Omaha daily bee., 1888-09-09

a cheap revolver, that WHOLESALERS at
Sl.G5, and cries bid of $3.50 on it. If
any stranger enters the place, he is
asked to examine the weapon that ire
tails up town for $3.50, and to raise the
bid. If he raises it, the revolver is sold
to him, if motif is Immediately knocked
down to the capper, who is told to go
back and settle with the bookkeeper.
Golden then desires to call the atten-
tion of his audience to a lot of goods that
do not belong to the regular chattel
mortgage sale, but were left there by
lady to be sold: the lady wanted to
limit them at $50, but Golden, with the
desire that his customers shall obtain
bargains, does not take goods on limit.
He then produces blank book, and
shows 10 the stranger page or two filled
with memo randums like the following:
Miss Alice Graham. Independence,
Mo.
l watch. INSTRUMENTATION. $35.O 90
L cnaln ........... .............. li.OO
l diamond ring. ............ ...... 25.OO
l set Jewelry, 3 pieces. ............ 700
No limit. INSTRUMENTATION. SS9. 90
'The entire lot cost the lady $3.50 and
there amt a dollars limit on them.
Buy them at your own price" and with
these words Golden produces u watch,
cost Wholesale $40, a chain, cost 50 a
dozen, ring So dozen, and set of
jewelry consisting of earrings and
breast-pin costing 81 "a dozen, making
the entire lot cost him less than 49, %.
Capper No. l then examines the
watch, praising its beauty and offer to
give $S for the whole lot. The actioneer
pretends to understand him to say $2S
and cries a bid of $2S. Capper No.
cerrects him, and is ridiculed by the
auctioneer for his cheek in expecting to
get a lot of goods that cost $S9 for $S.
Capper No. = turns to the stranger, in
forms him that he agrees with the auc-
tioneer, and bids 50 for the lot Auc-
tioneer turns to the stranger, appeals to
him to make bid of $40.
If, at this stage of the game, the
stranger should bid SO for the lot, the
cappers will not raise the bid, and the
auctioneer will cry his bid of so for
short time, appealing to his cappers to
do, eXcusing themselves by saying
they have no more money,
anc expressing regret that they
have to lose such bargain. The goods
are knocked for 80 and the sucker de-
parts, trying to make up his mind
whether to pawn the goods for $40 or
whether to keep them until they get
more valuable, for did not one of the
gentlemen who were unable to buy be-
cause they did not have enough money,
assure him that $40 was the least any
pawnbroker would loan on the goods,
and did not the other gentleman tell
him that the watch was one Of an ex-
ceedingly rare make that increased in
value as it grew older!
While he is trying to make up his
mind what to do the auctioneer is
charging up S6.75 to the profit side OF
the account, and getting ready for the
next victim.
But, to resume, if the stranger does
not bid, the cappers bid against each
other. until finally it is knocked down
to capper No. for $50, who steps up
and offers to pay 80 down, and the bal
ance when he gets through husking his
corn or some other piece Of labor. The
auctioneer informs him, in language
more forcible than polite, that $40 will
not pay bill OF $50, and if he only had
80 he had no business to bid $50, and
ends with asking the stranger, "How
much cash will you give for the lot?
Don't bid unless you've got the cash.
Capper No. remarks that as he has
only so with him he can't bid more
than so, which bid is promptly raised
by capper No. to Sll. The auetioneer
then bewails his hard luck