Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-07-03

sale. The dupes send on their money and
receive in return some little book, perhaps,
worth it may he one.tenth Of the price, or
perhaps nothing at all, aud tho silly youth
can say nothing, for he has violated the law
by sending for obscene books. We copy
from the American Agricuiturist two or
three notices Of such institutions, which we
judge we're inserted 10 that paper free Of
charge
II the American Book Co., Manchester.
N H.. and the Central Book Co., CARROTS
Vile, o., are not engaged In business
which should induce the authorities in those
towns to shut them up rs nuisnnccs, then
they should not send out the circulars they
do. Strictly speaking, It is just rs much u
fraud to get money by inducing II person to
think that the books offered are bad ones,
rs in any other way. The circulars Of both
these concerns are vile IN tho extreme. In
the same category we place the Central
Book Co., Ashland, Mass, with its offer of
u book TO teach the making of Glove pow
ders" and all such nonsense.
There is n so-called publishing concern in
Springfield, Mass, about which nm amount
of unpleasant evidence is accommodating.
The same paper says;
Tho hotel dodge has mt last turned up
again. We hal supposed that had gone off
with old "sands Of lilu,m but hero il is rs
bright and blooming rs ever. Perhaps
some of our newer readers do not know
this stale old trick. This time IL is "Resp'y''
Il. Callinwator, who keeps n hotel, which it
is tho Arcade, in New York, of course, and
on the European plan" An unfortunate
citizen, A. +. Clements, stopped ut said ho-
tel, but in two days he up and died, proba-
bly, on the European plan" No wonder
he died, for he must have eaton and drank
iearlully, rs his bill for two DAYS mt this Ar
oadian place amounted to Sll.75. Fortu-
nately the dollnct left trunk, which CAL
linwater opened, and found "a fine gold
watch, two silver-mouutod revolvors, gold
ring, clothing" etc. But moro than these
he found paper addressed to another
Clements away down in Georgia. Happy
thought for Callinwatcr! lie writes to the
Georgia Clements, telling him that the
son to have it, which he can do by forward
ing to Cal. tho amount of $ll.75, due by the
defunct Glenn. The Georgia Glenn. doesn't
bite worth cent, but writes us to sell tho
pistols aud pay CAL, ard send on the crest OF
the estate" lie desires to express his grief
for the loss of his relative, but particularly
wants that trunk. We should iust like to
deceased Glenn. Did he dispose of that ION
the European planP" 1t appears that here is
II case for the coroner to look after, ms peo-
pie who leave gold watches and such things
around don't generally get buried for moth
ing in New York. II may be that tho new
cremation society has got hold of his body
and ncinerated 1t us an experiment, and the
unfortunate is now only small handful OF
ashes.
These are cases where the injury is only
pecuniary, but the quack medicine, secret
remedy, and similaw lodges often not only
empty the pocket but ruin the health of the
victim. Advertisements headed "Avoid
quacks. A victim of early indscretion, y
&C., have been so generally circulated that
there can be few but have seen them
These precious scoundrels will send a pre-
scrlptiOn free of charge, on receipt o.
stamp, as their philanthropic object is only
to impart to their fellow man the secret by
which they have been cured. Thousands o.
boys in perfect health send for the prescrip.
ton, just out of curiosity, and with it comes
long list Of symptoms" carefully prepar
ed so that any boy in the land, if he be al
all credulous, will readily recognize himself
to be in dangerous state. according to tn,
circular. Advantage is taken of the pre-
vailing ignorance Of physiological science
aud symptoms which no boy in good health
is without are set down as sure indications
OF disease, the boy Immediately imagine
himself in a dangerous condition and thank
Providence that this kind benefactor (th,
adver tiser) has shed light into his darkness
Ill goes to the apothecary with his pre-
scription and finds that some Ingredient il
not to be had there. Looking again at thu
circular he finds that the advertiser has haC
applications from parties who could not &c
the prescription compounded at home, ant
has kindly consented to prepare the remedy
for such cases and send it by mail fol
So So or SO, as the case may be. y
course this is the actual cost Of putting Il
up, as the generous advertiser, who is prob
ably "Rev.," does not want to make any
thing out of the business. We give on
more extract, as bearing upon humbugs, thi
being from the Springfield Republican c
late date:
Madison q Clarke, of Boston, who pre-
tended to be dry goods dealers, have beer
caught swinding the public for some tim
receiving orders accompanied by money
but never sending amy goods. Several hun
drcd letters and goodly pile of money iii
rected to them have been captured but tn,
men have alt OUT