Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-10-03
Fleeing the Farmers.

fieeCiny the FARMERS.
"Heres q notice Of note I've got to
paw that | had much rather use to choke
a Chicago dude with said an angry
farmer as he started off toward the
bank with the piece of paper rolled up
with hundred and twenty dollars with
which to redeem the note.
whats Chicago dude got to do
with it,"
GA good deal I've got to pay this
$120 and interest at one per cent.
month for six months for about $50
worth of cloth. But I'm not alone.
There's comfort in that. Misery docs
love company. 1t shows fellow ism
the only fool in the world, which fur
nishes more consolation to me than you
might think
"Oh, you want to know about this
Chicago fellow, do you? Well, last
summer and fall the fellow came here
from Chicago>to sell lot of goods be-
longing TO busted dry goods firm. He
didn't sell the stuffin Denver, but went
among the farmers. He had the glib
best tongue | ever heard wag, and he
was actually the best and most accom-
modating fellow | ever saw.
"A peddler would starve to death out
in our neighborhood. but this pesky sin
ner sold lot of goods to every one of
my neighbors. He carried large amount
of cloth with him, and went through the
same programme everywhere he went. |
remember perfectly we'll how he conf
6enced me. He had large amount OF
cloth, and said he was agent for an i'm
mense stock of bankrupt goods. lie got
me and my folks to look at them, and
told us he could let us have them a.
wholesale price, and that set of tailor,
were following him, and would make ui
the goods without extra cost to US, SO VIZ
could get our clothing at about half
the usual price Not only that He didH I
care for the money now. That could 5
paid in two or three or six months, Jug
as | wished about it. There never
been such glorious chance to save 2 7
dollars, The goods were evidently,
cheap. He showed me how much tn
had been marked down. Sg
II got enough for complete suit ~
each of the bows. and additional good :
until my bill reached 1920. Then a"s
brought out book full OF blank note,
and filled one out for me to sign, expla-n
inc all the time that he liked to accons.
modate people. Then he paid seventy
five cents for dinner, saying that he
would not beat. he charged me for his
goods and wanted to pay for mine. He
was the best fellow you ever saw.
but the tailor didn't come. talked
the matter over with my neighbors and
we investigated and found that we had
rot about one third the worth of our
money. We also found that the notes
we cave were such that we would be
compelled to pay them. They had been
prepared with an eye to an emergency
like this. We couldn't find our glib
friend: he had indorsed the notes over to
his firm, and gone to new pastures green
The notes were left with one OF our home
banks. and the asst sinner of us have had
to pay He never accepted note except
where it was backed By property. over
twenty farmers that | know Of have had
to pay or will have to pay soon, and
every one of them were swindled. |
have heard Of more than hundred Of
the notes, and suppose that they repre-
sent but small part Of the frauds opera
tons You can put it down that the
next agent that comes along will meet
with anything but lucrative business, "
and the indignant rsnchman went of TO
dcnounce the swindle at the bank, accuse
that honorable institution with standing
I with the Chicago dude. and TO pay the
note Dsnctr (CoI.1 Times