The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-06-03
An AdrOif Sssirlflfer.

Not SIX months ago | was the innocent vic
tim of Il trick which has seldom been equacd
for c!everuess. In reply 10 oEe OF iny usual
weekly advertisements, / received letter
dated ttom Cheltenham, stating that the writer
was Al lad AN civil servant al home on leave,
that his iucotpe aud allowances amounted TO
about Il Thousand !. year, but mat he had beer
-x.rav. gan, since is;S return to England. and
WITS ia wat Of ready money gntIi his next
grar.er's salary became due. He wanted an
advance OF i've hundred pounds, upon bill
irawu hy himself and accepted lay au Indian
military friend, who had retired from the
acrvI =. auJ taken up his residence in England.
! Tbs. writer ended short business-.ike letter
b. -iyiug me, as reference for hlmss-l, first
rate East Iudid house II ibe city. and as re-
! ference Tor bis friend, an cq~t,ig respectable
( army agent in the West-eui / called at
| both these references, all, found that Mr.. So
and so aud Colonel Blank were bolh well
known AMI highN respectable gentlemen, and
both meg cI means. Determined to be eau
,lous and feeling certain thai neither Of these
gentlemen was likely 10 meet NE III the set
| moved in. | wrote Offering them personal
| interview for certain day. Ih, Y both came
to nv Office and appeared to be gentemenly
meu, of Il decidedly Indian appearance.
| After some conversational which the in-
tended borrower bargained very hard tor a
! lower rate Of interest than | had proposed,
( and at the same time said a week or two more
( or less GId not signify for ibc money being
| pal J. got the one to draw and the other TO
! accept. bill for SIX Indred pounds at three
m1nihs, for which one hundred pounds WAS to
be deducted by way OF Interest. This was
! done. and taking the draft to one of the chief
| West en- noney-lender.. got the money for
= IN hnr n
| course of time the bill became due, and Lot
bel paid, an attorneys letter was written to
each party. requesting an immediate remit
tance. To my dismay, replies were received
| from both drawer and acceptor denying any
knowledge whatever fihe bill. Then wrote
requesting them to give me an interview.
| which they did, but two strangers presented
themse YES. To make long story short, l
found after vast deal of inquiry, that We
had cen victimzed by two clever sharpers,
| who had by some means or other obtained a
| knowledge ofthese two gentlemen 5 references,
ard of other particulars respecting them.
Ny fault had been, that | had perer iGenti-
fled one the other of the parties whom
had seen. The commercial firm and the
army agents that had answered for the sc gen
tele,nen's responsibility, had done SO in per.
feet good !aiih, believing that ] had satisfied
myself as TO theII being the persons they re.
presen,e- themselves tn be. The trick was
cleverlv carried cut; for, during :he interview
had with the swinders before they got the
money, one OF them, as if by chance, pulled
out OF his breast pocket number OF oil let
tiers. on one of which he be Jan to make some
calculations with pencil These lett,r
were addressed to the peraon whose name
their owner had assumed. 9he calling card:
of b. tn imposters also 5ore the names OF tht
gentlemen wbop they pretended to be. Blu
clever or otherwise, nothing was ever seen ol
heard again OF these men, and their swindle
cost the money-lender FIVE hundred pounds
| whilst Il cut me Out from ever doing busines:
again with hIm.-Au the Year Round.
II LOG CHOLERA PrecentiUe and Remedy.--
}he foloEing is Prof. Turner's remedy fol
hog cholera: Take one peck of ashes, foul
y pounds ot salts, one pound OF black antimouy
seven pounds of copperas. one pound of sui
{ phur, one-fourth, neeighth pound Of saltpe
ter Pound the ingredients fine and mi,
them well, and keep them constantly il
a trough BY itself: and each hcg will ca
: what he needs of the medicine from day Il
: day. il predispossd to cholera. they will ca
y it much more freely than if wholly well ant
u at such times the expense will be consider
Il able. IF through any cause, a hog gets dow
pour down him, or induce him to drink ii
! s,0fs, one gill Of coaltar per dav, until be die
xrly tn <SSt tvc