Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-02-21
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1t is too bad Judge Bradstreet did not
impose the maximum penalty upon the
law breaker and thus rid the commu-
nifty of a pest. Policy playing is one of
the forms of gambling that finds its vic
Tins among the working people. It is a
successful depleter of the pockets of
those who can ill afford to maintain the
policy kings, who, as a rule, dress well,
live easily, and toll not, neither do
pectation which they hold out to the I'M
thinking. To the uninitiated it is suffi
cient to say that policy playing is laying
wager, usually small. upon the APP
pearance of any particular number, or
set of numbers, of IS which are drawn
in the Kentucky lottery each day. If
such numbers appear the person who
has invested, or laid the wager gets
double, treble, ten fold, or one hundred
fold according to the circumstances of
the wager. The nomenclature of policy
playing is unique and comprises such
unintelligible terms Ito the unsophisti-
cated) as straight numbers gigs"
saddles, "hOrses" and the like, all of
which are familiar terms to those who
invest. AS a pocket drainer it is par
ticularly effective among many of the
working people.
When the average business man
undertakes to write an advertisement,
he makes mistake-he writes from his
point of view. He doesn't know how to
write from the readers point of view.
An exception to the rule is John
Moria1ty, whose advertisement is usually
of most interesting character His
style is peculiar to himself, thus giving
his advertisement an indiViduality-a
conspicuous ness not usually attained by
the Inexperienced. If proof of the popu-
larity of Mr. Moriarty's advertisements
be desired | have it in postal card
which lies before me, written by a sub
scriber whose paper was missed" twice
the present week. Among other things
he says: why not print Il few more
papers and have one left at--Bank
Street every evening. 1 was deprived of
mine Tuesday and Thursday and was
sadly disappointed when l could not
read the news of the day and get tips
from the Waterbury Furniture com
pany."
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4 new swindle has succeeded the
graveyard insurance" gouges of IL few
years ago. Credulous and speculative
persons are being enticed into putting
their hard earnings into certain asSocia-
tions or perseverance clubs that promise
large returns when your turn comes"
for very small Payments. l venture to
say that not one in a hundred will in a
year hence see a dollars return of the
money they pay into these wild cat
schemes, outside of the fat picking for
the officers and a favored few. BY no
mathematical demonstration can any of
these schemes be shown to be able to
fully carry out their promises. Their
promoters say that they will be kept
alive by what they vaguely call per
petuation' and by lapses, and they point
to regular insurance companies as ex-
| ampleS of the immense profits to be
leading and false. An organization
based largely on the principle that big
proportion of its members will drop out,
either from poverty or from failure to
observe some regulation made by a
secret supreme council of which they
are probably ignorant, and that their
money will go to pay the claims of
| members of more means OK better post
ed, is essentially based on a fraud and
| cannot look for any prolonged existence
| after its true nature has been discovered.
Very few people understand the object
of Burdett Loomis of Hartford in petit
tioning for a charter for the righC to
manufacture water gas in this city.
The fact is that Mr. Loomis is a
patentee of a new process for making
water gas and claims it to be the best
and cheapest method. He probably has
no idea of ever engaging in its manu-
facture here, but if he gets the right to
do so, he has franchise that can per-
haps be sold to parties who will. He
has his process to sell and if the United
Gas Improvement comp ny would buy
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withdraw his petition. He has made
application for like privileges in Hart
ford, Meriden and New Britain.
The advance agent of the Uncle Toms
Cabin company Casino, next week.
while sitting in the office of Bank
street hotel, yesterday, invited the habi-
tues of the place to join him in game
of pool, and boosted that he could beat
the whole outfit singly or in clusters.
He Dragged so vociferously that some of
the boys determined to make an eX-
ample of him, and Fred Harvey, the
champion pool player of the state. was
quietly brought in. After few pre-
liminaries a game was arranged between
the Snowman and Harvey, the former
spotting the champion five balls. He
was allowed to win the game, and then,
after much solicitation, Harvey agreed
to play another game for 81 side, and
won. Still another game was played
for small amount and Harvey again
won Ry very narrow margin. Then
the Snowman acknowledged that he was
too heavily handicapped, but declared
that he could spot Harvey three balls,
and wagered his last dollar that he
would win. The game was played and
Harvey pocketed every ball before the
Snowman had time to chalk his cue.
About this time it dawned upon the vic
tim that he had been taken in. In
future when he strikes a provincial
town he will be more careful.
STAUB Is ALL RIGHT
He Has Full Authority by Law to Act
as Comptroller of .thisLstate. ga
Acting State Treasurer Henry. be
cause of large responsibilities as the dis
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