Western Kansas world., 1886-10-30

Q get nd Of the presents TO his frse VII.
md could not dispose Of them in Chi
ago very we'll lest some Of those vho
bought them might make the discovery.
70 he came to me and sold the whole lot
Tor 30 much an ounce, according to tieir
weight, that IL, little more thsn the
price Of old silver. The more work
there is on silver dish the cheaper 1
can sell it in proportion"
Then he opened box and allowed M
q lovely ice cream set-s central dish
with solid silver cupid for q handle.
SIX smaller dishes for serving the cream
and aix spoons, all lined with gold and
beautifully designed. "These cost at
one Of the finest houses in the city. S225.
l ask $S5 for them. I suppose" he con-
tinued, that there are 5000 trunks filed
with silver in the storeage warehouses Of
this city. In time people grow tired of
paying storage on them. Sometimes 1
buy two or three trunks full day. A
Lady came into my store few days sincs
and sold me trunk full. All / could
give her was 500. She remarked that
that was just the sum she had already
Pald out for storage. Duplicate we'd
d1ng presents are very common. Often
BRIDE will receive half tdozen clocks,
dozen castora, and three or four tea
sets. She decides to sell one, and picks
out the least attractive or the one which
was presented by some one for whom abe
cares very Little. Here is just such .
ses sald Mr. johnson, opening q mag
nlhcent black French walnut box. ut
was made BY the German Manufacturing
company, was sold by q we'll known
house OF John street, and cost 500. I
can sell 1t for $500. The box alone cost
500. Here are six magnificent pieces
wmcn nave never been used.
"And here" handing me naus.me
hammered silver soup tureen, made in
the shape of turtle, '.is q dish which
cost $3.50 at Tiffany's. I will sell it for
$500. It was brought in here by q
young man from Wall street, who was
married not long ago. He is the son o
one OF the best known Americans. Do
not ask me why he sold it. I do not
know. There may have been q thousand
reasons. You can guess a. well az l."
The next article inspected was an old
English soup tureen standing on large
silver platter. For the dish alone $3.50
was paid. The platter was worth 800
more. The whole could be bought Of
Mr.. Johnston for $3.50, difference of
$500. An exquisite silver vase, with rose
in relief on one side, which cost 485, was
offered for $40. Jewellers in all parts Of
the country send word to Mr.. Johnston
that they have lot Of wedding presents
on hand, which from motives of delicacy
cannot be sold in Keokuk. or Nashville,
or Albany, and will he purchase them
and throw them upon the great metro
politan market? So they come to New
York and fill the shelves of the Bowery
store, where customers throng in search
for bargins.
Recently q gentleman called on Mr..
Johnston and picked out silver tea ket-
tie for $3.50, which he proposed to buy
for wedding preasent. He agreed to
call the next forenoon and conclude the
bargain. Failing to do SO the silver tea
kettle stood on the shelf in sight of GUS
toners. In the afternoon lady came
in and picked out 81, 200 worth of silver
ware. including the tea kettle. OF course
the man came back the next day, hot to
pay far the kettle and take it away. He
was told tnat it had been sold. He was
furious. The lady was appealed to. She
insisted upon that identical kettle or she
would not take piece of silver out Of
the house. 1t was regular tempest in
teapot, with man hclding the spout
and woman at the handle. Matters
we're finally arranged. It was agreed
that the $130 kettle should be duplicated
by Titan! & c.. This was done, but
Mr.. Johnston had to pay 1926 for the
duplicate. So sometimes, as it will be
seen, duplicate wedding present" il
very costly to the jeweler who duplicates
it.