Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-01-03
The GIve-Awsy Game,

DO you know, saId a man VINO was
selling iewelry from dry goods box to q
reporter, ''that the Americans are the
easiest hunbugged of any in the world
1t is true, and | have helped to humbug
them shout as much as the average man. >
Somebody had Just been reading all 'ac-
count Of the Louisville lottery drawing.
which brought forih this speech.
Cant you tell us some of your eXper-
Ieuce in that line?" asked man near.
"Well, you would laugh to know what
fools people make of themselves some
times. About two weeks ago was down
in Brunswick, where saw fellow run
ming perfectly square game, but which
was the most out-and-out steal ever beard
Of. HIS plan was simple, and hundreds
Of the very best people Of the town flock
ed TO give him a trial. He rented a store
and put Il show case across the counter in
the center. In the show case he had,
know, my hat full OF $40 golG coins, piled
in one corner and IN the other about the
same sized pile of silver dollars. A dice
box and six dice completed mis- outfit. BY
paying fifty cents man had one throw
with the dice. If be threw SIX sizes he
took the entire pile of gold; if he threw
six aces he was entitled TO all the silver.
of course he knew no one ever threw all
the skies, neither was il possible TO get the
skies 10 come all in n bunch. a man
might as well expect to get struck by
lightning from cloudless sky at MONDAY
as to throw six aces ii is almost an I'M
possibility, that's all. Well, the fellow
made several hurdred dollars and left.
''Did you ever hear how easy it was to
fool a man with soap?" continued the
speaker. 1--WE street men know that as
an old story. of course. | was down to
Troy several months ago, when fellow
came along almost strapped. He went to
a 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 COW
cred the package with tin foil, sprinkline
the whole with bottle of cologne to give
If good smell. Well. sir, that fellow got
on box and soon gathered crowd by
some nice talking, and proposed to take
out all the grease from hats, coats, etc,
that could be brought ID. 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 well saturated
with benZine and arnics, whch 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 IN two or three hours,
1t being Saturday and crowd IN town,
the soap man had sold $50 worth, nearly
all o; which was clear profit"
Stopping to draw breath the jewelry
man continued his interesting story. 81
tell you you can humbag any body. | am
not unlike the rest of the world. be-
lleve | would bite at my own tricks If
could get in the crowd While / was at
Brunswick, Ga, took revenge On the
town by pisying what we term give
to play, but very dangerous one in some
localities. | had been using big umbrella
.srge enough TO cover ffty people, when
Dne hight on the street a crowd OF sailors.
led on Dy 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
careful about working If, or he will set
csught out. 1t can only be played once
in town.
''The way to do it Is this Get lot OF
fine gold rings, which cost about 81 &
dozen, and propose TO be advertising
seme big gold concern In New York.
led mine the brazen gold Of San Fran
cisco, ststed that | would show the crowc
a thing or two, and soon got them inter
ested. First, ! made speech In which
stated my business, then 1 commenced tC
offer the rings at any price from two cent.
up, telling them that they conld not bi
bought for less than 81 apiece at jewel
ers l let out about twenty rings at tws