The Colfax chronicle., 1900-06-30

hnON'T talk to me any more about
Dewey and Hobson and that fell
oenius Thss Sold Good Money - Cut
Rates 1t PROFIT.

low that swan IrOm honS -AohS W enc
Philippines towing a regiment of sol
diers with his mouth" said Promoter
Pimley. They're mere innocent babes
alongside of the fellow 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
Chicago after an option on some tim
ber lands and lay over there one Sat-
urday and Sunday. Saturday after
noon / was hanging round the hotel
Office when a man and boy drove up
outside in buggy. The boy, who
worked in the town livery stable, got
down, unhitched the horse and led him
away, and the man stood up and began
to arrange and rearrange packages on
the buggy seat.
In about two minutes there was
small crowd around him, and in about
Is minutes the crowd included Practic-
ally the entire male population of the
town. But the man in the buggy
seemed oblivious of any attention. He
rearranged his packages for Is min
utes more without looking up. Then
suddenly he stood erect, pushed his silk
hat back ON his head and held up sill
>ver dollar.
"T have here he said, q United
States silver dollar. What gentleman
in the crowd will give me 50 cents for
u?'
sThe crowd didn't seem to banker
after silver dollars at so cents apiece.
"It's perfectly good silver dollar
urged the man in the buggy. If any
gentleman wishes to examine it, let
him step right up Besides, how long
do you suppose I'd be outside of state
prison If went about selling counter
felt money in the public streetsT
.Just then his eye lighted on the
proprietor of the hotel, who was in the
crowd.
"T put up at your house last night,
didn't II
ayes said the hotel man.
"'Did I pay you with good money
this morningT
.The hotel man said he thought he
did.
"sWell, step right up here and risk so
cents to start the ball a-rolling. You
may take my word for it. it's hundred
per cent. investment
The hotel man laughed and finally
came forward. and gave him SO cents
for the dollar. The man in the buggy
immediately held up the 50 cents.
"sNow,' he said, who'll give me q
quarter for this half-dollar."
This time 1t wasn't difficult to get a
taker and the man in the buggy there
upon sold the quarter for Is cents, the
Is cents for dime, and the dime for a
nickel. These last bargains went like
hot cakes. Then he held up the nickel.
"'Gentlemen,' he said, I want to buy
six matches for this five cents
HE got dozen or two offers. The
crowd seemed to be grasping the idea
that they were trading in bull mar
ket. The man in the buggy secured his
matches and held one up.
What gentleman, he said, will
give me dollar for this matchY
sThis was new phase and the bull
market took on q conservative tone.
"'Oh, know as we'll as you do, said
the man. that that's high price to
pay for . match. You can buy 50boxea
for the money. But, gentlemen, these
don't happen to be ordinary matches
and somebody's going to give me dol
lar for each one Of these six, and its
going to be the best bargain he's made
for long time
There was nothing Of the salesman
about the man in the buggy. He was
the prophet pure and simple. He stated
his case calmly and carelessly ike a
man who was not concerned with the
result. There was . pause for few
moments then somebody handed up a
dollar. The man in the buggy folded
the match in = bit of paper and made
the buyer step up to the wheel. Ther
he poked it into his vest pocket and
said:
Now, you button your coat up over
that. and stay right there, so I'll know
where you are when want you
Then he held up a second match, and
sold one after another, of the six at {
dollar apiece in less than three min
utes. After that he pulled out . five
dollar bill and said he wanted to bu,
three more matches with it, and tn,
crowd tumbled over itself. He brok,
these matches in halves and began t.
sell the halves at dollar apiece. H,
disposed of three. and then the mar
ket sagged again. But the man in tn,
buggy was not in the least disconcert
ed. He broke the remaining halves in
to quarters and offered the quarter,
At two dollars apiece. The crowd be
gan to laugh. Then they stoppet
laughing. The man in the buggy sais
little or nothing. but somehow he wa,