, 1874-02-10
The Lottery.Swindler, Mason,
Comes to Grief.
Examination Of Letters Received at
tho E0st-0fllCc.
Shofoe Extracts from a V0!umnous Cor
respondence.
What Some of the Writers Think
Of the Benevolent
Mason.


Tho last OF the library y-concort-lottery nwin.
dlero, Mnson, again appeared boforc United
Btatos Commissioner Hoy1e yesterday morning.
Tie examination of tho prisonor waH not made
with yiow of Obtaining any frosh information
with regard to tho awindlo, but simply to gel from
him his aritton permission to the Mail-Agont to
pncn all letters which camo addressed to tho
ilr1na Of Maynard l. TO. or N. H. bancroft u
Co., Of both Of which ho Bworo ho waa tito aolo
member.
THE LETTERS.
Having obtained this necessary document tho
Mai-Agont rotired to tho ex-church on tho
coruer of uarriEon street md Wabash aVonue
and the prisoncr, who made q clean breast OF tho
uattor, was romaudcd to jail to await tho reault
Of the Post Office c'orks' Investigation - Of tho
letters which have sineo arrived Of tile Chicago
post-O Office, addressed to tho aforementioned
drus during tho last threo days. OF those
tbont 1000 woro on hand, which tho Matl-Agonts
clerks attackod yesterday afternoon with aolsaors
es was
and thoy woro rewarded. Out Of about 800 lot
tcra from all pats Of tho Union, no loaB than
ious, sent In RESPONSE to the circular already
nubIighcd In THE TRIBUNE. Thoao wero in bills
bank-drafts, and post-Oflco money-ordors,
while one or two sharp customers sent along
BOGUS bills,
with request for change Such 1ettera as con
taiued money wcro separated from those which
did not, in order TINT tho money incloaod
might 10 returned to The writerg, with
piece Of salutary ,,t atdy,co ~ whieh s, tne
tho benefit Of those who 40 nearly became the
dupcs Of 4 knaVo. ..-
LITTLE w1sEn.
Those lottors which did not enclose Vlo Dill,
{zxR Hndd
part l. Co., to act as tho writcrs' legal agcnt
sell tho S260 worth Of miscellaneous goods, de-
duct handsome per centago as agent, aud te-
nit the proceeds Of tho sale to tho writer's.
would bo glad to have the goods Bcnt G; 0. D.,
when tho $40 would willingly DO handed over,
whilo not q fow show that tho writer's look
upon tho scheme as q clear sWindlo, aud
would like to act as spccial agent TOR 1t IN tue
Territory in Which they reside. Some Of tho
lotters are very amusing Us will bo aeon By tho
following, which were copied from the 1ifo yes-
tprthy by TRIBUNE reporter:
CUNNING AS A 5EnpENT.
Ono Of tho longest a8 Woll rs tho BharpeBt Of
tho letters 81 uont to Maynard l. Go. is from .
divinity student Of PoulDcy, N. T., from whose
op,stlo tho following SELECTIONS arc taken. That
tic pompeiinnH arc destined to havo an eloquent
preacher in their midst before long, somo OF the
following 1oworY sentences will attest. The
beautiful a1xs suggeative courlot:
:yEill ". " you a,d1 wHk T. int ,9,o ~ r. pas0ra"
heads tue epistle, which opens Us follows:
Maguolial Sweet nsmo: how can anJ, resist thy
sonate fragrance he lofty and GRACEFUL Magnollas.
drink in tho almost intoxicating fragrance Of tho
hs in
ton with tho patry sum Of ten "elums." Alter tho
es e ays Cd
praviy7 Your isiniercatedncss aurpasscs al VIC have
ever sesn Or heard History M @ furnishes " with no
'as IL 1s; III II si.n;
ss; te see n.%s our @ frst-5s,4,, T 10 i he 's q
she, shall carry down to postcrity TIC name Of May.
swcct to US rs tho fabied nectar If tbs gods.
hIy heart yearus to you like toad for June bug Why
don't you @ run for Congress lou hare az 10 qitasd
hBiguiGcenco. Ho with tue cock In his oyo would nc
longer tread our Legislative halls. II YOU should
tlude to to Congress- you would hive to rlao souz
percentage. ue cent is too fop for conaresa,lan
There would ho no trouble about Tint If you should
:efused like tit bull-biscR pup was,
This correspondent concludes thRt tho lottery
man may take any per centage he likes and
remit the ba1ance to tho writer.
THE YOUNG LADY SPEARS.
young lady from Rose Stream, Yates Co.,
n. T., addresses the firm as follows /:
D1ABol1oAL AND DEAN S1ns Your favor Of Jan. a.
announcing our good for.u1e was received with desE
an as1 9 :nis W. sss Ssa
good {af.unc. 1u regard to the tring forn Of your
ops n owing Rst e s9at 'So s5s 5
price oftter, we uro unabs to sraso tlie fi6uey ard
coIRelcd to task your kindness still further. You
forget tU44cntion which prize VIC have drawn. Now.
Is cur fay haye nced Of horses carriages, parol
,ess or piahos being well supplied with musical iu-
Toa may deduct tho per cent bonus and & per cent
extra to yon for your trouble, and sond
''0 Da''nee{ #Gy jan; e;rnox n.nc.an.
A aa:caatidGouug nun OF Purgitsvillo simply
returns the circular with tho following infornla-
ton upon it, which will prove maxim intor-
estiug equally to anglers and lottery swindlers:
Suckers don't bite when tho water ia 80 very low.
Thank you for your .oiIeg.
a butcher in New Castle, Del, with weaknesa
for euchre, writes to the swinllors as follows:
received your letter, stating that had hoen q
lachy man. and had drawn ,pFize Of $2oo, and you
profess to be u moral man, and abstain from pro-
fine language but am not SO much Of fool as you
s Nov cs ssa sshf' saa
the pleasure a. Of seeing you do It:
Mrs. Woodward, OF hit. Vernon, O., aays:
There ia . discrepancy tn your circulars. In Que
The other in tho Same envelope states TINT your
gift award will take place March H. aud that "if you
full valuation In f!ckos iu The next" Which is true
And how many tickets III tlero Ia another drnwing)
will you send me for nline, uithout The $lu7"
AsttTADu1A HEARD FROM.
An oxaHperated and somewhat profane indiyid-
ual from that nursery Of prococious thorough.
brods, Ashtabula, simply reps, gontle invita-
string Of dashea extending across tile puge.
a dry-g goods merchant III Lagrange, N. G.,
acknowledges tue rccoipt OF tho notification TINT
hoihaa won q $500 prze, aud askH tho firm ia
send it along by express, 9. o. D.
Locsburg, Va, farmer also wanta bis s20u
g'ft aont by express, G. o. D. Ho wants to be
Informed what Ao can got in cash for lis prize,
as ho wnnts to got tho cash, aud at tho SAND
tlme do right III the matter. -,
:, DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND.
MeBars. Allen Il Baker, saloon.keepors OF
Valley Falls, n. Y, write to request tho $2O0
g!ft won by ticket No. 1854 288 and incose s2U
bill Of tho lato-lameutcd Confederate States OF
Change being very scarce hoaro, md au trusting
you are honest aud will sonde change back, we