Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1881-11-25
How Farmers are Plucked and Plum
dered.

.H
The American farmer who can say Mt
the end of tho year that he has not been
made the victim OF at least one swindle
during tho twelve months may consider
himself lucky man. The hard-handed
son oil Toll IS considered the iegitimate
p,ey u shuers anI liz, u, so,,,c anu -, ~
LIZ. ShS e !, l.; so sa,,,, of ,ho;ns SUNNI way '
''Y Thoro ~ % ,.a nv tom i"o y. ,,,ho ,.oo,r
,,r hvs;naa o o 81 aanuoss;,,o, ,N mv tha rni,.,,
sar ,ho Jss soIs os % ,soas . and v;nos ;no y Thay
H. 'n~ 10 'a,o e,.i u .''uI ,,I,,s,n, a ~ on,o,a5o
src sy VI % an nr',, ",vu m',oa,' ouo Tsuo
soo l., ,,,s WeNn1"n S ;,,.as n1
ona ,ha anu aa oatI a. "nu ,eipy5 - aof pa sva
cesss,,i cess MI s sWhon o"V thav py yrato :, % % saio y,
ooods e. Nv anl;,,o tn"r % | o;o,bt
SsoI's S0I 49, uo uo,o.on .,,', Jai ,oui 9n 5,,no vi
W tan Gs,oo ny 1919, A. -" ,o,. ao,,t
m nav froiohts a,d Sai;yor,, P II 10 sai.
don, tbat tSnv a ra s,snaotad ord roral,,
tbat thay @ ars ,n,,osIoS nm rhau sai;o;,
arch orJors 90 viii rrivo thon, an al
Yanoo nf 80 90 ,,un wm gd 81 ,traa dni,ars
and Who, t;,,,a ro,,s hu and ,ho ornnds
10 nv, on,,o ,ho sn,;n,,, 10y mH ba , SiLou
sord ,,,;ias a,va,, Tho f9rn,or noY,
roaI;yos tLo s,,,;n d,o hut i, ;s s,,oi,
onnonnt ond of,a. ,,,ioad;,,,. b;s y,;nd
at tha ,,;,Iaoo ,a,or,, he iats iha ,,,at,o,.
dron This fr,,;t.t .troe sv;n5Ie hoe hoen
nroct;ood so ofton tbot genn;na q aonta
have tho bar5ast t;nd "a ,yoris ~ toho
an order ' w
ihE fwo-hANphp foMf'
Within the last year sharpers have
brought forward the pump swindle ana
nuuD COnSluerADle money DIV tne OAIlp.
a Stranger with three pumps ana
mousse ana oilers TO put one OF MS
pumps lnto tne wen anu give tne iarlh-
Ino u'e VI ~ iot .non,h ,i, ~.
,,,;u 4rh "A. .ne onu q, q, 'he rra lhonsn no
,';. ma SUI .he pump III. 90. .u ihe la. ia,iie. =.
,.;.hon. uaIs a., 'ne % oal.' liz; ~ wiz p1 pu. ~
o,,do Tout tos. ~ n,'n ,.;a anu n tn;oh no Jo
;nrI,s S W. '"Nn III ~ ,;, vmH 5is0e 40 "ot;nad
tsy tp". o .. y. f .".e p,ue''.Iu a ,i,a
aau., a,.eI .ne pump Is III, ih ole case tne
''ot ;S ne,rf s' sapposou .o ,e,o'p,' @ wnba tha
ho.ao ao.uaH S5y .n asioonien' M; ~ pay .no
uea,er @ go ior snG pump. in,s aSree
iiens Is nuIoeo ,,o so .he sminu.ei is
thmaut ..'e, " 10 Got,HUv h,a, atu % no manages t,sn sIs &
.n.1a.s ., anu oius.ei W seIuie tioh Slo
w .he iull amount. III ,le o.ner caSe,
a.ons COMES man VINO eia,iis 'na'
.ne pump Is hn lni,lis inenU oh ms
Iaueh., .i anu ne uelil''nus "'nIaSes, uu-
uer .hrea.s y, Proseou.loh. ine p:1 pa:1nI
faw m 10 iho aud w, w. o;ae ;aoa 0 s I;.;"sts
h,;nns a chill Tho sw;ndler 10 sSrrv~
don't want to make any trouble-hopes
it can be avoided, and makes the victim
pony up from Sl2 to 800 for the right
to call the pump his own. One pumps
the well and the other the farmer; and
between the two they make a fat thing
of it.
THE CARRIAGE swNpLE.
Tyo ~. tbroo voors aao tb;s Stota ,yos
overr,n with car,iages and bnggies q
fron, tho Enst .,,yorrontad in eTsry
resnaot - and ret offored OF astonisb-
;n1iy % low fi~,rss While tho n,,;ce of a
carriaoe made at home was from s175
TO S250- these vehicles we're offered az
low &c s5O 'rbay yere b;rhIv yar-
nished. abundaptly silyer-plated and
went off like hot cakes. "How on
earth they could be sold so cheap" was
soon made plain. The springs were
cast iron, the spokes pine, the tons
painted cloth, and the iron work a swim
| die of the basest sort. One washing
| took all the yarnlSh OIL, and horse and
thills parted company from vehicle and
driver at the first mud hole. it was a
paving swindle for a time, and is still
being worked in some localities.
..sM,rcc1ED coonsn
..t, ,ol,,;r 49,, ,,;.L ,
IA "a etnoo.n-tahiS nan m.:n a Peu,
ui,ns masou ~ ltn? NI;ohiy iiny o.ins ,O. IN .iio
9asIell pa VI no an i"oo - Iuiue, tt.
, .io n.u Hi' n,s maSon s io ~ I,oI III C nooos
uhu a. shoes anu uls.soo'.s, anu :" "ae,e'el i
Inere was onaice w ihaas s,i d saie nG
grew cohnuen'iai % uuu eoiliy ih,otlleu M
Ine FARMERS tlaI .ne goouS rs liau peee
snhuss s' sieu iioh Sanaa naaa .5 nmo iuea a VI
s ,,s chae 90 oI,,ost ,hnf,,' III ont nt
away. onIes hia'e aaiiosS MIoiis VI
papei iouno y lHay uuS o's, % unu .; ooias VI
no.m anii, oa.on - s,oyn H.: wete - ~ 10y ,,- ..
neeu az iroli 'hir'y ~ se'eh'y ceh'S
per Ja'o' - ,
fAihNi Ni"aie'
A patent rlSht mas charms whlch IL is
nard to resist. Let one nave the pest
Of churns' washing machimes OF 1arm
machinery. and he Will still give ear to
the patent,right man with his wash
board which docs all the RUBBING, saves
all the soap, hanSs out the WASH ana
can be converted INTO CABINET organ
by simple TWIST OF the wrist. one oi
the cheeklest swindles OF the past year
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