Show DUPING THE GRANGERS THERE are two distinct sets of swindlers lers going doing through central illinois defrauding the farmers As they may reach utah after awhile in the hope of finding ready victims it may be well to describe their tricks one scheme is to purchase the farm Vs ra corn at twenty five live to thirty cents a bushel and get the farmer to sign a contract for the delivery of the corn which turns up in some bank as a promissory note another and still later swindle is the sharper who has a double fountain pen which is so arranged that it uses two kinds of ink one will fade and the other will remain the sharper makes an agreement with the farmer and uses the ink that fades and then gives the farmer the same penholder only it is reversed and he be signs his name the words of the agreement fado fade and the signature remains when the sharper writes whatever he pleases over the signature |