San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-06-15
hodges OF THE DAY.
r,i,ks by which Fools and Their

Inc av;ne things pretty much his
been as among the Missouri farmers.
own w." 81 eenteel appearance and pleas
10 address. He drives up 10 a farm
ing Souse. and during his talk with the
o. msr let's him know what a big busi'
iImgha ia doing with certain wagon
ness 10 natent. He is on his way home,
tonsu0 he may not be back in that
ana 10 the farmer can have the right
couho county for $3.50. If the farmer
OF 1n ,a want il, he may just write. In
few days the swindlers conieaer ~,
saUnens along. He has learned that
i%a farmer has the right OF the county
ino ,ha patent wagon-tongue, and as he
Ioi 10 big thing out Of it IN Nebraska,
hu wonts TO buy the right OF the county
~, 300. He pays $40 down to bind
i %a Sargain. The farmer ut once writes
.n1 NJ Z sending his note for $3.50. He
70 m hears of either of the men again,
Inf his note comes up for collection IN
neiohboring fowl all the same.
Philadelphia visitor III San Fran
.;sco was walking along a quiet street
of residences, about two weeks ago,
uhen he observed a seedy-looking
with stoop eagerly and pick up a shiny
object from the pavement.
What lucky find!" exclaimed the
vouth. turning to the Philadelphlan !;
ssbe's a twenty dollar fellow, isn't she?
The latter eyed the object, and saw that
i was a gold nugget pin, similar to
small nuggets frequently carried ny
miners and others on the Pacific coast.
ats a windfall to me, for I'm dead
broke,n continued the youth; "l'l run
right down town and sell her." -
aWhat do you want for it," asked
the transporting victim, who thought
he had a chance to turn an honest
penny. tn, H..
$1O." :. $50. !,
The hoodlum got his So, and the
Philadelphian, as he afterwards discov'
cred, got his penny's worth of brass.
The dodge is said to be the most
troublesome on that coast.
Shortly after the heads OF the houses
along a street on Champion Hill, Lon
don, had gone to their business one
dav recently, a man planted a photo
oraphic apparatus in a conspicuous
place. 1t was bright morning. In a
few moments the groups OF women,
children and babies on the steps were
charming. The views, as the artist as
sured his sitters, were perfect; the
charge levied for each view was low and
cheerfully paid, and the clever scamp
left Champion Hill after actually regis
tering all his customers and promising
to bring the photographs on a day
named. No photographs were dellv'
cred, of course indeed the scamp knew
nothing about photography, The po-
liceman, whose duty it is to look after
the lambs in that part Of the metropolis,
not only failed to suspect cheat, but
during the performance took his stand
by the side of favorite housemald so
that his handsome face might light up
the picture. go.
This is about the way man victim
lied the Jackson County bank, at Jack
son, Mich, week or so ago: he was
gentlemanly in appearance, ana as ne
entered the bank looked as though ne
wouldn't stoop to any kind OF wrong
doing. He drew check fer S5OO from
a check book of a New York bank;
When he asked the banker to forward
the check for him and collect 1t, the
banker innocently agreed to comply.
In few days the bank received from
New Yoik draft for the amount. linen
the stranger, calling to get his money,
afked that the draft be cashed. Inc
request was granted. After the SWIM
dler had disappeared the jackson BANK
officers discovered. that there was no
such bank in existence as the one men
toned in the check. The confidence
man had O. confederate in New YORK
who received the check and sent the
draft.
A few days ago well dressed man
entered the establishment OF prom,
nent pen manufacturer IN New YORK a Inc
purchased half dozen gold pens. he
gave as his residence a New jersey
town, and, not having sufficient sun
of money to liquidate the bill, lett
pawn ticket purporting to be pieagt
for a $500 watch as collateral until the
following day. The stranger falling &c
return, the pen man visited the pawn
broker named on the tickets face ano
learned that it was clever forgery.
There is young man traVellne
around in Eastern Texas who vaccln
ates negroes with beeswax. he charges
81 for the work, and, representing thai
he was appointed by the United States
governments threatens that dire penal
ties await those who refuse to be oper
ated upon. , :,
A bogus countryman was arrested II
Hartford, Conn, the other day for PED
ding bogus honey. He had glass oo1
of fine honey in the comb for show ano
q ~, oo, of obao,, svr1n for sale.