The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1868-10-28
LIFE IN NEW YORK.

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readers to purchase books of real value
even, for these may be SO prosy, though
full of important facts as to lie forever un-
read on their shelves. But in the book
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Whoever opens the book to read will not
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over every line of its ninety-two chapters,
and he cannot but feel that he is more than
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over, in the valuable facts, spicy incidents,
&C.. with which the book is filed. He
will in short, knoto New York far better
than the majority Of her native citizens;
and to know New York in all her aspects;
her high life and low lie; her good and
evil; her vast fortunes and her countless
mistortunes; how her great financial leaders
have won their honest success, and how
brilliantly vice shines, or sadly it wallows il
its infamy beside them, is to know about
all there is to be known Of the active life
of the whole country; for New York is not
only the commercial center Of America, but
n rcAcc, ion of NIL the good and bad in the
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following extracts from the book, which
they will not be satisfied without possessing:
A SHARP MERCHANT.
In travelling, passed the night with
wealthy merchant His name on change
was tower of strength. He had made his
fortune. and was rroud of it. He said he
could retire from business If he wonld, have
a fortune for himself to spend. and settle on
his wife and children. He was very sue
cessfnl hut very severe. He was accounted |
one of the shrew.lest merchants in the city.
But he had no tenderness towards debtors. |
In the day Of prosperity he was celebrated |
tor demanding the full tale of brick, aud |
the full round of flesh. A few mouths at, |
ter / passed the night with him be became |
BANKRUPT: His wealth fiid in ,lay. He |
had failed to settle the fortune on his wife |
and childicn, and they were pennilcss. He
was treated harshly. and was snmnariy |
elected from The institutions over which he
pr. cided. He complained bitterly of the
ingratitude of men who almost got down on
their knees TO ask favors of him, when he
was prosperous and who spurncd and re
viled him when he fell If in the day of |
his.prosperty he had been kinder and less
exacting, be might have found ficnds in
the day of his adversity.
TWO sHARpERs
A noted sportsmap. taking dinner at ono |
of our clubs, exhibited diamond ring Of |
great beauty and apparent value on his fin
ger A gentleman present had great
nassion for diamonds. After dinner, the
parties met in the Office. After much ban
tering, the owner consenteu to barter the !
ring for the sum of six hundred dollars. |
As the buyer left the room, suppressed
tittering struck his ear. He concluded that
the former owner had sold both the ring
and the purchaser. He said nothing. hut |
called the next day upon iewery, where
he learned that the diamond was paste and |
the ring worth about twenty-five dollars.
He examined some real diamonds, and |
found one CLOSELY resembling the paste in
his own ring. He hired the diamond for
few days, pledged twelve hundred dollars,
the price of it and ga a hundred dollars
for its use He went to another. jewelry, |
had the paste removed, and the real dia-
mond set. His chums, knowing how he
had been imposed upon, inpaticntly wait
ed for his appearance the next night. To |
their astonishment they found him in high
glee, He Hourished his ring. boasted of |
bis, bargain, and said if any gentlt man
pr, sent had twelve hundred dollar ring to
sell for six hundred dollars, he knew Of
purchaser. When he was told that the
ring was paste. and thas he had been cheat
ed. he laughed at their folly. Bets were |
freely offered that the ring did not contain !
real diamond. Two men bet thousand |
dollars each. Two bet fre hundred dol>
lars All were taken: umpires we're chos |
en-. The money and the ring were nut into
their hands They went to Fl rst >cass
iewelry, who applied all the tests, and who
said the stone was diamond of tie first
water, aud was worth, without tie setting
twelve hundred dollars. The luytr ru
the three thousand dollars which he had
won auietl, in his pocket. He carried the
diamond back and recalled his twelve han
dred dollars. and with his paste ring on his
finger went to his club. The man who sold
the ring was waiting tor him. He wanted
to 90, the ring back; he attempted to turn
the whole thing into ioke. He sold the
ring. he said. Tor fun; he knew it was real
diamond all the time. He never wore false
levels. lie could tell zeal diamond any
where by is peculiar light. lie would not
be so mean as to ch at an old friend. He
knew his friend would let him have the
ring again. But his friend was stubborn
said that the seller thought that it was
paste, and intended to defraud him. At
length, on the payment of eight hundred
dollars, the ring was restored. All parties
came to the conclusion, when the whole
affair came out, that when diamond cuts
diamond again some one less sharp will be