November, 1878
74
THE WEST SHORE.
H on. Iinlr.1 fmm pnrTI.)
Uyllil llif mi 1 1 1 111. lin h removed In
... Wall county, laying out Hi town of
Waltaburi. and IiuH'IImi I art iMftiM "lll
lid olhrr public building Ihrra. While travrl
Hnc nvrr Hi r.mtry li Irrquently .na, d over
Hi iuiIh n( J M. 1 , nd . .11.11 iik in I "ay
nUiut Hi- mail) advantage bis r.nrb ied
UlWBall. Ilia " f r -1 IK Ml liarillnrrlng" l
i All.), utiiualii lullli III fllat U-mtrnttl)
ulldlni In Hi hiirlnf of I-::, arrrtpl l,y Mr.
..u.rnary lor Wall A Wali r Thai MMM year
hi lb ruiuMl'lloa ol a aubalanUal lirlrk lire,
a ninirlii mill, planli'ii mill, and Hi twOtlOB
III lilt WlklliQ mill wiiia HplUl liOCat Of MtV
fjfa Mini llin, Hi frnwlh of Ihi place ho
111 alawatly, and neatly .very Vital aTUAMMI
til mlll.l.t nil i.f nil lr Innrr kill Hill lul tllllld-
I Saws' kj iaOTW Of pftTaMI 1 ra nlrn 1 .-a. The Inwn
liaa im.al rs,-llnt artincila, arveral rbiireh,
and Iwn a nl and live weekly pu,rra u me
,ul,llilird auywli.l. 'la nil th Couat Imll.
Ilia ( 1. ,1 .,'... 1 1 !....,,!., aii'l ,.,.. Srm are
lull all In lb liiii-ri.au ,,r iiia-ir l,iwn
I'.i 1., 1, laaalil It iiida id flu li-lnl anil
ii.i-dw ul lalrnl, liaa man)' live eiilerprlalng hua
luaaa m 11 Tin- latgi-at mi rrliandla bualnraa la
bine i.y ijiimy A Wolr. They curry an Im
11.. 1,-. tt' k and drill In tivrytliln Irnni a pi n
In a lliraalitng machine. I 11 1 -1 1 y Mien. el
alan dn all .itcttalv liualllraa mid in-riij.y mm
mialiiHia ,nar1ni In a ii.at, I WO Otlll ! , bilck
HllHHaal lleald. Hi.' aTOOlOU mill, planing mill
id Mr. MaKirr.aYml Inilaaal mill of Mr. Wall,
liaytnli alan liua mi id Hi lual tonilalicd plan-
11. t mdla In Kaatriu WMhajtoa 11 la run l
Iran, an I 1 1,. pmprm id Mr Qotfgl K k lT,
tin l.y Ilia a , baa dun nun li In naal.i Hit
! In Ha growth.
I KM lis ,Mi QUA) Ks
Tfcn grutry ia inri.aiug rapidli ami llnur
i.lnug a., wall lirr Dial wa llml 11 necessary In
uu a Ifulai tailumn Inr them, J ml at praaont
our twin alinuM keep llirir eyee oiirin Inr
"lb bnia Jiacka-jr iwm.ll. " Tb Inn compnaing
lb bnraa-jurkajr company am retried U bay
aifitnlim tba llivat Hpi,l,ln mil r may iipwt
auofi I., In al nl thai! tlniiiKa in different palta nl
lb Nmtl.wal Aa yet, t an baldly judge juat
Waal lad lb will wurk br, but w append
a I. m d Uatti lull tricks prfurmd baton
lblr arrtyal an that (M rdct may (pat! thrm "
l any similar run
I In. appwra aa a gly, aknthrr u lieriuan
laiawi, and Ik iAbr a wall.inlrtnil mnntty
trl.ll.il.at. Tbry alrltxt at Kanaaa City law
work 1 .,. ub a Innkru iluwn onunlry wa(iin
am) ft tal, wind-In. ,kru Imrara.aud i lanu.d
lo la bn.kan dnwn m(ranti m dilmaa. bay
nr,l u..n tb pul.h ..uair dunuf Ui day
. 1 ..1. biiMlt (td in lra.1 until iwkld,
Wtaan lb dr,,lr,t II.,, :, f. , ..,, wlh
k buTMand iturnd tin u. iaj, ,,1 h,
tmm Tb. 11 Waa tbat I bay war. racofnitial
Ik. pclii u lb infinnld trio wkkh rrrat, I
aik Mil aal aint.raent m Kanaaa QM Mli n,
.uaayk abuwl Ay ;nji a(o with tb paraJyu,.
alalln wkl. waa U.u.bl and anld all ...rr wait-!-
Miaaourl
a.rW Ibnuwand dlUra. and Inally ratjt ,
k. aiiwat ol Ik trto lk M Jimfhi ,hJ lh
Ik -rlyJ nli.l Tb. ,.!, of ,,rocd.
k t.-lkiwa Tbry kaal in. U.kmt t.
laJ- Imwa Mltft at kaaM M) mi . till,
ntwral Qm ul Ik In wutjld utVf it tot aalr M
Ik ,!. and mm tb. tno uud run m
lb. pav a kkfk M-,U. TWlwaMtouubtuwIy
W lk try it,, .id ot Unng m,r
Ua.Uot fa . (at. .J,k and band., but
waa aub,l to (ui,ti( Hj if not auMaina.1 HW
fw minutM with a uponR wjaked in ammonia.
Tbe animal waa Mid at auction acyeral timen in
Kanaaa City, but tell down m a fainting lit when
bad away a few blo:k from the. place of nale.
The third of the trio would then appear and aa a
atranger offer to buy the apparently dying horse.
He generally bought the home for ten or fifteen
dollan, and the animal reappeared next auction
day auil lb mine ilixlge waa it--elialuu.
" Thil trio haye alao mcceeded in their tricki aa
hog trader, from the country. They drove into
town with two well-doctored old horiea in harness
attached to wagon loaded with hogs, which they
pri-li ml are lu-iug taken to market. In the rear
of the wagou are invariably tied two more erow
baita for sale. Thus disguised as honvst farmers,
no one wuiild suppose that they were two of the
mit nntorious hnrse-jocktys in the Western
Htatra. 'I I. . v thus succeeded in selling all the old
knockers they brought to the city. The hogs they
parailn through the streets at last became so accus
tomed to the business that they walked up tho
plank gnngway to the wagon regularly every
morning for the purpose of taking their daily
ride.
" There is another favorite plan of operations
punned by this tlio of sharpers. They played it
tew days since on the public in Kansas City quite
siuress!,.lly, but it resulted 111 their arrest by the
police. They pretended to lie farmers selling oats
and hail a load of hay covered with a thin coat of
owta upon the surface. As good, honest farmers,
I bey sold several old hacks, just lent up from St.
1 - 1 1 -. aa lirat-rlaaa farm hones, poor in flesh, and
aoinewhat overworked. My this dodge they have
aucrended in aelhng a whole car-lnad of old, worn
nut street-cur hones and animals condemned to
the hack-yard, but which was shipped to the city
instead.
" A Nt. Loui horseman lends a graph n- descrip
tion of one of the best tricki played by the gang
111 Ht. l.iuii. On one occasion they chartered two
can on the Iudiampidis and 8t. Louis railroad for
the purism of shipping hones to New York.
They theu took twenty old hones, purrhaaed from
the hack-yard to be killed aa useluaa, and for which
they paid an average of $7 r head. They pur-
luurd new faucy-hone blaukoti, balten, and sur
cinglM, and ruvared the aquin skeletoui and
loaded UkM ukjii tho can. They then introduced
a broker to the animals, and obtained an advance
of 11,1)00 on the twenty lino horses, giting the
hunt and bills of lading aa senility. It ii
aWUM to My that no one claimed the horses in
' N.w Vnik II. aBM ' 1 , 1 - .
. , piayiMlsuv-
rial KM by the trio in HI. I,ui. ,d Kanaaa
, Cily ."
Wa might iiumente some more of their little
tt" ka. hut tb. ,buv, will iufflre, fur we eipect
Watoio a Mourislnng hu.iue. here, notwith
! atanding our camion, a. we are fully convinced
Ihe .d-killrrI.M not been around for ,m ii.
rmi,,. irtlrctmn . ud hy the fact that the
J"' ' ' "" wh0 "' U. ,,d on rec.jp, 0,
two Mhn ... uu,urr 0( yoar (u(urt uMkwd m
Inlllllllklt.ta. n. would hanllv tkfaak .....
OrrfOB Wally Kawd ,
" many mala and female
llntlkawfa ihoiHau a- .
T ' T- l" with two-dollar hill,
,H. ,ur ov.cut ptctur. Tin
i.nums and aplrtluah.tir frauds 1
in
pntemlin
... ... 11 .1-1
land alt,, I . uoing a
I "till.
'take
MM M IA, rrry f,r., ,
llltl. talr won't waah.
Af.r d.v, ,. lu( to
.utd.c ., Om A-.lw rr,, f '
""r again
around, in itself an evidence that there must yet
be business for them. However, it is gratifying
to know that none ever purchased from these tree
sharps without getting bit. Perhaps after a while
the people will learn a thing or two.
Our quack doctors are increasing the latest ail.
dltion to this ilk in this city, actually has the aa
dacity to flourish a diploma from some remote Til-
, .It... T"tl 11 4ilnn.. -
made of jiaper, and can be printed in any printing
office. Printers rather like diploma printing it
is usually a fat job. A certain printer in this city
ought to be known as " the professor," just fron
the number of diplomas he has issued. Always
remember that no really skillful physician or sur
geon ever needs to roam from village to village in
quest of patients.
We hear of another fraud just as we are dot
ing our monthly budget, but as the full particular!
are nut developed as yet, we cloie with this simple
caution : Under no circumstances sign any con.
tract written in pencil, and sign no contracts of
any kind for bookB. papers, chromoi, Ac, unless
the party soliciting your signature is persoutlly
known to you to be reliable and responsible.
POT-POURRI.
The recent petit larceny of A. T.
Stewart's dead hones will doubtless lead
to cremation as a more satisfactory
mode of disposing of mortal remains.
Had Stewart been cremated, his ashes
might have been so precipitated that
they could have been worn by his be
reavcd( ?) widow in a mourning pin, or
preserved in an ornamental urn upon
her dressing table. They might even
have been made into toilet soap. We
would not indulge in these grim, sep
ulchral jokes over the dead body of a
good or gracious man, who, after a life
of usefulness, had been quietly inurncd;
we should wish him the repose he had
fairly earned. But when a narrow
hearted, miserly, cold, and selfish rich
man dies, we have so little sympathy
with him that we confess to a little
pleasure in knowing that his bones are
liable to he disturbed, and some of his
money is to be expended upon honest
men in their search for his otherwise
quite unimportant and worthless remains.
It is a curious habit of human n
ture to look at a man through the
transparent medium of a dollar bill. If
a rich man is rude it is regarded as t
quaint and laughable eccentricity ; but
it a poor man does or says the same
thing he is a boor, and we are disgusted
beyond measure. We are ready to find
an excuse from an act that has money
behind it, and equally ready to find
fault with an act that is backed by pov
erty. The gold-colored pigment which
envious eyes secrete is not the peculi
arity of a class, but the characteristic of
Irom the sexton who shoves
bundle of human rags into the back
jcw, and shows silk and velvet to the
''est s, al, to the clergyman who smooth
the rough edge of lite for wealth, ad
men doff their hats to a pocket-book,
this ,s a pleasant reflection for the
ew, but to the rest ot us it comes
little hard.