The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-23

the junk dealer tender mercy. Tho heavy dry
goods and other mercantile houses send ther
old account books TO THIS bourne whence no
scrap or volume ever returns ~ its otgiaai
shaue. One Arm IN Broadway during the uas.
month delivered to one Of these JUNK or payer
stock dealers two truck loads Of old icdgers,
Journals, sniUping registers. aud other account
hooks, larger portion ~ winch dated back
received only the regular lte paid to boys VINO
bring In a pound or two Of paper.
rhe porter OF n prominent bank note engraving
company had been seiliug the lipplugs Of me
note paper To JUNK doder anu for Two " three
years realized from these uuconsidered TITLES ="
"A handsome addition to his income. One day,
however, clerk IN the employ Of the comudny
discoycted tine poricrs little racket" and in
Ton. aud silence plan The porter resisted and
refused. X ssult-the clerk informed the com.
p,ny and the company tneredtcr cp,iatec
unto itself the proceeds. The porter to get even
coDtri 'cd tu nti Dducc an opposition junk de iler
porter. so reduced the woIsht Of / & scra,.
upon MS biln that he was enabled to give his
friend almost as : .tisfdctOry snare as he had
before.
THE ROMANCE OF THE JuSR snop.
junk dealers very often. in asserting their
/ long since au 4 nm street dealer found sewed IN
the inner lining of tue fragment OF an old vest
/ nearly one hundred dOllars ia Hrccnpachs. tne
/ Of tue perip tetc JunAmeu' who travel lne
streets with push citt, AMI herM their an
proach with strings Of nglink COW beils' Ut uni.
/ icaily dtscordint, only last week uouRht' among
| other things, two or three OLD hhtr. On gplni
! home AT night, and while exam ing his nui-
/ chases, ho Uncovered Ia the lining Of a h At a
| tsn pound Bink of EuRlind note thoroughly
saturated win grease. He al the honesty 10
! seek the party from whom lie received tue di-
/ lapid itcd beaver, but he was CURLY inform 81
nat III he found any money ia mat hat he d bet
ter keep iti ana " II WAS a game he'd better
! play 1t on somebody else"
! In the paper stock sol by PHILADELPHIA Junk
/ dealer 10 IN ,nDfacturVr tn Massachue ett-,
! about year ago, there WIS found among = large
mass OF Old papers. letters ami docum ,nts a let
/ ter yellow with age and portions o. the whiting
| almost ilssibie. II WAS written I. French ana
stoned La Fayctte." The lie ter. which related %
merely business alters, still remains IA posses
e on OF t9y m i, 1rouSn J99H
'he family oftne deceis ed testatOr IN New Jersey.
II. among other old papcts.-O been thrown from
an old truns afterward the lot was sold 10 a
| travelling junk deaer, WHO In turn Trans erred
his load to the New YORK. dealer
Many OF inc JUNK dealers frequently realize
! largely Ia the accidental purchase OF rare Old
books aud engraving whicn turn up in the mi
cellaneous lots If stock brpngnt In 10 them.
Inc junk merchants are not infrtqurntly
| drawn into legal trouble through tue purcnaiu
Of lead pipe, hinges. hrass mountings, ana other
| cut them loose and carried them "A from IN
occupied dwollinss AM siofos. As a .uie, the
, Jnukmen form a pretty fair frat sight es-
| innate OF the characters ~ Their customers,
TuB KINGS or THE JUNK TRADE
There Is family rcs, nblNnc- In the personal
| appearance OF the established INK dealers. 10
| toe general observer tney look a. II toey all he
lnnged IN the same SHOP; alike they are All slow
anu reitcent OF speech, snMp-esod. and with a
/ perfect understanding between themselves and
their scales they are nevrr ambitious tu med
I die WITH politics; they discuss no abstcuse
questions. ana they glance from their stringe
! curiosity shops upon the outer world with only
al eye Ia it, old junk
IL Is rarely one ever fails In business or le5ves
II. once n junk dealer, always junk desler
/ From not more than three or four estAbli ned
dealers In this hn- twenty odd years ago tbei-
numoer las increased In equai RATIO with the
ability Of their feli, y citizeus 10 break At aud
wesr out that portion Of their possessions winch
assumes the form ol old INK. y ~ their busi-
ues- forms one OF uur great industries. and Is a
not insigninv ant part "i tue cits ; commerce.
Inc profits % -ue Junk dealers arc Luch
| greater than tue prices they pav Tor AL the ruo.
I Dish tney purchA- would indicate. ruose 81
their number WHO have tue capital and are abe
1" hold BACK theiT sales 10 tue manuf .et,.fet-
anu walt Tor rise IN paper stock or old stove
pipe, for instance, very frequently realize very
one line Of junk should he mentioned-old
hats-the silk "piug sort being 81 ecial L. desr-
able. Tne-e batt,red creased a. / wretchrd
remains OF last year fashion are bought IN w
/ the man ufarturerS Of cheap nAts, reDiOcked,
newly lined. aud sold As new at the economical
rate Of five dollars each.
INTERESTING TO SMOKERS.
There Is one junk dealer on the east eide VIII .
malt smoked cigars watch are scattered ab ut In
4 proidsion IA font Of TIE hotels anu saloons.
! These "nutts" are 4thered uy the street ga
minis. who take their daS. collection 10 ihs
dealer and receive IN return for tnelr labor i've
] cents pound.
These ouit. return to rad, after being dried,
ground up. eud met imorpnusei INTO nle scotch
/ snui. some 81 IL material is eat ana nike
| In win oth,r tobacco, and form, the nlii.s OF
/ the caeap~si grade of dluies A. cigars
Ia gland mucn II the oit ciDt.iny, rags,
aud eseu odd paper. ar lusocteI Win IN tiint
Of some Dis e, and. a.. .,its tpe pr-c ution an
watch illness OF the auth 1ritisa. nnl their way
g. the lnN dea.eis Instead Il Orius H. - oyed.
Here the sanitary cln4lt on VI tae rts AMI
/ clothing deposits ga the JUNK shops has oeen
! 50 tsr, ana even IN this extr ordinir r. bot sei-
son, mex epiiona' l. aud hraitny. excepting. II
. COArse, those near the river side. 81 which are
/ ttoIrd M Iathehiss ot the ,niHonle.s' whose