The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-14
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h X ..Cne can't buy castoh clothing for
many years without meeting some
queer Experiences remarked :,n .'old
clothes man the other diya he fun
bled through the pockets of u suit
which he had just purchased for so
cents. ..Of course 1 don't expect to
ind anvth:ns-nothing5 except maybe
some old letters But it PAYS TO run
through the pockets and fee; the lin
ing. If a man who lets his Wife sell
his CASTOR clothes only Er,.w what
got Iost>in the lining of his cour some
times he wouldn't feel so easy about
parting with them. A man sticks i'm
sportant letters in his inside coax peck
ct. and some day when he WANTS t1etu
they are not there. He hunts ana
fumes around, but the letters don't
turn up. Then he thinks they must
have been torn up or burned. ARD he
forsets the matter.
But important letters don't goS that
way generally. They turn up some
times to accuse man. They tindtther
way between the lining of the coat or
vest, and we fellows get hold of them.
If l wanted to go into the blackma1i-
ing business | could make plenty OF
money. I've found letters and papers
in castof clothing that would make
pretty startling reading for some Deo-
pie. OF course when we get the clothes
by hunting up the address in the Oil
rectory we can locate either the writer
or the one receiving it.
II don't think that, as a 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 a second nature to them SO
it is not in the pockets we find things
It's in the lining where they nave
found their way gradually.
you know how easy it is for small
coins to work their way through hole
in the lining OF a vest and SnugSle
down in the corner Of the cloth. Wen,
we pick up quite number or dlnes
and nicllels in this way. Usually
vest is a small silver mine. Probably
the Wl1e OF Il HliA LeelS oo4AStAAAAAso
there and thinks it 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 as the dimes do.
SIN the same way a bill will get mix
ed. M in the lining of the inside pocket
and finally disappear. The man PROB
ably misses a five or ten dollar bili
and thinks he must have lost 1T or
spent it fooishly. The matter escapes
his mind the suit is thrown to one slde
and some day it is sold to, the ola
clothes man. It doesn't escape us
We go through every inch Of the lining
and examine the corners and lns1de
carefully. The bills we lind IN the
course of a day will often more than
pay US for what we have given for all
Of the clothes.
MANY men are extravaSant IN get
tin. rid of their castoff clothing. They
have so many that they become a nui-
sance to them Sell them to 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 fine pick at them.
For from so cents to a dollar you get
a suit that will when brushed, steam
ed, cleaned and pressed easily brlne
s. to So The clothes are not worn
much, but just so1ed and mussed a Ut
tie. The trousers are stretched little
so they will bag at the knees "hen
used a few days at time. A man
with plenty Of money won't stand that.
He will order his wife or valet to sell
them.
Z "The greatest amount 1 ever found
in money in one coat was a ten dollar
bill. but several times I've found two
and five dollar bills and one dollar bllls
by the score. Once l found a check
for 500, but as that was no good TO
me I returned it to the owner and re-
ceived a dollar reward for my honesty.
The best find however. was several
years ago, when discovered Dunch
of railroad coupons between tue lanlng
and inside cloth of one of these Fancy
vests. I suppose l might have eashed
the coupons and received S1.OoO LOT
them, but there was some FISK TO SUCH
a proceeding. So concluded to turn
them over to the owner and trust to
his generosity. He gave me SlOo ID
bills and commended me for my uoH-
esty. He had missed the coupons ana
had advertised for them. Later
found that be had offered reward OF
$500 for their return. You can bet
was mad then that I didn't get more
for 1.ot1lrnipr them