The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-04-11
INNOCENT ABROAD
Showing How a Gen.
tleman of the South
Was Taken In.
Doings At Several Churches


In a town not one thousand miles from
Calumet lives practical joker who lat ely
while on his travels saw a small machine
out OF which he thought he could obtain
some fun and accordingly purchased il.
The machine has something the appear
anee of a small wringer, and is so made
that it is possible TO charge one OF the
rollers with bank note; OF course. new
one is always chosen. The next thing is
to catch an innocent tenderfoot or green
horn. Having caught the individual the
conversation Is made TO turn on counter
felt money aud then after pledge OF see
recy the machine is produced and claim
made by the owner that he can by using
some prepared paper turn out counter
hit gre snbacks that cannot be distin-
guisheC from genuine ones, and To prove
his ST. ement the owner produces a sheet
ut paper which he claims il the last be
had on hand and so prevents the novice
asking him to try the process again, and
then by turning the handle OF the ma
chine the blank paper runs into one OF
the rollers while the greenback, which has
been previously hidden, comes out fresh
and new as if il had just been printed by
the machine.
The joker IN question a short time ago
was visited by a friend, whom we will
call Mr.. Innocent, lately imported from
the sunny south and showed him what he
could do in the counterfeiting line. Mr..
Innocent, being man with high sense
oil honor, was horror struck and told the
owner TO destroy the machine at once or
he would certainly get into trouble, firm
~ believing that the joker had really
done what be said he could do. 1t so
happened that the next morning ped
dler who owed Mr.. Innocent some money
OF red to pay the debt with money which
had evidently only just been issued; MIR.
Innocent knowing that the peddler and
the Joker were acquainted thought the
money was counterfeit. the peddler in
formed Mr.. Innocent that could not be
so as he had only just received 1t from
his employer in account of his wages.
Mr.. Innocent said he did not care, he
knew it was counterfeit and probably he
or his employer knew that also. The
peddler rushed of to his employer and
demanded TO know why he had paid him
OIL with counterfeit money. This natur-
ally raised the employers ire, but the
peddler maintained that Mr.. Innocent
must have known whereof he spoke or
he would not have been so positive. As
the day was Sunday the matter could
hot tnen oe well ueClueu, out as soon as
the bank opened on Monday morning
the peddler and his employer visited the
cashier who decided the bills were gen
uine, " hsreupon the employ er visited Mr.
Innocent and threatened to have him ar
rested for accusing him Of trying 70 pass
bad money. Thereupon Mr. Innocent
got dreadiully scared and so in order TO
save himself made clean breast OF what
he had seen his friend, the joker, do the
day before the peddler bad offered him
the new notes and which from their APP
pearance he thought bad only just been
turned out by his friend the joker That
individual was then visited when the
whole affair came out. Mr.. Innocent's
blood has run cold ever since when he
sees a new bill or hears a word said
about counterfeit money. We believe
that Big Nike has a few OF these ma
chimes still on hand for sale.