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 sketch of q 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 plunder the confiding or mex
perienced, is so graphically sketched as
to point a moral" without comment.
The sketch has been faithfully copied
from the above-named work.
To the Richard Roe financiers the
sketch is commended for profitable refiec-
ton, before upon them "ldestruction COM
eth as whirlwind."
Richard Roe, the 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 compulsorily
held levee of these people.
Briggs, a capitalist from Boston, came first.
Roe, how dye do ?" he commenced; 1--WE
come on to see about the interest of those Cat
awampus bonds. You wouldn't answer my
letters, and I'll see, now, whether you'll an
swer my questions"
"My dear Briggs" replied Roe, 50 am very
much disappointed about those bonds. feel
much worse about them than yOn do. feel"
"Oh damn your feclings!' interrupted
Briggs, 81 want my money"
MY dear Briggs, don't swear!" entreated
the banker; "that hurts me worse than the
money"
"See here, Roe" continued Briggs have
come to talk business and beg you'll post
pone your hurts and your feelings. bought
those bonds on your very strong representa-
tons, 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 q
little in the face, Il have sold out"
"SOld out! and without letting me know? {"
cried Briggs. when did you sell?"
"In April" stammered Roe; 1.-THE fact
isn-
"In April !" cried Briggs; in April when
they were worth IS per cent, and when 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 10 an dCClQcut. OuIue, VI huouy $"AOsO
me In April to sell his bonds and said he would
forward them by the next days express. /
made the sale. and as the purchaser insisted on
immediate delivery as his condition, gave
him my bonds. In the afternoon received q
telegram from Burns, countermanding his Or
der, and thus was stuck"
Stuck, indeed!" echoed Briggs; stuck
by getting out Of concern into which you had
wheedled forty people, and made thousands OF
| ooHars out OF every one of them. The short
J Inc matter is, my dear Roe, that you have
ensated me; Even if your Burns story is true
| though don't believe q word ofit-you
| H, were pound to give me the promised notice of
selimg out. You are an Internal scoundrel
s,sa., snu WIZ so proclaim you through Wall
And exit Briggs.
nos M =; M1 Koes s,,s feelings were deeply wounded,
could despise-but at his profanity ePro,anitv
hurt. Roe worse than anything and be
had not more than half recovered from @ the h,
wounds produced BY this wicked mans swear