The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-04-08
JOHN DOE AND RICHARD ROE.
Financial, Commercial and Social
Life of New York.
A Tale for the Times.

The following sketcli of & New York
"banker and church member" is taken
from work called "John Doe and Rich
ard Roe," descriptive of financial. com
mercial and social life in New York in
1862. The greedy, grabbing capitalist,
wearing the garb of piety, the better to
deceive or plumber the confiding or mex
perienced, is SO graphically sketched as
"to point moral without comment.
The sketch has been faithfully copied
from the abOve-named work.
To the Richard Roe tinanciers the
sketch is commended for profitable rehec-
tioo, before upon them "destruction COM
eth as a wlirlwind."
Richard Roe, tise Banker and Church
Member.
Again. the good Roe was subjected to petty
annoyances by eXacting and unreasonable Gus
toners He had hardly resumed his daily avO-
cations after his illness, when he cOmpusOrllv
held levee of these people.
Briggs, a capitalist from Boston. came first
Roe. how dive do 2" he commenced: live
awampus bonds. YOu wouldn't answer my
letters, and I'll see, now. whether you'll an
sWer my questions
INV dear Briggs. replied Roe. - am very
much disappointed about those bonds. feel
much worse about them than yOn do. feel"
"Oh, damn your feelings. interrupted
Briggs, g. want my money
My dear Briggs. don't swear cntreated
the banker: that hurts me worse than the
money"
See here, Roe continued Briggs II have
come to talk business and beg you'll post
pone your hurts and your feelings. bought
those bonds on your very strong representa-
tions, without myself making any inquiry. /
now hear rumor that the Company propose
to fund the coupons, and / want to know what
course you intend to take with yours"
why, the fact is" said Roe reddening a
little i'm the face, . | have sold out
sold out! and without letting me know "
cried Briggs when did you sell -
"In April" stammered Roe; 1.-THE fact
isn-
I'm April - cried Briggs; "in April when
they were worth % per cent, and when you
advised me not to sell By G., sir, do you
happen to remember that the sole condition
on Which bought these bonds of you, was,
that if tor any reason you changed your mind
as to their value and concluded to sell, you
would give me full notice.:
my dear Briggs replied Roe, 1t was
owing to an accident. Burns, OF AloanyFwTo,e
me in April to sell his bonds and said he would
forward them by the next days express l
made the sale and as the purchaser insisted on
immediate delivery as his condition, gave
him my bonds. In the afternoon received
telegram from Burns, cOuntermanding his Or
der, and thus was stuck"
Stuck, indeed" echoed Briggs; stuck
by getting out of a concern into which you had
Wheedled forty people, and made thousands of
collars out OF every one of them. The short
OF the matter is my dear Roe, that you have
though l don't believe word ofit-you
were pound to give me the promised notice of
selihg out. You are an Internal scOundrel
anu :, VIII so proclaim you through Wall
And exit Briggs
no M =; Nc Koe Rrs feelings were deeply wounded
could despise-but at his profanity PROFANITY
hurt" Roe worse than anything and he
had not more than half recovered from the
wounds produced by this wicked mans swear