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

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tive reminds u Of
The SECRET SERVICE HUNGGG.
We have already warned our
readers against having anythin. to
DO with the so-callcd Secret Ser
vice concerns wherever they NAV
hail from. We are reminds! til
repeat this warning tx the receipt
Of a letter which SAYS 1T la,
been reported TO Us that We have
mentioned tins company Is lille
gltlmate, and done and left un-
done various matters. As We find
next to no signature TO the letter.
merely "Sec'y.' We hardly take it
as proof Of the Legitimacy OF any
thing. We DO not care whether
any particular Secret Service
Company is better or worse than
any other, we shall warn our read
ers against having anything to do
with any one of them. In the
present condition OF society, de
tect.ves are sometimes necessary
evils. as are ~scayengerS and hang
men. but we Go rot mean, If We
can help 1t, that the ranks Of exc
cutlonerS. or the scavengcrs Of ma
terlal tilth-the detectiyes-shall
be recruited from farmers sons
There are enough persons mentally
and morally SO constituted as to fit
them to be detectives: such Will
naturally find their occupation.
we DO not approve of the scheme,
and shall try IN all proper ways to
prevent our readers from being
tempted 10 the promise Of gain,
from becoming living lies. A de-
tective is only successful as he ap-
pears to be that which he is not.
He gains the friendship of a man
rogue it may be, but still a man
only to betray him. Whether it
is morally right for the law to en-
ploy such agents, we will not dis
cuss, but we are quite sure that
they should be employed only BY
the law, and that no Company"
has any business with them. If
this "Sec.y" can, for money, buy
the services of persons mean enough
to 90 into the spy business-so ut
terly lost to all proper feeling as to
engage in the business of man-trap-
ping-we shall endeavor that his
detectives shall not come from the
readers of the American Aglicultu-
rist. 1t only needs that the mean,
sneaking character Of your dirty
business shall be known for every
honest young farmer to reject your
offers, imperative subscription to
your paper (price so included. By
the way, Mr.. See. " what "a high
old detective shop You must keep
The only way your crew of spies
and sneaks can succeed is through
secrecy, yet you 90 and publish in
your paper their portraits with
their names :. We only wish We
had space to reproduce your ''por-
traits.'-No n would ever join
such a bad looking crew. Did YOU
not make a mistake and reproduce
these pictures from the "Rogues'
Gallery:?'-Wood engraving a
not have reached a high develop
ment IN YOUR town. or YOU must
have some charitable people in
your employ (paper - per annum).
One man has one of his eyes staring
like a peeled onion, while the other
looks like a cranberry. What non
sense it all is, is shown Up IN capt.
tai style by the "RufTalo Express"
for they have or habit is now shut
up-a "'Secret Service" shop in
Buffalo also. The article is apprn-
priately headed.
"HUNDREDS Of FOOLS
and gives the whole thing a first
rate exposure. The Express is
rather eve though on the foolish
chaps who have applied for employ
ment on this "Secret Service" in
giving their names with dates. One
poor fellow refers to his nelghbors,
they never noing me to reviel a
secrlt yet to emmy pursson;" another
says: q think i would Bee quail
fled to fill the place, i never was
moan TO tell a secret in mi life"
This International Secret Service
Company" consisted Of just one
man-one lIopkins-and when
Hopkins was arrested and put liz
jail as a fraud, they had the whole
&C Company" international"
Hopkins was unlike some other
companies, as he asked IS for his
paper. lie had at the bottom Of