The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1884-03-20
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Fleeing STRANGERS.
HOW CoUNTRYMEN ARE TAKEN IN BY
NEW YORK sHARPERs.


courses upon the various ways in
which strangers, generally from the
rural districts, are taken in By the
sharpers who infest the metropolis
in such large numbers. Let us
suppose, be says, that one of the
strangers was walking up Broad
way, dazed with the hustle and
confused by the clatter. He is
missing naught of what goes on
around him. Suddenly the man in
front of him stoops down and picks
up something. 1t is a glove. The
countryman looks at him to see what
he picked up.
.~"Hellog" says the man; "here's a
ring in this finger. By Jove! it's
bang up gold ring. Some lady
has slipped her ring off without
noticing it in taking off her glove,
and then she's dropped her glove
The countryman looks at the ring.
It looks like beauty. 1t might
just fit his Sallle's finger. Blame it!
Why does he never pick up any
thing?"
Look a-here, young fener,' says
the city man, "here's gold ring.
I'm poor as a church mouse; haven't
got q cent, The stores is all closed
and | can't sell this. Gimme fl
dollars for it and say no more"
Done-and the oountryman has
got a brass ring. -- .-...---
!. On the next block another very
similar incident occurs. A coun-
tryman is plodding along and gaw,
king about. He bunks into q man
who has stopped to pick up some
thing. It's a big fat wallet. The
city man opens it and peeps into it.
The countryman can see by the ex-
preston on the others face that
the wallet is full of bills, though he
doesn't happen to see the bills.
'"By George!' says the lucky find
er, 'ssome countryman's in a hole.
Lost his pocket.book and q big
hunk of money. It's too bad-too
bad; and I've gotiust ten minutes to
catch the boat at the battery. The
poor fellow oughtto have his money.
Tell you what I'll do. Give me $40
and keep the wallet till you see to-
morrow's Herald, and then you give
it to the man that's lost it. He'll
advertise it sure, and you'll get S2O,
or may: be $50, reward"
Done-and the countryman had
got wad of paper rolled up in a
one dollar greenback.
Perhaps the next countryman
among our guests drops into a Bow.
cry museut. Why shouldn't he?
He never saw band of real Pc.
pocolopet cannibals from Patagon:
ia, or q fat woman weighing 500
pounds, or q boy who can do with
his feet whatever others do with
their halds-and all this can be
seen for ten cents. So in be goes.
Soon a very genial gentleman, with
a voice like fog-horn, invites the
countryman to see what another
gentleman has just drawn for fifty
cents. There is a case7full Of silver
plated ware and "a gold chain, a
gold watch, a diamond pin, and I
don't know what all, and the other
gentleman has drawn ticket thirty
two. Ticket thirty.two? Why,
ticket thirty two is the diamond pin
we'll, thu gold watch is there
yet.
Take an envelope out for fun
and see how your luck is running.
1T won't cost you anything. What
1O3! Why that's the gold chain.
Take a try in earneat only fifty
cents.P ~ p
| The countryman pays fifty cents.
He draws out an envelope. Per,
haps It's one that he accidentally,
saw the gentleman pull out to
show a bystander in order to prove
that the number on the gold watch
was really in one of the envelopes.
If he pulls out either of those he
| will find blank in his envelope. If
he is stupid and pulls out another
one, the gentleman who presides will
tseise it with an "Ah, now let's see
what you get, " and will change il
so deftly that you won't see him do
it and the countryman gets a
blank. If he tries again and again
be will spend 81 or SIS TO carry of
a seventy.fve cent plated butte,
dish, perhaps. But maybe the next
countrymsn Is shy Of the envelope