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Show Smooth Stranger Fs Paid Steep Stipend for "Bonded" Tea Kickless Whisky Fraud Detected De-tected by Wives of Disillusioned Dis-illusioned Purchasers, AS M O O T H - speaking palesman, American in ire?s and manner, took eompsfion npon not & few foreigners in Salt Lake Citv, Mnna, (iariioM and other imrround-inj imrround-inj town. recently and sold them for a pomeuhat steep price, yet not too steep, considering the prevailing dry-nes- in t'uih, ca5cs of a well-advertised brand of whisky. This whiskey in pint bottles, properly labeled and furthermore bore the niuut Iftbel of (be Vnited States povernnicnt showinc in any event that stumps hnd been purchased to lend dignity dig-nity anil to a certain extent legality to the product. To Jalt Lakers bought within the past few days respect i rely eight ensrs and t en capes. Tliev opened the cases in the seclusion of their respective cellars cel-lars nnd then sampled the contents. Alas and alack, very much alack, the whisky burned not, neither whs it in anv manner fiery, nor did it possess pos-sess the expected kick. The women of the households, taken into conference, declare.! that it was common Knglish black cold tea. Roth sad but winer mn, each unaware una-ware of tho other's plight, thirsted for good lienor and for revenue. Thev reached the office of Poren X. Christen-sen Christen-sen simultaneously, and told their woes. "We have been swindled. YTpat can we dof" they asked Snren, nnd thnt worthy replied: Niy not hi ng and don 't do it again. " |