, 1876-11-12

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attention to It ut the time"
= You had better be Oh your guard" was the
admonition Of the agent On taking his leave;
| 1t was only the next day that Air: Ounnan'
received notification from d railroad company
that --.
CARLOAD OF LEATHER
! had been consigned to HIM. As be Was not IN
the leather business, but, on the contrary, was
| But lie did not ste what hc could do in the
! matter. 4 day or SO later he was informed that
quantity Of whisky had been shipped to him
from kentucky. That was bad. He
WAS not liquor-seller.. he vas
only an Innocent grain: dealer. And surely no
carload Of bourbon. By-and-by he began to re-
| ceive lett rs from people wanting. to know
! whether tic had an office at No. 239 Van Burcn
street, and asking all sorts Of ridiculous ques-
| tions. Here is one Of them:
FoEnsrEn { CO. FINE An Arr 11roErEHs TOE t<.:s, 2a@
| We received from Messrs. W. Young j. Co., Of
chronics, which viii amount to nbout 81, 6oo and
| having been informed that the Chicago house is
branch Of your firm, we should THINK yon for your
you.. Not knowing the Chicago house, We take
the liberty to submit the above to you, and, eolc-
itinE your early reply We remain most SssPect E
The above letter was sent to the Milwaukee
| house of William Young 4 Co., and the part
ner there forwarded the letter to Mr.. Dunham,
simply inquiring what the d-l he had gone into
THE CHRONIC BUSINESS
for. Now, it must be confessed that this was
little hard on Mr. Dunham. He didn't want
chromos. He was buying and selling wheat and
oats and such things. He promptly responded,
to the effect that there had sprung up another
". Young g. Co. in Chicago, whose business
wheat but leather, whisky, and chromos, and
kindred staples
but this was not all. Tie following circular
was handed to the despairing Mr. Durham:
OFFICE OF " forSa s Co., 2so WEsr VAN Bg-
Green d: O.. Fari5aHN, ,Mnn.--GESTs: Please
send us sample barre Of eachqualjty Of Aonr made
by yon, and give prices in car-loua lots. 1nc1ose
II. iouNa & Co.
This circular was evidently one of many sent
out a}l over the West, and from its wording It
might lead grain-men to ship their flour on the
William Young g. Co. The party to whom it
was addressed, instead Of complying, with the
ORDER referred it to their agents in Chicago, who
came to tic Office Of William Young &; Co. and
discovered the fraud.
VISIT re 800 WEST VAN BUREN, STREET
yesterday afternoon disclosed very little inforn1-
ation. The place Is q few doors west of Ha}sted
street, and is one Of two stores in an isolated
brick block. The front windows and doors were
all carefully obscured by old papers pasted and
were no indications that any business was con-
Quoted there An air Of desolation pervaded
the premises the only living person in sight be-
ing corpulent Rheinlander who filed the door
way of the adjoining store, but who knew MOTH
ing about ". Young & Co. On trying the front
door it Was found 10 be locked. After yigor~
GUS shaking of the latch, however, noise vas
heard within. and forthwith there appeared
shaggy-coatcd and shaggy-headed person Of
muscular proportions, WIN came out and care
fully locked the door behind him, aud then
dropped the key into his unfathomable pocket.
"Mr. Young inl''
"1'm Mr. Young"
ain tho commission busfness1'
ayes"
tsDeen here long?"
HAbout 4 year''
"What Is your first naHc?" |
"Warrcu-Warrcn Young is my name. What |
do yon want to know for?'
"Well, you see, there is another II. Young d
Co, in TOWN." = |
"Yes, know there is. Are you one OF the |
ir1n!''
"They want to know why you use their
pamc."
II don't intend to. The next 1ctter-hcads |
that have printed III have my name in ft1ll.''
At about this point Mr.. Young began to grow |
oDpTessly inquis'tiye in his questions and sus-
piciously guarded in his replies, and the visitor
concluded to withdraw. Mr.. Young remained |
standing in front of his barricaded store, watch
ing his late interrogation until out Of sight