The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-27
OUR BOSTON LETTER.
is Death kslnS Its TeIroE to City
DVollerS I?
CITY AND COUNTRY CONYRASTED.
Auction Sales --smuggied Goods Some
Things to be Avoided-An Expensive
--Rociing-chaired Out OF once
Resignation OF DE. jerks.

dwellers N the big citiesi i think In q
measure ii is went out to village, a
little place nesting down between green
hills last week, and there witnessed
burial How sad, but how quiet 1t seemed
The dead had been one Of the towns lead
Ing citizens and he had died full Of years.
and, Of honors conferred upon him by his
townsmen. His was the most notable
obsequies that had been held In the place
for years yet there was no demonstration;
no one considered it necessary or fitting
that the village band should parade the
streets; that uniformed men should follow
the corse to its last resting place, or that
hired mourners should accompany the
funeral cortage with bowed heads. The
man was mourned; the bended heads and
tear stained eyes of the saddened people
that filled the meek little church where
the services were conducted spoke more
eloquently than words. His was funeral
sad as II was simple, and the day one
which will long dwell in the memory Of
those present.
How different was that Of one of Boston's
distinguished sons who died short time
ago. This man like the other had won in
the struggle with fame and he, too, had
gone to his long rest the bearer of many
honors. Yet the people who followed his
body to the grave were a different people
than the other There was martial music
not one but several bands, hundreds of un-
formed men with dancing plumes, fash
ing sabers and prancing steeds, carriages
filled with people and others loaded with
q wealth OF floral offerings that had come
from all parts OF New England. IL was
described in the papers as gorgeous"
'great" "magnifcent' aud awe inspir-
Ing" So il was aud so was the other, but
they were different.
One was the type Of country life, the
other of the city. The first was marked
by its sad simplicity, the second by its
sublime greatness The end In each case
was the same, e,-mother earth, but the re-
suits were different. Boston has today all
but forgotten the death OF her son; that
village loss will dwell with it's people for
years
Death in city is not like death else
where. Here one drops out Of sight and as
the great public looks at it another takes
his or her place and the world jogs on. You
can see people dropping about you every
day, and SO long as you and yours escape
the reaper you look on with indifference.
after time funeral loses it's horror and
unless there is unusual display IL passes
you without thought being bestowed
upon the probable victim. Young or old
1t is the same. You do not know them and
care as little for them dead as you did alive,
until now in Boston an ordinary funeral
press.
AS you walk up Washington street any
day you will notice several red flags flying
from different store fronts and probably
also an announcement reading something
like this Auction sale today. This COM
plete stock to be closed ont regardless Of
cost" Perhaps in addition to this there
will stand near the store entrance red
faced, wheezy-voiced man, who invites you
TO enter and sieze the great bargains II
you are innocent you will probably inn
agine that some poor fellow is being closed
out Mt a forced sale and that his loss will
be your gain when you get inside. But il
you are not so unlearned In city ways you
will know that that same flag has been
flying for years at or near the same place
4 The forced sale and closing out part of
the thing is rank fraud. The goods
offered for sale, auction goods made to sell
and not to do service and much that is
offered is not worth carrying away at any
price. These men year after year live upon
the credulity of the visitors to the city.
They lie about the stock offered for sale
and its value, have confederates to assist in
securing good price and are In some
cases simply poor representatives of the
bunco men Of whom so much Is said and
written.
do not mean to say that there are no re-
putable dealers who sell at auction because
that is not the fact, but / do wish to warn
every one against the "mock auction"
shops that flourish because people will
persist in trying to get gold dollars for so
cents. That is something you cannot do
and the sooner you recognize the fact the
better off you will be.
Another fellow you should avoid Is the
man who confidentially tells you he has
some smuggled goods he wishes to sell
you mt very low price That kind of
chap often appears to you in sailors clothes
and mysteriously whispers his desire to do
you favor He Is a first-class swindler
In every insta nee and should be shown the
door without ceremony IL he enters
room where you are. The smuggler
doesn't go around selling his wares In that
way, neither does he confde the fact that
he has been swindling Uncle Sam to
strangers.
There are dozens of other swindles of a
similar character calculated to tempt your
cupidity, anyone of which is likely to come
to your notice in our city. They must be
let severely alone or you will regret the ex.
pertinent Boston has scores of reputable
dealers in almost every branch of trad,
that you can patronize and feel sure of fail
treatment You may not get any snap bar
gains of them but you will be sure OF get
ting proper return for your money and
that is all you should ask Leave all other
expectations to people who do not read this
letter.
Great minds are often said TO be the most
absentminded in trivial matters and per
haps that is why Author Hoyt whose
o. Tap. 4.