The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-02-27
WHOLE NO. I845.
IFrom The n. Y. observer.I
sWindlers and Impostors.

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.gs. Swindlers and Impogtors.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
But so ingenious is the modern swindler
andV the impostor, that the wisest men
are often made the dupes of clever trick
cry. Indeed, the unsuspecting philoso-
pher and the confding philanthropistare
the men most easily deceived by the cum
ming sszTindlersaridl razensfaced impoStor.
Wonen.stoe, are easily made the victims
of craft, for they are more tenderlys dis
posed toward those who appeal TO sym
pathy, and less, cautious in their fnvesti-
cations. j E-sl1t sod ssH8 b3soR
Our community has been excited, the
past week. with the exposure of gigantic
schemes of swindlings reaching from this
city rs centre to the eremotest corners Of
the country, apde even to foreign lands.
For gsome7years past ouE subscribers have
been sending to us copies of .circulat, let
ters received by them through the mail,
offering them counterfeitmoney,o |, or wares
of great value at q trifling cost ora scheme
to make money rapidly without hard
work, or improper books and pictures to
be sent secretly on the receipt of money,
and under many other pretences; the
object being to induce the FeceiveFof the
.circular to send money to the address
named in the circular. Perhaps thesaw-
dust swindle has been the most success
full, and certainly it is the least criminal
because it is cheat practisedson1y upon
scoundrels; no, honest person .euer suffers
by At the swindler sends his circular to
Peter Sharp in some country town, offer
ing to send him FIVE hundred dollars in
counterfeit money, on the receipt Of ten
dollars the package to go by express
sealed, SO as to be perfectly safe against
prying eyes, and fingers. Peter Sharp
snaps at the bait. He sees a chance to
get this great lot sof bad money for one
little bill of goods he sends on. his mon
ely and gets nothingin return; no money.
bad or good, comes back; but the circu-
lar says he need not send any money at
allsaif he will zgiyeshis address, the pack
age willbe sent by express, and hescan
pay the express son, the delivery of the
that Peter tries 1T. No goods, no pay
II e sends his order, and in course of
time he receives by express package.
and pays the price {Sl0l and expenses.
Now he is sure of his prize. He says
nothing, but going to some retired spot.
where not even his own family can know
what he is about, he "Opens his package
and finds neat paper box within filed
with sawdust The swindleP IS swindledl
He intended to cheat his neighbors with
counterfeit money, and has been cheated
HIMSELF Nobody would pity him if his
case were known but he has no redress;
he was plotting crime, and the least he
saws of it the better for him.
There are many other games of . SINH
! lar kind, constantly going on. Our friends
need not trouble themselves to send to
us the swindling circulars they receive;
nor the proposals to- furnish them bad
books, or cheap wares, or shares in gift
enterprises, nor lotteries to dispose of
| houses and lands and pictures. All these
things, and like things, are Illegal or inn
neral and usually both When they
come, destroy them at once, and never
answer on any account.
The cities and the country are also in
tested with vagrant and vagabond impos-
tors, men and women, going about under
one pretext or another, and the same
person under various names, asking mon
ev The piols dodge is the one most fre-
quently adopted. But the pretehses ara
SO many, that it is In vain to attempt to
enumerate them, Perhaps ministers and
their wives are more frequently imposed
upon by these applicants than any other.
No person has any occasion for iineraat beg
,ging. . The State and private charity have
made such provision, fer the temporary
support Of all needy persons, that no in
divfdual, man or woman, has any right to
go from door to door, asking help. Some
Z times aaafimpostors elaImsnto be q minis
ter, or the son of O sminister. or of some
friend of tbs, person to whom he applies,
and Ire wants money to get to some other
place; he has been robbed, or has lost his
purses sefhe has failed to receive an ex-
lpected remittances orshe has been sent to
obtain aid to build church, or 70 aid a
mission. school, or. some other good work.
Believe him not. If the heggar be wo-
man, believe her not. Do not be impos-
led upon by silk dress and India shawl.
The most cunning impostors, men. and
women, dress well. They steal the means
to do it. Be not deceived thereby.
The ways and means to do good are
many. Tie p66r yeT Have with you al
ways, and whenseeTer ye viii, ye may do
them good. It.wilh do you good toslook
them up. TO. inquire into their condition,
and to personally minister to their ne
cessities. But peripatetic beggars, are,
in almost all eases, arrant knaves and im-
spostors. Beware of wolves IN sheep's
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