Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-08-19
THE GRAIN SPECULATIVE.
A Graphic Description OF the Anims
I'm his Native State. So

= The grain, spectator, according to the
Chicago correspondent of a New Orleans
paper, is q rakish-,ooking chap, anywhere
from. twenty five to fifty, wears the ltiehtest
and most striped breeches, mounts hobby
tile and sports the gayest necktie out;
drives team very natty and very fast al
ways-(who ever saw a grain speculator on
foot p 'tools" down in the morning to the
Board, and "tools" up in the evening 10
hear "Moliy" twank on. the piano; lunches
at Debnonico's, and after dark-let me
whisperit very. LOWS seen going into the
European with "Molly" on his arm '.an-
other bottle fol: No. g. or is seen ,comhe
down stairs very late from the neiahbor-
hood of Aiken's mqttering. something
about his great lack of foresight In not
''coppering on that there ace.
I Whence comes the egrairi speculAtor.'
aud whittier he goes when, he has played
himself out, no mortal man knows. He
appears suddenly, resplendent mr. Jewels
and striped shirts, and like q comet dashes
across the horizon of the grain market. and
disappears as rapidly, aftera short, and
sometimes brilliant ! ,caseer, as rhe,i came.
The 'tgrain Spectator. is, indeed, won
derful man, His rooms pre- magnificent
and are always filed with mirrors and to-
bacco smoke: He loves, with q loye that is
more than love, an games of chance, and
no one ever need spoil for a bet while the
''gfaih speculator'" liyeth, as he will staiSe
his bottom dollar wherever he has one
chance IN Fifty. He has travelled this wide,
world Ger; done everything for living, al
ways has money and-a diamond pin,l and
wouldn't be child of nature for any con-
sideration. He is first Seen seated in an
H. Al. M T.,
merce with wonderful gilt sign announc-
ing to the ignorant public that his nane,is
Smith, and that he is prepared to buy sEyil
amount of grain, make ruinous admhces.
sell and buy on any terms, and at theshort,
est notice By ii a. M. he emerces f,os,
his Office, and joins a group of ten or a
dozen other grain spectators. ana talks
with an Astonishing yolubility Of ."shorts"
and longs ''seller July "seller Au-
gust, &c. Pretty soon Brown comes
along Thrown wants TO buy. Smith
wants to SELL Smith, by tire wny, hasn't
bushel of grain in the world; he has
only handfal In a little box on his
Office desk. Brown wants 10000 bushels
OF wheaton, the LIST day of August, at sixty
cents. Smith agrees. 10 --delivss> 600
bushels at that price, and on that day
Bargain. cioSe6l Smith and Brown, riikS
two gamecocks about to fight, eye an i'm
agipary arain of corn-thats the fiuctra-
ton OF the market and when the LIST of
August comes along, if grim can Ne bought
at any figure below sixty cents. Smith buys
and delivers 1000 bushels ard pockets the
difference Should grain 20 up and be
worth seventy Coantt, ,OSmith don't buy and
don't deliver; He only Sbustsr (ifhe has.
no funds to eornprohiise with Brown, it's
all profit to Brown, vhtfxises his chances
tool and gets put-off the 'sl,eerd," In
plain English, Smith lists Brown that grain
will be iessfhaf sixty Cents on August /,
and Brown bets it viii be more. "Hdads
/ win, tails Yon lose"