Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-04-07

We received. the ether day. a copy Of an
Ottawa paper. with marked extract from
the Brant (Canaia) Union. headed a
Yankee Swindle." This stated that the
lumber firm Of Shepard, Davis Co.. ofthis
city. sent to a lumber man in Victoria
county. P. O, for the prices of his shingles,
and, on receiving them, ordered carload
that on arrival of the shingles they tele-
era Pied tn 1t they would not accept them
but would sell them on commission. and
that the shipper, unwilling to make a 400
mile journey in the busy season." wrote
Shepard. DAVIS x Co to sell the shingles
on commission. The paragraph proceeds as
follows:
That endef the CORES pondencc in the natter IN
IL the last day Of February, when the shipper got
statement OF the sale of The sles-al sold with
the freight and expenses of selling the enc car Of
shingles. amounting u sis2i2- and the nett pro-
ceeds Of the SAFE OF 20. ~. OF shingles containing
fifteen thousand OF the very best shingles sold ac
cording 10 their returns for siSi.3. he same
shingles sold at home worth Slsa1at the low
est According TO the above sales 10 lett the ship
per slsl Tor TINS carload Of n-les ami they did
not even send that amount with the statement Of
sales. bot stated that they had some little trouble
that would cover that amount, and they hoped
their statement would hc sat siactorv. such h.r
faced trickery is altogether too much. and the
swindlers should he shown Mp n every direction.
We paid no attention to this yarn, know
ing that Shepard, Davis X Co. were not in
the habit of doing business 10 that way and
believing the statement to be a ialsehOOd
Since then the CORES, Indencs between the
parties has been shown Us. Ii shows the
following facts TIE shipper OF the shin
giles was one Thomas Fee who II evidently
too much of a kDave - BE- called Fee-sinDle |
of Lindsay. p. D. lie sent circular to
Shepard. Davis x Co , describing his shin
giles and soliciting oruers They thereupOn
tIld him that he might send carload to |
Ogdensburg. On receipt OF them there,
they were found 10 b. not at all what had |
been represented. Mr.. Fee was thereupon |
informed that the shingles were rotten, |
stock :" that they IS, ID. ii Co |
were sure he could not have known their |
poor quality or he would not have shipped |
them that they could not receive /
them. and requested Instructions what to |
do with them. Gee two letters passed. |
in one of which S, ID & Co offered t, DAY
Mr.. Fees travelling expenses to Ogdens-
burg-a half II dsy's Journey for him-pro-
vided he did not iud she shingles such a.
they described them be. and adding that
they wanted at any rate TO send him
back sample hu Ich. that he might
see what he had shipped.
Mr.. Fee said that h., found the shingles
were not shipped out Of the pie he had
!; and orderc s., ID. Il Co. TO sell
them and do the best they could with them:
$40 for theT trouble. s. d. SO.
alter selling the shin. les and having them
thrown back on their hands, on account of
their poor quality, two or three times.
inally sold them through a Providence
hrm, for the amount named, which was
all they wer, worth, though it bare
y covered the freight. duties and expenses.
Instead OF getting the ten dollars which
Mr.. Fee offered 5 ID. L Co. for their COM
and which would have been very
small pay Tor their trouble, they took less
han tro dollars Isl sD-aud were re-
warded for their kindness BY an abusive
etter from Mr.. Fee. in which be calls the
transaction "a piece of cool, Contemplated
asscusllity" on their part. and informs them