Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1888-02-17
A BRIGHT SCHEM Err.

A professional real estate 'boOmer"
while riding on horseback through the
pine woods of Arkansaw, came upon
peculiar looking fellow sitting under n
tree, deeply intereste in a sort OF diagram,
which, with short stick, lie was drawing
in the sand.
SLOW are you ?" SAID the boomer, DIS
mounting.
"Am't complainln'," the fellow replied
contemplating fresh mark which lie
made in the sand.
"You seem TO be laying offa town there"
"No, ain't doin' that nuther."
got on hand"
'No, it ain't that, nulher."
81 was in hopes 80. You see my bust
ness"
"No, didn't see yore bizness, nuther."
"Wait a minute. l say my business is
TO go into neiehborhood and Immediate
ly bring up the value Of land by stimulat-
ing spirit of speculation. Say for In
stance, that you've got one hundred acres
that you'd like to sell but for which you
have not found market. / see you re.
cretly and enter into an arrangement with
you. Shortly afterwards meet you at
the cross roads where you are sitting with
a number OF fellows. meet you as II for
the first time, fall into conversation, grad
ually come down to land matters and after
awhile ask you who owns certain tract.
You do. / would like to buy ii. You re-
gard the matter carlessly, just as observe
you are admirably fitted to do, and with
ont giving me any satisfaction, get up and
go off. Then take out sort OF map and
after looking over it for some time mum
BILE something about a new railroad, a. il
don't care about any ybody hearing ME and
after showing considerable anxiety con-
cerning you, ask where you have gone,
and start out to look for you. fail TO
find you and come back to the place where
the fellows are sitting. Finally | explain
nll about The new railroad, and speak Of
depot ia going to be located on your land.
1 start out TO look for you again, and while
I am gone you come back. BY this time
those fellows have formed a sort of syndi-
cate to cheat you out Of your place, The
leader begins to ask about your land, all
the time keeping sharp lookout to see
If am coming back, and the first thing
you know you've sold your place for ten
times as much as il is worth. After that
of course you give me certain per cent.
OF the money. See 2"
The diagtam-maker sprang to his feei,
knocked the boomer down and kicked him;
and AZ he was trying to get up. knocked
him senseless. When the boomer came TO.
he raised up and said:
evil you lei me 20 now7"
The peculiar-looking fellow glanced mp
from the diagram, upon which lie had re-
sumed work, and replied:
"Reckon you'd better"
The boomer got up, and, after brushing
the sand off his clothes, said.
Would you mind telling a stranger who
is acquainted with the social customs of
the community. why you thumped me
around that way?"
mo, wouldn't mind. Yon zee, a feller
with the same game come through hers
about month ago, an l was one Of the
fools that WAS roped into buyin' old sedge
field that ain't wuili ten cents"
"rhank you for your information. do
moi care to be inquisilive, but will you
please tell me what sort of a map that Is
you are working on no iniently"
~ am tryin' to see ef ken make map
showir' how railroad ken git round q
cypress swamp, over bayou, over a sand
mountain, through another swamp and
then git to the old field that possul Of MS
iellers bought. Stranger, reckon you'd
hetter mosy along, now."-ArkdnsaW Ifap-
eieT.