Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-07-12
THE DRONEs AND swINDLERS
THAT HONEST MEN SUPPORT.

they reside. Too lazy to earn their
bread. or too dishonest to acquire liv-
ing By fair means, they lie in wait for
some willing or unsusPecting victim
whom they can rob Of bis substance or
kard-earned fortune.
Since law OF custom provides no l
means for their determination. aud they [
must Be tolerated in every community.
how 10 be shielded from their plumber
ings becomes a question Of no small in
portsnoe.
It requires but little sagaeity to de-
te,t these leeehes in society. and those
who do not seek to be blei. need not
suffer BY them. The lazy nan cannot
deceive the world as 10 the nature Of bis
complaint. nor should his affection chal-
lenge any great amount Of sympathy.
II be does not earn his living. be either
brings poverty and want into his own
home. or trespasses on the beneyOlenee
Of the world. His crime. If not heinous,
is very burdensons. and his industrious
friends and relatives suffer seriously on
account Of his affection
The class Of swindlers. Of one kind
and another. is very large, and it re-
quires more skill to detect them than TO
discover the drones in society. This
class is made up Of all persons who are
trying to get . dollar from the world
without paying in return one hundred
cents for it. The equivalent rendered
nay b in labor. mental or physical,
goods. or anything that has one dollars
value in il: but where there Is an attempt
By dishonest trade. BY deceit or intrigue,
to defraud. then the party who resorts
70 il is svindler and thief
There are DO rules that can be laid
down to protect the innocent from the
rayages Of the worlds swiDdling bandit
Il. The lively exercise Of common sense
with keen suspicion Of all persons via
profess 10 have keen interest in oul
welfare. and all things that have no
been proved BY experience TO BE valua
be. viii generally protect Us from nuel
harm Among the many classes Of drum
mers' that are Preying on every e0muu
nifty. nay be mentioned that class Of 10
bast mea who 70 about the world vend
ing snail wares. useless articles. worth
less medicines. pictures and = thOusan
things that nobody needs, but for whic
the people pay enormous prices II ID
world must be tornented BY Peddlers. II
law ough; to provide that only the fe;
lie and in6rn should have the night I
travel As such IL vas only few dal
since that ne ssv = nan Of over siI fe.
in height. once noted as the ehampic
wrestler in tie north part Of his count
who Eas laEily sitting on his cart. II
trying 10 eoax = snail boy that Vas b
ing IN bis fathers garden to bay soI
q bis gooiS
We Bsxt mention = class that Is
ereasing. and has already become sn
toleTable nuisaDoe-book agents. III
are almost As numerous and quite
bloodthirsty. As gnats- il is safe
Jet these fellows alone: the books Il
ofer Cor sale. If not valaeless. are We
dear; and whoever has n0oey 10 inv
IN books. can buy fuoo a. COED b
stores. for the sane Prioe that age
get for CO. Agents usually get 70
per cent on sabssriPtiOa books. 50 J
vii pay the agent two dollars for
privilege Of being bored Al hour or +
il y0a by bis Eve dollar beck.
Pstens nights vendors are another
Of sEindlsr& Not one pateai in Ave
Of any valus. and the nan Who inv,
bis money in = pa:snt right is loost
nine cases cut q ten
Anotker GORGEOUS sEindlsr Is The q
cling qu.ek. who herzlds himself a
"Von3srfal doctor" All really sziI
physicians End patronage at hone.
do not g ab0u; the world 10 find b
nssN l0u nay be assured Tat 4
travelling doctors. Who advertise to
reaarkable cures- Are k1nb1gs:
VII Be severely bed in the poeke
yea Patr0airs thea and Will Be Il
nate II their Medicine does Dot Kill
Another large class Of thieves liv,
cites. and inform yOa BY eircalzrs
a3vertisensHts that they viii send
post paid CO reoeiP; q prioe."
very valuable inforzztion. recipe.
ele- lottery ticket Or ether thine. II
are verd2nt enough 70 be deooyed b
bait they thr0E cut y0a will learn
your fre1d in the city. Who vas to
ysu an article q great value for a .
Prioe. n1as 4 mistake IN Patting
and yea are his dups- There are
persons in this brad World th1s
YEA vel enough 70 give yO1 = d,
bat there are thousands that are
ting and sebsainE. that they Hay
TIE dollar yOu earned BY yesterday
b0r. Look CIT Or they VII gsi it
Beside The many petty thieves
rob Individuals. there are thousand
ooutriEs 70 fierce the1selves int
tons Of trust where tsey remain
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