The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-05-25
NAY rs, 1904.
CAYTOFF CLOTHING.
II PAYS TO SEARCH THE POCKETS
AND THE Innings

bills, Coins and Letters Have "a Way
of Hiding ThemseIves-ENpe rIences
of IA Man Who buys Discarded Car
ments-HInfs TO the Careless.
"One can't buy castoff clothing for
many years without meeting some
queer experiences" remarked an 'old
clothes man" the other day us he FUN
bled through the pockets of suit
which he had just purchased for 90
cents. "Of course | don't expect to
find anything nothing except maybe
some old letters. But 1t pays to run
through the pockets and feel the lin-
ing. If man who let's his wife sell
his castoff clothes only knew what
got lost In the lining Of his coat some
times he wouldn't feel 50 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
nave DeeH lOTu up VI uihcut anu hS
forgets the matter.
But important letters don't go that
way generally. They turn up some
times to accuse man. They find their
way between the lining Of the coat or
vest and we fellows get hold of them.
If | wanted to go into the blackmall-
ing business ! could make plenty or
lnft
in castoff clothing that would make
pretty startling reading for some peo-
pie. OF course when we get the clothes
by hunting up the address In the dl-
rectory we can locate either the writer
or the one receiving ii.
~ don't think that, as rule, women
sell their husbands CASTOR clothing
any more without going through all
their pockets. Maybe they've got into
the habit of searching them so that 1t
becomes n second nature to them. SO
it Is not in the pockets we find things.
IFS In the lining. where they nave
found their way gradually.
lyon know how easy 1t is for small
coins to work their way through hole
down In the corner of the cloth. Well.
we pick up quite number of dimes
and nickcls In this way Usually
vest is a small silver mine. Probably
the wife of man feels something
there and thinks ii is only button or
some such thing. or maybe penny.
and she won't bother in trying TO fish
II down
there nearly as readily as the dimes do.
.'In the same way bill will get mix
cd I'D 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 1t or
spent 1t foolshly. The matter escapes
his mind, the suit is thrown to one side
and some day It is sold to the old
clothes man, 1t doesn't escape ns,
We go through every inch of the lining
and examine the corners and inside
carefully. The bills we find In the
course of II day will often more than
pny us for what we have given for all
of the clothes.
"Mnny men are cXtrnvagnnt III get
ting rid of their CASTOR clothing They
have so many that they become nul-
sance To them. Sell them TO the nrst
man who comes along IL the easiest
way for them to dispose OF their use
less belongings. If the servants don't
take them, we get II tine pick Mt them
For from 80 cents to II dollar you ger
n suit that will when brushed. stenm-
ed, cleaned and pressed easily bring
S3 to So. The clothes are not worn
much. but just soiled and mussed lit
tie The trousers are stretched II little
so they will bag ut the knees when
used n few days Mt time. man
with plenty of money won't stand that.
lie viii order his wife or valet to sell
them
THE greatest amount | ever FOUND
In money IN one coat was ten dollar
bill. hut several times I've found two
and five dollar bills aud one dollar bills
by the score. Once | found check
for 500. but MS TINT was no good to
me | returned it to the owner anu re
ccived n dollar reward for my honesty
The best find. however, was several
years ago, when | discovered buhch
of railroad coupons between the lining
and inside cloth of one of these fancy
vests suppose | might have casheu
the coupons and received $1,000 Tor
them, but there was some risk to such
n proceeding. So | concluded TO turn
them over to the owner and trust To
his generosity. lie gave me 500 IN
bills and commended me for my hon
esty. He had missed the coupons and
had advertised for them. Later
found that he had offered n reward or
$500 for their return You can bet !
was mad then that didn't get more
for returning them.
"As for important letters. might
say that they come TO us In drovcs.
Generally we read them and chuck
them I'm the fire It's the best way. If
n man has lost a letter which would
incriminate him he doesn't like 10 have
il turn up. Ii will always worry him Il
little, but he lives In the hope That II Is
lost for good and gradually forgets it,"
Washington Star.
Funerals For the Health.
At n funeral In Glasgow stranger
who had taken his seat in one of the
mourning coaches excited the curiosity