Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1869-04-14
GARFIELD, Pa, WEDNESDAY, APRIL IA, 1859.

nue. are now, doubtless, plying theil
vocation under new title. The plar
pursued by these scamps and othcri
who initiate them has been so OTTER
exposed in these columns that it is moi
considered necessary to say any more
about it except that their victims in
variably gave their good and Lawful
currency for nothing.
THE BARGAIN swINDLE.
"Though cannot be said to be flaitering hon
est man, II must not be denied that / am a plain
dealing villain."-- snAKnsrKAaE.
A set Of rascals calling themselves
~. B Hamilton & Co." have mailed
to all parts of the eountry,thousands
Of circulars ia which they promise TO
send "l2 yards of poplin dixie sample
lnclosed, or any other color desired, !"
forSS. For 81 these liberal merchants
"will send ~ yards of prints like
sample inclosed, } or 10 yards of mus
lin for the same price; or piece of
30 yards for 81 so. They have taken
advantage of the state of the markets,
they say, and are thereby enabled to
purchase large quantities of goods at
far less than wholesale prices. They
send single patterns by mail, paving
postage, &C., &c.-but of course can
not make any reduction from their
prices. These thieves unhung do not
tell where they do business, but direct
their patrons TO address all communi.
cations to "Williamsburgh, N. Y"
A lady writes to the Tribune from
Rock Falls, Illinois, to the effect that
on the LIST Of January she sent 81 to
~. B. Hamilton 4 Co., Williamsburgh,
N. Y" with an order for goods. In
reply she received the following note I:
"WmLIAMsBuRoH, Jan. IS, 1869.
Mns.---; Madam-Your order was duly re.
ceiYed. The Postothce Department have recently
refused to mail our packages, unless we pay letter
postage, which amounts TO over dollar on u
yards We make you, therefore, the following
ofer, a. we would like 10 have you act as our
agent We are confident that when our goods are
seen You can send Us many aud large orders.
On seeeipt Of s. more We will send by express
any goods ordered to that amount, and present
you with ~ yards Of Empress cloth, like t6e sam.
pie, or any other color desired. II you do not
wish TO accept this offer We will return you the
money sent. An early answer will oblige.
Very respectfully,
]. b. HAMILTON 4 CO..
The indignant matron continues /:
ain answer 70 this, / sent So in pres
ence Of the postmaster OF Rock Falls.
giving all necessary directions for the
goods sto be sentby express. Although
more than four weeks have passed.
and ! have written repeatedly, | can
get no answer. Can you not expose
them, or hand these letters TO the po-
lice? That is all the satisfaction left
for victim of misplaced confidence"
We are really very sorry for this
victim Of misplaced confidence, and
would, without delay place her letters
in the hands of the police, II we
that the police could or would
help her to recover her Sc, or its
equivalent in "chene poplin" or other
woven material. But they cannot.
Should they ever arrest ~. b. Hamil-
ton &-Co.," it is doubtful whether a
New York Judge would mete out
punishment TO the thieving villains.
We can only recommend to our un-
fortunate correspondent a careful
perusal OF the paragraph quoted above
rom the philosophio Billings, and beg
Of her never to order dry goods from |
merchants who send
printed circulars to the fertile prairie
ands Of illinois.
THE SEWING MACHINE swINDLg.
One OF the cruelest swindlcs ever
,racticed in this country is that of the
Family Sewing Machine Company"
whose principal Office is said to be at
No. l02 Nassau st., New York. These
hardened villains, hundred times
neaner than he who 'plundered the
Africans of their very
yirdles"-tho only garments which
he dusky Ethiops are supposed TO
lave worn in very early times-pub-
ish circular which is never seen
within a hundred miles Of New York,
Except in their own den, but is mailed
o country towns far away from the
'ity. In this il is set forth that they
make aud sell the most wonderful
ewing machine in the market at the
ow price OF So; that IL can hem, run
Up, tuck, shirr, gather, and perform
VI those other operations without
which the seamstress could never
make so much as a Guilty sack that,
n addition, it sews with straight
ieedle, makes the hand stitch, never
,ots out Of order, is warranted for a
ifetme, and is delivered without risk
n fail TO each purchaser. Hundreds
f poor girls in all parts of the coun.
Up have been shamefully robbed by
he issuers of that circular, and il IS
o be hoped that, if il bo not an abso-
ute impossibility 10 bring any Of the
Myriad of swindlers Of the country to
nstice, these fellows may ere long be
made TO suffer for their objectionable
illainy. Should the Vigilance Com
nittee ever start out fairly on a tour
{ lustration through tho injected dis.
riots Of Manhattan, it would be well
Or them 10 call first at No. l02 Mas.
au st., or wherever else the "Family ,
ewing Machine Company may be
ound, and swing the members Of that
by the heels to the high
st trees in the City Hall Park
Another Of these swindlos is the t,
rankin Sewing Machine Company,
hose Office is at 81 Broadway. The
irchlar Of this concern is lithograph. .
d, and the copy in our possession is .
gned Thomas Meyer, who, we be. !
eve, is the husband of the notorious ,
ophia Meyer This woman, il will ;
e remembered, was prosecuted by ,
le Working-women's Protective !
'nion about year ago, sent TO pris.
n for IL months, and pardoued by
ov Fenton. She has once been ,
led on criminal charge.
THE ExrREss swINDLr. 1
or the Express swindle there are +
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