Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-10-07
A Boots OLDER.-The Burlington Gu
zette tells in the following amusing man

"A BOGUS OLDER.-Ihe burlington ia
zette tells in the following amusing man
ner how ii confidence man personatcd Our
townsman, p A. Older, Esq, and took in
the unsophisticatcd people of Burlington:
"The older we get the more we ought
to know The more colder" gets us the
less we know about him There came Il
man to our town on Saturday, and his
name was Older. So he told us, and we
find nothing in the code to the contrary
He said he was the same Older whose
name and whose Illuminated pictures, rep
resentng sangrinary tigers, rampageous
rhnOccrOSes, outrageous Orang -outangS,
and lordly lions, embazon the bill boards
of the city He was the Older knight of
the saw dust, whose trick horses, convul-
sing clowns, and mighty men of rubber,
were to astoniSh the masses on Wednes-
day After spending few moments
within our inner sanctum, dcscanting up
on the business of the season, the tired
out condition of his horses, the costive-
ness of his Cardiff giant which he was
hauling about on wheels at IL vast eX-
pense, he withdrew, saying that with his
light buggy and a pair, he was taking n
scoot ahead Of his show to make such ar
engagements as might be necessary for the
successful Introduction of his business in
various towns He knew Davenport like
book; complimentcd the Ackley House,
where he had arranged for the keeping
of the greater part of his men and horses;
set UP Uncle Gill of the Pennsylvania;
a. Il, L.; to ha
where he registered to dinner, after the
manner Of men; mine host greeted him,
but could hardly recall the Older he had
seen some five or six years ago. lie in
quired for team to take him to Musca-
tine; went to Highs and ordered a buggy,
pair, and driver; directed mine host
Humphrey to have suitable apartments
ready for himself and wife on his return;
and when about to take a seat by the dri-
yer suddenly bethought himself that he
was out of small change, and asked the
landlord for dollars worth of postals; it
was so inconvenient, you know, to try to
get bills of large denominations changed
along the road. The stamps were forth
coming, and away he went with Crippin,
the driver, to Muscatine. Arriving in
that quiet little village, he registered "Ol-
der and man." at the Ogilvie and order
ed supper and lodging for two; then bor-
rowed another dollar of Grip, for one
must smoke, you know, though loaded
down with thousand dollar greenbacks.
About midnight, after doing" the town,
he proceeded to the stable, and that he
might take them where they would be
safe, demanded the whip and robe belong
ing to the team that brought him. He
got the whip, but the ostler held the robe.
| That was the last seen of colder" The
morning came, but he had event." His
room at the hotel had not been occupied,
nor did he come to breakfast. No bills
were paid, no money returned, and Grip.
came back without any whip or colder" "
| The accredited agent of the Circus was
| in the city on Saturday evening. He has
very businesslike, quiet way with him;
but on learning from friend Humphrey
| that colder" had been in town and gone
| to Muscatine, his countenance became
clothed with a guess-not smile; from his
puckered lips an intcrrogatory whistle
strayed which seemed to ask-can such
things be in the far far west?"