Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 January 1901 — BUNCOING FARMERS. [ARTICLE]

BUNCOING FARMERS.

Supposed Farmers Rake in a Harvest Deceiving Them. “A good many farmers in this part of the s£ate have been victimized dur ing the hunting season by a gang of sharpers,” says an exchange. “The gentry, well dressed and polished in manner, would appear at the house of a wealthy farmer, introduce themselves as officials or business men of Chicago, Fort Wayne or Grand Rapids, and ask for a permit to hunt op the farm. They would always ask for written permits, in order to avoid disagreeable experiences, and usually made themselves very agreeable to those with whom they came in contact. A week or so after their departure the victims would learn that they s.gned, instead of hunting permits, promissory notes, which are now turning up against them.