The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1869-02-11

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abound in toll and responsibility,
still, their efforts 10 make money
result 10 the advantage Of their
ncighbors, and their noigbbors
should cbcerfnlIy encourage them
with material aid in the way Of
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Life in New York. p
srS,'aIyE 4sn sntpov !, EFv Yonr. BY Mat
io'd' Conn; J..B. Burr 4.co. isC5
1t is not always that we can
commend our readers to purchase
books of real value even, for these
may be so prosy, tn ough full OF
important facts, as TO lie forever
unread on their shelves. But in
the book whose title We quote
above, the judicious and ontcrpris-
ing publishing house of J. B. Burr
g. Co, who know how 10 cater 10
the wants of the'public, the people
have something at once very val.
liable aud readable. Our readers
will be interested in the following
excerpts from the book, which
are taken, almost at random, from
its pages: ISIS i0 H.'
.ra A SHARP, MERCHANT.
In travelling, l passed the night
with a wealthy merchant. His
name on change was a tower OF
strength. lie had -madc his for.
tune, and was proud of it, He
said he could retire from business
it be would, Lave a fortune Tor
himself TO spenddand settle one on
his wife and children. He was
veryrsuccessful, bat very severe.
lie was accounted one of the
shrewdest merchants in the city.
But he had no tenderness towards
debtors. In the day of his pros
perity he was celebrated for de-
manding the full tale of brick, and
the full pound of flesh A few
months after | passed the night
with him he became bankrupt
His wealth fled in a day. lie had
failed to settle the fortune on his
wife and childIen, and they were
pennilcss. He was treated harsh.
ly, and was summariIy elected from
the institutions over which he
presided. lie complained bitterly
Of the lngratitude of men who al
mos; got down on their knees TO
ask iavors of him when he was
prosperous. and who spurned and
reviled him when he fell. II in
The day OF his prosperity he had
been kinder and less exacting he
might have fonnd friends in the
day Of his adversely.
TWO sHARpERs. D"
A noted sportsman, taking din
ner at our clubs, exhibited a dia-
mond ring OF great beauty and ap.
parent value on his finger. a gen
tlcman present had a great pas
sion for diamonds. After dinner
the parties met in the office. AT
ter much ba;teriDg, the owner
consented to barter the ring for
the sum of six hundred dollars.
After the buyer left the room, a sup
pressed titlering struck his ear.
lie concluded that the former own.
er had sold both the ling and the
purchaser. He said nothing, but
called the next day upon a Jewel
err, where he learned that the dia
mond was paste, and the ring
worth about twenty-five dollars
lie examined some real diamonds,
and found one closely resembling
the paste in Ills own ring. He
hired the diamond for a few days,
pledged twelve hundred dollars,
the price of it. and gave a hun
dred dollars for its use lie went
to another jewelcr, had the paste
removed, and the real diamond
set. His chums, knowing how he
had been imposed upon, impatient.
Iy waited for his appearance the
next night. To their astonish-
ment they found him in high gIee;
He flourished his ring, boasted OF
his bsrgain, and said if any gen
tIeman present had a twelve hun
dred dollar ring to sell for six hun.
dred dollars, he knew of a pur.
chaser. When he was told that
he had been cheated he laughed at
their folly. Bets We're freely Of
fered that the riag did not contain
u real diamond, Two men bet a
thousand dollars each. Two bet
five hundred dollars. All were
taken: umpires were chosen. The
money and the ring were put into
their hands. They went to a
first. class jeweer, who applied all
the tests, and who said the stone
was a diamond of the first water,
and was worth, without the setting
twslve hundred dollars. The buy
er put tho three thousand dollars
which he had won quietly in bis
pocket. He carried the diamond
back and recalled his twelve hun
dred dollars, and with his paste
ring on his finger wentto his club.
The man who sold the ring was
| 1o, him Hn wanted 10