Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1888-10-24

il remains until the chilly winls OF No
vember arrive, when it is rede amed and
the summer clothing takes is place.
One popularity was learned about winter
clothing that is pawned, and that is that
the pawnbrOkers' stores in the more FASH
iOnable portion Of the city have lively
custom in sealskin sacks, which are
pledged m early spring and by people
who do not need the money.
How do you account for thisi" was
asked the clerk.
"Well, many Of these women who
own sea.skiEs seem TO prefer bringing
them o. Us instead OF taking them 70 a
regular turner's. We handle them and
Keep them with as much care as they do
In those stores, and we give good value
on sealskin, as a good article is ALWAYS
marketable. The women get the money,
and think they imagine that if any
thing should happen that The store should
be burnt, or so on, that their loss would
not be so great"
1t is in the poorer districts Of the city,
however, where poverty hourishes, that
the pawnbrokers do a thriving trade.
There are numerous families whose Sun
day clothes are taken out of pawn regu-
larry on Saturday night ard pledged again
on Monday. 1T is always the oman who
brings the bundle, p" continue the clerk,
land | am SO well acquainted With dog
ems Of them that never open he bum
die. They get the same amul NJ with
unfailing regularity. For acl pawn
bundles the loan averages from :, 10 $40.
rarely more. sThe poor peoIla bring
everything to 'us--clocks. irons. wash
boards, rolling pins, -ilmost
every article you can imagine OF utility
in house. Sometimes they are in the
most battered state. and it is onlv be-
cause they bring a number OF them
that they can get any money at all ON
them. Banjos, violins. accordions. cor
nets and all kinds of musical instru-
ments are brought to US. Jewelry and
watches and chains are also sobjects
which are pawned with the greatest fire.
quency. Do we loan fair value on theml
Well, hardly. After all. jewelry and
gems anu diamonds are harder to sell
than most people imagine, so that we
have 10 have toierably big margin on
the safe side. Now, on solid gold orna-
ments or chains you can get nearer the
intrinsic value than on anything else you
take TO a pawnbroker's. You see. the
carat or quality Of the gold is known,
and then il is simply question Of the
weight, and we can venture 20 loan more
on this class of goods than others because
the gold can always be turned into
money.
II knew a swell said the clerk, ''or
rather a would he swell-he was a clerk
with a down town iirm-who pawned
his signet ring aud watch and chain with
me every Tuesday for two wears. On
Saturday afternoons he would redeem
them. Sundays he would disport him
self in them, and, curiously enough, also
on Monday, but on Tuesday they would
have to 60 10 his 'uncle's.' He would
also redeem them 10 wear on general
holidays, such as the Fourth Of July,
Christmas and so on. That fellow. in
the two years, / am almost certain,
nearly paid us the full value of his ring,
"oiNh dhd tudin III ilAtIeSl.
"It is also mistake TO imagine that
il is the poor people who are the most
frequent patrons Of pawnshops. People
who are well TO do, who would be
shocked at the suggestion of their
uncle visit us. / assure you, quite
often. They always enter the Office
stealthily and glance around furtively as
II afraid they might be recognized.
Even people who are reputed extremely
wealthy resort to the pawnbroker's on
more occasions than you imagine.
Sports are good customers. They always
indulge layishly in diamonds and jew
elry, and, strange as il may seem, they
never part with them. They will not
sell them outright, but il they get broke
they put them in soak They are good
customers Of the pawnbroliers, are sport
ing men. Yes, sir."-New York Press.