The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-04-27
ITEMS FROM
NEW CASTLE.

New Castle hundred is part OF
| the state of Delaware and that state
! is part OF the United States. Ths
people who live in New Castle hun.
| dred are therefore American people.
1t has been said that American people
like to be fooled This has been
demonstrated recently and people in
this section are now mourning the
loss of several hundred dollars. Soap
and carpets are wanted for hard cash
paid in advance to sharp New
Yorker.
On March IS. 10, 20, New York.
cr visited this section taking orders
for soap. AS an induccment to the
farmers he offered as a premium suf-
tiCient carpet to cover room. 1t
did not make any difference whether
the room was a large or a small one.
The people he visited took the bait
as readily asa trout jumps at the fly.
Like the latter they were caught on
his hook and some of them paid the
New Yorker as high as SIS while
others handed over $l2 and SO In
several instances. He had samples OF
the soap and carpets with him. The
rooms were carefully measured and
the measurements noted in his book,
The soap and carpets were to get In
this section thirty days after the Or
derS were taken, on April IS.
The farmers hetween Wilmington
and New Castle began to get alS1sa
during the week. No soap an-
carpets had made their appearance
and the New Yorker had their money
Leslie Blackburne told his tale OF
woe to George and he had his little
story to relate only to find that
Charles and Mrs Blackburne were
anxiousIy waiting for the new carpet
Mrs. William Sutton and Mrs. Vain
wright would like to hear from tho
express otilce and Thomas Barry is In
the same class. Its estimated that
over s4Oo was secured in New Castle
hundred by this New York sharper.
They are now of the opinion that /.
they are buncoed and that the mon
ey paid out can be placed to the cred
it of the profit and loss account. n
He refused to take orders unless
part of the money was advanced. Al
number of farmers who had hearaSH
of the gold brick schemes refused ts3a
give orders as they could not grasE83
at the situation where $40 or SCI
worth Of carpet would be thrown ID
as an inducement to purchase box
of soap that would cost the price de-
manded in any store.
When the farmers meet nowadays
they do not refer to the wet weather
at first but ask the question HAS
your carpet and soap arriyed?'
10 the Reporters Nosegay depart
ment of the Philadelphia Record ap- =
pears this article today:
The following communication from
New Castle, Del, signed Joseph
Thompson reached the Record yes
terday, and is worthy of publicity as
one Of the curlosities Of the mail bag:
"Mr Editur: the tishln seson is rite
well under way down here now aud
we ketch good big shad an herrin.
Last week a man with a bote namo
Jim Simson ketch such big ones that =
bout , hundurd fill bote up fur as
she would 90. 1t hard wurk to ketch III
fish with high wind an sometimes u
bOtcs cum down river with cole barg
behind run over our net and tear it
intoO in middul ef we alwuS knowed,s<
who they wus we would proSSekuteE
the bote but wen it dark we can t seq
botcs name SO it would be vurry hard
matter to bring case bout bote an net
an barg an bote capcn an barg intoo I
Court We have bin thinkin down !
here bout putin cf don't charg tu
high a nots in your papur that will
warn them not run over our net eny-
more or we will prosaekute ennyhow.
How much would motifs charg OF
frunt papc or where the bute capons(
a nd barg oapcns could see as we hea1
it have big circoolition mong men wo9
goes on hotcs and bargs we pay In
shad if agreabul.
Just for pretty little flower for
the nOSegay it may be interesting to
state that herring are not caught in
shad nets Then again there never
were 200 Shad could till 4 shad skiff.
point for Il Philadelphia pa.
per to remember is that every man
in New Cas- tie is capable Of writing
an intelligent letter every word being
spelled. 1t is about time
that the Office reporter would go out
and gct a breeze off the Delaware and \
take a peep at Dock street shad and
hcrring houses.
"No I'm not going to Wilmington
this evening for ! expect to attend
the stival Of the base ball club.
Everybody should give the boysa
general send OF.
There were special Arbor bay
rendered in all the schools
yesterday afternoon.
Miss Rcba Saunders and Miss May
GCodlcy left today for Washington
where they will spend the coming
week as the guests Of Mr.. J. Ewing
JcmiSOn.
Miss Elizabeth Wilson left this
morning for New Haven, Conn.