The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-11-13
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70 First calling upoma police HSa8fstFat
with " HON l. am acqnaiateti,I and OF
taing his signature across the bsTk {
one of my cards, proceeded foftkwFf
70 the office of Bark; Bite &sCo.i Lfoun
/ II as designated in their advertisement
land Circulars, located in the lower. ps,
Iof broadway, surrounded by the office
OF bankers. brokers, insurance comma
mics etc. Their Fooins are hafidsoflfeI
fitted up. IN the manheFiusuai TO brol:
ers and bankefs. An iron rafline..s he
hlnd which Were several .deskE separa
ledL Ihe munipulatOrs of the .,GarroterG
ana Fobbers Grand Presentation En-
l!erpT1se from the ordinary mortal hav
l1Dg business with them: At each of>th
SIX or seven desks sat a sickly-lookin,
clerk, engaged in entering names Il
ledgers, addressing circulars to, 'confifi
ing. victims, Or preparing :, fresh an
nonneementst0 catchneW pEes.issa..,.i.
a Pr1sk young Englishman who spok,
with true disregard for his 'sh's" anf
who pronounced g" like sk,." BUSTED
UP to the counter and said iSot ehd
Gan hi do anythink for you, sir e
us Mr.. Bark in ?'' I asked or 9f5HI
a No, sir.1 was the reply, Sees gone
to Washington" IL ~, d.. F; : al
as Mr.. Bite in % 81 1.,4 a43g fs.e,-
mo. sir;. 'ee's gone TO Boston anG
Won't be back till CfiewsGlay week. Cam
attend to you, sir ~ pressed the young
gentleman - Isl 10 SSH = 'tli3e
SIS Mr.. Co. in ?" continued L. i'.-t q
= - Mr. 200. sir? "4amh 50 tgtpfus 9aT
z" Mr. Co.. the other partner, or any
other partner or agent or manager.
Wish 10 see some responsible person.2
'Oh. no, sir, said the clerk. there's
none OF the partners seldom ere, YOU
Knoxville business ere is hall done by
a manager. but 'ee's out at present"
gave the Young man nv card and
said should be happy to see the mana.
ger at nay office at his earliest conven-
fence. The clerk looked at nv name
and theBiat the signature of the police
magistrate, with which he seemed par
ucularIy Impressed. His manner chang
ed Instantly, and dropping his halt
lmpudent, self-important. f'chaffing'
tone. he said respectfully that the man
ager would be sure to call on me at
once. 'l'''9 ''' ,'t03''7
II may here remark that have been at
the office several times. and have never
been able as yet to see any one of the
gentlemen who are, announced as the
directors of the scheIne.n The business
is always transacted through the ne1i-
UNI OF cheap and impudent clerks, who
are employed principally OH account OF
the readiness with which they can, bad
ger; BLACKBOARD and bully persons. who.
II ,e myself call to obtain satisfaction.
In nine cases out Of ten thev will so
abuse the seeker forinformation that he
would rather abandon his claim than
run that gauntlet of profanity and OBJ
scenity. Bark. Bite 81 Co. may possibly
exist bodily in the flesh. but if so thev
keep themselves so completely in tlie
that one is led to believe
that there amt no such persons
In, accordance with the promise made
to me. q person styling himself 1.-THE
New York 1ianager for the Garrotors
and Robers' Enterprise" called TO see
ME. He was sharp. shrewd, business
like, loquacious young man, and was
soon got into general conversation re-
the gitt enterprise business,
ton regarding that particular branch Of
swindling which feem it W orth, while
to repeat. .,
The name of my friend. tile magistrate
was undoubtedly the KEY which un-
locked Mr.. Managers tongue. = -
These gift enterprise swindlers con-
duct their business SO as to be within
the law, aud although the attempt to
punish them has frequently: been made,
il never has succeeded Thew have
been arrested by the police authorizes,
their place of, business entered. then.
mails, consisting Of hundreds OF money
letters. have been seized. vet in every
the, rascals have escaped pun
ishment, and in the end succeeded in
the authorities to restore all
the property seized. ~ The reason is this
every ticket which, they sell claims
TO be a ticket of admission 10 a
grand concert" and that is held to
be a iyalable consideration for the nom
ey paid, and hence a perfectly legitimate
simple case of buying
and selling goods. ~ rie'1'l3 :
''You pay your money for that said
the New York manager to me. 1T
promises nothing and you get what it
promises. You may be notified that
you have drawna prize valued at $500.
and you send us the five per cent. asked
for-wef send YOU a watch valued at
$500, but,worth $50. What are you go&
ing TO do jaboAit r. YOU have TO cfa Inns
Oh us hey ond an admission to Irving
Hall and we'll admit soll-W henz we
agree tO--we have not fixed the time
vet" 49,
When the New York manager " HON
afterwards aSceFtained was but an or
iiifai,y clerk1 had learned from me that
held "A number of tickets which were
said 10 have drawn prizes, he did not
hesitate to inform me that they never
intended to give prizes of any value,
md justified such a course BY SAYING
hat every person who bought ticket
lid so in the. hope of getting an advan-
Iage over some one else-of getting a.
| prize worth five, ten. or fifty times the
he invested. To use the express
We language of the manager ~they
nope to beat us, so we make sure of
beating them--they want ten dollars
for one, while we take one TOR nothing.
" here's ihe difference between us ! They
Try to oyerreach US and we, do. overreaeh
considered, which is the
W ofst e--HOttPs at Home a. = ,'sfst-
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An IDLE DREAM For a man TO
.hink he is going to do the work of his
lie without obstacle and sopposition, is
o dream in the lap of folly itself.
W hat should we, amount to- were wa