The Benton weekly record., 1880-01-30

matter Of producing ealld dates for Con-
cross; It i 10 De presumed that this turkey
wis designed 10 become a famed pedestrian
in the turkey family and unquesti stionabay 4
should it prove to be a feathered Weston or
o'Leary, four-l ggd turkeys viii become
a Southern staple, like cotton, carpet-bag-
gers and unpaid coupons. Iu active life
this quadrapedal phenomenon may be AL
thing of beauty, but an extra pair of drum
sticks" will not enhance its value for the
guests goodly number of poor relations,
his uncles and his cousins and his aunts.
sH==~s@ssaaa@-~AssHa.@sa~s
1t has been claimed for these many years
that the use of alcoholic drinks js the cal,se
of most of the crimes committed and OF the
social misery that exists IN Christendom
Statistics loom up formidably in this di-
rection, but those good scientists who
figure out social and criminal results from
existing causes overlook d new element
that is working great GENERALIZATION.
amongst business nsen, Cocktails punch
es, hots with lemon, and the old-fashion
stone-fence, are mild demoralizers of the
business portion of the community, when
compared with "Puts, :sCallss' and
ssStraddles. !" These mystic words are I'M
ineligible to the masses, but of sad i'm
port to thousands who have been beguiled
into investing their own or other people's
money in putting, calling or straddIing in
the technical sense in which New York
er Chicago broker uses these terms. The
inducement is always fearfully great. The
certainty of realizing" admits of no ques-
ton. AS an example, a Chicago commits
sion house recently wrote to a Boston mer-
chant, informing him thatif he would send
them an order for "Straddle" on Janu-
ary or February Wheat OF $500 or 5000
bushels, for which he need only forward
$l2S 13 or S256 %, and wonld leave the ac-
count in their hands to handle, they would
guarantee a large profit, and if it did not
result they would refund the money.
There were other inducements held out,
but altogether, it will be seen by the fol-
lowing letter in reply, they didn't quite
capture the Boston merchant:
Lewis r. Baker & Co., Commission Merchants
and Brokers, Chicago, Ill:
GENTLEMEN:- Yours of the 10th at hand If you
are so positive of making fat thug the wheat
corner it strikes me that j. would be more sensible
for you to put in your own money, and so reap the
entire benefit, rather than give stranger the op-
portunity to sweep the board and you only to make
a paltry commission Now, if you are really in
earnest, that L would suggest that you place to
| my credit either one of the amounts named in
| yours as above noted. Handle the same as best
suits you, and to convince you there is nothing
| mean aboutme, you need remit but fifty per cent
| of the profit, which think is fair divide.
| Respectfully, .--,
| The papers and mails are filled with in
ducements to invest in these gambling con-
tracts, and they catch a sssareat many gud-
geois, mostly amongst those, however, who
have the handling of trust funds, and
''ninety-nine" out of every hundred de-
coyed into a put or straddle, sooner or
later prays that the mountains may fail on
him or the depths of ocean hide him from