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Show Tn story that comus from West Virginia Vir-ginia of a swindle perpetrated by a band of sharps who professed to be working in tho interent of the government govern-ment is almost beyond belief. If it is true it illustrates the truth of a certain aphorism, more expressive than elegant, ele-gant, to the ell'ect that sucker is born every hour." Tho story is that the sharps organized a secret society to relieve the government. Tho treasury treas-ury waj reproaouted to be in great distress dis-tress for gold, and all who joined tho society wero given the privilege of turning over any gold they might have in their possession and receiving tiro times the amount in paper currency. The strangest part of tho tale is the statement that the rascals secured $;W,000 before the scheme was made public. |