Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-06-26

him $275, less commissions, and congratu-
lates him on his good luck. Then the be-
neyolent old man says to Mr.. Smiths
friend, that a new style Of lottery has been
devised which is just the same rs any other
lottery, only it is played with dice. You
put down So and if you throw certain com
binatiOns you take up 500. Mr.. Smiths
friend tried it and won 500, which was
paid him very willingly by the benevolent
old gentleman who seemed to stand there to
pay out money. Then Mr.. Smith tries it.
He pays So but only wins SO. He tries
again and loses, but as he is left $40 ahead.
he laughs and goes in again. This time he
loses, when new combination is explained
to him, which by venturing $500 can hard
ly fail to make $1,000. Mr.. Smiths friend
is so certain Of il that he proposes to ''go"
$3.50 of it himself, and Mr.. Smith is satisfied
and he puts up $3.50 with him. This time
he loses-he has struck that Internal ugly
chance, and as he does not want to play
more the game is closed.
AS Mr.. Smiths friend disappears the
moment he strikes the street, Mr.. Smith
gradually awakens to the fact that he has
been taken in and done for to the tune of
$3.50, by most shallow device, an impos-
ture so thin that baby should have seen
through it. He rushes back to demand his
money of the benevolent old gentleman,
but alas. tine "office'' is closed, and the nice
old party is gone from his gaze like beau
tiful dream.
Occasionally the sharpers get sharped.
a New Jerseyman was picked up in this
way the other day and they allowed him
to win 50. The moment the money was
paid him he politely bid them Good morn
ing'' and started to leave his friend placed
himself against the door and insisted that
he should not 90 till the "house" had a
chance to get even. But he did go. A re-
volver pointed at the friends head was a
pcrsuader that was potent.
FASHION AND MONEY
There is one class in New York who
heroically refuse to recognize ''hard times, !"
namely the fashionable women. No mat
ter what happens, the woman of fashion
must maintain her position SO long as she
holds any place at all. When she cannot
do this she goes out altogether that is,
when she dies, she dies all over. Let one
of these see woman in the same circle
with more exquisite laces or more gorgeous
diamonds, and forthwith to Tiffany's or
Stewards goes she, and selects the costliest,
remarking, in a majestic way, ''Send the
bill to my husband" The bill is sent and
the husband, poor fellow, pays it. 1t may
ruin him; he may want the money in his
business TO keep il atlOat in these cruel
times but that matters not. The gor-
geous gem of a woman must have a gor-
geous setting, and settings must be paid
for.
But some of them do make fight to keep
up appearances without great cost. They
spend $1,000 on a shawl, and starve their
servants and never pay their wages. They
'hii'" tiiCIA OuIthCIo " ~
paid, (for these people are seldom sued by
tradesmen), that the money thus saved
may be squandered in the palaces of the
great autocrats Of finery who must and will
have their money.
There is great deal Of living beyond
means here, as elsewhere. Some of these
people get credit. Stewart does n very ex-
tensive credit business among them, and
this, depa. tment is under charge of one of
the most experienced men of the retail
palace. lie knows every fashionable wo-
man il this city, and he knows how much
it is safe to trust each one. There are
some who run a bill, say from $1,000 to
5000, and there are others who are allow
ed to go rs deep rs $4,000, and there are
few whose accounts may reach $40, 900
before bill is presented. When the ladies
trade heavy bills, the clerk sends the
amount on slip of paper to the censor,
whose pencil at once marks appreciation or
refusal. This class includes those who
have property which can be levied upon,
if the worst comes to the worst, or whose
husbands are in fair way of business,
which will eventually enable him to pay
The profits are so large in fine goods, that
the dealer can afford to take some little
risk. But if the roofs were taken off the
fine houses in New York, there would be
some CHASTITY scenes disclosed.
DOGS.
The dog question is agitating the city
just now. The authorities, with a whole
some fear of hydrophobia before their eyes,
instituted dog pound in the upper part of
the city. and made every dog running at
large without n muzzle a vagrant, and lia-
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