The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-01-11
Tho GIve-Awny Game,

count of the Louisville lottery drawing,
which brought forth this speech.
"Can't you tell us some of your expcr
lepcc in that line 2" asked q mau near.
"Well, you Would laugh to know what
fools people, make Of themselves somo.
tlmes. Ahotit two weeks ago was down
In Brunswick, where | saw u fellow run
ming a perfectly square game, but which
was the most Out-and-out steal | ever heard
Of. His plan was simple, and hundreds
| Of tho very best people Of the town flock.
cd TO give him TRIAL, He rented store
! and put u show case across the counter in
the cuntcr. In tho show case he had, |
know, my hat full or $40 gold coilis, piled
in one corner, and IN the other about the
same sized pile Of silver dollars. A dice
box and six dice completed his outfit. BY
paying fifty cents q man had one throw
with the dice. If he throw s'x sizes he
took the entire pllc Of gold; if he threw
six aces he was entitled to all the silver.
Of course he knew no one ever throw all
the sixQs, neither was it possible to get the
SKIES to come all in Il bunch. A man
might as well expect to get struck by
lightning from cloudlcss sky at MONDAY
as to throw Elk aces it Is almost an I'M
possibility, that's all. Well, the fellow
mado several hnrdrcd dollars and left.
'rDid you ever hear now easy it wss to
fool man with soap2" continued the
speaker. "Wo street men know that as
an old story, OF course. | WAS down to
Troy several months ago, when a fellow
came along almost strapped. lie went to
Il grocery store, bought few bars of this
transparent soap, cut it into small pieces
about the size of ones thumb wrapped it
IN tissue paper very neatly, and then Gov
cred the package with tin foil, sprDkling
the whole with bottle Of cologne to give
1t good smell. We'll, sir, that fellow got
on box aud soon gathered crowd by
somo nice talking, and proposed to take
out all the grease from hats, coats, etc.,
that could be brought IN. The first case
presented was that of the city Marshal,
who walked up with great spot on his
coat which he wanted taken out. The
fellow carried a sponge we'll saturated
with benzinc and .arnicu, wluch of itself
will take out almost anything, and by
using bit Of the soap soon had the Mar
shal's coat free from grease. That started
the soap sales, and III TWO or three hours,
1t being Saturday and a crowd III town,
tho sonp man had sold $50 worth, nearly
all o. which was clear profit"
Stopping to draw breath the jswclry
man continued his interesting story. ~
Tell you you car humblg an, body. l am
not upliKe the Lest or the would. | be-
llcvc would bite at my own tricks If l
could get in the crowd While | was mt
town by ''p'aytDg What we tcrm Il give
away racket. 1t IS mighty fine thing
to play, but very dangerous one in some
lNn LnI Ia, A.
large enough to cover fifty people, when
one night on the street Il crowd Of sailors,
led Oh by some OF the town boys. threw
rotten eggs at the umbrella and broke up
the crowd. Then resolved on the give.
away racket A fellow has to be mighty
cal elul about working 1t, or he will Get
caught out. 1t can only DC played once
In town.
fine gold rings, which cost about 81 a
dozen, and propose to be advertising
some big gold concern IN New York. |
called mine the brazen gold of Han Fran.
cisco, stated that would show the crowd
thing or two, and soon got them inter.
ested. First, | made a speech IN which |
stated my business, then | commenced to
offer the rings at any price from two cents
up, telling them that they conld not be
bought for less than - apiece at a jewel
er's. let out about twenty rings at two
cents, aud then asked everybody who had
bought rings to hold them up. Instantly
every ring was in the air. Now, SAID !,
addressing the crowd. this is your money,
is lt2' yes said a dozen. sAnd you
give il freely for tho ringsY 'Yes,' ceme
again in chorus. very well, here's twenty
cents for you, Sir, and twenty cents for
you, slr, and so on around tho crowd.
They commenced TO wonder what III the
world meant SAID l was crazy, and a
lot OF other things, but l only told them |
was advertising goods for my house, and
lad plenty more things to give away.
Next took up some OF my handsome
diamond studs which l explained were
Lake George diamonds, equal to any on
earth, etc., and that l was gong to sell
them for twenty-five cents up, tho more
one paid the better 1t would be, of course,
for hlm. Twenty studs wero soon out
and the same speech made. Then mado
tho crowd hold up the diamonds, and each
man got fifty cents back who had bought.
"The thing began to get very interest
ing and tho crowd numbered 800 or 400.
Then got out some beautiful gold-pla; ea
sleeve buttons, whicn / explained could
Il ot be bought for less than $l2. These l
proposed to sell for fifty cents each, giving
to al who bought dollar additional as
before, each time doubling tho money
gift. The buttons soon went off, as had
the other things, and was ready for the
final bite at the crowd. The twenty
pairs OF sleeve buttons had been sold for
half dollar, and had given back twenty
silver dol!are. THAT fellows darned
fool hoard all around me, but 1 replied
to this by saying that last week, in Macon,
| had given away S 600, and that was
ready to 90 1t again.
"The crowd was perfectly crazy To SEQ
what came next. 1t was watch chains.
Ihe CHAINS were sold at any price from
$3.50 TO anything above that one wanted
to givo, telling them tho while tLat the
moro they paid tho better 1t would be for
them. limited that tho watches would
come next, and this led them Off like a lot
Of madmeD. The trick now was to sell as
many chains as possible at $3.50 had a
devil OF a lot or chains, and 90 l sent
them out right and lett. The dollars came
rushing bllndIy at me and rakcd them in
like chaff. Then got out Of chains.
Previously bad prepared two big red
silk .handKerchlefs, exactly alike, and as
soon as the chains wore all sold out l took
the money, and, in the prcsence OF the