The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-03-17
A Practical joke and its Results.

THE San Francisco Golden CitY relates
an amusing adventure which recently be-
fell resident of that city, whom they call
Jones for convenience sake He was an
eccentric individual, and his fellow work
men IN the mandatory were he was en-
plOyed sought to indulge in little fun at
his expense, and succeeded in getting a
letter mailed a. New York addressed to
him, stating that, by the death of a dis
-tant relative in England, be had fallen
heir to the sum OF 100000, and that sol-
citOr had come over to New York to hunt
him up. Jones received the letter, and
spoke of it in good faith to his fun loving
companions, who gravely urged him to
write to prominent lawyer in New York,
stating his case and asking the legal gen.
tleman TO zee about it, Jones was foolish
enough to take his advice. In due
time - much to the astonisbment of
his associates - he received a gen
uine letter from the lawyer, who,
by one of the prettiest coinc-
dences in the world, happened to be at
that time engaged in looking up person
OF exactly the same name as our Mr. Jones,
who was entitled, by the will of an En-
gish gentleman who died few years ago,
TO the sum of not $50, 600 exactly, but the
sum OF "a 900 sterling, or about $4,000.
Jones happened to be the very man him
self, and be Immediately left his work in
a state of high excitement took trip to
New York, and had no difficulty in PROV
leg his identity and establishing his claim
He returned to San Francisco few days
since with funds amounting to $4,000
Expenses having been deducted from the
original sum-, which might never have
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comrades to practical joking.
POsT-MAsTERs and other persons throughout
the country are in daily receipt of speciOusly
wOrded circulars from orOide Watch dealers
IN New York city, to Invest, or to act as agents
for some sO-cslled celebrated Orcide Watch
Our readers will save themselves and perhaps
their friends, from humbuggery in this matter,
by remembering that OrOide is simply high
sounding word for brass and that Oroidc IS
brass-only brass and nothing more. The
brass - tInctured with some preparation to
prevent its coloring, and is called Oroidc, but
the value per pound is the same the original
brass. IN suit brought against New York
firm, by The National Watch Company, for
advertising Elgin watches &. o. d., numerous
Express agents throughout the country made
afhdayIt as to the worthless character of most
of the watches sold by G.. o. d. advertisements,
and of the Numerous class of OrOide Watches
sent out by Express from New York The
Agent at Madison, Wis, testified that " of all
OF that class of Watches that had passed
through his hands, he had never known one
to prove worth five dollar note and that the
purchasers were invariably dissatisfied, and
considered themselves swindled" Other
Agents testified from practical observation to
the same effect. In view of the light thus
thrown upon the Oroide Watch business, we
trust none of our readers may be taken in by
those circulars. If person is inclined to buy
watch, let him go to dealer whom he
knows, and can hold responsible, and buy
watch of known character and Of value, such
as those made at Elgin, ILL.,, Roxbury and
Waltham, Mass, and by the best Swiss
makers they are all good, and will all last
five times as long as the Oroidc watches. 1t
certainly is a better investment to pay twice
as much, and get valuable article than it is
to pay out money and have piece of brass to
show for it.
"A regular cOmmuter on the New
Haven Railway, between New York and
Bridgeport, left his ticket at home, one
day, ard the conductor (obeying ordcrs)
demanded the payment of fare. The com
muter refused to pay and was put off at
the next station. He sued for damages.