The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1873-09-11

1T7 NEl77zE 10 THE IDAHO voalD,l III
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A Yankee Outwitted.
Many a laughable incident occurred
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ment was sometimes inspired among
the kindhearted, but not always over
critical sojourners in the mines, and
some practical jokes were now and
aiahn1M qzsin which rereiotqnitenp
to the orthodox standard. One of the
latter kind weWin endeayor to relate:
It was in the spring Of 1855, gen
tleman IF considerable color and ,popu.
hit (df4FtA as. 9a44ffaeur; in one
@AMhe tliittYea towns 81 SCOTS river.
Finding it an uphill business" he re-
solved ,Adoeoeg pf. HIS establishment
the first time an opportunity should
present Itself. for doing so without too
great less. !" Niger luck being in
the ascendancy, q customer soon made
his appearance. But now the problem
was bow, to sell for a.~sum sufficiently
latest} G6 J4atS th<.bals Chdha had
already accumulated and have some
thing over for investment should ia
vorahle opportunity arise, This. prob
kH Saf ebohy Aiend'sethis ingenuity
to work to solve, and this is how he didit:
Sunday. be it understood, was the
principle business day Of the week in
those times, and the week was draw
ing to close, The would-be buyer,
who was a gentleman from somewhere
in the vicinity of the place where the
sun first becomes visible of mornings,
and who had dealt IN black walnut,
nutmegs and Eastwood oats solong that
hpToopscience7wass about as noncom-
initial on the Subject of remorse rs a
gunny-bag, was requested to call on
Sunday, when a price would be fixed
on the property, Early on the MORN
ing Of the appointed day, therefore, Mr..
Sharp, the purchaser aforesaid, made
his debut in the bar-room of Mr.. Ebony's
restaurant, accompanied by a we'll
KSown Mpinjay of the law, whom he
lid angSSed to draw up, the documents
Which wi Ere to bind the unsuspecting
Ebony in letters Of steel. In the mean
time Ebony had procured a huge bell,
the ringing Of which could be distinct
" heard for 2 mile. and he informed all
the %bopsns chat board at his house
would be free. from Saturday until
further notice; and thateach and all
were requested to do him the favor to
come and board, and to be sure and
come with a great rush whenever they
should hear the bell ring. The "boys"
signifed, in the phraseology of those
days, very heterogeneous collection
of the genas homo, merchants, miners,
gamblers, ssaloph keepers, idlers. doc
tors, lawyers, loaters and outright
rogues were summed up and con-
densed into that one phrase "the boys,"I
and they were all there, promptly.
Whether the boys knew to what a trick
they were lending themselves the wri-
ter is not informed; but he does know
that Mr.. Sharp was deluded into pur-
chasing peice of property which was
almost utterly worthless, for which he
paid 81 900 in gold coin down, and en-.
tered into a written obligation to paw
$4,000 at the expiration of ten days, or
forfeit both the property and the money
paid-which latter part Of the agree
INDEPENDENTLY performed--and all
by the number Of "boarders" he saw at
the house. What were the feelings of
poor Sharp. when having concluded the
trade and prepared, on Monday NOR
ming, % breakfast which would really |
have tempted 4 more epicurean palate |
than was possessed by any denizen of
that mo,mtainolocaiitys he rung the bell
vainly for full hour without so much
as single "boarder" Of the day before
dei1Q29te YsTNke fthe repasthe had |
pSozf&sg pfvSideas mus be- inag.
inedl The dinner was no less preten-
tious than the square" which had pre-
cedsd il and met, a similar, fate. All
day the little village was SO quiet that
y seemedowithoutra human tenant save
the renowned caterer to carnal appetites
which &od1dSnet b catered to- Final
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