Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-11-13
MINUS A $40 BILL
But Much Wiserin Experience
Is the 'Wateryille Man,
Who Did Little Trading With a
Smooth-tongued Scamp.
He Tho usht He Had a Good Snap But No Is
Out Just $40.

you buying any stationery these days?
II not why not? Here is man going
about the world just throwing it away
and lot of money with it too. This
mans name has not yet been learned,
and all we know of him is that he has
a sandy mustache, and a kind Of an
he Went very easy, this morning, and
$40 of good American money went with
him and that $40 belongs to a Water
vile citizen. 1t happened this way
The stranger had been in the city a
few days selling paper and envelopes
from house to house. How extensive
a business he had worked up no one
seems to be informed. In the course
of his perambulations about the city
he came to the residence of our worthy
townsman. Joseph Pooler who lives on
High street yesterday morning He
rang the door bell and Mr.. Pooler an
swered the ring. when the following
conversation took place:
Good morning. Do you wish to
purchase any stationery. this morn
ing?"
NO sir, | do not
Il am selling it very cheap"
But l tell you l don't want any"
We'll. can't l talk with you few
minutes?"
Yes, you can talk with me if you
want to. but l don't want any of your
paper"
The scene is now shifted to the sit
ting room of Mr.. Pooler. whittier the
stranger had been invited and asked
10 be seated Opening a box of en-
veiopes he remarked that he was the
representative of well-known and
very wealthy paper house and he was
only going around getting rid of the
goods as cheaply as possible just to
advertise them.
And" said he, this is how we do
IT, lie took the package of envelopes
lightly in his hand and reaching it
osVard Mr.. Pooler said Draw one
Air. Pooler drew one and the man bade
him open it. when 10. a nice crisp $40
bill was brought forth. The man then
requested Mrs. Pooier, who was pres
ent. to draw one. The lady complied
and her envelope contained a s. bill
Mr.. Pooler was asked to come again"
hen this time he brought out bill
Il the 81 denomination.
You see," said the man. pleasantly.
we put $25 in each one of these pack
ages and we let you have them
for 500
asked Mr.. Pooler.
i
per. 1t is much better way than to
advertise in papers or have boys run
ming around on the streets passing
handbills when they should be at
school, Now we are satisfied that if
you purchase you will tell your
friends about it, and they in turn will
buy and so on, until we have more
than made up in advertising what we
give away here
OF course this kind of talk was very
Straightforward, if one chose to believe
what the man said. and evidently MIR.
Pooler took some stock in the man for
he made a purchase after the man had
offered to leave it all with Mr.. Pooler
until tomorrow. The agreement was
that Mr.. Pooler was to put $50 in sew
eral envelopes that the man handed
him. and MIR. Pooler was to keep the
package containing the money. until
tomorrow morning, when the man was
to come around and bring with him a
witness to the fact that everything was
all right as between him and Mr..
Pooler. The latter however was not TO
open the envelopes until tomorrow
morning at 10 O'Clock, at which hour
the man would be on hand with his
witness. That was safe enough of
course and so Mr.. Pooler invested.
After the man had been gone an hour
or so Mr.. Pooler thought he would just
like to take a peek to see if the money
was really there, not that he doubted
that it was there for he saw the man
put in the envelopes with his own eyes.
Anyway he opened one envelope and
sure enough so bill showed up. He
told his wife that he guessed the man
was all right and he went down street.
He called on friend and told him of
his great good luck and his friend
laughed at him and told him that he
would bet that so was all there was in
the envelopes.
Returning home with his friend Mr.. |
Pooler went through all the other en-
velopes. but $40 was all he could raise. |
dare not write what Mr.. Pooler said
or thought at that time, but perhaps
most of the Journal readers can guess. |
This buying package of common 8
cent envelopes for $40, is not what it is
cracked up to be and there was still
hunt for the man who is befriending |
The world that way. 1t is needless to |
ay that the much-wanted man was not |
o be found and up to the present hour
If writing had not come back to give |
himself up.
There is moral that might be safely |
lsed in connection with this story but
III account of the limited amount of
space and the pressure of other more
matter it is deferred until
'ther victims are heard from.
a special to the Lewiston Journal from
1oulton. says that Rev. E. l.. Nurse of
Iodgdon. has left town under a cloud
'eing accused of having ruined 17-years-
i'd Estella NJ Estabrooke. daughter of
me of his church members, and doing
for him. Morse cnnfessas his