, 1876-02-07
LITTLE VlLLA!NlES.
How Retail pnrcl,nScrs Aro Con-
stuntly Swintileu.
Frauds in Pennuts and Peaches as Well
as in Stocks and Whisky,
The Almost Universal Prevalence Of
Iclty Dishonest Practices.

speclsi consideration. Human nature likes to
he taken captive bv the grand and magnificent;
il likes to zee things dono on big nea'e, evon
In stenIfu9 aud murder. The tax'btoai ta graded
very differently from tue clickcn.ntoal. Tho
ponRlt!, IL is known, la not In proportion to tie
otronee. Tho man who Is dotocto1 fu having bis
hand Improperly in another poreo1lH ill. geiler"
aally gets his doecr.a. Wo s1outd be glad OF
thin, and tha. any kind OF vIIlainy gets It's pun
isbinent.
While public attention is very properly cxer-
ctBed with tho tfg stcaa. aud tho organized nJs-
toms TO plunder tho public, 1t may DO profitable
to connider tic iitle tliinga that help 70 fill IN
the chinkA. "Great oaks from ltt.tc acorns
grow bays tho psoserb III thccopy-hoaks; hut
tho gsoht onk PRODUCES great crop Of little
acosns. too. It Ia net of mitch consequence
whothcr tho biz vi!alnics Of tho day produce tho
l!tlo yihinica, the litlo sillsinics 'a~e grown
to big ones; for they oil grow luxnrans!y TO-
getl,or, aud no.her cLokes tho other. They
evidently grow OH very good anil.
Ia any man sure, who practIces tho raanhe1a
Of tho day aud the trickH Of stade, whcthor they
wiiland lin In PARADISE OF tue Peuiteptiaryf IL
thcso consciousness Of ths little ylaluy as wo!i
AZ Al app recitation OF tho character Of tho great
ncbemea Of filing ono's locGe. illc:.imalely ls
| 1t worth while to keep up Distinctions between
right and wtong7 ...
Now, let ns SEQ what Is the picture Of IItto
yiila,ny which tho present time opeus. Closely
analyzeJ, ytlainy. both great md small haH ts-
lnsion y the nalf inserc.. Of the party In pEac-
| lice. Tho whisky-fsauds arc hll for. the puE-
pose Of getting all tito money that can be 90: for
tho least show. Il il in tlls that tue cue man
| who triea to bo sharp, aud whom tho world &C
credits with be!us Bmatt en'oayo1s n sotso.i; 70
s. Tors. Iho esseutiat doctrine Ut jolu
Calvin, total dopravity, Il .cinpaa:ically con-
nr1ned by its most pronounced rubeie'c's nod
scotferH.
Let us 10 on tho streets and tnta tue a:,ops
! n,ld ulatts OF trade aud Heo wLc1e tue Lltt!o
via.uics crop out. On thcistreetn Vt Uli'sfro arc
i,nnmctable vendcrs OF goods nnd watea. ant
! pruducsB. They are aonctlmes coavenlene
easa Ct 70 f,a 10 ,t1v ea t91
1'er, very probable that tic condition
OF morals would bo improved If they wero swept
Ike ita garbage: from , tae street 1AoS ys,I ssl
| weighed, it Is from rickoty spifal that gifcs
forth very uncertain resulLs, except that it Is
anra " bo largely In favor OF the Dsllor; and
| when weighed a1aiu. IL iounu wa1'.ihs; Day
half TO ihrea-fourtlB for + pound all this I,rne-
ttce goos on unrahuked. 1t is eaid Tint cserv-
body knowa lhnt everybody will 10 cheated Nho
tladss with tug "strcot.'ncrchauts; !" aud yst
everybody continue his patronage. aud uobody
uttots hny protest. Of thkos any steps TO sbato
the nuisAuco. Tuns OF oranges arc nov offered
f1om hnnd-cans mud e1p1ced wagons. - sweet
oranges, si1 for quarter, eight for . lna'ter,
aud nut invent orauso has boon sold Oh tho
street during tho seAsou; but saey aro NIL sour,
un,ipc, aud useless fruil, that never, should 10
putcnaan,t At any rr1co. Tho quantity pt:hded
Ia tho oyidenco OF tlo gullltillty OF tho public
In pcneh- time The SHOW Of rotting fruit would
bo disgusting, wclo It not that the sound sdo Is
carefully laid up to siew. and tho prospect made
worry tempting, aud. When '.grcen Que not
po.ehts tempted 10 Dag nar ~:
hand. fills tho tin CUP, tuado purpoBo'y
small ut Tho top, 10 M Overlooking measure. a.
you may suo with your own eyes, and dut,'ps
thena Into pointed, roll of paper Which goei
for n quart. Wo shall boon be refreshed With
tito slight of now msplc.suGar Oh tho stroet5
and In tho chops hs well. It sril! eUne tfte
ono OF two warm dsys nesr tho close o. "lntet
) It will 10 ouered in lnEgo and small cskes
adapted to tue Rwcot tatte .f the buyers: l
vii! DO ia f!.t, now bo1os. with the inscription
"New uaple- e-sugaE." Tia sty!o has becom
, tnost suggossi. ely common. Now. bs 1t Eh6wn
no manufacturers OF "now tnaple-suEhr" il
4 tho bush do OF can put up their sugar II
. ! this elaborate form OF chke and box. Til
fact le, new mupe-suRnr sold lere ia almost al
. made In Chicago, aud mado OF cheap oroT
t Buknr; mud tho PRACTICE OF palsnnG il OF ns III
+ gonunc article has become ono of tlo uloH
. jarofeecl imrosl.ionB practtccd upon the CON
u 1nunity. nsal ulap'e.busar IL Rooo thing, an
9 profitable nud pleasant to tlBo % luxury nu
Tint respectable dealers will encourage the frau
! | by putphaeiug this manufactured art,cls TO go.
to their customers. II should DO 30 dropped an
Hoyeroly lot alone by consumers aua dealers
to iekyo Il dead On the hands Of tue 1kerH, All
l. 10 teach them solld lcsson Of honesty.
Q DO on 10 Wa.c1 atroot In ffuit.tino,-fn
4 any other time You ARC attracted by piles {
& orttpt,caliy-fsamod baakess which eolnobody ha
rom tAe la1ee toj, to tho small bottom;
irunlsca largely at tho mouth. l!ka al rilininy
= but 1t wili be Eli astonishment to any Que VII
q rioe It, 10 tlrd how lttlo ono OF these basket
n The Ton is covered with "toppors," Which ar
i yory tue peAchcH. The buyer chta on the to
layer GU tle cars, on hs way homo His VII
turns out tic remainder for TED from thn pottst,
ID less 10 find about quart Of rotten fruit. IL
writor Ut shls article bought. last Huli
10 mur, on Wator street. on tho rivcr-a!do Of Il,
10 otreet. tetweon Laf3al!o street aud tho Well'
It long box Of poae4ea that were pronounced LIN
70 .rhroueA the cracks Of tho box could bo SEQ
], fiji, sound, luecioualy.roubd and sHeee, not
!: dcfect observable. 10 nure the box wan ssron
IN Hat, whon il got 70 ita !ong-destined homo.
10 tho houae Of tie writer, hammor brought q
1t inside to vion. Not Houna pesoh was IN y
'g box. Tho craoks woro all carefully covered vi
r nunches With tho sonnd Bde 70 vis". bolno
70 tho insido ones weIe perfectly black With 'ndi
~ uasion At botuB 80 close!y confined. lhors v
I'd a dollars worth Of knowledge IN that box of Il
y. eccrcs Of getting on but nothing esao Of vn
q Tho underagneA has purchased great deal
I'D knowledge OF that kind.
< yoar OF two ago, shero used to be VIZ
d: / might be called a s.uaH!ling Duafnese done
i" the train. boys on the railroads out Of ChicaS
Iho prize.cands pa,lsagea were net tho whole
n: 1t. Tie honvst part Of It waa selling moit O.
It Eant frcah figs in all open boz, that you cot
OF $50 viii, your own eyes; put up specially Tor !
railroad tra.lIo by dealer IN Chicago The 4
:. were excellent; p1Ico 10 cents eoh. Eat 4, t1e
tn tv box about 4 iaches long. that las bottt
Nv Il or incl, in thickness. Tho trade flourish.
lAl fcr long limo, rho bottom being too firm to
hs out, Olls would DO assonished, II lio but trl
rr- il by weight, lind how oitou phekages OF 4
tnfIee sugar, bustor. otc.. bought 1t roapectst
he dealers, talt short IN woghs from osnco +
quarter Of pound. It 10 noticeable, tho thickn
he IL the straw paper that Ia uee4 by gtocers Who
by weight and the exceedingly shln and !, dsi!e
paper used by lneschsnts who soll goods by
o- yard. Tho straw pApor u worth eeEts pour
butter, 30 cents, ten, 81; ootfao, 80 70 IS COT