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Swindling A Clergyman

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Parent Issue
Day
9
Month
April
Year
1880
Copyright
Public Domain
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Confidonce swindlers hava done mucli reeen tly to raise their calling to the rank of a fine art, and ono B clergyrnan, who performs marriage ceremonies for a stated íoe, can testit'y to their expertucss. A thrifty younsj conplc asked, in ndvance, the price of the oereraony, and being satisfied witli a charge of iivc dollars, were joined in wedlock, the clergyman kindly providing the witoesses without extra fee. Tlie bridegroom offered a fíí'ty dollar bilí and rocoivod forty-fira dollara in chango, and the clergyman discovered (he next day that the flfty ilollnr bill was a counterfeit. Siüco the basliful bride avoided a serntiny of hor countenance, h thinka now that sho was connterfeit too, and only a yon ng roue dressed in teníale appareL

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Subjects
Old News
Ann Arbor Argus