News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-11-12
7Ae FOOL AND HIS "roAOsKNs"

Two Bunko shnrps Tackle TIE WINS
ri Ar. sadly disappointed
r,,asdoy forenoon Erastus j. Moul-
tbrop. a well know farmer, VINO lNes "
little distance west of the Shepau2 ue-
80 raceiyed a call from well appear
IL, stranger. who introduced hlInsei
80 s.NTr Chase" an officer of the wa
,orburv Clock company who SAID that
Lo had gao. 600 which he had decided
70 invest in real estate, and would me
70 look over Mr.. Moulthrop's iarlh'
which he had heard was for sale. mr.
Chase" had n horse and carriage' when
ne had hired of Seth Pratt, and ne ana
Mr. Noulthrop got i'm the carriage ana
drove TO the south portion OF the iarih
ON the Plumb Hill road. Here they
cot out to view the land ana were
Joined by a simple looking individual,
who carried "A tin trunk.
The third party, who did not appear
vorv bright. remarked that he had
come from the south TO sell some IRON
mining securities, and had disposed OF
them TO advantage i'm Philadelphia Tor
.stoadskins.n but had lost loo In
New York. When asked what he
meant by "toadskins," the stranger
opened his tin box and began to take
out fistfuls of bills and silver certificates
and throw them on the stone wall
The box seemed TO be full Of money.
When asked how he had lost his 81, 600
IN New York, the stranger took irOin
his pocket "A handkerchief, and after
untying il took out three cards, two OF
which were plain white on the face and
the third red.
He then proceeded TO show how lac
had made a wager that NO one could
tell the red card as il lay, face down
ward on the handkerchief, affel-a New
York man had been able to pick itout
Still, it wins very difficult thing V
do" and he would wager that neither
"Mr. Chase" or Mr.. Moulthrop could
tell the red card.
Chase" took up the cards, and
while the stranger was gathering up his
money from the stone wall quickly
turned down the corner Of one card
and offered to take the bet. When tie
cards were shufiled again Of course
Chase" picked out the right card ana
won. Then Moulthrop was requested
TO put up some money and try IL, but
he refused, saying he had no money
and despite the urgent request of the
fellows he refused 10 bet Finally
'Chase" suggested that they might as
we'll leave the sinpleton and return;
but he and Moulthrop had not duv-
en- far on the way TO the latter's
house when the alleged "Chase" said
that it was not right TO leave such n
foolish fellow with such "A large sum Of
money, and that they ought TO see that
it was safely deposited in the bank for
him, and he turned TO drive back, but
Moulthrop decided that he had seen
about all of the gentleman's company
that he desired TO, and left him.
Whether benevolent "Mr. Chase"
was successful in his effort to induce
the poor, foolish fellow" TO put his
money in the bank is not known, but
he evidently thought he would look
elsewhere for "A farm, as he drove Dir.
Pratt's horse TO Cornwall bridge aud
left it to be returned by the stage
driver. From some inquiries he made
previously about the road to New Nil
ford, perhaps he is thinking of pur-
chasing i'm that town. What has lc-
come of the card man with the toad
skins" is not known, but II is certain
that he got hold of the wrong sort ol a
man when he tried TO pluck Assessor
Moulthrop. Waterbury American.