The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-04-02
Mrs. COttOn..-Again.

We have letter from Mrs. Lizzie E. Cot
ton of West Gorham, Maine, referring to
the charges made against her by several of
our correspondents. She declares all such
charges false and unfounded, and says:
If there is reader of your paper who
claims to have been defrauded by me, and
he will state his case to you and show
that he has not received fair treatment at
my hands, will restore to him two dollars
for every one that he shows l have de.
frauded him Of" There you have it,
gentlemen Victims" Not one of you has
authorized us to attach your name to your
charges against this woman, nor has any.
one specified in what way he has been de-
frauded or deceived. This is not the way
to treat man or woman, but there is still
chance to make the facts known,
whatever they may be. Mrs. Cotton pre-.
sents the following Special Request" in
her circular
"To My Customers The unprincipled
dealers in bee-hives, books, apiarian sup
plies, honey extractors, ETC., etc., are re-
sorting to every means to deceive the
public and deter bee.keepers from adopt
ing my plan of Bookkeeping. Whenever
my advertisement in any public journal
meets the eye of one of this class, they, or
some one employed by them, write to the
editor or publisher of such publication,
stating that there is no such person as
Lizzie E. Cotton or that she is fraud,
swindler,' ETC., ETC.. and that such editor
or publisher is doing great injustice in
allowing the advertisement to appear.
And thus, by falsehood and deception, they
induce him, if possible, to drop my adver-
tisement at once, and publish statement
! warning his readers against me. Now
| appeal to the honest, intelligent bee keepers
of the country to give their testimony. l
earnestly request each person who orders
of me at any time during the year 1884
anything offered in my circular, to write
on postal card their experience in deal
ing with me. Please state plainly, and in
as few words as possible, Just what you
think of what you have received for your
money, and send the postal card to the
publisher of the publication in which you
saw my advertisement"
Mrs. Cotton encloses to us an evidently
unsolicited letter from A. M. Downs of
Bennington, VT, speaking in very high
terms of her hives and her system of
management. She also prints the en-.
dorsement of the West Gorham post.
master, who says she is an extensive and
successful bee-keeper, and that he believes
her to be honest in all her dealings.
General Henry X. Oliver of North Andover,
Mass, endorses her hive as "the best, u
and claims to be an old bee-keeper. The
letters of a considerable number of prom.
inent bee-keepers in various parts of the
country say substantially the same thing
Hon. Franklin Treat, Centerville, r.. l.,
under date of October 10, 1882, says
al have now sixteen of your comfortable
hives and shall increase the number to
fifty, if possible, next season." We are
aware that we are giving Mrs. Cotton q
good deal of gratuitous advertising, but
having been led to publish unfavorable
reports regarding her, we think ourseli
obliged in honor and justice to allow her
to make her defense. Our readers who
are interested should not be influenced by