Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1859-04-28
lE HA.AcxLr,of Cleveland, surgeon
Of considerable noterie:y died very sudden
ly in that city on Sunday evening last.
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H-s.what We call . rose,e
BY any other name, would smell as sxeet" then
what we call rogue,
ssBy any other name, Is Just as Rad; farE .19e =

ssBy any other name, Is just as bad; 4iA ~l4e =
Yet, it must be confessed. that pretty names
are very successful in recommending nasty
things just ROW, the fur of the American
skunk, has become great farorite ia aristocrat-
ic circles abroad, under the romantic title of
@Mountain. Ranger" So, many are willing not
only to be shaved. but are actually skinned,
without wincing in the hands of the operator,
because it is called taking "prize" or subscri-
bing for gift; yet. these same persons part.
very sparingly, with their money to feed the
poor or educate the Ignorant. and make, an aw.
full uproar, IF they Sreceiyeja counterfeit dime
in change from a neighbor.7 Here is the Gift
Book Enterprise, cheating thousands, enough
to put an.old fashioned Yankee clock pedlar to
the blush. and yet, it is helped on by persons
who would no more rattle for a Christmas tur-
key, or go to shooting match than they
would steal We believe it is the worst kind of
gambling Lock at it. The admission may be
made, that if a person, needing . particular
book, could buy well bound. well printed CO.
pya the same price as in a fair dealing estab-
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lishment- So far as he ispersonally concerned,
there would be small risk He getsa book as
cheap as elsewhere, and chance for pound or
twoof washed brass; to gain which is but small
injury, and to lose it is less. But this class of
safe dealers is small. Thousands buy books
which they do not want, and thousands more
never read, and never intended to read nything
more than thetitle. The only MOTH e for buy
ing three -or five dollar book, is the expecta-
tion. Of drawing fifty OF hundred dollar prize
Now; these persons have paid five or ten times
what an equal chance for an equal prize, would
haveicost at simple rattle. Suppose, first, that
the jewelry is of honest manufacture, and real
gold, worth the price at which it is marked T
observe all prizes are plainly marked an ingen-
ious eontrivance to. make simple people feel
that they are growing rich at no expense; A
young gentleman buys a book at five dollars.
and draws prize worth one hundred. 1t is ev-
ident chat the bookseller must be paid for the
prize or his business would soon cometo an eDd.
The man who drew the prize did not pay for it.
society, that furnishes this jewelry, for gratni-
tous distribution among people who have the
laudable ambition to wear rich ornaments
without paying for them. 1t follows, that
those ;.gho buy the books, must pay for the jew
elry-s To Do this they must pay more than the
books arc worth III give five dollars for what
is worth five dollars, it seems plain that do
not pay for anything more, Suppose each one
pays only fifty cents more than an honest profit
to the seller; it wculdiake two hundred persons
to make up this prize. Now can anyone really
see difference between two hundred men each
paying fifty cents to raise purse of one hun
dred dollars, and then drawing tickets 10 decide
which should win the prize, and each paying
five dollars for what is worth four and a half,
and then drawing for the surplus. There may
bea difference inregard to human law, but there
is none in regard to fact. But of the two hun
dred who bought these books, not one-tenth did
50 because they wanted the books. Nine-tenths
have left the books unopened1they are useless
lumber. Each of these has really paid five dol
lars instead of fifty cents, or ten times more
than the same chance for an equal prize, could
be obtained at simple rattle. Viewed in this
light, the scheme is o gross sw indie, and if
had drawn avateh in such away, ! could new
er hear its ticking without the suspicion, that
irs sharp metallic voice was running on thief
thief-thief, thieEthief, thief. But as mint ju-
laps are the incentives 10 drunkenness associd
cards educate the young for the gamblers bell,
50 these schemes preparcthe mind for lotteries.
But the-truth is, thejewelry is Of thatIght
plated kind. which, any regular dealerwould sell
at tone-fourhof what it is marked, and then eleer
a large profit As q general truth this state
ment can be proved beyond shadow, Of doubt:
while it is true that a really valuable prize. is
mostly sent into new locality, to act as lure.
But in general it is very trnshy stuff. Those
who sport such jewelry, are much like packages
In hardware store-a sample outside OF what
is within You look up and see buckles and
gimhlets without, and you know il is buckles
and gimblets. within. This brazen iewelry
without, indicates brass within. If the screv
on the package says, Fam only screws. 90 the
jewel on the beson says, am ! only gilt.
But we objectto these gift schemes. because
they make us feel ashamed of our human bro
therhood. We know men whokeep real gold in
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