The sun., 1872-03-23
TIE GREAT FOOL FISHERY.
THE OID SdTDrST sWTNDL ERsINA 4
NEW BUSINESS.

In'uor. ward 4 Co.'s Brilliant Iotter,
Broken tp by the sup-Thc Post once
Authorities on the Alert.
Philadelphia and other provincial news.
papers recently published conspicuouslv IN m eli
advertising psges a moet attractive announce
ment, headed with the neat little sum uf i,%5,..
1is followed by the high-sounding words Mer.
chants and Bankers Association Of New-York. 81
The advertisements goes on to display daily
drawings" announces - prize for every tick
ct" and sets out ia detail numerous very de-
slrable things. among which we name one prize
OF a round hundred th.u.apd dullars. -ix prizes
OF fifty thousand each. and so ON down 20 one
hundred dollars, i've buudt,d aud ATTY tickets,
according to the scheme and Its advertisement,
drawing that sum. Inen the gold watches, the
sewing machines. elegant pianos, melUdeuns,
silver ware. etceteta. promised to the lucky
holders of tickets are unnumbered. And IL Is
all 50 fair and honest! You have only to invest
twenty-nve cents. and YOU get In an envelope a
and then you have unl> To- Scnd on adollar. and
seventy-nvc cents for cxpressage aud packing,
and you can rest few dal- In the happy run-
i"i"usncss that YOU aie q very lucky fellow.
MEA1 roR RuRAL roofs.
A few days ago a country correspondent " a
leading New York bushes house bought four
SUPPOSE the following to lie printed In red Ink,
and YOU will have sample
ststs'
Daily Distribution
Mrrrhsn'. .nd Bsnssr. Association.
',rthtai' No 10 ~.
q: Tits certificate. wien sccomnsnied by one
: Dollar and :, cent. for eiprcssast and pscking),
enuucs iNS h"lH 60
Mercl ant,' and nsnkers' Association.
Certificate No. ld.sll entitled the happy ticket
buyer lo silver huntiug-cased watch. valued at
scod, ccrtincates numbered $3.50 aud i".slG
each promi-ed him silN dress pattern. valued
ut ~ Here then was property worth $50 all
already paid. Beturc rcmiiting the a., however.
the bucOlc gentleman concluded to write to his
city friend. lie embossed hlS tickets, and em-
powered them to -,t Iii prizes aud forward
them 10 him thus t'ndly relieving the immense
Merchants and I,anker- Association Of tho
trouble of expressing and packing the articles
MYTH.
The advert, l,euerl ", sisncd Rclror. ward \
Co, 40 Broadway. V Y. Vow i.p Hrnadway is
good place for he transactions Of .uch a.larse
citation. # is place easily found. There are
big gilt figures on the doors Of the main entrance
can go TO II without drhculty. But, unfortunate
y, going there as did the city friends Of the
and Bankers .A-social ion, aud no Raynor, Ward
x CO. can be found therein. 4 vivid sense Of
having been slightly swindlcd will overcome
any other ticket holder who undertakes the task
ofnnding Haynur Ward a Co. at laO broadway
or elsewhere. No one but some letter carrier
has been able 60 penetrate 20 the ONCE " this
munlncent concern; and hereafter even that
will he an imposSotlity. for the reason that a
sun reporter has taken th, trouble to go Ia the
Post Onice and have the Merchants and Bank
ers Association, and Raynor, Ward \ Co., Of l2O
Brondway. put down on the list Of frauds.
DEAD LETTERS.
Hereafter the mail matter Of the grand daily
distribution" people will be consigned to the
limbo of certain iron safe. kept In the Post Of
dee for the especial accommodation OF the let
ters of many similar concerns, whence II will be
transmitted at stated periods to the Dead Letter
once. The epistolary missiyes, with enclosures,
will return like boOmrang Ia the hands that
despatched them. after many DAYS.
II ls curious to read in the advertisement Of
the Merchants and Bankers Association, under
the head Of "Opinions Of the Press that the
Herald says its fair dealing can be relied
upon; :" the World commends II as "a genuine
distributiOn;" the W,tLiv Tribune puns II as
mot one Of the humbugs OF the day" and the
Stats /eitunp announces that they give gem
eral satisfaction" The date Of these commen-
datory extracts Is In each case conveniently put
80 far back that vcrn alton Is difficult, and TO
most persons impossible.