The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-11-11
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a@e1f9m sale OF Old Morse
Ibs unclaimed packages which acGH.
ngnlaAs ars den1uinated ID the paFianoa
q the express companies. As Oh HOEs.
Or Oh Hoss. Aftsr the packages haEa
remainell . certain length Of time IN
ola5mai Or nnealled for, they are sold
at publie Engfiou 10 the highest bidder,
fho propee8s going 10 swell The profit
ef the express company. The package
ara listed and naEabeEsd bat are sol
unopened 90 that the purchaser never
knows uhat be Is buying and occasion.
Ally package c8ntaining q valHsbis
artiela or articles il sold for mere song,
and ct other times the package SEQ,
posed 10 bs qaita valuable and which
sells for a corresponding snn. contains
perhaps. fsw old clothes or hack mum,
Der patent medicine advertisements,
etc. in which cass the victim purchas,
ing Is the bRtt Of passing jokes, and
wishes bis curiosity and capidity lad
been less.
An ''old hOss" sale took place at tbs
old National bank builaing last Satur,
day which afforded great deal Of
amusement to the bybtaBdeEB. "A
prominent livery stable proprietor mada
several investments, one Of the priBoi
pal ones being a package OF spatent ont
ualsidss for the St. Landry Democrat
bssriag date lS90. "A prominent mer-
chant bonght q very superior lot Of
haynes nlmsnaeE, a certain ex-mer.
chant, whose rotand form betrays his
-picurean tastes, bought bird that
might have been in an edible condition
two years ago. A well known elderly
gentleman Of the leefl fraternity Was
the fortunate purchaser OF "fCTuide 10
Health" A prominent physician had
knocked off 10 him lot Of patent pills
Rberenpon another physician standing
0y. remarked soto rocs that il Doc
@onld confBs himself 10 the use of
these pills he sw0ald be much more sBc-
esssful in his practice. Uncle George
Ryan bought a full set OF burglars Tools
and may expect hereafter 30 be andgr
ths snFvillis0Cs Of the police. Another
sromlDent merchant and 81 ez-eaudi
date vent partners on a package, which
from its size and general appearance
Indicated great value, but the air was
blue with profanity when its opening
disclosed about 40 pounds OF old SHOW
bills,
Our contemporary bought a Saratoga
frank supposed Eo contain clothing,
aud he remarked 10 the boys that be
Rould nov be able 10 don q new suit
tsios week. We did'not sss the trunk
opened bBt it swaa rumored sEonnd that
Ehe only contents OF she irunk was the
cast CT garments OF some dnsky damsel;
this howeFer may have been a lIe started
ey tbs american man. Two sell know
young men puojed and boughta seduet-
i've looking package for three bright
doliars and vent behind the house 10
examine the prizes they were iolioved
aud observed 10 pull forth q bottle Of
patent medicine wIth q prominent letter
G. on tine wrapper. One Of the
Young men remarked that 1t WAS Just
the medicine he needed, from which
Se concluded be had the cb5ls ~ or
como other mElady.
The SagartoWn man bought pack
age containing some kind Of a surgical
appliance, the use Of which be did net
understand He went 10 q phyRioizn
Who explained il to ban, wbeEeupon he
said he would make it q present 10
yORBg friend Of his
The sale vent merrily on with various
Eesaits until ADctioneer KleiRpeier had
dispOsed Of the last package. Very
little OF zeal value MAS sold and most of
the purchasers departed ssdder and
Riser men. We can't say that We had
much sympathy with the Fiesims as
they we're aetuAtsd by the same motive
that prompts the investor in a lottery
ticket, VIZ: 10 get something for
nothing.