The Newtown bee., 1904-09-09

when he met myself and the man who
 was here the day before, in the carriage
 about half mile north from my
 house. Neither of them were clerical
 looking. The man who wanted to buy the farm looked like common
 business man, and the other looked
 more like tramp than he did like a clergyman. I did not go to the John Anderson farm at all. The man l
 saw the most of, inquired about the
 Anderson farm and was given the nec-
 essary directions to go there-I was
 not interested in the least, when the
 man inquired the way to Bridgewater,
 as never lived there, was born and
 have always lived where I do now.
 Thistramp said he was in pursuit o1
 his sister, and said that when she mar
 ried this miserable Yankee, his father
 was so angry that ;.he disowned her
 and this money he wanted to give hel
 was an act of brotherly love and chari
 ty on his part. He spoke of toad skins
 several times, but did not ask him
 what he meant. It was the man in
 the carriage with me who asked the
 question. The money he showed had
 every appearance of being genuine.
 His story, about going into a gambling
 house in New York, was that he lost,
 not won, 5000, on card marked Lin
 coin not Macon. He balanced no mo-
 ney on the tip of his finger, his game was played with cards, one had the fig ure of man on it whom he called
 Lincoln, another had a picture of 8
 buzzard on it, and two had star-shaped figures on them. drew the Lincoln card from him three times, winning $5, $10 and $5,OOO from this tramp,
 which was very easy matter, as he appeared to be very careless with it. q kept none of the money.) He stepped aside a moment, (purpose- ly without doubt), and this pretended MT Woodruff in the carriage with me marked the Lincoln card, and always the winner. making the temptation greater to continue the game. This man who had the money said: "I have showed you my money and lost-now If we play any more you must get $5,- 900 or SIC, ,00O.of your money so that if I win, I can be sure of getting some thing" This MT Woodruff said: "I have not got so much money, but l have some mortgages to the amount of s10, 900, which will put up." "No," said the tramp, "I cannot read, want to see the toad skins" MT w. was now very eager and wanted me to get the money, saying he was sure I could get the money from this tramp. "You see," he said, "he is demented and we might as we'll have some of his money as anyone. It is plain to be seen that he will loose it," then turning>to this fellow he said: I've will take the money we have won, and put it in this box (which he produced), lock it up, and give you the key until we return. We drove ahead and Woodruff said, "You see how easy it will be to get all the money that fellow has. He is so reckless with it, (he had showed s2O- 900 or more). Someone will certainly get it and we might as we'll. No one will know it," I then said, "If you are so anxious to get bis money and want my help, if you are MT Woodruff as you say you are, you must go to the bank with me and be identified as MT Woodruff of Litchfield and as I could not get the money without an endors- CT probably they would accept you as my endorser otherwise I cannot get the 5000" This settled the business very soon, as expected it would. As| we rode along he made all sorts of ex- cuses, saying it would injure him greatly if this affair ever became known. He feared he would loose his position in the bank, and his influence generally as people would distrust him. But he said, "Now am going to take this fellow and go to Litchfield; there can get all the money I need to se- cure his money with and no one will 1 know." He offered me s5,0OO if I 1 would never divulge the transaction, and took me back to the field where he found me in the morning, when he to be shown the bounds of the farm. was taken wholly unawares by these Blacklegs, and did not sus- pect anything until the second man showed his money and cards and both were anxious to play and bet. Then I knew that l was in the hands of sharp ,rs and must make the best of my sit nation. Still, I was possessed of curi- osity, and wanted to know what their game was if I could, without their knowing that understood what they were. So played their game awhile with them. What their methods were with MT Hartwell do not know. 7[Andrew c. Clark, New Milford, August 31, 1904.
 ThomaS Fuller, on account of other business which demands his attention. las transferred his insurance depart nent to the Randall Co.,, who will look liter the business so long conducted y him, m the future.
 Miss Rose J. Dillon has been spend- ng few days at her home in Steven on.
 Mrs John Fletcher and daughter,