The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-02-07

simply state the result, so that you can
see at a glance what a good thing
had. Well, then, by making twenty
five per cent. per week and adding prof
it's to principal, at the expiration of
twelve months 1 expected to become
owner of $51, 200. Surely, "great oaks
from little acorns grow" Another
week passed, and another statement
came with precisely the same result,
and this fortified me in the belief that l
had struck the right road at last. A
letter was also received the next dav
soliciting me to forward 500 in order
to participate in the benefits of COM
bination then forming, an operation
they contemplated, based upon inside
information and which promised sue
cess so brilliant that ever afterward I
would be not only customer but a
firm friend of their house. / didn't
have 800, and couldn't in any way
raise so large sum, and the disap-
pointment l suffered at the prospect of
gloomy and miserable, and l at once
wrote my correspondents what heart
break it was that could not accept
their liberal offer. l ought to mention
that was constantly receiving quota
tions of stocks and an occasional sheet
of half a dozen pages, printed with
large, clear type, on the best
of paper, posting me regard
ing the wonderful luck of some of
their unnamed customers and filled
with appeals to take advantage of the
present exceptionally propitious time
to embark in operations in the stock
market. Now came another notice
with an account current for the third
week of the operation. This time, to
my horror, l found all my profit and
half the original capital swept away,
and this was accompanied by the con-
solatory information that the "unpre-
cedented haste that had marked the eff
forts of a large numbered small specu-
lators to get rid of their holdings had
completely bewildered the large ope-
rators %, precipitating decline that
obliged us to make great personal sac
rifice in order to protect our patrons,
and, although we have lived through
the storm, we were obliged, most re-
luctantly to witness the destruction of
many a well-conceived and judiciously
executed combination" This gave a
rude shock to my rose-colored anticipa-
tons, and not wishing to pass the restof
the winter with nothing more substantial
than straw hat and linen coat, wrote
letter instructing them to close my ac-
count and remit the balance. Two or
three days after few lines were re-
ceived, calling my attention to the con-
tract they forwarded when the money
was sent, wherein it was stated: "No
part of profits of original capital to be
withdrawn until the close of the combi-
nation" So had no control over the
investment after the money had passed
into their hands, and | must therefore
wait and be silent spectator of the
financial gymnastics that spirited away
my capital and my hopes.
did not have much longer to wait.
A few hours brought me the news of
the doom of the remaining dollars. A
melancholy preface began this dismal
story, referring to dastardly conspir-
acy, headed by the awful Jay Gould,
which had Knocked the market into
smithereens, caught an army of keen,
shrewd spectators, and wrecked them
all so completely that they didn't own
money enough to pay car fare home
that night Trusting to appearances
well calculated to deceive the most ex-
perienced veterans on Change, we I'M
fortunately, were caught in the same
dreadful storm that has proved so fatal
to many of the best known men on the
street." My money disappeared in
series of dissolving views, intensely in
teresting while they lasted, but now
gone, never to return. Philadel-
plstG Times.