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Show FLEECED. TUB FARMER. But He Tamed the Tnb!c,i on Sotto Kew York sharkfl. New York Sun: John J. Ilflt'fleld gave up farming on Sinlen loluud it few months ago in try his hand nt dive-kirplng dive-kirplng in New Ymk He began by sttapplng his forty-six nere farm at Port Richmond for Simon Butiner'a Broadway Garden. Buttuer had run l.hls resort as long as ho could with the eminent of the police, and then ho tried ,o run It vtlthout It. 'i ho latter method resulted disastrously. However, Hatfield Hat-field didn't kimw unythlng abuut thut, aud he slatted in on the "everything goea"plan. He found that the only thing that went was the valuo of his new investment, nnd that went so suddenly sud-denly that ho was somewhat l zed. Tho boys and glrs of Bioadway laughed ut 1dm nnd iilcknutncd him Fanner Hal field. From tne wreck of the Broadway Garden Hutfleld cleared up 81500. Ilo a-aoted to buy anolhet farm with this, but tho backers of tho Artistic club, on West Thirtieth street, told him that be was foolish to get discouraged dis-couraged so soon, so they sold him their In to rest iu this establishment for his 81.r,00. Shortly after that Police Captain Prlco put the Artistic dub nut of business, leaving Hatfleld with his farm gone and pretty much uverything of valuo gone with It. Hatfield thought It all over, and concluded that his only chances was to get even with Biuno one for his own misfortunes. Ho thought that there must bo oi hers as cHtly duped a himself, aud according ac-cording to the story now told on the Bowery, he found no such person i.iMinn'ii'innmnuiii i, wiiero he would leat bo expected, ft seems that Simon Buttuer hmrd'tbat Hat field had aomo moboy lefri nnd bV " v took hi friend, Ignate Gomboasy around to see him. Gombossy h Ut be Slmon'a brother, but Sltuon didn't tell HinfJeld anything about that. He Just Introduced Is I fx t as the proprU tor of the Hoffman Garden, on Third avenue, near Thirteenth street. Goru bosjy wnnted to sell out, and offered llbernt terms. The story is that Hat. field made a finall cash payment, and gave GombtMsy his notes for the bal. unco. Then he went nnd saw John McGurk, the proprietor of a coupis of Bowery dives, ono of which It i known as Sulcldo Hall. Gorabo.jy who hold Hutfleld'3 notes.Is said to ba ou tho verge of apoplexy over the tran sacilon. Ho didn't know there was any ono nroun.1 who considered tho Hoffman Gardens worth buying. At the last accounts ho was working far Hatfield, but that Individual Is mid to bo bulen In tho depth of Stateri Inland. Thtt situation Is-that McOurk has tho Hoffman Gatuens, Gnmtmssy has Huttlvld'8 notes and HatUold has McUurk'd money. |