Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1865-05-13
Boys and Girls.
l want ycu TO join the Army Of th,
American LEngle ]! or /iFl JtoiE

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1 want yeu TO join the Army Of the
American Ehgle u or 1FI3l JEoK
I'll tell you about il. .-s7ssr -fi o. ssos
The great Northwestern Sanitary Fair
will open in Chicago on the 30Ih of May,
to raise mouey for The sick aud wounded
soldiers. L have arranged a plan by which
all boys and girls in the Union can do some.
thing to help this fair, aud at the same lime
do u favor 10 every one of their friends. -
Tie plan is this:
You have all heard of the celebrated
Lire Eagle of the Eighth Wisconsin Regi.
mept, a short Sketch Of which you will ind
below. We are preparing great many
thousand beautiful album pictures in oil col-
ors of this eagle, aud l want you TO help
sell these pictures for the Sanitary Fair
want 10 sell sixty thousand before the
fair begins, aud you will be glad, know,
10 do this much to help the soldiers who
are lighting and dying for you. The pic.
tures will also, Of course, be for sale at the
fair.
| am organiziug what call the Army of
Tie American Eagle -. "
Every person Who buys one or more OF
these pictures will be apflvate n this army.
Every boy or girl who sells number of
these pictures sbal. bean officer. andrauk
in proportionto the number of pictures be
or she may sell. They sell singly for ff
teen cents, but when you get up q club,
will send ten 10 one address for Que dollar,
or one hundred for nine dollars. reiisisH eIg
d. 10 get ten for one dollar, the dollar must
all be cent at one time and TO get one
hundred for nius dollars, the nine dollars
must all be sent at one, time., In,each case
the pictures will all be sent, prepaid, to one
address, and the commission 10 q separate G
letter, 70 same address.
l hereby appoint every boy and girl who
shall read this recruiting Cficer. Now
TO work, every one efyou u
As soon as you seud me the money, i
will send you the pictures, post paid, and
send you also regular comn,issoa, hand
somely printed, showing that you are au
eficer in The Army of lite american Eagle
The boy or girl who will get up club,
and send money for 5w asi 10
Ten pictures, shall be o. corporal. 10
Twenty, aiscrgeant 7sf
Forty, second lieutenant. reas
Sixty, first lieutenant. a
One hundred. captain.
Three hundred, m jor.
Five hundred. lieutenant colonel.
Que thousand, colonel :
Two thousand, brigader. general. 81
-Four thousand, q major general
wantsa general and from two 10 six
cOlonels 10 each State. with as many regi-
ments thoroughly fitted ost with all The
minor officers. There may be other work
yet for the Army Of the american Eagle to
do, aud it will be an honor to belopg 10 it.
We will 6ghkthe battle at home, while the
boys in blue are 10 the field, and show that
zoe are worthy Of them. -, --,-
Hurrab, boys and girls |! Let's go into
this work like soldiers, and let The Army
of the American Eagle raise at least ten
thousand dollars for the Sanitary Fair
We cnn do it. Let's say, We ,oiA t-y.-
Children will remember that we have no
agents Of any kind for the Army of the
american Eagle or for our picture. All
children may act as recruiting officers,
but all money must be sent to the under.
signed who alone can issue commissions.
We are now stereotyping complete
aud authentic history of our soldier r-bird, 10
be dedicatedto Abraham Lincoln, which
will be published and sold at the great fair.
for the benefit of the soldiers. A copy OF
this book will be presented, free OF charge,
10 every colonel aud general OF the Army
of the American Eagle.
Be sure to wtiie plainly your name, post
Office, county, aDd State.
Addr SIS Y ALFRED l.. SEwELL.
care of Dunlop. Sewell & Spalding.
Chicago, Illinois.
We hope all the boys aud girls in Ash
tatula will join this army of the American
Eagle. One young lady 10 town Miss
Olmstead has needed this call and has been
active in getting recruitsto the number we
believe Of one hundred which entities her to
the Office Of Captain. Who win emulate
her examplelin this noble work? Try it
boys and girls. 81 s ~
Delightful Mary Inc says The frst time
she was kissed. she felt like q vase Of roses