Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1877-05-30
SILVER CITY. NEV. WEDNESDAY. MAY 80, 1877.

costs US under $50 we sell 1t at an ad.
vance of 90 per cent. and it is always
worth it, you may depend.
Reporter-Isn't there any danger
OF 1nar getti g hold Of and selling
stolen .ppi.?
II rfis No. we take precautions
8giusttImt. and besides the thieves
blve their dealefs Oar books are
open ta tho police az aI timfs, and
we take erie 10 iGf11n tham af the
purchase of i1lg more thsn 0ediaari y
valuable article
R'porter-The ditf.rent phase If
the business in san Frsnci+cp ac-
counts for the open manncr in which
the business il conducted.
Harrls-What do you mean by
open mannerl
Reporter Well, there is no con
cellment or affecta.ion of privacy
about it.
Harris-No, why should there9
People here are down to-day aud up
to morrow. 1t is not because they
are act lalIy poor that most Of them
come to me; but hecause they Just
happen to want money AMI they
know they can get more of me than
they can IF anybody else.
Reporter-I should have thought
that ladies very often have need of
your assistance. Are they not little
backward about coming to your
store2 ..
Harris-Some of them. | have
the wives of some of our most dis
tinguished citizens among my Gus
TONERS. They send down note to
me and | go up to their houses aud
Look at their diamonds or whatever
they have to sell and the negotiation
is finished there.
Reporter-Do you have many lady
customers9
Harris-Oh, yes. What with ex-
travagance and private stock specu-
lations and one thing and another a
good many ladies get temporarily
short of money.
Reporter-You guarantee goods
that you sell to be what they are rep
resented-gold, or whatever it may
be-and the watches to keep time,
do you notl
Harris-Yes.
Rcporter-Is it not possible that
you may be deceived yourself9
Harris-Hardly. You see every
thing we buy is very carefully exam
ined, and we have on our premises a
matchmaker who is an expert, so that
there is very little danger of our be-
ing deceived. We guarantee all we
sell, and give written guarantee
with it, and if there is any mistake
we, and not the buyers, are the suffer
ers. However, it is very seldom we
suffer ia that manner.
Reporter suppose in these dull
times you do good deal more busi-
ness than in what are called flush
times.
Harris-These are dull times with
US, too, and we are glad enough to
make sale. The times ought not to
be dull though. 1t is not so much
stocks that makes the times dull as
extravaganza. People think these
are the days OF 40 yet, and they are
not.
Reporter-They come to you in
consequences
Harris-Well, good many of them
d., although l have a number of
friends around town who do their
best to prevent them from coming.
Reporter-Who are theyi
Harris Some of the jewellers. 1t
i only necessary for them to know
thatany watch or article of jewelry
com ,- IL m me ani they will run it
down. had rather II good case OF
TINS The other day. A lady bought "A
watch of me, made by II tirst-ciass
Montgomery street firm. She nap
pcned To show it to II member Of the
tirm, telling him that she had bought
il ut me, and he sad the " tea "pS
worthless. heard of IT and | :
tl't WaANh h'' pue ~ ~ w '' Wv n''N
IN winch it had brcn bought, vita
these vendors names on II, and sea,
another lady around with IT, ana thon
it was ''tirst class" article.
Rsporter-Such are some of the
drawbacks of philanthropy.
Hrris-Weil, l don't pretend to
be phianthropist; but deal fairly
with the public and they know it.
l buy as cheip MS can, and sell at a
certain profit; and where think "a
little kindness won't be thrown away
why, am ready to do it.
At this point of the interview a
fashionably dressed lady entered and
cast sort of confidential glance al
Uncle Harris. The reporter, there
upon, considerably withdrew.
DEAF BEAR, Butcher, Tall TIM
ber, Blue Thunder, and Iron Whirl
wind are the names of some of the
high-toned Sioux who have just regis
tered at General Crooks Bacon ano