Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-10-05
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photograph in the rooms of one of ou
we'll known organizations free of cost
On its face the scheme seemed plausi
BILE enough, but the stranger was sad
ly embarrassed and prevented from do
ing business by telegram from Pit
man, N. j., which appeared in thu
Philadelphia Ledger yesterday morn
ing.
The telegram in effect stated that {
we'll dressed man giving his name a.
J. L. Fehr. of Harrisburg, Pa, ap'
peared in Pitman and asked to be in
troduced to club officer. as he wished
to present fifty dollar outfit to the
organization. The president of the
club introduced the stranger to the
principal business men of the town
many OF whom paid three dollars fol
an advertisement that was to go on the
lid of the machine.
On Monday night, the Telegram
states. box came by express, O. o.
u. Seeing that it was big box The
members of the club thought they hat
a big bargain. but after paying the bill
they found small phonograph of the
toy type with three records. One OF
the tunes was entitled "A Slow Ole
Town" and another Remember Me
When Am Gone"
The Ledger article states that it has
been learned that the man is not a rep
resentative of the phonograph com
pany.
The stranger. who appeared in Dan.
Vile yesterday, was likewise well
dressed. He gave his name as Fehr,
while to add still more to the coincid-
ence, nearly simultaneously with the
mans arrival in town a good sized
box, some thirty inches in length and
fifteen inches in height and width, ar
rived at one of our express offices. The
box was sent @. o. d. the amount in
volved being so. So. 1t was from the
Harrisburg Phone company" and
was addressed to 81. L. Fehr, Mana
GER
The stranger Immediately selected
one of the most prominent organiza-
tions in town and, seeking its secre-
tary. made known his plan. The org
anization was to have the photograph,
valued at fifty dollars, free of cost,
the only return the Harrisburg Phone
company asked being the proceeds from
six advertisements at three dollars
each, which were TO ha nlaned nm the
lid At the first stage of tine game the
representatives of the organization
were unsuspicious and the man began
to hustle for advertisements.
The stranger, however, was man
of generous physical proportions with
a countenance that was beaming full
of smiles and when he got busy he
presented figure on the streets that
was sure to attract notice. He had not
secured more than couple of adver-
tisements when our townsman, W. b..
Rhodes. who had perused the columns
of the morning papers with his wonted
are and interest, noted the similaritcy
between the strangers proposition
and the phonograph game worked on
the Pitman people. He communicated
his suspicious TO Ralph Kisner, Esq. I,
who had been approached for an ad,
and who was already little dubious
about the matter.
The long and short of it was that
the paper with the telegram from Pit
man was produced and handed over to
the stranger. He declared the whole
affair as very unfortunate. He admit
ted that his name was John" Fehr,
but said that some one over in Jersey
must be impersonating him, as his
phonograph and entire scheme was a
perfectly "legitimate" one.
Danville men, however, have a
wholesome aversion to being regarded
as easy marks and the parties he had
in tow became very wary. They
wanted the man to open the box at the
express Office and show what KIND OF
phonograph he had. This the imam
ager" of the Harrisburg Phone COM
pany declined to do, as it was sent G..
o. D. and would have to be released
by the company first. He tried in ev-
cry way to reassure the organization,
but he finally concluded that he was
up against bad thing. On the 12:1C
Pennsylvania train John. still
wreathed in smiles, left for Sunbury.
During the afternoon the box remained
at the express Office. AS to its real
contents there is much curiosity. II
is hoped that none of the tunes were
entitled "a Slow Old Town." for in
the present instance Danville was any
thing but slow.