Daily Yellowstone journal., 1885-10-24
GOUGING GREENIES.
TRICKS AND ooo6Es OF THE CIRCUS
HANGERS-oN.

LChicaro News !

lChicago News
~Why, bless your soul, the innocence
of the average hay-seed granger would
knock ols out Of j.year child. tity
people are easy enough TO get away with
at times. but your country. ,akey takes TO
being r. bbul rs natural as a mutton chop
to the grld-rOn Just you travel with
circus rs | have, and you'll tiud the pig
cons nuck around faster than you can
pluck EN-
" In the way lack time the scOoping was
done with ihimble.rig, threecard monte,
sweat-cluth AID surn like games, but
they've al got played out, AID nowadays
they dOat even give fellow little ex'
citem,nt for his money, but Just rake 1t
in without his knowing he's lost
it, There's no end Of ways for
doing this Just rs chance oilers,
but there are several regular standbys
that are played day after day aud don't
fail once ~ twenty times one of these
is the palming trek. which can be done
by anybody after little practice, The
sucker hands you bill for 81, say, aud
you count the change all right into your
left hand. taking pans 10 have him see
you count il IhrI you turn your hand
over and empty the change into his hand
and he naturally puts II into his pocket
without sucuud counting, while the fact
is hes a half lOiar short. us YOU have
captured that half dollar in the palm Of
your left band
SD SHOW TRICKS.
"There's another way Of King a
small squeeze that's al the time beng
used at the boxO &C or the doors Of The
side.shows \ man calls for two tickets
at 80 cents eacl, we Il say, and pass up a
SIS bill. The tcketman SAYS hold out
your hand sir. tickets. 81. %, chicken.
feed. 81. 81 s.; next Now, the
man has Eot his tickets aud 50 Ia silver OF
notes, but the chickenfeed amounts 10
only 30 or 80 cents in nickleS and dimes
The crowd pushes him on; le sees the
ticNets aud dollars are all right aud in
his hurry To ret into the tent never thinks
TO count the mall change This is about
the only lriy The door.men or wagon. box
chaps of sRide management can afford
10 play, but when the crowd is big they
often ma more than 50 on il per day
for each tiCNet seller.
Every man in the gouge racket gang
is pretty good Judge Of human nature,
and from long practice is able TO pick out
a green horn at sight With such fel.
low they try the dodge that seems best
suited 10 his case. and the three methods
most usually adopted are rs 70 flows one
is ca led both cnds against the middle.
and is only worked on greeny who is in
big rush. aud who is 50 Hurried that he
don't know what he is doing. lie passes
over a - bin and the scaper hands him
the ticket. which costs 81 say. and three
81 bills aud says quite sharp as though
hc has no time fooling; here you are. sir,
your chec>. two. thr"a. four dollars, and
your uctrt five, IN lnat deal the
scalper muirs -, To- "a nine cas's out Of
ten, haylns lied their man right. the
sucker ans the change into his pocket,
and slides ! without an idea but that
lis ali SQUARE
AID "'.-S.- BACH"
when clap looks more caution.
they give him the double or nip. This
is "a pretty game, and il pa ed right will
capture most anybod.. In return for q
81 bill the SCalper hands over the ticket
and the right amount Of small change,
aud says Lets see, ! still. owe you ~.
Here they are-oae, two, three. four,
counting the money under the man eyes.
and then folding up the note, aud hand.
ing them to him. The man really only
gets -, for the Scalper has folded one of
the note, between his fingers so that when
he counts both ends of that noe repre-
scnts a dollar, while the man. having seen
the counting, puts the roll into his pocket
without ening IL
The boss game, however. is known TO
the ira lC rs push back, and is only
played by men who have pTacticed il till
they are slick as ees. The sucker comes
up to a seal err, who is standing around
with tickets in his hand for sale, aud
forks over "A ~, SO or 500 bill as the
case may hc The scalper takes The bill
in his right hand in which the tickets
are an goes down into his left pocket
for hange brin .ing up some, but not
enough Take this back says he, i
can change it, Haven't you something
smaller! The Sucker puts the bill back
in his pocket all crumpled up as 1t was
handed 10 him, and either brings out
enough silver TO paw for the ticket or
saws lac hasn't anything smaller. In the
latter case the sCaper saws all right, you
look like an houcst man and III trust you
with the tickets I'll have some change
betore you come out and you can pay me
then on goes the sucker, lickled TO
death, aud that's the last of him Now,
the beauty Of the business is that the
scalper had II bill crumpled up In his
hand under the ckets. and he made that
change places with the big bill while he
was apparently looking for change.
"Oncc Ia while a man lind S he's been
swinded aud begins tO make kick about
il. but il never results In a row nowadays.
for the sea per is always ready 10 square
his mal IA her than have a fuss This
last don pay, for 1t attracts too much at
tcution aud spells the further working Of