Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-07-23
Fleeing the E=arnHers.

Here's notice Of note I've cot to
pay that had much rather use To choke
Chicago dude with, \ said an angry
farmer as he started OIL toward the
bank with the piece Of paper rolled up
with hundred and twenty dollars with
which to redeem the note.
What's Chicago dude got to do
with it2y
IA good deal. I've cot 70 pay this
1920 and interest at one per cent. .
month for six months for about $50
worth Of cloth. But I'm not alone.
There's comfort ID that. Misery docs
love company. IT shows fellow isn't
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 youl Well. last
summer and fall the fellow came here
from Chicago to seIl lot Of goods be-
longing to busted dry goods firm. He
didn't sell the stuff in Denver, but went
among the farmers. He had the glib
best tongue I ever heard wag, and he
was actually the best and most accom-
modating fellow ever saw.
IA peddIer would starve to death out
IN our neighborhood. but this pesky sin
ner sold a lot Of goods to every one Of
my neighbors. He carried large amount
Of cloth with him, ana went through the
same programme everywhere be went. I
remember perfectly well how he conf
denced me. He had large amount Of
cloth, and said he was agent for an i'm
mense stock Of bankrupt goods. He got
me and my folks to look at them, and
told us he could let us have them at
wholesale price, and that set Of tailors
were following him, and would make up
the goods without extra cost to us, SO we
could get our clothing at about half Of
the usual price. Not only that. He didn't
care for the money now. That could be
paid in two or three or six months, just
as wished about it. There never had
been such q glorious chanceto save afew
dollars. The goods were evidently very
cheap. He showed me how much they
had been marked down.
II got enough for complete suit for
each Of the boys, and additional goods
until my bill reached 1920. Then he
brought out book full Of blank notes
and filed one out for me to sign, explain
ing all the time that he liked to accom-
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.
tsBut the tailor didn't come. talked
the matter over with my neighbors and
we Investigated and found that we had
cot about one-third the worth Of our
money. We also found that the notes
we gave 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; be had indorsed thenotes over to
his firm, and gone to new pastures green.
The notes were left with one Of our home
banks, and the last sinner Of US have had
to pay. He never accepted note except
where it was backed BY property. Over
twenty farmers that I know Of have had
to pay OF will have to pay soon, and
every one Of them were swindled. I
have heard Of more than hundred of
the notes, and suppose that they repre-
sent but small part Of the frauds opera
tions. You can put it down that the
next agent that comes along will meet
with anything but lucrative business,
and the indignant ranchman went off to
denounce the swindIe at the bank, accuse
that honorable institution with standing
in with the Chicago dude, and to pay the
note.-Denver COLI Times.