The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1867-10-12
100000,
70 O NE D OLLAR,
THE MERCHANTS t. alANUFAC
TURERS'
iEWELRY ASSOCIATION

Calls your attention 20 the fact O. is j., .Ia
largest and most popular Jewelry Assp.I,,iyu in
the Uncd States. he business ,s ali: a.vsvs
has been conducted in the most Cal i aud la,'o-
rable manner. Our rapidly iucr-a ASH & trad is
sure guarantee Of the appreciation of onr pa,Eors
for tins method of obtaining rich. elegant and
costly goods. The sudden ssagnatiou OF trad. il,
! Europe, owing to the late German war. aud re-
cent disastrous financial crisis in Eurnpe has
caused the failure of large number of JrtseIrv
houses in London and Paris. obIging them to CELL
their goods at great sacrifice. in SOM. instances
! less than one third the cost of manufacturing.
! We have lately purchased very largely of thrse
Bankrupt Goods. at such extremely low prices
that we can afford to send away Finer Gods aud
give better chances to draw the MOST valuable
priz"s than any other establishment doing a simi
/ lar business OUR AIM IS TO PLEASE. and
we respectfully solicit your patronage as VIZ are
confident OF giving the utmost satisfaction. Du-
! rlng the past year we have forwarded number
| Of the most valuable prizes To all parts oe the
country. Those who patrunize Us will receive
the full value OF their money as 10 article on orr
| list is worth less thar Ore Dosr ~ all ami ,h-re
are no Blanks Parties dealing with US nay de-
| pend ON having prompt returns, and the article
drawn will be immediately SAT-: to any sddress by
return mail or express
| The following parties have recently drawn
/ valuable prizes from the Merchants AID Manu-
| facturers Jeweiry Association. and have k:,,d,v
| allowed use of their names:
! Frederick '. Browne, Esq. T-essarr Drrsr!-
m-nt, Washington, D. c Piano, value $50
Miss Anna L Frost. Waver,y TeEra< y Y c.tr:
Ladies' gold enameled ami tiasnord :. v.a.cL
value, $500; William b. Emmcns New o. ears,
La, srw1ng machine, valEt, S75; Grorg- !. Da-
v@nport Mobile, Ala silver tea set valnr. $500
Miss Lucy Orcutt. Albany. Ill., Swing machine,
value, S6'; Mrs Mary J. Downing, louisville.
KY. gold watch, value, $500: James Fowler,
Harrisburg, Pa. silver hunting case watch. v=.ne
S!5; Rev William Peyster. Milwaukee. Wis.
" heeier d Wilson sewing machine value. s %;
j. j. Bickford, San Francisco Cal, gold lined
silver tea set, value, $500; Edward /. Rice ST
Louis, Ho., meiedeon. valne, $3.50: Miss Helen
SaESs E:~ts: ss25 Horatio 6. Frost, Chicago III,
large oil painting. value, $500: Mrs Charlotte.
E. Hewins, Doniphan. Kansas, CLiekerng grard
piano, value, 500. and music Box, valu,. 800.
Many names could be placed on the list Int
we publish no names without permission. Oar
patrons are desired TO seId u. s. currency when
convenient.
Partial List Of articles to Be sold for
ONE DOLLAR EACH,
| without regard to value, and not to ba paid for
until you know what you are to receive:
lu Chickering grand pianos, worth $500 to 500
Is Elegant rosewood planes geo to $50
| Is Elegant meloleons. rosewood cages l75 to 220
a0 First class sewing machiues 40 to 3U0
70 Fine Oil paintings so to 100
100 Fine steel engravings, framed -- 80 10 100
| ou Miisic Boxes IS tc 30
lo0 Revolving patent castoss. silver 20 to 20
so Silver fruit and cake baskets 80 20 TO 30
400 sets of tea and table spoons 20 to 80
l5o Gold hunting case watches, war I'd SO to $50
IoO Diamond rings clustr single stone IS to 2G0
l.o Gold watches IS 10 $50
800 Ladies watches GO 10 leo
| SEQ Silver watches 20 70 -5
Diamond pins brooches and ear drops, ladies
sets OF gold aud coral, jet and gold, aaren.ue.
mosaic. lava and cameo; sets Of studs. vest and
neck chains, plain and chased gold rings god
| thmbles, lockets, new style belt buckles, gid
pens and pencils, fancy work boxes. gold pens
| with gold and silver extension holders and
large assortment of fine silver ware and .Trwelry
OF every description, OF the best make and la.es:
styles.
| Gs- A chance to obtain any of The above ar.
ticles for ONE DOLLAR, by purchasing seal
ed envelope for 25 cents
| - Five sealed envelopes will b. sent for 81;
Eleven for -; Thirty for So: Sixty-tive for $l0;
One Hundred for sis
Agents Wanted Everywhere.
uneqnalled inducements offered to Ladies and
Gents who will act such. Our descriptive clr-
euafs will be sent on application.
| hissiuhSioHS are N1aue III the IaiIGWlnr man
ner: Certificates naming each article and its
value are placed in sealed envelopes, which are
well mixed. One of these envelopes contaiung
the Certificates or Order for some article, will be
delivered at our Office, or sent by mail to any ad-
Dress without regard to choice, on receipt Of IS
| cents.
On receiving the Certificate the purchaser will
see what article it draws and its vanr, and can
send One Dollar aud receive the article nsmrd.
Purchasers of our Seated Earr!epes may. in this
manner. obtain an article worth trom one to five
hundred dollars. -
Long letters are unnecessary. Have the kind
ness to write plain directions. Orders for SEALED
ENVELOPES must in every case be accompanied
with the Cash. with the name OF the person
fseuding, and Town, County and State plainly
written. Letters should be addressed TO the
Managers as follows:
jackson, Cornish g. Co.,
1913 & 1876 Broadway, New York.
Aug 24--3m. IL
ST. MARY'S ACADEMY.
THE classes will be resumed in this
Il Institution positively On the l4sh o.
i. 0ctOher 1867