The Portland daily press., 1867-04-06
Liberaliay Reciprocafei.

7. j. Furniss & Co., New York have conf
dentially sent US their confidential circular.
in which they, in the most private and
confidential manner, propose to bestow upon
us "a few thousand dollars" only stipulating
that we shall tell where the money came from,
through what agency, and not hesitate to
"show the greenbacks and make it well known
that they are the proceeds of prize drawn at
our [theirl Office"
Generous men! We thank them in the most
confidential manner and propose not to be be-
hind them in Gberality. They modestly dis
claim all motives such as we would accord to
them, and say they mean business; and to
show how they mean to make money by such
a gratuitous distribution of thousands we COPY
(confdentially) a paragraph from their litho-
graphed circular, thanking them for the COM
plment of having been selected as the recipi-
ent OF the gift because of our discretion"
They say:
We have come to the conclusion to increase
our business in your part of the country nv
adding to the number of our correspondsnts
anu feeling convinced that the safest and most
satisfactory plan Of doing SO is to send prize
OF few thousand dollars to some discreet and
reliable person who will have no objection to
show the money and state the fact to his ac-
qualntances that the prize was drawn by a
lucky investment at our office. We have there.
tore selected you as the party more likely than
any one else to aid us in our enterprise and
make you the following liberal and extraordi-
nary proposition. -,-.. ..
After stating the 'liberal and extraordinary
proposition" they go ON to say:
And that you may not suppose that there is
any deception In 1T, We inform you that the
prize money does not come out of our pockets
but out OF that OF the lottery managers, and
we shall not lose by sending You u few thou-
sand dollars, but be gamers by the increased
amount of business we shall expect from your
neghborhood when you show the "oreen-
backs" and make it we'll known that they are
the proceeds OF prize drawn at our Office
We make this offer to YOU in strict conf
dence. The proposal is plain
| What can be more generous? And now for
the condition. They only ask us to send them
| $40, not for their pockets, but "simply to pay
the managers of the lotteries for splendidly
arranged package of eight tickets" sub
ject to our order, which they warrant to
| draw, over and above all expenses, at least
$1,000, or they soiH send us another package 'cid
| out COST
| We must say their generosity overwhelms
us. and TO show we are not insensibe to such
| kindness. we propose, instead of sending them
| $40 and they sending us $1,000, that they send
us, in "greenbacks," only $500, keeping back
| the $40 for the managers aforesaid, and also
$500 to be put in their own pockets
| We trust they may send by return mail, for
| we are very anxious to commence rendering
the equivalent by showing the greenbacks"
and telling friends of our good luck and to
whom we are indebted for it, We shall do
this-when the greenbacks come-without a
solitary pang or compunction. Come, gentle
tlemen, forward the "greenbacks"-we will
eheerfnlly pay the expressage, and consider
your letter strictly private"