, 1875-12-02

ton 10 Commissioner UouR.asa.
Not having any 0dor Iuestlona 10 aha. ttts re-
o,ter withdrew us .o,,, ronls1ng how ~as
on the naturo ri tho 0Honac alleged AEanhs that
gentleman u the Indictment. and tho place and
character dt thu crime. or seg'ect. Changed.
ANOTHER TRICK IN GAUciNG.
N',w NOT TO Dc IT EIEMrf.islrn
A few days ago thoro WAS puh!Hhod In these
coufn:.s an interview With a detective whuro
Ian os operations as then related WIS rather
peculiar II not unlawful. The gentleman In
qncntion was then stopping 1t tho fremont
House, but for convincing reasons ho appeared
to have moved ou tho same day tha Interview
with him waa published. Day by day reporter
sought bin but iuEud him moi and until one
late day ho "as missing. Whom he WAS found 1t
@as III tho most 1na;seE.uf.lact way poetibte and
WITH no eort Of s4!oursl of tlumpeta OF sound of
tho csnbAls I1o 1as drtc.lcd Walking alopg
.dadieoi street clothed in the Inaopy Of nno-
conce and largo E'ssot. sleenpg lilo reporter
who hAi before written Inn up, ho extended a |
hand hnl began tue cuGrseeles Of the t,nle bY
saying, "You tied iiko - To give n,e away,
didu't You ?"
Such an ln:erroco.ory waa not entirely pleas.
in;,. a;,d the collector Of HOWE dldnt oerupy Rny
time III To}1yiu1. lie simply enid. "Wlero lave |
you becn for weckf' |
''peara Int bt. Lorls. Eas tile aaawcr.
"Where aro you s:upp4uE owi" returucI the
reporter.
.'Ch!cngn: 1ls. ralfuer's tasorn; como oycr
With tao and havo touosbinE." was tho quick
reply.
o. courss tho narrator OF events Tons along
and, seated In cayernous room, with fiIo and
atimuiant in eight, ho
| url:SED l. LoSvERsAIfoS,
| which ie here transcribed NJ tn the es.entihls:
| Nerorer--1 have fou',d that yuu kn3w eo1ne-
thing mora hbonk the whisky business than
| formerly gsso VII credit for, aud tt!ak .Till
| ahk yuu question or 81 ab;irt soulethinR shat
! puzzles ME. eau ytl stand il?
| u.-Of eolrae I cla-only tel sou Bluare
| won't glyu Iou anything t4et WILL hurt ne ur my
| bunnehs. Now lira away.
| r. Did yuu ever read anything in TnE i1Ia-
rsE about 1naergsugtne nnsfea So Al to allow
,irn, TO pat i'll 2, ), gallons, OF n.ore than the
| tax waA paid on:
n.--yes. tl,d, aid read what reporter aai1
nbuut honest Gaugots too4 DO you really thiuk
themselves to bo imposed Ola ~ tnAt chap says
k.-Ohe tAiaR A. 4 time, please. What
| wanted 10 know wns this HAcu dhtll}er seuds
= bar1o to . rectitler With or Raltons Under
before It ID e,nptied In to tue dump ? liz hnB 70
gauge all ths barree before they caa bo dumped
ia. don't hc :. And II be gauges them according
| to rule he will
|
| Of tho ds.t1ler's Ganger, won't hn
| D.-Thls subject. MY beloved brethren. ~ tho
preachers Say, aepayh:cs itself into two tlvlstoua
aud NO will coraido1 then, mcthodicaly until
| tho hut ruin IL gone, First. the Government
Las prepared \ beautiful little manual for
G4uanrs intnnle4! to drive that useful class Of
tho community lntJ several kinds OF fits II they
follow 1t. There arc tabloB. aud lgureB. mud
Eulss. aid ICON oction ut voinnle no eul bnt
tho substantial fact rnnains that il the bes: and
uost hoaent Gauser who workB for sG u dug
should gauge barrel Of hehwiucs II the dis
t,llery o4c day, III tho rcctliarFb place another
day, and iu the cellar or tho atgeet Il third day.
he wor!l get 3 different result oach tme.
Especially would thiB bo ttne II tho weather
chau6ej, for tho correction OF volume" " and
all the rehs of it. though vol gotten up aud
bo claimed 70 DO 10. TAey will aGreo very close.
but yet there Will b, a perrupsibie change
every :, day. The change may 10 ony
\ small oao, but It Will at4ll exist. In view ot
THIS fact, which don't aasumo Without good
rcasou, want to lmprcss Oh you That II tho
disiijlerFs dauEes bo honeat aud gauge ten bar.
rcIs ~ uauare rs brick. Aod tl,oI, the snmo ton
barrels b. eaugod ten days afser"ard By .
Iectlhor'H Gnuger. Also honest, there wlll DO .
slight dlscreranc5 esnFy Tine.
Nun ID thu secoud place. would like to
MAKO
PRACTICAL APPLICATION
Of this fact Tho rccsltlor receives. I will say,
fifty barrels from the dstliles, and he wants to
dump then for recsi'Icatlou, or compromising,
Or fetstilIins, Or avmo othor ,cuaaodneys+
We'll. tie tirss thing hs does Ia to
got blank mud bot down on it
tue auantlt5 In each bsrrcl which 10 wants to
dump That. Of course, il s1son on the stamps
oil tile barrels; then there should DO 4 recti~
tIa1'n Gaueor around, and ho should regauge
| al tho barrels aud set down Hhat he linda IN
i parallel column. Then the Collectors Office
could, II they wanted to, compare tue two, aud
S 1t' was ass aHs ysFy "d' a.ass sssnss ssa to
would show NfettY plain that klo first
tSsoaa fsishoss esre1ssa Or frpudujoat. o.
tho, other hand. II tho btnes Zach I
| column aud the rocti1lesss Gauger's column, is
would show curious cojncld~ucc that export
onco wouldn't Wal rant corroct. The inference.
II ono nets to ba dtawn. wonll BE- tia. the
J QauSor never gauged tue baree!s for the rcctI'
flor u al, but Just ran his tongue out aud
CoI1Ep DOWN
| iu hia column what thu reGttor had Alsoa3v put
down III hu, and what WAS. OF course on t!n
stamps, though it might pot be within gunshot
OF right.
But to conclude this sorn,ou !: doas mind
! showing you tho way It 10 tlore OH two cu'llI-
, away. aud that you wunt pubisl, anything that
rhuW you for fox days, ~ that you wpn t put
Father lrooAa on tho tra'k Of spybodr. LA
would to'ze place 1ropcr quick Il i. go ~" y
; you wess IL say in print that YOU "a" .l1cl!
thing going On yestsrdsY tho colIestor Sonsl put
! hiH thumb ou lAo uaugor right away. ard II YOU
!. tnd - few days ago" no might whistle Tor tue
| | Man.
) Without any particular good OF i'll viii to my
body oat h,l,self tl.s reporter ~oHt out with biz
volunteer guido and They passea through VI loua
i atrooss until they reached the reiu1ylng- honaa
betuuging to, OF connected with, oha Of the
! largest d!ste1les III Tho West. Tho zeporta,
VIA introduced to tho gentleman il charge ~
6IlIJ.sFIlSu STRANGER,
i and tho que4tlon waa asked "hether It was iu-
tended to tlump any SPIRITS that afternoon. The
q | recttuor said ha dilA't know whether lle cou!l
nut 10Y in o1 not: 1t depended ~hesaet Gaugel
happpnut to cal in 10 had soGle, ho slld. teldy
{ ku e1u nv il he could Aavo Qauger tu holm. And
Q ultt. i hearty msledlct1on on tho rosenuo l4Wt
| Of tile ooualry. he asked hiH visitors 70 walk
: around the place. THIS request ~aa complied