Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-07-09


This city Of New York is almost an en-
bodied falschood. In fact there Is so
much deception that there are hut two
things past doubtng-dea!ii and hard
times. If you 20 into wall street 10 buy
railway bonds or stock, you are liable to
get a forged Certificate, and If you buy q
brown s,onc house you will find il an out
side venoercd on 20 rough brick wall,
Such being the case with things of inn
portance, what must Il be in minor mat
ters, where the lie is 80 much more tacile.
Look at this confectionery establishment
and then inquire "What means these bar
rels Of terra alba which you may notice
in the basement? The reply / would
make Is "Thcy are used in manufacture
ing candy" To work of white clay at
twenty-five cents pound pays better than
selling pure article, and the lie well
stuck To is as good as the truth" Look mt
this coffee factory, and then inquire the
meaning of these bags Of peas and These
hogsheads of chicory. The reply Isl:
"They make good cotlee-at least for the
proprietor; and you will find his pure
ground ginger handsomely mixed with
corn meal, and his spices loaded with plas-
ter,n lie protests that the goods are pure,
and though he lies he acts on the principle
NlAbl u llN Ntll ohNNh W "a - EPF'A ~ viz
truth" Then look at this strawberry
dealer What good-sized basket for a
quartz But when you take hold of one
you see how the rim projects an inch below
the bottom. 1t is only one of our ways OF
lying,
One of the greatest Jokes on accuracy in
The medical department is found in the
printing establishment, where all manner
of labels and certificates are initiated,
There are few popular medicines which
are not represented here, and the certiti-
Gates of remedy, some of which are of an
cient date, are also on sale. This, it may
he observed. is one of the secrets of the
trade, and should not be divulged,
therefore desire my readers TO view the
statement as n6dential-CCrlainly the ar
rangement is very convenient--and con-
sidering the advance in lying it is up to
the age Another capital lie is the way
clothes and also boots are put together, MS
though adhering 10y the mere power of at
traction. But the principle is well-estab-
lished here "that lie well stuck to isoas
good as the truth" Some of the practical
lies carried on here are of an infamous
character, such as packing barrels of pork
one-third short whereby ship crews may
be put on short allowances, and perhaps
starved; but all such things may be looked
for in place so thoroughly false as New
York
The prolossed swindlers now find "grccn.
horns" wonderfully scarce, and hence the
methods adopted to attract attention are
very original, Passing up Broadway a
lew DAYS ago my attention was attracted
to crowd around store where the fol-
lowing sign was displayed: Wanted,
10000 men not to come in and see our alli-
gators" Such sign could not but create
a rush and the motive could easily be un-
derstod. Entering, discovered that the
object was to get crowd together for the
purpose of shaving them by what is called
the photograph game, Two men were be
hind a rail persuading the crowd TO buy
photographs, and these were all the alliga-
tors to be seen. Another scheme was
brought before me while turning down the
corner of Broadway and Dey street. a
pleasantlooking man addressed me on
the sidewalk and cordially invited me
inside to see the new STYLE watches. !
accepted the invitation and perceived that
from my plain appearance and innocent
manners he took me for an easy victim
He had a case of niceslooking silver
watches at eight dollars apiece, and said
he wanted agents all over the Union, but
his conversation changed when another
man entered with some large envelopes,
into one of which large values had been
placed. A bet was proposed, which de-
clined, as it is not in my line, and merely
mention the matter as an illustration OF
what is called the envelope game" |
have not time to describe details, and
merely mention this as word of caution.
Great numbers of the unslspecting are
swindlcd by these games, which are of a
very attractive character,-N Y. Letter TO
Ctscd HeTald