The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-03-30
FORT BENTON, NJ. 7, FRIDAY, MARCH 30 1917

r there seems to be too much Of him here
perhaps y0asa' name is Chuggers?n
The proprietor quickly assured him tha
his name was not Chuggers, and the chal
continued:
'sYes, I did think of accommodating
Chuggers with small amount, but since
I've seen you I've changed my mind, anc
# you will kindly favor me with two dollars
| till Monday morning, I'll be just as muc1
obliged to you as if it was two thousand ,
The proprietor was the maddest man the
other four men ever saw, and they helped
him to run the stranger out and when he
came back he nailed mp sign which
read
"The bodies of four tramps await identi.
feation in the basement.-No soup tick
cts y
At noon, as the proprietor was about to
leave for dinner, the same man came back.
It was noticed by the four men, who still
occupied their seats on cracker-barrels
that the stranger limped, that he had a
patch over his left eye, and that his nose
was crooked. AS soon as he had closed
the door, the proprietor had him by the
collar.
'HaTe you come back here again to get
fired out?" he asked.
"Hold on now," said the other; "don't
be too fast-don't throw away good thing.
I'm Peters !"
you're Peters, are yoz-weu, what of
it?"
'tWhat of it? Do you mean to say that
you don't know Peters p"
The proprietor admitted that fact, and
Peters, turning to the other men, said:
"You gentlemen all know Peters-you
have all heard Of him-Peters of New
York, you know"
One of the men, a bandylegged fellow,
said he'd heard of a person Of that name
who was arrested in New York on a charge
of bigamy.
Peters said he was not that man, and he
seemed quite shocked to find out that no
one in Hartford had heard of him; eSbut, =
said he, "1'm just as ready to do you
good turn, and if we're all alone, I'll tell
you what I've got; it's big thing-a big
thingt"
They got interested enough in the man
to crowd around the stove, and Peters con-
tinued
-Four Wall street brokers heard that |
had wind Of a good thing, and offered me
q large sum to take them i'll, but I said no
was born in Hartford, and Hartford men
should have the benefit Of this grand idea
and SO | came down. Now" said he, II
suppose Tou ts..a II le-,1-.a Or it.7 !.
nen!~
aIhey all happened to be bankers, and
be continued
1--WE shall need only small sum to start
he thing; after awhile it'll run itself, and
pay three or four large salaries"
This remark awoke one man who had
ALLEN asleep.
"Well,n said the proprietor impatiently,
what is this big thing ~
"We are all alone ?" inquired the other.
HOf course we are alone" answered the
and Peters proceeded.
"Well, you know that striped stockings
ire going out Of fashion, and are conse
luently cheapening in price. Now my
deal don't know but ought to let the
mayor into this,-but no, we don't want ;
90 many"
They were all listening with great atten-
ion now, and the handy legged man
oreathed hard.
s'Nov my idea,' concluded Peters, "is
o buy up lot Of these striped stockings,
md at fat profit furnish them to the
"Great spoons = yelled the proprietor.
Furnish strip
Then with one accord they gathered him
lp and threw him far out into the street.
That same night 7 dropped into the sta
ion house, and heard q voice saying;
"Peters,' gron' con shefs'h's! Fr,n'sh
tr'p'd sto'kn's shinjuns! Whoop! Hos
d stripensp
The officer in charge simply remarked
"Hit No. Is On the head with club
And right away the noise ceased.
danced il the record book as I went out,
nd read:
NO. Is. Vanderbilt Peters, residence
Jew York; arrested for drunkenness.
struck an old apple woman with . hot
,rick."
Using His Influence.