The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1875-02-04

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terst Geld or which tsis Sc well qusii.
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The prospects fst business the com.
log gear are aai3 Is be comparatively
good bat there is a general drpraf
a5a uew. What q ny We a. rot
believe. Il She times are bard. a.at il
isligbt Sc keep hafpfrg IL 30 the ears
ofthass u'th whom $50 cogteua. This
does aot mcud the matter oae atom.
II the times are really hard. arouse We,
aud torn up something. Don't wait
far $ second appearance Of M.eawber
] to not mean that You shall try to 90
700 much Tor Il you do a familiar sen
teHce that Ariemus Ward used once
might come handy, and that would be,
stretching the thing But one thing
IS sure those who have occasion 70
travel Ia the cities must keep their
eyes opea these times, or the genteol
persoas whom you never saw bef,ge,
aud ia all probability never will again,
who express 30 much satisfaction or
meeting you. and il has been s. long
since they have bad the pleasure y Of
doing SO, aud % wont You come in aud
take something for they will dupe
every man they can get chance at,
Now seme are foolish enough to be
taken ia by them. We hear Of &C
counts of an sorts Of misfortunes re-
sultiug from stupidity and eredulity.
Every day the tricks Of sharpers are
exposed in print and every day num-
skulls are viotimised by the same ster-
eotyped process against which they
have been warned by the newspapers
the day before. Ii would seem that
men aud women cannot be taught eau.
ton by any other experience than their
own, aud even that does not always
suffice for we sometimes find them
walking blindfolded into the same
traps over and over again. The police
have a saying that some people are
bound to be victmized, and il would
seem that they are right The pocket
book, or drop game has been exposed
aud commented on many thousands Of
times, and yet few days since a pub
lie officer in city not a thousand miles
away, had it played on him to his great
/ grief and the loss of about three hun.
/ dred dollars. 1t is now petty well
understood that no one who is not him
self an embryonic rogue is ever caught
( by this snare so nobody pities the
victim who pays out good money for
the privilege Of keeping found pocket
book stuffed with what be supposes to
be good bank notes, but which he to
his chagrin finds to be worthless. This
has recently been done in this city
three times, and still it is practiced
with impunity. The dullness of busi-
ness just now prompts the sharpers to
do something, and their schemes, il
seems, often work well But ! will
not comment on the subject further
now.
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( / should be glad to hear from
Chester as of erst. Now brother
don't get excited, but if you wish to
say anything, say it, but don't say any.
thing you don't want to, for this you
never have done, you know, Luna is
blazing forth in full glory now, and l
presume this is just the case over the
the dalcs and bleak hills of "Woodic. "
Yours,