Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-02-08
Frccs50

MUCii,>i, FAILs, Ne, Dec, b, lS'h
pFNE >tR--Nou have been recommended A.
"a suitable person 20 introduce our Excelsior
Corn shelter and American Moving Machine
KrIs. ~hafp-rrr to ~. Farmers iu your vi
ciui'y. HctAu price 81 shelter $50 sharpen
a.. $50.
n Won viii show the shelter and >harponey 10
Your friends AMI ueighhor-. We will send you
"a shelter and >harpcuvr, Unl GIVE them io
vou FRFE We should expect Won 10 sell 20
Nuur urlEhhpr~. % th"y wish 10 buy, AT the ="
tail price. ami We will supply Won with Whist
YOU might sell Tor $40 fnr shelter, and g 81
knife sharprurr. We do not ask you to spend
Your time showing the articles, unless You
choose only when not busy with your own
business 80 make this Offer 20 Introduce
these articles into each ruwu IN the l. :. az
once.
r-t frr shelter and >harpcucr against
your um". 10 Won 30 not ~cll AL you get i a
Shelter Uud >h8rpcucr f'r your time. and Nc
Loose both if Won make some sales, YOU make
. i.l ou each. and get shelter AMI Nharpcnrr
Cor Yourself. and We make "a sale OF our goods
IfNou accent the otter send one dollar tu
pay for pack ing and charges 90 trausp oriAtion,
witch We estimate will cover cost, II not We
Will pay balance ourselves. and W. VIII send
You a shelter and >harprncr free OF expense.
w allow You ten day- to take advantage al
this offer n YOU 10 not " ~h 20 accept, please
notify us 50 We can engage some one 20 take
YOUR place. and recommend 10 u some COOL.
reliable man of your town who would deal
Justly with - II wr should send him good- on
credit very Respectfully,
EASTERN MANUFAOrJR RING CO
MoNTY PoyEING N FROM GULLEp ONE>.
These circulars brought the dollars In
In continuous stream. aud the swindler
was 10 high slee. rubbing his hands aud
chuckUng at the immediate prospect OF
rolliu. In wealth. But ~ he had omitted
% forward the town clerks the moiety due
THEN the matter began % Dee uoi>ed around,
bu, 10 the meantime the parties AZ Me-
ChauiC Falls began % tlll the orders FOR
agricultural implements - above. The
shelter for which - 50 was 10 DC charged
by agents. was q piece Of sheet iron, such
- stove tunnels are made 90, about three
inches long and one aud 4 half inches wide
the scythe Sharpeuer was three cornered
piece OF wood about eight inches la length,
which had been dipped in Shellac aud then
plunged into loose sand. For fear the corn
shelter and knife sharpener might become
mixed in the minds OF the recipients, labels
similar 20 those al the top OF the circular
were pasted upon them. The expense for
transportation OF the two articles was only
two cents. and the entire cost OF the arti-
Giles delivered into the postOfice would not
exceed four cents, leaving the swindleT
niuety-siX cents profit.
JEwELRY FOR Poor MIN"
The Jewelry circulars were in substance
like the above, claiming that large works
had been erected for the manufacture OF
the tripple-plated gold jewelry, and were
in substance Is follows -
"You have been recommended 20 us as q
suitable person TO Introduce our new lewelry
and We Will send YOU "a heavy triple gold
plated watch CHAIN price sl0, ard one heavy
brooch pin, worth g., tree, provided you VII
send one dollar Tor packing the same"
The circular requested the receiver tc
wear the jewelry in sight that Others might
see. and thus send for the same. These
jrwelTy circulars were sent 10 Salmon
Falls, Great Falls, Dover, Manchester and
other manufacturing localities, in the hops
that the operatives might respond and thus
the poor be made poorer aud the wOuld-bt
rich richer. Between 1000 and 2,OOt
answers were received from these, con
tanning one dollar Enclosures, but few 4
any Of them received in return the jewelry
promised, proof OF which Detective Bige
low has In his possession in the form oil
letters from some twenty or thirty OF thu
parties swindled.
The PROOF AGAINST SWAN.
ne oulCcIs say lLAt NheN are pItpdEtt
10 show the following circumstances 4:
duplicating Mr.. Swan That when SwaI
came 10 Augusta TO take his seat in III,
| Legislature, he gave the postmaster a
/ Mechanic Falls express orders to retain al
/ letters till be returned at the close of every
week, and consequently that Swan, him
| self, signed for all registered letters TO any
\ OF the bogus concerns which have beer
/ mentioned. Mr.. Bigelow says he has il
| his possession, beside the useful Cd agri
| cultural tools mentioned, three signature.
| for registered letters sent the Easter
/ Manufacturing Co." and which signature
are, he says, in Swans own hand writing
II is thought that these enterprises, es
| pecially the Eastern Manufacturer!
/ Company" are not original with Swan
for such concerns are usually nomadic o.
| else have several branches. Moreover il
the last L. S. postal guide, among the lis
Of bogus concerns which have been usln.
I the mails for swindling purposes, is al
Eastern Manufacturing Company" will
headquarters severally at Boston, Mass
Rockland, Me-, aud Chicago, Ill. 1t wa,
the name OF the company that has caused
the Mechanic Falls swindle TO be stopped
in its incipiency, for as soon as its circu