The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1857-08-15
Works of Darkness.

Persons often receive little papers through the post
office, and wonder who sent them, or how their address
was known. On examining these documents they will
read of great prizes to be drawn in some lottery, and
their cupidity will \ worked upon by detailing the cir
cumstance of some poor person who laid out a few dol
lars in lottery tickets, and by getting 4 prize became
wealthy. Lin this artful manner, many arc duped into
the snare, and send on to the agent, whose name is
prominently displayed in the haring advertisements of
these sheets, in hopes that they may meet with some
of the good fortune, and request the agent to send them
certain specified tickets. 1t matters little whether they
get tickets Or not, from these parties they will never
receive prizes they are sheer s~windlers, who take every
chance opportunity to send such papers all over the
country, but have no place where they can be found,
except by letter. Sometimes parties who are keen in
business generally, will send five, ten, or twenty dollars
10 these unknown scamps, when they would not lend a
friend or relative even one dollar without having it we'll
secured. The swindle las become quite serious, there
being now some dozen regular publications issued in
various parts of the country. They are all intended to
deceive and rob those who heed their advice. Beware
Of them, and beware of lotteries any way, they are but
d~eceptions, to rob the unwary.
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Sewing Machines.
The Sewing Machine is one of the facts Of this age,
destined soon to become one of our household gods, and
the commencement Of Woman's Millennium cannot be
far distant. Long ages Of toll and suffering seem to
have satisfied the &C curse," ami the fairer portion of
creation will soon enter upon their reward. The entire
read y-made clothing sent out from the eastern cities is
made 10y machinery; and so is a large amount of the
domestic work now done in various parts of the country.
A good machine can be bought for about a hundred and
fifty dollars we have seen machines that could do good
work which their owners thought could be afforded at
ten dollars. We may reasonably hope to see them in
troduced into every family as an indispensable help to
western life, before a great many years. Then either
the boys or girls can sit down of an evening and do up
a months saving, and enjoy it as a pastime.
We have received a very interesting letter from c.
j.. A~rmsbury, Esq, who has travelled extensively over
the unsettled portions of Wisconsin and northern Iowa,
to view the country and recruit his health He advises
any one to 90 over the same ground, if they are troubled
with dyspepsia, and they will find certain relief. In all his
travels he found but little to invite the cmigrant except
near Eau Claire, Wis.,, about 100 miles up the Chippe-
wa river. He saw many %emigrants who were leaving
Iowa for Minnesota, to secure homes here, because the
land was so extensively held by spectators, precluding
the hope that they will be surrounded by ~neighbors for
years to come. Crops throughout his journey were
rood, bmt corn rather backward. We are sorry we have
not space for the entire letter, as it came late.