The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-05-10
Gle Gtn1es, Mem BLOOMFIELD, 3Da.

mined to go to his office and hold him at
his word.
Some halfa-dozen entered at once, and
threw their notes upon the counter, de-
manding fifteen cents on the dollar as he
offered. Moses assumed reluctant air.
The note-holders were clamorous they
declared that he should keep his word, or
they would expose him to the whole
street.
"Oh, mine Cot ! shcntlemens I shall
pc ruined !" exclaimed Moses, as he COM
menced counting out the money for the
deprecated paper. Put [ will risk my
last tolar to save mine honor. Nopody
shall say Moses Goltschmidt keeps not
his wort. | will tiscount all ter paper
NIT all mine monish, den, mine Cot l
must shtop,"
Each creditor of b T. Co. was
served in turn, and no sooner were the
first batch of notes liquidated, than in
came the second and in the course of
two or three hours he had purchased some
sixty thousand dollars at fifteen cents on
the dollar. The next day he offered ten,
and actually negotiated some forty thou
sand more at this price, until the market
was entircly relieved of the supposed
worthless paper.
The junior partner, hearing how sue
cessful the Jew had been in purchasing
his paper, made him visit the next day
for the purpose Of receiving from his
hands nearly all the liabilities Of the firm.
Chuckling over his good fortune he said :
"a profitable joke, Goltschmidt. You
shall have all the business Of our house
in future. What commission shall pay
you 2" he asked
" ask no commlsson," said the jew ;
Derc are your notes in dat one leedle
package, to dc amount Of one hundred
tousend tollars If you wish to cash dem
aforo dey come due, l shall deduct simple
interest"
What mean you, jew ?" CALCULATED
the merchant partially comprchcnding the
cunning agents meaning.
I" mean dat your house owe me Won
hundred tousand tollars, after tctuctin9
de twelve tousand for which you hold my
receipt!" said Moses, with business-likc
Importance.
Sir" said the merchant becoming en-
ragged, you do not intend to thus take
advantage of my confidence I"
Tish Il fai~ plzness dransaction," said
the broker.
1t is an abominable cheat!" declared
the duped one. "Think not thus to
overreach me. 1t was our money that
was placed in your hands, and all you
can claim from US, legally, for the paper
I have commissioned you to buy, is Il fair
percentage"
Dat ish not the law" said the willy
one, " where ish my agreement to dat ef-
feet? l purchased your baper-I holt it
in my hands. If you pc bankrupt, den
haf run Won very great risk"
But you have purchased our notes
with our money" interrupted the mer-
chant
Not your monish-my monish por-
rowed - returned the Jew. " Put | hav
Won leedle proposition to makc-pay me
eighty cents on the tollar, VIII be salts
fed"
The merchant finding that the Isreal-
itish moncy-vender had fairly overreach-
ed him, and that it was impossible to
get the paper of his firm on more reason
able terms, aquiesced, and absolutely re-
deemed dollar for dollar, making twenty
per cent. discount while the Jew, on an
average actually purchased it at some
eighty per cent. discount.
In few days the affair got wind, but
the original creditors, fearing that their
reputation for shrewdness and sagacity
would fall below par, on change, resolved
to keep the matter as secret as possible,
and pocket the loss
gGg- In trying to speak our language,