Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-05-25
CAST0FF CLOTHING.
IT PAYS 70 SEARCH TIE POCKETS
AND TIE Innings.
Bills. Coins and Letters Have n Way
OF Hiding ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
OF Man Who Buys Discarded Gar
mentS-Hints 10 the Careless.

Y n
OF Hiding ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
OF n Man Who Buys Discarded Gar
ments-Hints 40 the Careless.
zone can't buy CASTOR clothing for
many years without meeting some
queer experiences" remarked an "old
clothes man" the other day as he FUN
bled through the pockets OF suit
which he had just purchased for 80
cents. "Of course / don't expect 10
find anything-nO except maybe
some old letters. But il pays TO run
through The pockets and feel the lin
ing II ii EIan who lets his wife sell
bis CASTOR clothes only knew what
got lost in the lining OF his coat some
times he wouldn't feel SO easy about
parting with them. \ man sticks i'm
portant letters in his inside coat peck
ct. and some day when he wants them
they are not there. He hunts and
fumes around, but the letters don't
turn up. Then he thinks they must
I have been torn up or burned. and he
forgets the matter.
But important letters don't 30 that
way generally. They turn mp some
times TO accuse man. They find their
way between the lining Of the coat or
vest, and we fellows get hold Of them
! II l wanted TO 20 into the blackmail-
ing business l could make plenty OF
money I've found letters and papers
| in castOn clothing that would make
| pretty startling reading for some PEG
pie. OF course when we get the clothes
III fr, n
rectory we can locate either the writer
/ or the one receiving IL.
Il don't think that. as n rule. women
I sell their husbands caStof clothing
any more without going through all
| their pockets. Maybe they've got into
/ the habit of searching them 50 that it
! becomes a second nature TO them So
/ ii is not in the pockets we find things.
/ Its in the lining. where they have
/ found their way gradually.
You know how easy il is for small
/ coins TO work their way through n hole
/ in the lining OF a vest and snugglc
down I'm the corner Of the cloth Well.
we pick up quite number of dimes
| and nickelS i'm this way. Usually q
vest j. small silver mine. Probably
/ the wife OF a man feels something
/ there and thinks il is only button or
! some such thing or maybe a penny,
and she won't bother in trying TO fish
/ it out. But pennies don't work down
! there nearly as readily rs the dimes do.
In the same way Il bin will get mix
cd up in the lining of the inside pocket
| and finally disappear. The man prob
! ably misses five or ten dollar bill
and thinks he must have lost it or
/ spent it foolishly. The matter escapes
! his mind. tho suit is thrown 10 one side
/ and some day 10 il sold To the old
/ clothes man. IL doesn't escape Us.
/ We 20 through every inch OF the lining
/ and examine the corners ana inside
/ carefully. The bills we find i'm the
course OF a day viii often moro than
/ pay us for what we have given for all
OF the clothes
| MANY men are cXtravagant in get
/ ting rid OF their caston clothing. They
] have 50 many that they become nui-
/ sancc TO them. Sell them 10 the first
man who comes along is the easiest
way for them TO dispose OF their use
less belongings. If the servants don't
! take them. we get a fine pick at them.
! For from % cents 10 a dollar you get
q suit that viii when brushed, steam
| cd, cleaned and pressed easily bring
] S. 10 s.. The clothes are not worn
/ much. but just soiled ana mussed a lit
! tie. The trousers are stretched little
| SO they will bag at the knees when
| used a few days at a time. y man
| with plenty of money won't stand that
| He Will order his wife or valet 10 sell
them.
The greatest amount / ever found
I'm money I'm one coat was a ten dollar
bill. but several times I've found two
and five dollar bills and one dollar bills
10y the score. Once ! found check
for 500. but rs that was no good TO
me ! returned il 10 the owner and re-
ceived dollar reward for my honesty.
The best find, however, was several
years ago, when l discovered a bunch
OF railroad coupons between the lining
and inside cloth Of one Of these fancy
/ vests. / suppose ] might have cashed
the coupons and received $1,000 for
them, but there was some risk 10 such
n proceeding So I concluded 10 turn
them over TO the owner and TRUST TO
his generosity. He gave me 500 in
bills and commended me for my hon
esty. lie had missed the coupons and
had advertised for them. Later I
found that he had offered reward Of
$500 for their return. You can bet
was mad then that I didn't get more
for returning them.
"As for important letters, l might
say that they come 10 us in droves.
Generally we read them and chuck
them in the fire. It's the best way. If
n man has lost n letter which would
incriminate him he doesn't like TO have
it turn up. 1t viii always worry him a
little, but he lives in the hope that it is
lost for good and gradually fOrgets it,
Washington Star.