Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1867-10-25
NJ I sc l. LI.AN NY.
Tricks OF Trade.

Or inferior merchandise. there are many
-h'eh are constantly Praesised BY -hOIe-
iAis deAlsrs IN = much larger scale. Among
those we -iii mention frst The practice Of
renosating old or deceased Egs There
are bot scu Pcrsons. especially IN New
Nork. ~Lo have not noticed The sn.n oval
or round boxed kgs which are generally
offered for sale AZ the street corners by
hnSksters- Tbe.e bones are al pst M
and iAbsiied OF branded in this CITY. and
theIr contents. Which are palusd Of as pe-
Elene or Turkish sss. are generally old
and very often diseased fg-. Which before
being rruovafed arr fisile bigger than uar-
bies. and The sugar coating resembles The
das, from houring boz. The -hoIesaIs-
dealers. IN order to dispose Of those unsal.
able goods. -bich cost bat two or four cents
pr pound. soak the 6gs in common -his-
hey. Which being absorbed b. them oAsss.
tAe@ 70 s-su and become quite iIssA look
'ng. They are then carsfally pressed or
packed into neat ne~ bo1e.. and exposed
Tor sale as ne~ 6Es.
Dr'ed snd shriVsisd pruns. are an uasal
abe ariiCle Of aerchandiEs. and the wits Of
the deAhcr had 60 b. taxed 20 discover som.
mode q making them marketable. n,
rractics. no- wy cornmcl. !. TO steam th-
pTunes Ia a eio-cd vessel -hen thes s...-c
their iO-@er Plampoess Of BODY ana rlo..
of sarfAoe. and Arr nO~ ready for pactinr
an taney giass jars or giass-copersd boxes.
AL appropriately iabslsd Nth French IN.
seriPSions and suitably onramen,cd nth
enbo.sed ,in-foii ard tisue paper
Frvsh Bermu1A potatoes ars oflen placed
on sale IN oar markets very early in the
summer; and is NAY iutere.s many % learn
that these potatoes we're grown in ogr o-n
oounirl daring tho previous yeAr. ani have
been treated 18th Stacking lime in barrels
or pits; thi. latter sub.tasc- has tbe sf~ct
70 reiden the skia OF The potato and give
"a siuaiisr APPEARANCE 70 that oi ae~ pota.
to-.
Beside, these trirks IN mercantile basi-
nes'. thsrs arr many -hich oou1e more
properly sHder tbs defiaifion of.-r8Anufac-
turss-7 Ths spic~ and ooH.s manuf.rsur-
's ons in ~hich ths adalicrafious Of genuine
aFtsciss arr oAfr'cd on 70 a uonsierfal e1tens /.
and sPano0s Artic!o- are masle uiihoat a
Part'cie ot The Ingredisnt for which ibev
are sod Almost every spice j. adsltrafel
nth sArths and vegetable matters entirely
i0reign 70 tie spaces IN their safurcs. bot
probably resembling closely their color
uhcn ground in -ah then and the eommo,
Articie soid mus tard seldom has uach
mustard 10 q In the iabricaiion Of eboro-
ate large qsantity u starch OF other
fsrInaerous uaaitsr - oitsn used. .kich i.
easily detected ~Len The chocolate is boile,l.
be ''essonoe q coffee. an article pat %
IN package and strosgiy rrsembling fresh
roasted coffee IN taste snd saeil. b. nothing
bit fhs ooarsest quality Of brosn sogar
roasted and bro-sed 90 a crust. and then
rrdsord b. Poanding or sEris.iing 10 . PsI-
vsruleni oondition.
Ia he snanslactarc Of trunks and several
other aTtieles a variety q PaPer is s.ed for
ouiside coser,ngs vhich 90 closvis resembie
ieAihcr in edward appearance a. almost 90
deceive tbe Hoost eEpcrs Judges. Paper
has also been very ~ iensiviy used by shoe
makers iOr fiiiug ia beiween the inner snd
ouicr soies. and aitLouah tLe paper 90.
sutirely couocaied irom ricw when thc
boots or shoes we're ncs. tbc lra1d soon
becaa.c apparent.
DuFing ihc Tine sLen cotton va eLeap
ani plenty. tbc rope "a EXTENSIVELY nan
uisciured from that material al over The
coBntry. and was considerrd superior in
quality 10 ihs bes' beup or jute e'ods ba,
% b-came an Object % econou,ire ne weight
of cotton u.si. ard in order 90 Do tbs .
rcry iug-uious method ~ss devised a hop
per containing shiie ssnd "a p.sced over
the nachinc at the point -here the three
or more strands -cre being unnsd. snd
fne stream Of ssnd vas tbls infrols-ed
irto The fhers as fhe rope sas tui.ted. fhus
Ereaily adding io tbe -cigbi ofesca bunIis.
Ihese sre b1t 80 of fbc deception
prsctieed daily.