The Evening critic., 1882-03-21
A Washington Man struck 1t Yes
terday--whO Will Find the $500

IO.DHy
Is question more easily asked than an
swered. 1t will probably be known By 8
o'clock tonight. 1t was half-past last
night before it was found, and then to the
surprise of quite large crowd of people it
was found in n can of coffee, and the name
of the lucky finder is N. G. Summerfield,
chief clerk Railway Mail Service of this
city. The whole $500 was in gold coin, and
the clerk that sold it to Mr., S. was the
most excited chap that has been in our
employ for long time. All of the clerks
were more or less excited over the event.
Several times during the day "a false
alarm" was started, when $50 or $50 or
SlC0 was found as it was believed in each
instance it was the $500, but it was not.
We wish to say that one Christian Bleih,
steward at the Soldiers Home, was re-
Iortcd one day last week as having found
$lC0 in can. In fact it was much
smaller amount. The writer or the COM
positor made the error. AT any rate it was
a mistake. We wish right here to correct
il. 1t is not our wish or desire to make
any false representations.
We shall continue to give out presents of
money this entire week. Every can will
contain not less than 10 cents, perhaps 10
cents, or 20 cents, or % cents, or 30 cents, or
40 cents, or so cents, or 60 cents, or 70 cents
or 81, or 81, or SO, or s., or $40, or SIS, or
$40 or $25, or$3O, or $l0 or $50, or s75, or
$780, or 1925, or $40, or $50, or $I75, or
$780, or $3.50, or $500-but only one can in
the entire lot will contain the latter sum-
$500 There will be no blanks. Our tea
and coffee cannot be beat, and every can of
either we sell is well worth the price asked
81, or cans for So, or II cans for $40, or 25
cans for $50, or IS cans for $50. Send or
come 10 our store and buy just one can each
of our tea and coffee to try it. Don't come
expecting to get 500 or $3.50 or $500, but
come for the tea or the coffee, or both. We
want you to try our goods, being satisfied
| if you do that you will become regular
| customer for the agent we leave here after
we discontinue giving away presents and
have left the city. Those who get up clubs
make it pay.
This morning bright and early we will
put FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS in one can,
and only one, and place iten our shelves
for sale. One dollar will buy it, and the
opportunity TO select that particular can is
open to all If you are " in luck" reader,
you may select it. Who knows? At any
rate you will get can of excellent tea or
coffee for the dollar you pay and that will
satisfy you. Other cans will contain large
sums of money-some $3.50, or 5000,
or $175, or $3.50, or $40, or Sl25, or $l00
or s75. or $50, or smaller amounts, down as
low as ten cents. Below we give a partial
list of those who have found a sum ol
money, IS or upward, in cans purchased
Yesterday. We do not take the names oi
those who find less than S.. A great many
find 81, 81, or 50 in the cans they buy.
Money Found Yesterday by
Miller & Jones, importers, 1928 to 1921
Pennsylvania avenue S.. gold, in coffee
William II. Crook, executive clerk to th,
President, s., gold, in coffee; Mrs. S. l.
Smith, Treasury Department, 5000, gold, il
tea; Hebbitt House Club. Hebbitt Hous'
Supposed to be Ebbitt), S., gold, and dia
mond ring (by mistakc), both in coffee
William c. Scribner, bicycle school, HOS
street northwest, $40, in coffee; NJ. G.. Nc
Cormick, PIG Sixth street northwest, IS, ii
coffee; Thomas Jacobs, No, + street north
west, $3.50, in tea; S. C. Raub, lil6 Ohit
avenue, $40, in tea; Mrs M. Patton, 1907
street northwest, s., in tea; NJ. " Casey
Treasury Department, $50, in coffee (thir
OF fourth present for MIR. O. Lizzie SprOh:
is3 G street northwest, amethyst ring
,, value $40, in tea (mistake); G, w. Paris
colored, So street northwest, S., gold, /
} tea, and N. G. Summerfeld, chief eler
Railway Mail Service, $500, in coffee
Lock for additional names tomorrow
Orders by mail promptly forwarded to a
parts Of the United States. Address
IMPORTERS TEA COMPANY,
$40 Market Space, Washington, d. G,