A NIGS YOUNG MAN.
(TO THE EDITOR OB 1 THE STANDARD.) Sirj-^-It may not. be generally known . that there is such a lot of easily -gullod >pepple m this part of the district as A has •Jaielyi Wen proved. Quite ■ rsoently. a young man wishing to start m the butchery line,vont. round. to the settlers and represented himsfllt as hcving a | re.ther small capital to start on, bufc if tb.3 settlers viould' supply him with meat . aad wait tor (or go without) the money, he would cuccsed to the benefit of himself and settlers: both... It need scarcely be said hie schemes succeeded as far as he himself was conceived. But wb..at about the settlers ? just this : they trusted eyery word this plausible innocent - looking youth said, aold hiua their cattle, a,nd got sold them selves as well. The enquiry now is: " Where is lie gone?" Answer : " Ask His Mamma.". — I ana, &c, : Onb of ts^. Victims.. .'. . Stoney : Cr.esk, '■■■]. • June 7th. : . ... :
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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 10, 10 June 1885, Page 2
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161A NIGS YOUNG MAN. Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 10, 10 June 1885, Page 2
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