Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-02-07
bridge between them. The town

bridge between them. The towns
exchange goods with little re-
gard to the e officials. You
may walk gel that bridge lay the
toll, and unless you are carrying a
trunk you pass unquestioned . So,
too, many a man drives a decrepit,
worn u horse across to the Canadian
side and returns, after a proper lin
gering, with quite a different animal.
The officer at the gate has forgotten
the Identity. If he remembers ii. he
cannot swear to 1t, probably and cred
its the asst improvement In the horse
to the bracing quality of Canadian, air.
The Inhabitants OF the island and be-
low, Of Eastport, Lubec and Campo
bello. the last a ummer resort Of grow
ing popularity, enjoy free trade in like
fashion IL they are so inclined, and
many OF them are.
Further up the country, where the
railroads cross at at V%anceboro, Me-,
all baggage is inspected, or is suppos-
ed to be, yet you might as well wager
that you could carry what you liked
In diamonds, silks or opium cut Of or
into Canada and stand to win. A
revenue man opens your grip peers
into II, digs down into II. perhaps. and
overtrrns q few of the articles IL con
tains, then marks 1t with a bit OF
chalk and is done. What you or the
ordinary immigrant has In his peck
cts, or In his hat, his shoes, or his
his padded garment S Is only discoy-
cred when the traveller does some
thing which would arouse suspicion
anywhere under heaven.
OF course. If you begin to carry
great quantities Of dutiable goods
across the border, they will be motto
ed and promptly seized, but no one
attempts any such thing. The traveller
smuggles In a small way in most In
stances. Only one who Is accustomed
to maize the journey by rail- Eli real
lie how farcical Is the examination at
the border.
In the wilder country which lies
where the border Ia a mere survey line,
one does as one pleases there. An ex-
ample is the Megantic region, where
Morrison, the Megantic outlaw, so
long defied the authorities. To cover
such territory would necessitate the
employment of an army. 1t is not
worth while, so the smuggler does as
he likes, because neither government
can afford to go TO great expense 10
stop the leaks which are trifing In the
aggregate
A Little Trick With Diamonds.
Even In cases where suspicion has
been aroused there are many ways OF.
,outwitting the authorities. II was not
long ago that a Maiden Lane jeweler
suspected Of smuggling jewelry into
the United States from Paris through
Canada, was watched and finally fol-
lowed. His house had a Paris branch
and 1t was thought the operations
We're extensive. Diamonds are admit
ted to Canada free Of duty and when
the revenue detective had followed
his mar to Montreal and had discover
ed that he received large packages
Of precious stones through the Mon
treal p~ostoffice from the continent, he
scented a big capture. He waited I'M
til the jeweler started for New York,
and boarded the same train. When
they crossed the border they had a
sleeper all to themselves, and the de-
tectiye, once on United States soil, &C.
cused the merchant, and demanded
the right to search him. The dealer
was Indignant. The detective insist
ed. The dealer resisted. The detec-
tive was the bigger OF the two, and
overcoming his man by main force
he made a search and found nothing
dutiable. He was profuse in his apollo
giles, and the merchant who might
have made 10 end OF trouble over the
affair, consented to be Modified. They
became friendly, but the detective
still wondered about those diamonds.
He did not forget them either, and
a year later a special treasury agent
in New York discovered hat the
crafty man from Maiden Lane
instead Of Attempting to car
nv the sparklers rel the line
himself. had simply shipped
them from Montreal to a trusty ally
In Windsor, Ontario, who "sneaked'
them across the river and forwarded
them to New York, where they were
duly placed on the market.
So 1t is that some men never worry
over the tariff,