Judge — August 26, 1882 — page 4: what you’re looking at

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This young man may never rival I. Weul be sure to get all that may newer get mortgage. Tha me in his own name, and he signed the mort- gage, so that I took the property subject to the incumbrance, and thus can, and do, proudly say on ‘Change, ‘Sir, I never executed mortgage in my life.’ Then this $50,000 worth of furniture and choice works of art, all contributed by Stottier and Pymus, the buyer of the house laid it all in on credit, except the first payment of $5,000. Not on the installment plan; oh, no, he said, ‘I take a clean bill or no trade; I make my rates, and that ends the transaction.’ The dealers finally consented, because here was a party buying a Fifth avenue house; and tak- ing into consideration the profits on the out- fit, fity per cent. at least, the risk was worth taking. All this was made over to me, and 1 have a good title. ottier and Pymus t xot irreproachable juagment Manuel Martinez on his notes, but that does not annoy me. I have the furniture and the works of art; and they haye got the judgment. ‘The sheriff knows too much to levy on the furni- tureowned by Ignacio Boscobello. Thus I en- joy the results. of regular business procedure, and the rapacious furniture manufacturers re taught a useful lesson,” “This is indeed admirable,” said I, “and inspires me with a profound desire to go and dolikewise; but then, how to raise the $10,000, more or less, to start in with; there’s the rub,” “Nothing easier, my boy,” replied Bosco- bello, ringing for another tlask of De Mar- tigny; “let me tell you how I fixed that. Ar- riving here from Cuba, with the promise that sundry sugars and tobacco should be con- signed to me, and possessing very little else, I saw a bank statement in the morning jour- nals to the effect that the banks were all the time lending over three hundred millions of dollars to somebody. Three hundred millions is a great deal of money. I only wanted one six-thousandth part of this; and this, in fact, being about my fair share, I resolved to get it. First, I deposited five hundred dollars with a respectable banking house. This an against Thad a clerk buy it for | THE JUDGE. | nouse tent money at the rate of ten cents a day for a hundred dollars, and were not over- | captious as to the securities, provided they | were negotiable notes; but the loans must be short, and always promptly paid. As for ne- otiable notes, if other people decline to | create them for you, does it not follow that | | you are obliged to create them for yourself” So it appeared to me, and I found it was just easy to borrow on a note of Hodge, Podge & Co., when exceuted by myself, as when ex cuted by the great Hodge in proper person, All that was necessary was that the note should be a good copy, and have a long time ‘ow, if ten cents pays for a hundred lollars one day, a dollar pays for a thousand, | hundred dollars; an expert penman preferred. No applicants from the ‘ Business Opportuni- ties" column of the /erald will be treated with, [have not yet come down so low that. This is the opportunity of a life-time, and you will forever regret it ifyou fail to address me at room No, 13, New Court-Hous in the City of New York, A Side Show. It was acirens day, and it rained. It al- most always rains on such days. The crops would be better if there Were more traveling circuses. It was a nice, sticky day, and the country «five dollars pays for five thousand, At $5,000 I stopped. This money I deposited a Wall street bank, and by keeping three or four loans going all the time, each of which at maturity was paid up sharp, and then a new one ¢ wed never to have <8 than $3,000 in the Wall street bank, and often a large After a few months I pplicd to the said bank for ten thousand dol- | lars on our own note at three months, secured by twice the amount of Hodge, Podge & Co. and others at six months. ‘This was granted, and my system of loans has ever since oper- el successfully. Thus I have surrounded myself with luxuries, established a great house—Boscobello, Bolaro & Co. being known in all great commercial centers from Hack- ensack down to Philadelphia--and hi to experience the pangs which proceed from a penniless pocket. “Ta this way,” continued the great finan- cier, ‘affairs flow smoothly on, and in pro- cess of time the commercial structure of Bos- cobello, Bolaro & Co., veneered at first with what shallow moralists might style a coating of fraud, will be protected by an impervious rooting of righteous dealing. Indeed, we | have been able to forego the manufacture of large quantities of the paper of Hodge, Podge Co., and we actually now and then have a piece of genuine paper. Sugar has begun to come to us from Cuba, and there will be opportunities for operations as brilliant as the potato speculation, What people call honesty is a very commendable pastime, if you can afford to practice it. You can't yet afford it, and if I were in your case | shouldn't try. Aim high, wy boy. You may not rise to be a first-class, towering fraud, like the manipulators of the Elevated and Union Pacific railways, and consequently may not be able to become a member of Rev. John Hall’s church, but you may, like me, attain toa respectable position as a financier, who uniformily pays his loans, and puts up undoubted collateral. It is in this very un- doubtedness of the collateral that the success comes in, because if people once begin to doubt you, you are exploded and bounced at ‘a moment's notice. But if you follow my example, and never lose sight of the cardinal virtue of contracting debts, and then paying them sharp on time, you will become rich and great. . mount. ‘eceased * . . . * Tam about organizing a firm on the above scome in town with long s about three people, who als and large—alw izes too large —-linen dusters, looked discouraged, as they plodded arm in arm through the moisture, and paused occasionally under a dripping awning, where might be found 's” for the sale of cheerful and innoc (of lemon) lemonade, the plethorie sandwich, and the ever-reliable gingerbread and pea- nuts, Tt was at such a place, on just such a ¢ a rural couple halted and gazed at the tempt ing display. ‘Then overpowered with a sud den outburst of generosity, he concluded to. invest in a sandwich, and gave at least one half to his female companion, who, in the light of the subsequent conversation, must certainly have been his better (or worser) half. “Where did yer git it—what is it?” in quired she, while her mouth watered in de- lightful anti “1 got it ove fat it, ‘ts good. “What did yer pay fer it?” “Ten cents. “Ten cents! Gracious Jupiter, but you be a durned fool to spend yer money in that wa and fer that thing. Why, yer could git more crackers than one could eat fer ten cents. I'd ee ‘em in purgatory ‘fore I'd pay that price fer it, an’ I don't want none, so there!” and she was so mad at the reckless extravagance on the part of her liege that her appetite fled, and she could not enjoy the procession of “gorgeously painted and gilded chariots of the grandest and most colossal aggregation and seventeen consolidated shows in one,” it filed slowly aor ove humerous nt ation. there, an’ it’s a sanwhich, as Aman in Philadelphia has two wives, with om he lives in the same house, and it is said that he abuses them both. This is al- lowing a man altogether too much fun, He won't enjoy Paradise worth a cent, Noruinc makes the average policeman so mad at night as to see a citizen enjoying him- self on his front stoop. They evidently want people to get in out of sight, so that they can lay off a few hours themselves, It is mighty warm work, this being obliged to keep mov- ing these hot nights, especially on a beat where there are a great many beer shops, and when the cool front stoops look so tempt- basis, and need a partner who controls five ing, too. comicbooks.com