, 1873-11-07
SOMETHING FOR NOTHING.
The Latest Device for Swim
ding the Unwary.
EXp0sllrO Of tho "tJMlOn Furnishing
Company" and Its Mode OF
Operation.
Enormous Profits Made by the Sale
Of Worthless Articles.


An establishments OF Which Every
f,no Sbou7d 1saxvoru.
=" Choap John" ia m institution which, how
tyor It may flourish III poyorly-strickou, unodu-
catod Europe, gains l,ut n very Insecure foot
hold among tho FREQ institutions Of enlightened
America, and Inns but n very prccariouB exist
nnco indeed In tito West, where pow
prty and ignorance arc comparatively
but uttlo met with. But eyon In Chi
cago one can find establishments In Which t1o
proprietor collects al sorts of odds and enis
purchased at secondhand from noody proprie-
tors, aud rcsollR them at hugo profit to tile
casual customer, aud, though ho hunt for long
timo, Ae will succeed in finding but QUO or two
Of them In tho whole city. Tho great thing to
Which these establishments look for sup
port is tho fact that thoro aro always and
everywhere to bo found number OF
people who nre continually on tho lookout for
"bargains !" they hayo what may be called
chronic choaponaania, a,-aro porpet1lalty looking
aua longing for opportunities Of giving thcir
roady money in change for aomo article wlicl,
appears to them to bo Of fabuloualy creator
value than t]1e nrce domnnted. Evcrvth;nr in
t,ah that oomoa ;,to +,,o. choo,o,ro,,i.co ,ot
IT, ~. @ 4'se suo eaoapo,"''1ae -, n.,
ao, or olfoncr sho TOR tue ma'1la Is one which
is almost entirely monopolized by tho fairer
sex) ia perpotualiy pecring into ,,awnshop win
down. or ioatl;np hor wnv on,onr c,owf,a IN NM.
Tim roon,s ~ sn;o, ~, thnt 10 t,'oir NJ
-son toon's 10 p'cH up III .ne,r pee OK
pfcssion--articles the value Of which they, in
thoir astuteuoss, possess an accurate knowledge,
but of which tho loss astuto proprietor Is iguo-
no;nt,na,,t +,,a'. ' 10y ~ aoou . :. ulsAP
poinl'non5 they alono can tell, anu 1t IS sub
jeet OF which they remain uniformly reti-
cent, but 1t is safo to say that it oc-
sorco tho r, ~ .noun 70 sesa'n IN ill
toiso 'no ef'en VI tno "nclehe ro1narR siae the
1oo1a aro not nj dead yot. And ~ long as thero
are fools living there will DO knaycs to takc ad-
connido,nblo oxcitomont has boo, arouuod If
1,to =. r,:." n"o "on.' "tuu1eu
.as' Ia o!''caso anu Tue surrounding sta1os ey
the sending around OF a handbil1, setting forth
called tic t.Union Furnishing COMPANY (orenn-
ized unlor t,e 11n;ta1 stote. lave, !, md ,r1o.o
business l. o'n.ss 'AIsl, a.'u mnos'
pus4ness IL eonuuctoo py doofgo =. l1odgo d Co.,
managers, NOS. 783 and 785 State street, lit this
city. These phi1anttropists hold forth such in
ducements to customers as give rise to tho idea
tbnt thew ora t1,o o,1,,asnros ~ vo,,or,,. w
othar on,;to,;st ,z,a 4a,ea A. 'anaos ~, W
osnot sAPttn!n,, VIZ |aAIe lho ihe"us oi enoir
~. to W sa1,4 viuae tne i,aheu pnor ana sat
ssiy tne ~ ~. wanta OF tue neeay, at 1Hlces
Mlcn oi themaol'es n SNOW tnelF purely charitable
+ha;,, i,', ahe conpanya el1esliar eapalns
ing inc aooanons III lull the invitation extended
" the pfoprletors may DO utatod as follows
.af n'o'.l % ~ t"o aney oAer TO the Tosa, !of
to;r Ut sacs,hco prSes qnantlty o. goods
.ofa oIa5i aaa nSs n,,a narhtsns % HE eoous. nanaSes
Gnlels GI Ladina AMI uents Hose Glassware etc.,
1nuta ana nnoea, CnIlery a'sd hafa%afe Sllver-
9ot ateu ware nnsiea ~. inssInens Fancy G1oaS,
~ lis
~ seea .nht tno "Mttb OF ~ classes OF society
aso tho1ghS ol,-tho lnxn11es arc ny no means
ausSutiE'ea' .Ss,ni':. MI; aun 1n.e1esloai culture IL
iast mentioned. The ii list Of u articlep Sss nnder
nnu any party "about to furntsh" " wonld, on
fea@lng mem EN- + ae'de thee ne on.9n n fMurn M
put. Iho extreme oenovolenco Of the Company.
however, ia only fully ionr!led when u c.oso
examination OF tue hananu reveals tho fact
snft @ aor q sareholder i; can plck ont ont
shafohoaSrs eortnicSta o. can 20 pmrchasott foE
Inc modest little sum OF 25 ceuta; Tho ha1ltlbill
@ 9ots iosth int, II tho & salo which comes OF OIL
a ee' ~ o ioss than s:.g9ooo Will DO offered 30
tiat there is room tor all; tue oppressed OF tho
asaricious l,r. re retallerh Gun ono and all il;l
reHo1 ae TIC amail cost OF ~ tor the
s.e article wlsled Tor, and preliminary ?5 cent
Company The eter paymet Is ogseutn IN inD
,l;l, 40 one ean oecomo prTlcsea buyer without
lnakl1s III but then. they say, what is 90 cents:
rue allarehotder, us llo glGncos over thu list.
eannot iGu to bo Struck with tho bartans before
htm: What can l,o DO 1u tlio dry goods lino will!
his S1.29 fle can Guy either twclve yards Of
plaeH aipaea, or ono pair OF lneo curtains, or yo
goou cloth caps for boys, ii he il troubled
Mea ohve-branches; aa or two GerInan counter
Palon, ~ uteen Satds OF ancotlile, worry nne
Aua extra W!tltA; or ti1o Aberdeen
hARWl, or twelve Yards Of cotton 1lGn-
mel, or . 1ady's fashionable Int (lateRt style,
1rifumn1f o,+a ~ ,bo,,t nj III ~,
or lots of nrtelny in ihn frv noodu live r., tha
vants' fnrn;oh;n,s i;,,a H. o. :,. - ~, tto
Ell ovaa ,,n,is, nt,n % ne csaa ass T'abon Win
=: a SUs a. nietaho utaMels Aahhol 6alfls. etc.,
~ Haffeiuuh nGuFoa, Tao acmo OF hacho0rS
bargains Doing reacticlln tn dollars worth which,
III represented BY "tcn ia IRIS linen reversible
cufTa, five boxes lineu-d1ili .hed cnIlarn and n