The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-12-19
CAsTOFF CLOTHING.
n PAYS TO SEARCH TIE POCKETS
AND THE Innings

RJHla, cOins ana Letters Have = WAY
Of Hiding ThsoHeIveS-ExperIe
Of a Kan who Bays Discarded Gar
@ensn-Hints TO the Careless
one can't buy castOG clothing for
many years without meeting some
queer experiences" remarked an -Old
clothes man the other day as be fun.
blsd through the pockets OF suit
which be had Just purchased FOR 90
cents. "of course / don't expect to
and anythIng-nothing except maybe
some old letters. But II pays to run
through the pockets and feel the, In
ling. II a man who lets bis wife sell
his CASTOR clothes only knew what
got lost in the lining OF his coat some
times be wouldn't feel 50 easy about
parting with them. A man sticks i'm
portant letters in his inside coat peck
Il and some day when be wants them
they are not there. BE hunts and
fumes around, but the letters don't
turn up. Then be thinks they must
have been torn up or burned, and he
iOrgets the matter.
Put important letters don't so that
way generally. They turn up some
dimes 70 accuse man. They and their
vsy between the lining Of the coat or
vest, and We fellows get hold OF them.
In wanted 70 70 into the bluckmaii-
ing business could make plenty OF
money. I'VE found letters and papers
lin CASTOR clothing that would make
pretty startling reading for some PEG
pie OF course when we get the clothes
by hunting up the address in the d.
rectory we can locate either the writer
OF the one receiving It
q don't think that, as a rule women
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 il
becomes a second nature TO them. So
II Is NOT In the pockets we ind things.
It's In the lining. whore they have
found their way gradually.
'You know how easy it Is for small
! coins 10 work their way through hole
in the lining Of vest and snuggle
down in the corner OF the cloth. Well.
We pick I'd quite a number OF dimes
and nicseIs in this way Usually .
rest IS q small silver mine. Probably
I the wife OF man feels something
/ there aud THINKS II is only button Of
some such thing. or maybe penny.
| and she won't bother in trying to fish
1 II out But pennies don't work down
| there nearly as readily as the dimes do.
In the same way a bill will get mix
| ed up in the lining Of the inside pocket
and dnally disappear. The man prob
ably misses Ave or ten dollar bill
| and thinks be must have lost it or
| speut Il foolishly. The matter escapes
bis mind. the suit IS thrown to one side
and some day II is sold TO the old
clothes man. It doesn't escape Us,
we 60 through every inch OF the lining
and examine the corners md inside
carefully. The bills We find in the
course OF day wiz often more than
pay us for what We have given for all
of the clothes.
.Many men are extravagant in get
ting nd OF their castoR clothing They
have so many that they become null
saDcs to them. Sell them to the first
man who comes along is the easiest
| way for them 10 dispose Of their use
| less belongings. II the servants don't
take them. We get 6ne pick at them.
| For from so cents to 4 dollar you get
a suit that VIII when brushed, steam
ed. cleaned and pressed easily bring
IS 10 50. The clothes are not worn
much, but just sollsd and unused lit
de The trousers are stretched little
50 they win bag at the knees when
used q few days at time. A man
with plenty OF money won't stand that.
| he will order his wife or valet to sell
them.
THE greatest amount l ever found
IN money IN one coat was a ten dollar
BIN but several times I've found two
ana nvs dollar bills and one dollar bills
by The score. Once found a check
| for 500, but as that was 10 good to
me returned 1t to the owner and re-
ceivsd a dollar reward for ms honesty
The best end, however. was several
years aro. when discovered n buncE
OF railroad coupons between the ininS
and inside cloth Of one Of these fancy
vests. I suppose might have eashed
the coupons and received 5000 for
them, but there was some risk to such
4 proceeding. So concluded to turn
them over TO the owner and trust g
his generosity. He gave me SiOO u
bills and commended me Tor my hon
esty. He had missed the coupons and
had advertised fm them. Later
found thar he had offered . reward OF
$500 for lbeir return ron can bet !
was mad then that didn't ger more
for returning thcaL
"As for important letters. ! might
say that they come 10 Us in droves.
Genenlly we read them and chuck
them In the IRE. It's the best way. u
n man haE lost a letter which would
incrimlnste him be doesn't Ike 70 have
It turn up. II win always worry him .
little, but be lives in the hope that Il Is
lost for good and gradually sorsets It.