the document, re.
ceiyed his pay and vamoosc5. The dispatch
WAS hastily broken open by our friend, the
horse ainirer, in the presence Of several per-
sous with whom he was acquainted, and read
aloud;
MARrETTA Saturday Evening.
Won PrIs-sOd horse for two hundred and ftywiil be
W OF frst boat b.
The recipient of this document was highly
elaied-his cup of happiness was full-other
people might have their hopes and desires, but
he was Indifferent to everything. He came
DOWN street and rushed into the hotel, where
tie yic,imizcrs were lying in wait. He told his
glorious story, and said it was better TO be born
lucky than rich. He would have taken a third
Of Tie money for him, or even given him away,
rather than keep him. Some one expressed
doubt as TO the animals having brought the
eXUavngant price of two hundred and ti(ty.-
The victim put his hand in his pocket and drew
forth the dispatch, which he threw down with
abiding confidence in its capacity to settle
tie whole question. The dispatch was then
read by the very wag who had written it, and
was trying effort TO maintain anything like
gravity. Their risibles were suppressed, how
ever, aud after showing his dispatch to every
bo!y IN the house, our friend sought natures
sweet restorer with the brightest visions and
most hopeful anticipstions that had ever accom-
panied him into the land of Nod. The next
morning he was sitting in front of his place of
business, feeling exceedingly happy, and DELHI
Grating within himself whether to buy farm or
take tour of Europe, when, the old horse,
preceded by the gentleman whose name was
attached TO the dispatch, came p.odding down
street Our victim: only needed sight to con-
Vince him of the hoax He climbed over the
back of his chair in rather singular way, and
ii Is now thought the city has lost a good ma
tuied and clever citizen, whilst the McIIure has
been deprived of an easy KEEP" and prompt
paving boarder. AT least the horse fancier
las not been seen within the past forty-eight
hours
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