Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 January 1875 — A Bunko-Settler. [ARTICLE]

A Bunko-Settler.

The bunkoists have at last met with an ugly customer. His name is Fredericks, and he comes’ from lowa, and he is a man of brawn and muscle. Arrived in the city, and strolling about to see the sights, he was of course picked up by a “roper-in’’ for a bunko establishment, who, of course, knew him and all his family, was an old townsman, and was very solicitous concerning his welfare. It was not long before he had placed himself on terms of intimacy with the man from lowa, and volunteered to show him the lions of the city, and one of the very first lions was a bunko establishment. The man from Ipwa, however, had not be,en in the establishment long before he saw through the* little game, and remonstrated. Then the bunko men, intent upon fleecing him, attempted to lock the door, but the man from lowa knew a game worth two of theirs. He did not sutler himself to be stripped and then go and whine to the police. He placed himself upon the war path, promptly ar i expeditiously, and gave them a taste of Granger muscle. One, > two, three, and three of the bunko men were piled up and 1 doubled up promiscuously on the floor, wondering what hit them. Then the man from lowa took the key from one of the crowd, opened the door, and departed without molestation. He dispensed with the services of any more guides, went over to the Universalist Convention, which happened, to be the only religious body in session, and obtained .some spiritual consolation, and then went to his wile and babes in lowa in a serene and contented frame of mind, and without any loss in purse. We are glad that at last one Granger has turned up who is piaster of the bunko situation, and knows how to play tie game. We hope that lowa has more of them, and that she will send them here early and often. There is nothing- which disturbs a gambler so much as a brawny Granger fist planted squarely between his eyes. It is aquiet, and prompt, and satisfactory method of dealing with the ques--tion, and the men of muscle from the rural districts should understand this. It is of no use for them to appeal to the, police authorities for help, and money loatin these dens is lost forever. A

great deal of satisfaction, however, may be obtained as the man from lowa obtained it, and we hope our rural friends will help themselves. No one will call them to account for it.— Chicago Tribune, Jan. 23.