The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-01
From the New York Sun.

Don't talk to me any more about Dew
ey and Hobson and that fellow that swan
from Hong Kong to the Philippines Tow
ing a regiment of soldiers with his
mouth" said Promoter Pimley. They're
mere innocent babes alongside of the fell
low ran across on my last trip West.
do you know Stoughton, Wis? It's
one of those towns with future and one
business street I'd run up from Chi
cago after an option on some timber lands
and lay over there one Saturday and Sun
day Saturday afternoon / was hanging
round the hotel Office when a man and
boy drove up outside in buggy. The
boy, who worked in the town livery sta
BILE. got down, unhitched the horse ard
led him away, and the man stood up and
began to arrange and rearrange pack
ages on the buggy seat.
I'm about two minutes there was O
small crowd around him. and in about fif
teen minutes the crowd included prac-
ticalIy the entire male population of the
town. But the man in the buggy seemed
oblivious of any attention He rearranged
his packages for fifteen minutes more
without looking up. Then suddenly he
stood erect, pushed his silk hat back on
his head. and held up a silver dollar.
II nave here" he said, a United
States silver dollar. What gentleman
in the crowd will give me so cents for
it?"
1.-The crowd didn't seem to banker after
silver dollars at so cents apiece.
It's a perfectly good silver dollar
urged the man in the buggy. If any,
gentleman wishes to examine It let him
.s~xlxA CT hon lou a.
suppose ia be outside of state prison If
went about selling counterfeit money
in the public streets"
Gust then his eye lighted on the pro-
prietor of the hotel who was in the crowd.
81 put up at your house last night,
didn't 70
"'Yes, said the hotel man.
" Did I pay YOU with good money this
morningT
1.-The hotel man said he thought he did.
Well, step UP here then and risk 50
cents to start the ball a-rolling. You
may take my word for it, it's a hundred
per cent. investment.
1.-The hotel man laughed and finally
came forward and gave him 50 cents for
the dollar. The man in the buggy imme-
diately held Up the 50 cents.
g Now he said. who'll give me a quar-
ter for this half-dollar?'
This time 1t wasn't difficult to get
taker, and the man in the buggy there
upon sold the quarter for Is cents, the Is
cents for dime, and the dime for nick
ell. These last bargains went like hot
cakes. Then he held up the nickel
Gentlemen he said, I want to buy
six matches for this cents
3He got a dozen or two offers The
crowd seemed to be grasping the idea that
they were trading on BUN market The
man in the buggy secured his matches
and help one up
What gentleman he said, will give
me dollar for this match"
This was a new phase and the bull
market took on conserva tive tone
Oh, l know well as you do said
the man. that that's a high price to nav
for match. You can buy fifty boxes for
the money. But, gentlemen, these don't
happen to be ordinary matches. and some
body's going to give me a dollar for each
one of these six. and its going 10 be the
best bargain he's made in a long time
There was nothing of the salesman
about the man in the buggy He was the
prophet pure and simple He stated h,s
case calmly and carelessly like a man who
was not concerned with the result There
was a pause for a few moments; then
somebody handed up dollar The man
in the buggy folded the match In a bit Of
paper and made the buyer step up to
the wheel. Then he poked 1t into his vest
pocket and said:
Now, you button your coat up over
that and stay right here. so mi know
where you ore when / want YOU
Then he held up a second match. and
SOLO one after another of the six at a
oollar apiece In less than three minutes.
AFTER that he pulled out a ffve-dollar hin
ana said he wanted to buy three more
matches with il. and the crowd tumbled
over itself. He broke these matches IN
halves, and begged TO sell the halves at a
noliar apiece. He disposed of three and
theh the market sagged again. But the
man in the buggy was not in the laast
disconnected. He broke the remaining
haIves into quarters, and offered the quar-
tiers at 81 apiece. The crowd began n
laugh. Then they stopped laughing. The
man in the buggy said little or nothing
out somehow he was hung as thick with
promises as a Christmas tree. The next
thing the crowd knew he had sold four
OF the quarters at 81 each. Then The
market halted again
All right, gentlemen just as YOU saw
said the man in the buggy. I've got lust
TWO more quarter matches, and I'm going
10 sell them at s. each. Two little bits Of
matches at IS apiece! Funny. isn't it?'
1t was funny, but he sold them. And
every match, or half or quarter. he sold
he wrapped up in a bit of paper poked
~ INTO the buyers vest pocket and made
MN button his coat up over it and stand
close so ne could be got at when wanted
Now. I've got something little dif-
ferent.' said the man in the buggy.
he took out of an inside pocket a roll
OF bills the size of a small cabbage and
laid II down on the seat before him. Then
ne opened one of his packages and held
up brass watch case without the works
Here gentlemen he said is an emptv
watch case-brass. understand. no go d
about it. And here is some thing YOU can
al see' for yourselves-cood money. too.
1T was 81 bin. and after folding il IN
IN pain sight of everybody he stuffed it
Id
Who wants the combination for a
dollar?" he asked
HE sot his dollar on the run. put the
case with his own hands into the BUYERS
pocket and made him button his coat up
over II and stand close just as he had
done with the matches Then he picked a
IS bill out Of his wad. put IL in another
brass case, and sold the outfit for SO; then
$40 bill for IS, and then a 800 bill for $40
This is fun for you. gentlemen he
said, but my turn is coming after awhile ,
"Finaly he opened another box and
shook out lOf of c1n7dv ievvoIrv badgan