Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1883-01-17
The Give Away Game.
EASILY HUMBUGGED PEOPLE--A
STREET FAKIR's VERSION OF THE
WAY IN WHICH A CRnWD
CAN BE SUCCESSFULLY
ID l. y T. j..

DUPED.
DO YOU know" said man who
was selling iewelfy from = dry goods
box, to q reporter for The Atlanta
(Ga.) Constitution, "lhat Americans
are the easiest humbugged Of any in the
world j Is true, and have helped 0
humbug them about as ruch rs the
average man.
Cant you Tell us some oi your ex-
perlence IN that liue ~ asked man
near.
We'll, you would laugh 10 know what
fools people make OF ihem>elges.-
About two years ago vas down 10
Brunswick, where saw II fellow run
ming perfectly square game, bat which
was the most out aud out steal | ever
heard OF. His plan Was simple. ard
hundreds of the very best people Of tie
town Aocked to give hun trial. He
rented store and put show case
across a counter IN the center. Iu The
show case he had. know, my hat fail
4 ten aud tweui5 -dollar gold coins,
piled in a heap in one corner. and II
| the other about the same SIZED pile Of
silver dollars. A dice-5ox aud six dice
completed bis outfit. By payinl half Il
dollar man had one throw with the
dice. If he threw six SKIES lie took the
entire pile Of gold; If he threw six aces
he was entitled to all the silver. OF
course, no one ever threw all the skies,
neither vas il possible 10 get the aces
10 come all in bunch. a man might
as well expect to get struck By light
uing from a cloudess sky at nOouday
as 10 throw six aces; 1t is almost an
possibility, that's all. Well, the
fellow made several hundred dollars
and lel..
Did YOU ever hear hos easy it ia 10
fool man with sOap?' continued the
talker. 1--WE street men know that as
an old story, of course. was down
at Troy. Ala, several months ago,
when fellow came along almost strap
ped. lie went to grocery store,
bought few bars Of this Transparent
soap, cut it into small pieces about the
size Of ones thumb, wrapped it IN col
ored tissue paper very neatly, aEd then
covered tie package with tinloil, sprnk-
linz the whole With q bottle Of colODge
to give il a good smell. Well, sir, the
fellow got on a box, aud soon gathered
a crowd by nice talking, aud propose d
to take out all the grease from hats,
coats, &C., that could be brought in.
The first case presented was the city
marshal, who walked up with a great
spot on his coat which he wauted taken
out. The fellow carried a sponge we'll
saturated with b,nzine aud arOica,
which OF Itself will take out almost
ANYTHING. aud by using bit Of soap,
soon had tie maIshaHs coat 1ntlrel1
free from grease. That started the
SOAP sales, and in twO o; three hours.
it being Saturday and crowd in tow n.
the soap.man had sold thIrty-siS dol
lars worth, nearly all Of which vas
clear profit"
Stopping to drag a long breath, The
Jewelry man continued his interesting
story. 81 tell you, you can humbug
any body. am not unlike the rc,t OF
the world. | believe | would bite a.
my own tricks It could ouly get in the
crowd.
willie | was at Brunswick, Ca,
some tue ago. took revenge on lie
town by playing what we term The
'eive-lway.rackel. Il mighty i1e
Thing to pay. but very dangerous
one in some localities. ! had been
using big umbrella, large enough Io
cover iiy people, wheu one night ou
the street a crowd OF sailors, led on
by some Of lhe town boys, threw rot
ten eggs at the umbrella and broke uE
the crowd. Then | resolved on TIE
'sive.aNny.racket.' A fellow nas tD bt
mighty careful abOu, working II, or he
will get caught out. II can ouly be
played once ia town.
THE WAY 70 do # IS his Get lol
Of ine sold rings which cost about one
dollar dozen. and propose TO be adj
yertislns some big golG concern in
New York. called mine the great
brazed gold Of San Francisco, stated
that | wold show 4 c crowd Thing oil
two. and soon got them Interested
First, l made a speech in winch l stat
ed nv business; then | commenced to
offer the rings at any price from two
cents up, telling them that lhey colld
not be bought TO- less than four dollars
apiece at a jewelers.. l lei out about
twenty rings at two cents, ard then
asked everybody who had bought rugs
TO hold ihem up. Instantly every ring
WAS 10 the air. Now said J, address
ine the crowd. 'ihs is your money, is
It?' Yes said a dozen. Add you
give II freely for the rings !: Yes,
came again ~ chorus. Very well;
here's twenty cents for you, SIR and
twenty cents ior you, siI;" and so on
around the crowd. They commenced
TO wonder What on earth meant, said
| was Grey ard lOt OF other things;
but only told them | was advertising
goods for my house. aud had plenty
more things TO give away. Next /
took up some OF my handsome diamond