, 1874-09-13

| :" Nf. fnllat. don't Gay "oTd noout tAte: !
you cannot givo ne anything ont Of 1t, don't le
anybody know I was ia here aud got beat" II
| then went cut.
| Some of his cards were lying on tho table, an
LIE hadn't been gone moro than five minute
when another man camo in and says. How d
you do, cir" Sit down," said L. Said he, ''
sas an advertisement in tho paper that you want
cd q partner ''Ycs," said l. He took sent
and picked up paper and began reading:
continued talking to him, and no kept reading
want to 60 into this business, since reading tn
paper appears to interest you mora than What
am saying" Nevor mind that" said ho; "g'
on; I know what you arc Saying. Where Is you
| reference?" He WAS like good many people 1
havo mes. Thoy always say that to get ont OF
| tho office. aud thought ho was ono OF them
However, gayo him reference. picked up
Que Of Curtis cards and handed it to him. IL
took the card and went over to Curtis Office, and
as Curtis afterwards told me.
/ THIS CONVERSATION OCCURRED;
Strangcr-Is Mr. Curtis in?
N1r. Curtis-That is my name.
| S;rangcr-Is this your card?
| Mr.. Curtis-Yes.
stranger-Do you know Fuller d Co..
Stsanger-Evcr ha7o deal with theca
| hr. Curtls-Yes.
Stran2cr-What kind Of men arc they?
! A1r. Curtis-Thay are tho sharpcat daaiers in
! the City Of Chicago,-the best business mon you
| ever saw.
| StranSer-Th2nk you, sir; good day.
The man camo right back. and Eat down and
said, - will take iutores. in tho business.
Ho handed oyer 800, and had just got his
agreement, when Curtis came into the room
laughing, and, no. noticing the man at all SAID,
'IAat was the best Of jokes,-you sending that
| man over to m7 Office to ask ms if knew you.
/ told him" Just then he turned around,
| and caught sight OF tho sucker. You mover saw
such looking mau in your }ifo. The naa
70: up and said. s'W,at kind Of al arrangement
! is th:s:" Curtis couldn't say word. I COM
ncnced laughing, and 30 did Brown. The man
ead DO you 1aeaa to say that this is swim
a!e, and that you a1o all in IT," Said ], tMv
call it o swindle. You bought the goods, and
have got bill Of sale. II you don't want to
stay 10 the business you need not" told him
tho old story, and he said, g. Gentlemen. give mo
500. and will mover say word about it. but
got out OF here" gave him the Sl00 and he
turned ovor his agreement to me. Curtis then
wanted Sl00, and I let him hayo it, and both of
them vent away together and over to Curtis
office. They were together for somo weeks at-
teTWards, aud became fast friends
a GRAND JUROR
Ons man who "a5 on the Grand Jury read my
advertisement in the Grand Jury room, aud at
GnnoF time he came over to examine the busi-
ness, and explained it to him. When the jury
bought an interest. Ho IL in tho agricultural
implement business now. The next morning he
came to taLo hold Of the business. Somebody had
t. back capped" me, and the first thing ho said
was that ne had been swind1ed; end hc showed
me piece in newspaper giving me ''turpin.
over" He came up to mo aud said: a1r. Fuller,
paid you $500 cash for the business yesterday.
am on the Grand Jury, and con1d have you
Indicted" Said I +: No you couldn't" Said
hs ~ Never mind that an not going to ask
thing about it. II you are over tempted to ear
ANYTHING about it, send down to the store and
will give you $1Go." He has been a good friend
OF mine ever since, md whenever meet he
stops and shakes hands and asks how business is
Sometimes ho says: - sec you switch them OF
occasionally
Then there wcra tNo other men-bo:h
NELL-kSowS MERCHANTS
in Chicago; thcy wanted to conc in, and got ter
ribly jealous Of each other each imagining that
the other would get ahead Of him l toos them
both in At the Same time, keeping them in sepa- |
rate rooms, and they found out they didn't have |
tho soft thing they anticipated. l got 9G9G |
apiece from tncm in the morning. and in tho af- |
ternoon they got out of tho oGce for S75 be- |
tween them.
Mr.. Fuller laughed continually while relating !!
these episodes of his business Ifc.l
He continued: There never was any amuse-
ment equal to it. The best OF businessmen |
come in here, md arc caught By that $500 !
month. It 10 fact that more than fifty men,
now on the Eonrd Of Trade have been in part |
nershap with me for T. day OF two. I could gige |
J III tllGlI uatnES, Cut tAGY nGFtT haQG me- AQT
trouble, and it wouldn't do to let out on them.
THE GRANGER.
Reportcr-Is it because GrargeTs would keep |
gou in hot water that you avoid thems
Dir. Fuller-Ies 5l00 Is more to them than |
81, 900 to a man on Change l don't want any,
hing to do with GrangerB: not tha: am afraid |
.hcy co;1ll beat me that they can't do but they
make trouble for man, aud it takes money to
light them If l ever so into the business
again, and take in man, If you will como to mo
will vt,- F,o r,1 ct
fou reporters only get one Hldo Of tho story,
md miss the amusing part OF it.
Reporter-You do not scoln to regard the buEi-
ICES Is swindle, and yet you tell the victims
hat tLey have been swindlcd
NARY 8W1HDLE.
Mr. Fnllcr-It is not swlndie in any way. Is |
t G. swindle If buy horse for @25, and whiIo
eading him along meet you and say. ''Do you
rant to buy horso?" g Yes what do you ask
or him p Two hundred and fifty dollars -
nd e1tol the animal, but do not warrant ainl.
md you BAY, II will take him for $3.50" Ia
here an- swindle in that?
Repottcr-I AN not OIL tho witness stand
Mr. Iulier-Of cou1so there IL not So in this
business. say to tho man: - will sell so
many goods for so much money; they are worth
'hst ask, and they coat me-, honestly, what I
sk for thom."
Heporter-If tnat bo true. the man could get
aore for them than onc-hak their valuo, which
ou assert you arc always willing to return to
i'm.
Mr. Fnller-I will show you where the gczelle
ONES in. The goods cost the money. Ii they
lvoice $500, make him bill of $500, and be
ays $500; but tho fact is he gets discouraged
rom the general reputation of the firm Of
uller L. Co., and don't want to stay in tho buBi-
c=s, md go lie is always willing to sell out.
Tho would buy the goods go readily rs l ? He
ould take them out on tho street and try to sell |
lem but who could do that better than :?
very man is not D salesman; consequently he |
cts me to sell them, and I buy them bnck, and |
ay him half what lie paid for them You see,
n generous.
THOSE GOODS.
Reporter-If you sell thom three or four times,
I'd give back half you get, the goods havs been
aid for, and you still hsvo them on hand; tho
rofts OF such 3 business must be ycry largo.-
hr. Fuller-Risht there in that corner are ,
l.500 worth Of gooda- There were several :
}xes with tho lids nailed on in tho place indi-
tedl have cold them over md over again,
I'd finally abandoned them aud left them in the =.
.nds OF other parties, but they have come back :
mo to sell. acd I am to pay only $500 for :
em when they are sold.
Roporter-Is there no law which inlicks . =
.nalty for cheating" people in tho way you =
}?
Mr.. Fullor-Thero is no law governing the !:
after. /. is prepoBterous to gay there is.
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