The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-07-17
The Curiosities of Advertising.

Stories romantic, stories tragic, stories OF mat
tiers of common place fact, stories almost surpass-
ing the farthest stretch of fancy, stories OF al
kinds, and each revealing more or less that usnai
stranger than fiction, might be given based on
developments brought to light through advertis-
ing. We give below a story in point-an o er
true tale," and only one of the many that might
be given. s.w,or came to
this city from Boston. He stopped at the Bel
mont Hotel i'm Fulton street. He had l,65O IN
bank bills which, for safe keeping, he carried In
his pantaloons watch-pocket, and to make assur-
ance doubly sure as to its safety, keeping MS
pocket pinned. Being en- route to New Orleans
he went to a railroad ticket Office, bought a ticket,
took out his money, paid for the ticket, returned
the remaining roll to his watch-pocket, carefully
pinned it as before, and returned to his hotel.
He shortly missed his money, but on examination
found his pocket pinned. The only conclusion
he could come to was that he placed the roll OF
bills inside the waist of his pantaloons instead OF
in his watch-pocket. and thus lost 1T. Tins was
on January 8, 1865. 1t rained hard all day.
The supposition was that the money soon got
mixed up with the slush of snow and mud OF the
street, and with the street refuse-for they Clean
ed the streets in those days-wouldf find Its way
to scahe dumping ground, an irremediable loss.
&c What shall 1 do about it ?' he asked Mr..
j. p. Richards, proprietor OF Belmont Hotel,
after r~eciting to him his loss.
"Adyertise it," answered the keenly penetra-
tive Mr.. Richards.
The loss of the money, though with no state
ment of the amount, was advertised as Mr.
Richards suggested, the finder to call on MIR.
Richards. There came no reponse to the adver-
tisement. Mr.. Sawyer went to New Orleans,
where two wears ago he died of the yellow fever.
The advertisement was seen. The finder remem-
bered aforementioned the name of Mr.. Richards,
to whom the information was asked to be given,
remembered the hotel, remembered everything
but giving back the money. The memory, In fact,
haunted him followed him through five years.
The struggles of conscience none can know. He
determined to restore the money, but in the deter
mination resolved not to let himself be known. He
wrote a note, without signature, to MIR. Richards,
asking him to specify in the Herald Persona"
particulars of the loss of the money and to whom
it belonged. This letter Mr.. Richards received
on the 4th of December last. In the next MORN
ing's Herald he inserted the following /" Person
al" -
M "a snowy day. about 81 500 in greenbacks owner is deadL
stances, viii be gratefully received by j. r. r., for Mrs. Ii.
Sawyer.
The above was not sufficiently explicit. An
other letter, by the same anonymous hand, was
written to Mr.. Richards, upon which the follow
ing Personal" was published -
FIVE YEARS C LOST. MRS. II: E.
IA Sawyer, III Warren avenue, Boston amount $1,000
smallest bill $50 the roll might have separated in losing.
But yet the anonymous le~tter-writer was not
satisfied. He wanted to know more about the
death of the original owner of the money and
date of his marriage. The name of Z" Waters
was signed to this third note, with special request
that the answer should be directed to this address,
So that there could be no mistake that he was
holding his communications with the same party.
The following third " Personal y was the result
of these further inquiries -
V~NTATERS-H. E. S.-MARRIED OCTOBER %, 1858.
w Hopkington, Mass. by Rev. Z 8. Hill; died Oct. 10,
brought to Massachusetts, and inferred. By express to Ill
West avenue.
In a fourth note the money fnder-for there
can be no doubt, of course, but this was the indi-
vidual writing-asks about the circumstances of
the widow of the one losing the money, the ex-
pense of advertising, and, if there is no shadow
of doubt that she is the widow of the original
owner of the money. This calls out the following
80 Personal" -
III E. s. Is THE RIGHT PERSON 1 CAN GIVE
bonds to that effect. Her only means OF support is
singing in church. Paid advt SIS. J.P.R
1t is unnecessary to trace this story out in all
its minute details. The anonymous letter-writer
became satisfied with the correctness of Mr.. Rich
ards statements. And We come to the end. A
lady, closely yelled, restored the money to Mrs.
only the money loss, but interest on
it from the day of its lost till the day of its ~rcstora-
ton, and expenses of advertising altogether,
81, 160. On the 10Th inst, this money was
given to the widow and fatherless children-the
result of one instance of advertising.-Neto York
Herald.