Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-05-07

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Ons u tAe maay psttg ana0g aacss thss
stOressspeFs are subleet o. IL uhe pfo. ess
Of "ni,n dsnizn 3 fb- a0ld Is 1ot ~
he foaaa "a Ca 81 uoaarg, n0F. Ca that
ulastsT, 80 sa4a ~ tns sl.seFsps sxprss-
siosls m,de as ~ b. ths Vieauiiz-t shep-
keeper 20 Be has been rin -nanaaed-"
The tfies - oss1 ssf laiaai by rslauag ah
instance in oaiat fhsl came under d HsTatd
reporter 3 olset.a all3A- The reporter aa1
purchase @esi ia ei gar sllFs, ana
while sestinx ~ Iraalns laE Eaeiries there
satefsi the store sa lrlsh woman appar-
sAEiF . respectab. honest. ever law
working souiaa- 50 ASKED Tor tso oass
0f sfaoslas rooacee. They aere wrapped
gp f9i l-f ~ the lfnsn- slofese-f.eF. she
rendered a t~o-a Jar aih aad received ia
change. QUE Solar and -l shty 5ur cents.
Thea oesau the @nin- -haluin az" device.
NJ husband. sor, says these bags .
t~a for dfteea ats" she observed. aud
yoa are shsrgias ns sixteen cints, s9r."
Tn pr0Dfist0F sss8r-d her that the To-
bacee eo8id nos be solt At ths price stated.
'- fn-n give ms back BAL money I~ont
take rhear" sh- replied
The maa iid - she requested she mean
While retaining the u - ia changs Then
came point NJ. = Ia ths interesting
50 indie Ia came a man s.ith iauca bustle
snd asked for peany box 0f MATCHES, and
rendered quarter therefor Waile tue
storek6epsr ~ss making change for the
man, who vas the confederate of the
woman. an whose entry Is always op-
p0rtaueiy tinied 50 a. 60 divert the vie
tins att tentipn y hil the first ope stor is
makius ths final steps % .et out with the
goots she change, and the original pur-
chase money rendered, the woma, kept
hsrpins on the dearness of the tobacco.
The inan having gone, "a woman pointed
70 some other bands Of tobacco on the
shelves, and there ensued conversation
about prices OF tobacco Ia general. The
upsbot was that the woman took up the
originsl packages OF tobacco aud logiily re-
marked that after al "a clint was neither
here nor there with her" Under cover Of
another customer who came in and who
may or may not have been a confederate
also the woman vent out With two bags Of
tobacco, sl.s4 in change and her own two
dollar bill. That is how the conhding
sAPFAecfel - nun -Hdiihuci-
The store keeper, when told by the re-
porter that he minus the two dollar
bill, just waited long enough % verify the
fact, and theu tore madly around the
counter, dashed out OF the door, glared
wildly up and down the street, and, catch
ing sight of the "fiun Hammeuss" wad-
dins hastily across the street, he gave
chase, swOOped down upon her, and made
her return TO the store, where. upon a
threat OF immediate arrest she returned
the change and tobacco. IL occurred TO
the reporter while the store keeper was
prancins down the street how easy it
might have been for third confederate 70
have been lurking around wal iuS for just
such contingency as the proprietor's
tea porsry vacation Of the shop and profit
ing thereby pull the damper."
There are some variations TO this
"ssm-," as, FOR instance, the III m fam
mer" might have asked for d dollar till
after the purchase, carelessly remarking
that ne OF she dldn'I care ITO be cartins
aroand 50 much small chan.e." Having So
cured the dollar bill, the operator would
hand back eighty -four cents o. course
the man behind the counter would say that
sur IAAu-c was HHpIb OF Nplitf. Inc
swindier would th, n loftily wish to know
II the st,re-Sreper vas not aware that the
price of tobacco made up the sum la king
tue round dollar. The victim now becomes
ROuplusssd, amt that Is Just the condition
the schemrr desires MIN % be in.
NO! NOW assevrrates the storekeeper.
VINO IL now getting ansry, with a faint
glimmer dawning upon him that all is not
right More pickering follows, until the
"him Hammer" gets his subject property
worked up. and ia n com S ri. coup le
grace. The r0sue snat hes up the bone OK
contention the eishty-fou cents remain
in untouched upon the counter-and pull
Ing out a dollar throws it aud the eighty
T four cents and the tobacco down with a
+ vicious slam, and vociferOusly demands
his two dollar bill, and intimstss that he
wants to set as far away he can and as
soon as he can from such luukhead of a
storekeeper. The storekeeper, who is now
at a white heat, generally gets eau ght at
this juncture He fires the twO-dollar bill
AZ his troublesome customer, a parting
growl Is exchanged AMI the film fam
mer" bolts out With original two dollar
bin and the one dollar hill the changing OF
which had caused all th- final row. The
game v worked in this way with from a