News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1892-06-09
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An Ingenious Joke.


Practical Jokes are never quite 50
thoroughly satisfactory as when they
react on the perpetrator. A gentle
man who is noted for his fondness for
pleasantly attempted the other day
TO have a little amusement at the ex.
pense of his wife. He was passing
along the street when a toy in a win
dow attracted his attention. The
more he examined it the more he be-
came convinced that il possessed
great possibilities in the way of mys-
tifying his friends and thus entertain
ing himself He purchased one and
started home in great glee.
The toy was a little contrivance
with two rollers and a crank like "A
clothes-wringer. IL was very APP
propriately called a magic money
maker, for II piece Of paper wefeput
between the rollers and the crank
turned there would come out on the
other side a new crisp bill--$1. 50,
$40, in short bill of any denomina-
tion within the limits OF the opera
tors financial condition.
The secret was simple enough.
Both rollers were hollow, and into
one several bills were carefully rolled.
The turning of the crank rolled the
piece of paper into one cylinder and
at the same time one of the enclosed
bills was rolled out of the other. The
secret was supposed to be known
only to the operator.
To insert plain piece of white or
brown paper between che rollers and
to take out of the other side so
bill was, of course, mysterious and
interesting performance the gentle
man promised himself considerable
amusement.
He secured several new so bills
and after practicing the trick once or
twice went home.
What have yougot there?" asked
his wife.
"Sh-" he exclaimed, raising his
hand warningly. Don't say word
III tell you all about il after n while.
It's a new invention I've got hold of
and our fortune is made"
He put the machine carefully on the
table and asked her to cut him n
which she did.
"Now," he said, suppose you
would like nice crisp $40 bill,
wouldn't you?"
"Why she,'' she replied, touched by
such spontaneous and unusual gener-
osity, II dare say could find plenty
of uses for a new SO bill, or even an
old one."
''Very well, my dear, you shall have
one" And starting between the roll
lers the piece of paper she had cut
him out he turned the crank, and
out from the other side rolled "A crisp
greenback, which he passed 10 her
saying, 81 think you will concede my
dear, that this is the quickest way Of
making money you ever saw"
She stood for a moment speechless
with astonishment. Then she eX-
claimed; "Why, what in the world
are you doing? Don't you know you
will be arrested for conterieiting?
Stop it, and throw that thing right
away
II dare say" continued her hus-
band, "you could use another ten.
You can have il just as well as not.
And cutting another piece from the
newspaper he rolled il in, and rolled
out a second bill.
81 tell you, George" exclaimed the
now excited woman, "You shall not
do this. Somebody'll find il out and
you will be arrested. Ill destroy the
counterfeits just as fast as you
moke them ~ And before her
knew what she was doing
she caught up the two bills and tore
them into twenty pieces. The un-
joker spent his leisure time
for the next week in pasting the frag-
ments together.-Youth's Compan-
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