The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-03-19
he "s1 Sale SRindle.


ion in regard to the Gone Dolla
Sales" an occasional one OF whic
appears in the JEFF. In order {
post our readers in regard to th:
matter, we publish letter from tn
United States Mail, in which Bos
ten nau gives his experience. W
: do not expect, however, that th
: warning will be of much use, as peo
&C pie in general love to be gulled anc
) humbugged, and the American peo
e. pie, We have often thought, had .
SC peculiar desire in that line. Bu
&, here is the letter, ''for whom it ma,
concern -
BosToN, January, 1869.
EDITOR L. S MAIL: There is a
"Sl Sale" concern in this city, under
the name of A. H-& Co., who
advertise and circularize to a fearful
extent that they will do big thing
for 81 AS had heard considerable
complaints among the victims of THE
huge swindle, / took it into my head
to get my fingers burned little pro
bono Eabiico-a succeeded in doing
so. Enclosed please find the circu-
lar of the firm.
l assumed the name of Mrs Jane
Harris, of Nashua, N. H., addressed
letter TO said firm, inclosipg three
dollars for slips or tickets. In due
time an answer to my letter was re-
ceived and found to contain thirty |
slips, each slip representing on its |
face what could have by returning |
one or all, Each slip so returned /
must have 81 with it, and so on and
in addition the firm presented "Mrs.
Jane Harris with a, ,'tpremium slip''
for getting up the club of thirty
From these thirty slips | picked out Il
four, which with the premium made
five slips, and inclosed four dollars
and said slips in letter to A.
H q Co. These slips respect
lively called for the following: No. 4
l, premium slIp-Hair chain, "Gosd,' 9
Trimmings; No. 29Lady's "GoLp''
Pencil !; No. S-A Five-Bottle Cas-
tor: No. 4-Six yards of Cotton
Flannel No. 5--Cotton Bed Quilt. u
The box containing this stuff, was a
duly received at Nashua, and for t
warded from that place to me. Up c
on opening the box, 1 found instead C
Of ''Hair chain, gold mounted,' a
hair chain, gold "wAsHED,' worth So g
Der Dozen Instead of "Gold'' Pencil. a
there was ,cqshed, spurious article, a
such as can be bought for forty-two c
cents retail. Tn, quilt was "tOugh," r.
being square piece OF. figured cotton II
10th. The cotton flannel I'VE gods I"
six yards. worth ten cents per yard II
Immediately sent for the !'firm" to d
;all On me at my office, and they e
made their appearance forthwith. / e.
them OF the facts in the al
'ase, and pointed them to their cir b
;ular, wherein they promise 10 send c'
! hair chain, '.gold'' mouniings, gold N
'et Gil, etc., and asked them if SAID C;
rticles leaving out the dry goods II
7ere geld. They informed me Mey el
cere ; whereupon I informed them NJ
bat they were swindlers and, mat III
ers getting pretty hot,' they finally pl
that the aforesaid ayticles eE
Iere '.just as good as gold.p To the
uestion, "Why do you advertise in in
our circular to send a SoH article, :.
nd in its stesd send a uashe3 arti. VI
lie - one OF the firm replied that he NJ
id not know that the circular SO al
ta;ed-was entirely ignorant of the pr
act. The other said 1t was 'sa mis- g
AXE made by the printer-tbe proof "a
leet was wrong.'' Informed them TN
lat some six months previous to an
lis they were informed by the State W
Unstable that they did not do as ,o
ley agreed in said circular, and -
sked them why they continued to y
end out said circular, knowing that ar
ley offered in it false inducements of
o this they replied that they had co
ome so 600 printed, and thought =
ley would use them up. Inow con- "a
dered it an appropriate occasion Gu
'r the use of some very plain Eng of
sh, and if they are not aware of my of
Dinion of them and their rascally -
,erations, / assure you it IS no fault =
mine. They shortly afterward gr
eparted, and l took my gold and tn
'tton goods and all papers apper We
lining to the case before Judge NJ,
hamberlain, of the Police Court,
oroughly explained the case, and Pa
ost fervently prayed that the swim to-
ers should be punished. The case to
Ime before full bench of Police do
ldges, being three in all, and after
n days delay | was informed that / ir
I'd no case, there being no law TO lze
ach them, but that l could COM les
ence civil suit, they thought, and ah
light be successful. Here, the mat.
T rests. j have given yon my ex- :,
,rience, in order that your readers Al
ay have the benefit OF it.
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