The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1873-04-10

Nou go 20 church and listen 70 an up.
peal iu behalf OF ,hr heaibeu Tho speak,
er 8. an clabora,cly dressed, magnificent
Ip watgh-ehaiped agent for some gospel
spreading society Your sympalhies are
aroused and you donate CITY dollar. ss q
gospel-spreader, But before crealling
yourself with any eo,pcl-spread heathen,
watch thar llly dollars, see the hands
through which it passes. and after the
Incidental expenses ate taken cut, count
Il. The balance would hardly bus calico
enough TO make six short aprons for the
naked hcaiheu. Reader. those words
incidental expenses have meaning
limitles, a. eternity.
You pick up hand-biU aud are sur
prised 10 learn that disuterrsted body
Of men are anxious to give away half
million dollars, With charity that
would make ST. Paul blush, they propose
to build church, found library give a
concert aad distribute S5oo,0oo among
the stockholders The stock is divided
into ten dollar shares, and each buyer
not only makes permanent Investment,
but run, a terrible risk ofdrawing large
prize. Small prizes are put in for those
too weak TO draw large ones. The hearts
of those benevolent men, beating for hu.
manity at ten dollars beat, give one
beat lor YOU The drawing takes place (;
/ the managers draw the prizes, HE stock.
holders draw the blanks, and, unless fg-
ares lie, YOU have fooled away ten dol.
lars. Try again.
/ Gauclng over the columns OF the daily
/ papers, notice that some healthy, lazy
/ dead beat, who has never been outside
the limits OF his native city, has just ar
rived from South America, Whether he
was advised TO go in search Of his health
1 ANY health that would leave "a mau, aud
/ wander around South America alone,
would hardly be worth hunting us. But
this humbug having found his, aud wish
[ my ~ btH'Hh lllN iaNtf mas blhURht WIN
him limited supply Of Il peculiar kind
Of bark known to the natives as Cutter.
ungo. As this bark cures every disease,
and does away with all drug stores and
/ physicians, he proposes to send every
man one drachm, upon receipt o. one dol
/ lar. One OF two cx-Goyernors, Con-
gresham, and three or four prominent
men, for valuable consideration, lend
their names, certifying to the wonderful
cures effected by Guttierungo. Iou send
a dollar, and receive teaspoonful OF
ground tan.bark. Iou steep it, take il,
and are swindled. In short time your
( healthy South American humbug retires
on capital of one million, made in buy
ing tan-bark at 50 cents a load and retail
ing it at one dollar a draehm.
BY energy aud perseverance, you have
succeeded in making a few hundred dol
lars, which you place in some savings
bank for safe keeping. You look over
statement of the assets and liabilities Of
| the bank, and are convinced that no place
| this side of the other world is rs safe to
lay up treasures in. A few months elapse
and the bank suspends payment, just at
the moment when you need your money.
A receiver is appointed, aud waat flnan-
ces have not rready been hauled out Of
the institution are oyerhauled. The in
vestigatioI shows that the assets are
fourth rate securities, bought up for 80
cents on dollar and turned into the bank
at par The balance has been equally
distributed among the directors, who are
men of unquestioned integrity, and noble
guardians of the peoples trust. Yon sell
your claim at 80 per cent discount, and
with light pocket and heavy heart
/ quit the banking business.
Reader, we might go on enumerating
/ swndles through whole chapter.
/ Frthe world 10 fal. Of humbags.
Managed D., di-hOurrt men:
Que moves Uu, another comes
And we're sWinalod again and aRap