The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-07
OLD GOLD AND SILVER.
How IL Is Bought by Those Who Folio
the Business.

How IL Is Bought by Those who Follow
the Business.
Recently reporter sat during half an
hour in gold rehner's Office and saw
about dozen people come in with old
gold and silver TO sell. They repre-
sented nearly every condition of life
save the more prosperous. The counter
was screened like one in bank. Behind
Il stood keen-eyed young man, who
seemed to possess the ability to deter
mine the quality of metal at glance.
Two young men of doubtful appearance
entered and offered for sale gaudy
breast pin. The clerk glanced at it and
said: "Plated; don't want it," The
young men left, and the clerk turning
to me said eve don't buy stolen prop
erty."
The next to enter was an old man
sale. The clerk took out the movement
and then tested and weighed the case.
"Eighty-six cents" said he.
"Whatw almost shrielted the old fell
low. "Only eighty-six cents? That's a
swindle. Give me back that case.
Eighty-six cents for silver watch case,
indeed" and he left in high dudgeon.
"Silver watch cases contain so much
alloy, sometimes, that there is very little
silver in them, and we value jewelry
only for the bullion we can get out of
it," said the clerk, in answer to my in
quiring look.
A young lady and half-grown girl
came in. They were both nicely dressed
and seemed to be in good circumstances.
The young lady looked around mod
estly, and then hesitatingly drew out OF
handbag an oXidized silver hairpin, a
thin bracelet of the same material, and
still another little silver trinket.
"What are these worth, please?" she
said, passing them to the clerk. They
were soon undergoing the tests of the
truth telling acids and scales. Fifty
four cents, ma'am," said he.
80, my! is that ALP" the woman
asked in "a tone showing great disap
pointment. "Isn't that pin real silver?'
"Yes, ma'am," said the unsentimenta'
clerk, but it's very light
"Well, give me the money" she said
blushing. eve found so many pretty
things in the stores that we forgot K
save enough money for car fare" Ant
tossing the coin which the clerk gave
her into her handbag, she left.
"Now, there is a case" said the young
man. 'If she had been of the same sor
as good many people she would have
gone to o pawnshop. She probably
wouldn't have got any more, if as much
as l gave her, but she could have re
deemed them. We make only actua
purchases. We pay very nearly full
bullion value, and every thing we bu,
goes into the crucible, for our customer
are chiefly jewellers.
We often get things in that way iron
people who do not want to disgrac
themselves, as they think, by going to
pawnshop." Just then a seedy old mai
came in and gave the clerk a lace pin
In Il husky voice he said he had jus
: found it.
"Don't want it, said the clerk.
"Honestly, 1 found it. Won't yo
give me enough to get drink with?
! appealed the bum"
"No, it's BRASS" replied the crue
: clerk.
"Just my luck" whined the tramp, a
, he shutfied out.
And so they kept going and comm
with gold and with dross, each seekin
: to convert some old symbol of pleasar
, regard or vanity into that which woul
procure actual necessaries or crafty al
petite.-Jeweler'S Weekly. o