The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1869-04-22
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No. lO2 Nassau-st, New York. These
heartless villains, a hundred times mean
or than he who "plundered the i'm
poyerished Africans Of their very cir
dles'-the only garments which the
dusky EtbiOps are supposed to have
worn in very early times-publish a
circular which is never seen within a
hundred miles Of New York, except IN
their own den, but is mailed to country
towns far away from the city. In this
it is set forth that they make and sell
the most wonderful sewing-machine
in the market at the low price of $5 !;
that it can hem, run up, tuck, sbirr,
gather, and perform all those other op-
eratiOns without which the seamstress
could never make so much as acntty-
sark that, in addition, it sews with a
atraight needle, makes the hand-stitch,
never gets out of order, is warranted
for lifetime, aud is delivered without
risk or fail to each purchaser. Humid
reds of poor girls in all parts of the
country have been shamefully robbed
by the issuers ofthis circular, and it is
to be hoped that, if it be not an abso-
lutte impossibility to bring any of the
myriad of swind lers of the country to
justice, these fellows may ere long be
made to suffer for their objectionable
villainy. Should the Vigilance Com
mittee ever start out fairly on tour
of lustration through the infected dis
tricts of Madhattan, it would be well
for them to call first at No. 1O2 Nassau
st., or wherever else the "Family Sew
ing Machine Company" may be found,
and swing the members Of that organ
ization by the heels to the highest trees
in the City Hall Park.
Another of these swindles is the
Franklin Sewing Machine Company,
whose Office is at No. 81 Broadway.
The circular Of this concern is litho-
graphed, and the copy in our possess
sion signed by Thomas Myer, who we,
believe, is the husband Of the notori-
Gus Sophia Myer. This woman, it will
be remembered, was prosecuted by the
WorkiDgwoman's Protective Union
about year ago, sent to prison for 2
months, and pardOned by Gov. Fen.
ton. She has once since been tried on
a criminal charge.
THE EXPRESS swINDLE.
Of the Express swindle there are
many varieties. Sometimes well
dressed man calls at the house of a cit
izen during his absence, and pretends
to be the bearer of an express package
containing draft for 81 900, OH which
there are charges amounting to Sc 80
or 81 go He opens the package and
shows to the unsuspeeting lady of the
mansion as honest looking draft as
one would wish to see, collects the ex-
pressage, and disappears. The draft,
strange to say, is always bogus one.
There are many notifications of this
trick, but as they are all practiced in the
cities, and as city people always read
the papers in which the operations are
exposed, we hear but seldom of their
success.
Mr.. L. Fl. Tallman of Mandarin, Du-
val County, Florida, writes to the Tri-
.bune, under date Of the 18th instant,
asking for information touching the
New York Central Express Company
and one 2. w. Mulock, agent thereof
Mr.. Tallman has received a printed cir
cular from this Company, in which he
is informed that, "To your address
have been received by our Express one
package, upon which there are 50 80
charges, Please send for the same
without'delay Unless the charges are
paid within go days, the goods will be
sold at public auction Write yourin-
structions on the back of this sheet and
return, with the amount of charges in
closed, to the agent. Yours, truly,
2. w. Mulock, Agent for the Company,
New York" As the circular bears no
definite address, and as there is no such
Express Company as the New York
Central, Mr.. Tallman may feel perfect
ly easy in allowing Mr.. Mulock to sell
the package, which shave been receiv-
ed,'' for what it will bring. Il
THE WATCH sWNDLE.
How many industrious rascaIs there
may be engaged in the watch business
in New York, it wouldtbe hard to emu
merate. Circulars of all kinds are sent
to The Tribune Office every day by
"victims of misplaced confidence" !" who
wish to have their grievances redress
ed; but the schemes of the watch peo-
pie are all old. Among the boldest of
the watch swindlers are "Hallett, Moore
& Co., who call themselves "Bankers,"
and date their circulars from No SIS
Broadway. They offer to send 5000
watch for $40, and forward, instead, a
round brass box with three or four
wheels in it. The victim writes an in
dignant letter to "IIallett, Moore &
Co., Bankers, No. SIS Broadway"
(who, by the way, ''Pay the Highest
Price for Gold and Government Secu-
ties''), and receives the following (ster-
eotyped) reply:
Dean SIR: We are sorry to inform
you that our express clerk has been
making us trouble by sending out brass
watches, and keeping the gold ones
himself. We caught him in the act of
sending out brass watch not worth So,