Patent Right Swindles
An excnauge says that a smootii patent right swindling scheme is being worked in some of the states. A man comes to a farmer with a patent wagon tongue for which great claims are made. He has only that one county left aud will sell the rig!ht for two hundred and fifty dollars. A few days later, while the farmer is thinking over the matter, another man comes along, who has learned that the farmer has the right to the valuable invention, and offers him four hundred dollars for it, paying him ten dollars down. The farmer at once and closes the deal with the first party, giving nis note or cash for the two hundred and fifty dollars. In the meantime the second man disappears and the two schemers meet and "divy." If a note, it is discounted t the nearest bank.
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