The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-16
HOW THEY GOT FvFN
The Jokes Two Young Dry Goods
Clerks Got On ach Other.


practical joke played by two dry goods
clerks on each other has caused as much
talk among the statesmen as the early clos
ing movement did few months ago. Mr..
McGulre, an Augusta carpenter, was in
Savannah two weeks ago, and, talking with
some OF his brother HiDerlans he said that
ne had been made a liberal offer 20 go to
Oreytown as agent Of a big dry goods house
on the Nicaragua canal, but ne had de-
clined the offer
One of the convivial party went to his
room few hours later, and seeing chance
10 play joke on a brother salesman, told
MIN that he had accepted an offer of $275
per month in dry goods house in San Juan
de Nicaragua, aud would leave il a few
days. When questioned TO know if any
more clerks were wanted he uld Z say,
but he was under the impression that two
or three more would be engaged His friend
was instructed to write to fictitious pers IN
at Macon, the alleged agent. The let er was
intercepted and answered by referring him
TO the agent at New Orleans. Through this
correspondence the victim was engag d at
salary OF $2@0 per month and was in
structed as to how he should conduct him
self In Nicaragua. Last Saturday he
received letter addressed jointly to hi n
self and the man who was victimizing him,
asking them to meet the agent at Charles
t n. Early Sunday morning the duped
party was up and awoke his friend, who
said he was very sick, and he would have to
go to Charleston alone.
This was what the enthusiastic Young
lrlshman wanted, as he was somewhat
envlous that his friend was to get $275 per
month and himself only $3.50 He con-
graduated himself that he would make
such an impression upon the age t that ne
would be made floor-walker, and be over
his etter paid friend.
Arriving at Charleston he was met bv a
telegram from the alleged agent 81 aUing
that ne had gone on TO Savannah, and
would be found at the Screven house. The
young man returned on the first train to be
met at the Screven house by letter, in
STRUGGLING him to take five grains of qui-
nine day, to wear silk sack
containing equal parts of asafetida and
lodoform to ward off yellow fever, which
was epidemic az Nicaragua and prepare to
leave by Nov. /. The general laracter of
the letter was such as to show him That he
had been badly duped, and his indignation
was unbounded. There is little doubt that
he would have challenged the practical
joker to mortal combat, but friends inter-
posed and suggested practical joke in
turn.
Day before yesterday the first Joker
stable served warrant on him as he was
leaving the store for dim It, in which it was
set forth that he was guilty Of malicious
mischief. causing deponent loss of money
and great distress of mind by reason of a
so-called practical joke The warrant was
TO appear before a fictitious magistrate in
the Thu iderbjlt district, whose name was
the same, but with different initials, of
an ex-magistrate in thaG district, and
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he had been charged in county
court, so that he would be unable to
give bond at once, and would have to go
TO Jail. After tramping three miles out in
the country, he was Informed that the
whole thing was joke, and intended to be
reciprocal. 1t is not considered safe.
though, to ask the would-be Central Amer
lean when he got back from Nicaragua, or
to ask his friend If he is out on bail after
his mock arrest by a colored constable, and
the humiliation to the practical joker which
| attended the arrest