The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-11-14

III y. 1l.J on the streets. IN the
hands Of the police, raving drunk
and more Of the same sort. and
the account winds up BY saving
that ''they are living well on the
gulllblllty of the Northern people.
etc The Postmaster seems to
have overlooked the fact that he
a the power TO prevent the Eos
ters from using the mails. lie
should have At once stopped their
postal cards and reported the case
10 headquarters. Foster-he-and-
SHE have tried the same dodge on
other denominations, never having
been members o any, and they are
reported to be I'm constant receipt
OF clothing and money!" and have
several thousands Ito do cool"
The fact that this male and female
scoundrel thrive by their hvpo-
crlsy IS not the worse feature OF the
case. 1t has the effect of inducing
those who have been deceived by
them to turn a deaf ear to the de-
serving.
LIGHT TO THE WORLD
is a fayorite heading for circulars
setting forth the claims Of various
cheap burning fluids. The SEN
tence should be completed by add
ing-''but death to the inhabitants
thereof" There are many of these
murdcrous liquids offered, espe-
cially in rural districts, under vari-
Gus names. The chief claim made
for them is their great cheapness,
and their safety if burned in some
particular lamp, or with somebody's
patent "'safety burner" We would
most seriously entreat u readers
to let everything of this kind
Enthusiastically" because it is a
mattero of life and death-especially
death. These things are called
somebody's fluids. Let all fluids
alone-eat nothing, drink nothing,
take as medicine nothing, put upon
your land nothing, give your ami
mails nothing, and especially burn
nothing, that is secret. We advise
the use Of Paris green as an insect
poison, because its safety consists
IN the fact that its real composition
and deadly qualities are known.
intelligent person can safely
handle Paris green OF gunpowder,
because he knows the danger. If
Paris green were sold as pest
Poison" and gunpowder as EEK
plosive granules," they WOULD be a
hundredfold more dangerous than
they now are. Burn nothing that
requires a peculiar safety" burner.
KEROSENE OF TIE LEGAL STAND
is safe-all other burning Fluids
''liquids," or what not, are
unsafe. The difference in price is
mary thousand times less than
nothing as compared with the risks.
Use as many safety burners" or
"non-explosive lamps Is you please,
but always use safe and ~non-expio-
sive oil. 1t sometimes seems strange
how f.aunds "as old as the hills
to us, strike those to whom they
are now. Ten or fifteen years ago
the schemes for disposing CT
''THE QUEER" OR COUNTERFEIT
MONEY,
were ''as plenty as blackberries :"
indeed our humbug articles of those
days were largely occupied by them.
have so often shown up the
fraud that it seems like galvanizing
corpse to allude to 1t at this day
after SO long ago having explained
the whole matter in the fullest de-
tail. In brief, there is no law to
prevent one from Offering to sup
ply counterfeit money. These
shrewd chaps know that only those
willing to be rasoals will treat with
them. They are too wide awake to
have any counterfeit money at all
not a dollar. Their whole object is
to get hold of the good money of
foolish knaves by promises, and
give nothing III return, know that
that their victims, dare not 'squeal,'
rs they will expose their own ras-
The style of correspondence
n this line has changed, aud as the
form is so unlike the old
we give here
SPECIMEN LETTER.
IN dear Sir: | wish to secure
he services Of a reliable person in
n your county to push the sale of
4 certain class of goods which |
manufacture. | guarantee 100 per
prOfi1 and over according to