New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-13
A WORD OF CAUTION.
-i,l.r The n. Y. TriLnnt.

To the Editor Of The " y. Tribune
SIR: According to an advertisement in The Tim
UsE of last week, Mr.. A. Is. Sumner of Galesburgh,
Mich. wishes to obtain information Of &. X. Bowen d
Bro. Of Atkinson Depot n. ii. There is a great deal
of rascality in the good old Granite Statea and Mr..
Bowen and his amable brother, in all probability, are
cognzant of small share OF it, to say the least. Dur
ing the past four OF five years the papers have been
flooded with advertisements showing that fortune
could be made in a few short months by some means
best known to some person persons in Plaistow At
knsOn, Hampstead, and other towns in New. llamp-
SHIRE and in Haverhill, Bradford and other places in
Massachusetts,. Should person be gulible enough
to answer those notices, the replies that he might
get would be various. Perhaps would
be few receipts for making honey, soap, &C.;
another might be a chance to sell maps grdirons, or
something sensible; sometimes as in the present
case chance to sell shoulder braces and so on
through an innumerabe list of articles But from the
most OF them he would get package of lotcry-tck-
cts with circular stating that he could have ten per
cent for selling No droTinS Of hcsc IoftGrtc: eeer
taheS place. Should the person receiving the tickets
throw them into the fire, send them back with the
statement that he could not would not sell them, 1T
would make no difference; in few weeks he would
receive letter stating that he had not been heard
from since the sending of the tickets, and that one
Of the packages sent had drawn Il prize OF money,
perhaps $500. Az the unsophistcated fish swal-
lows the gttering tinse covering the barbed hook,
so this bait il often gobbled down by the receiver
Of the aforementioned letter. Inc lcttcr rtdteS
that the money can be had on receipt of the price
of the package. Should the oveTjoyed recipient
of the lottery-vender's favors send the price
demanded he would wait long and anxiously for the
returning mails to bring the prize. But like Sam6os
dog when Sambo whistled he no come, and when
once the money for the tickets is sent to the embodi
ment of rascaity the "bourne" is reached whence
money ever returns. Mr.. Sumner sent 50 in good
faith as he SAYS; and &. X. Bowen Bro. had such
good faith in him that they kept his money for him. a.
all the Plaisow, Atkinson Del /, &C., agencies do
when they receive any from fiat"
The firm Of c. r. Bowen & Bro, like all the agency
firms i'll this section, has merely NEUROLOGICAL exist
ence. No such person as G. Il. Bowen or that dear
and eLbelOved" brother can be found at Atkinson
Depot The postmaster at that place and also In
Paisow and Haverhil is in collision with the rascals,
or at least is bound know nothing about them when
any inquiries are mao. Let any man who has been
feeced by them ask ther personally or by letter. for
information from the postmaster and the answer ne
would get would be somewhat like the following:
owe knew nothing OF the firm you mention. Letters
come here for them AM are taken by some one whom
W. do not know" Sometimes, if gold fee is paid by
the firm" the infomtion given Is that they are per-
fectly reliable. In til manner the victim is fairly
entrspped aDG all his loose change will be gone before
he discovers his mistake.
IN conclusion, let me advise your readers to sh'ln
the New-IIampshire Employment Agencies, and
never be 30 devoid Of brains to risk even as much
as the "stamp to pay return postage"
Hoping that this may enlghten your correspondent
from Michigan and the public generally, .,.,n,o,,
Sdn5otcn, n. H., Jan g. 1883