Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-18


seen the light of their countenances or
the color Of their money? Facts are
stubborn things, and we are now treat
ing Of facts.
q The men who to-day are standing in
the fore front Of the battle have no cap
ltal but their manhood. God bless them.
They Will have no other reward than
the assurance Of good deeds well per-
| formed.
The P0ttstoWn Tragedy.
/ ''1 81. New York Times. s.. ......
Some months ago i became necessa-
ry to mention the infamous conduct Of
a man who, in the disguise of woman,
and IN the assumed character of an
agent for the sale of patent carriers can
vassed three counties Of Pennsylvania,
and with the aid of a tape-measure, col
lected statistics the very thought of
which makes ones blood run cold. 1t
was to be.expected thatthe villain would
lind 1mltators; and, accordingly no one
will be surprised to learn that the town
OF POttstoWn, Pa, has Just been made
the scene of a peculiarly atrocous out
rage @ ... ... .s....
A short time ago, two young men
came to POttstOWn, and announced that
they We're the sole owners of a new pro
cess of restoring brilliancy and softness
to back-hair, no matter what might be
It's age or condition. They began their
operations by distributing to every house
IN the town printed circulars. setting
forth their business, and naming a ride
ulously low price for their services. In
this circular it was promised that the
longest switches should be renovated for
10 cents each, while the charge for rem
Ovating curls and fronts was even low
er. The ladies Pottstown were assur-
ed that the process ofrenovation should
be conducted with the utmost secrecy.
and it would require in no case more
than three days. Copies Of alleged let
ters signed by Miss Anthony, Mrs Clara
Morris, President Hayes, and Miss Clara
Louise kellog, certifying that their back
hair had been renovated their complete
satisfaction, were annexed to the circu-
lar; and there was not woman in all
PottstoWn who did not fully believe that
she was exceptionally fortunate in hav-
ing the circular brought to her atten-
ton. ~. IRAN -.... i. .-.......
The next day the two young men,
each carrying covered baskets, called at
every house to receive orders and back
hair. They had printed receipts with
them, which they gave in exchange for
hair, and which had an extremely gen
i,ine and business-like appearance. Be
fore they had visited one-quarter of the
houses their baskets were full, and they
were obliged to return to their hotel and
empty them before taking fresh start.
Judging from the size of their baskets, a
local scientific person has estimated
that they collected ton and half of
back-hair IN the course Of two DAYS.
There was nOt-SO we are aSsured-a
woman in Potts own who did not trust
her hair to these audacious wretches,
with the exception of a few ladies of At
rican decent; and each one believed that
within three days at the farthest she
would receive back her cherished locks
in greatly improved condition. 4
+ For several days after the back-hair
ofPottstown had thus been placed in
the keeping of the pretended hair-reno-.
vators, no ladies were visible, on the
Pottstown streets. AT the same time
every lady at whose house any young
man ventured to make call was either
g engaged" or ILL.," and declined to re-
ceive the visitors. On the fifth day, the
hotel at which the two scoundrels had
stopped was visited by scores of excited
husbands and brothers who were horri-
fed to learn that the two hair-renova-
tors had left town five days before, car
rying with them seven large and heavy
trunks. Over the scenes which took
place when the terrible news reached
the ladies of Pottstown, veil must be
drawn Much may be forgiven in q
woman who has been cheated out of
her back-hair, but it is impossible to
approve Of the want of judgmen which
several indignant wives evinced in try
ing to replace the missing hair by draw
ing upon the short. and scanty hair of
their innocent husbands. a@.@ .*'t