The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1870-01-15

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uf Factories Asa cb.sgs rse 81
-asia Wanf Of syHnm be making
fie dfnrnt reaa.ti.fem mf i.ra}s
hfg@ 1san'i.f improperly hmah,d
sbd imperfect Thee imperfect
rioeaafr agaib s'iah'lg altered anl
rui together. and constitute Ne
no, cmsat q the nfpIdo watch
These movements arc rIarcd lnbras7
eases manufactured l0rtlhsvory ruf
ros. costing about seventy Eve cts.
each, and exported 70 England and
Amefica. vhete.it hssbecu definite
Iy settled, tlc greatest number of
foola exist The French Government
viii NOT admit them unless properly
described, and the English Govern
mcnt places them under the han IN
So Tar a. TO prohibit the usc Of gon-
uinc namcsor trade marks. but, like
Government, trcaps aproht
from their importation and sale
These arc thc lamoua oroidCWntrhpa.
They arc worth, according TO some
of the largcst genuine practical deal
crs, and watclimakcrs in this city,
from $50 to 81, each. The best
quality cost buts55 dozen. They
sell in the bogus stores for from 81
to S2j each, and, as our City Mar
shall Tookcr's compl0int-book can
testify, often tor double and trebblC
these sums.
The bogus watch dealer dresses
loud and hashy. Youm see him
any day on Broadway, Fulton, Mas
sau, and other streets dowu town.
lie sports two or more diamond
rings on his fingers, and a sparkling
diamond Of immense sizein his shirf
bosom. His attire is faultlesS whei
he lays for wealthy game. Bu
when he wants to cntrap green com
trymen, he can put on a scedy suit
and be very innocent and hard u
very ready indeed, TO part viii
the gold watch for a few dollars +
pay his board. The bargain ap
pears to be so great that the verdan
is only too eager to close it an
pocket his prize. But after fe,
days or hours hefinds out that all
, not gold that glitters. In his littl
chubby-hole, the bogus il oxtremcl
, obsequious if he thinks you war
r to trade, or if you show any dcsII
G for spending dollar on chanc
t For, attached to nearly, if not qui'
0 every ono Of them is a lottery gan
s in which all the prizes arc taken |
}. the bogus himself.
G To make the fraud more compile
= and the better to deceive the te
!, gullible public, the oroide dcale
: adopt the trade marks Of respectful
s manufacturers, and advertise in 81
t same style, and, as far as possible
$ the same papers throughout II
] country as the legitimate manufa
s turers and dealers. For instanc
these dealers know that the watch
r made at Waltham are known
Il their different trade marks, and nun
IS bcred in proper order, and that Il
Q gold cases are everywhere stamp'
p indicating whether il is Ii, 16 or
C karats fine; and that the silver cas-
y arc all marked coin silver, and Anne
II lean Watch Co., stampad on u
f. case. Thus the American Wat,
n Company makes a watch beari
d the we'll known trademark of p.
d Bartlett, Waltham, Massachuset
Is On the imitation watch, Bartlett
Of marked BARLEY, Waldham, indie
ting clearly purpose to decei,
il and IS sold by the bogus dcale
SC with the private marks, numbc
m and everything, except that "W
le than" is Waldham. The uninit
&c ted would hardly detect the subs
to tuition of the letter I'd" for "t'
IT, this fraud, and yet there ia no su
H. city or town in Massachusetts,
ig Waldham, and Of course the rogl
e. know it, but their dupes do not.
a We examined the store of L.
is Collins & Co., wishing to see
ID, styles Of watches they so freely
ch vertise, and found that those of
n; highest gradcwerc markcdas "W
ST. dham" watces. With these watc
Ct he offers to give a guarantee for
no year; but we have been assured t
m the very best of these articles ,
'er not KEEP correct time, nor aver
VS.. more than six months to run at
nm Tho dienlayad dadyartisaynantu