Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-05

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Their Wits.
How to Grow Tall Matrimony Made
Easy-Likcnesses of Future Husbands
and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
~. Gits-Walkins Announcements.
Nothing seems easier than to put an
advertisement in the paper, but moth
ing is more difficult than to put the
thing advertised into the public mind.
There are advertisements and adver-
tiscmcnts-those which are read by the
eye and forgotten, and those which are
seized hold Of by the mind. The pages
of certain journals are looked upon by
a certain class of advertisers as n deep
pool is contemplated by a crafty fisher
man-as a place to display his cunning
fly or bait, peculiarly adapted to the
prey he seeks. There are scores of
anglers who drop their lines in the
form of al advertisement and sit quiet
ly by until a bite comes, and they have
not to wait long. for nothing is too
strong for the credulity of mankind.
Some little time ago there appeared an
advertisement in a weekly journal in
which the writer affected to make an
offer to the reader, which he assumed
no one would answer, simply on ac-
count OF incredulity. His proposition
was made as a test to show if there
was any faith left IN mankind. He
didn't expect any reply, but he simply
made the experiment.. The offer was
to the effect that if any of the readers
would send him five three-cent stamps
he would return them a present suita-
BILE to their wishes. Nine people out
of ten would have said that no man or
woman would be gull enough to be
taken in by such a bait as this; never
theless. several parties sent the stamps,
cnteredinto particulars of the stationsof
life in which they moved, and indicated
the kind of presents that would be &C.
ceptabie. One young lady stated that
she was about to go to a ball and
no doubt believed that she would
either get a silk dress or a pair of
diamond bracelets by return post.
Considering the number of respecta-
bic persons there are always out of
employment, it will not be wondered
at the of tempting bats are
laid out to allure them by gentlemen
who live by their wits. Some of these
are SO worded that they might be
genuine We're it not for the awkward
demand for stamps.
l remember well, as if it had been
only yesterday, the thrill of delight
with which I read in the columns Of a
weekly paper:
allow TO GROW TALL.-1mportant discov-
cry by i we'll. known medical man. Both la
dies and gentlemen. up to thirty. six years of
z~eetions given. Pamphlet OF instructions
twenty cents in postage stamps. Address
A friend of mine was more than
thirty-siN years of age when the adj
hesitate to send twenty cents for the
surd, he urged, to suppose develop
ment mus cease at the anne period in
all cases. He had evidence to the con-
trary daily. He had always been reck-
oned very young for his years, and if,
after all, there was only sufficient
vgor left in him to allow of his grow
ing but one inch, that inch would be
well worth twenty cents. In return
for his twenty cents he duly received
the promised pamphlet, entitled, ga
Treatise on How to Grow Tall" 1t
was a very small pamphlet, for it con-
tanned only five sentences, and they
did not quite fill three pages. 1t ran
thus: 'Of all the ills that affect hu-
mainly, l do not know of, nor can l
imagine, one more distressing to a
sensitive mind than being of small
stature, and, as l have seer the
grand result OF my system, l am de-
sirous Of imparting my knowledge to
all affected the same as myself, since 1
made this important discovery, which
respectfully publish in a small pamph-
let. Rules to be strictly adhered to are
as follows: Firstly, avoid taking any of
the following s%pirituous drinks, such as
brandy. gin, rum, and also do not take
any old or stale beers. Secondly, it is
Il w%cll-knovn fact that any person,
male or female, laid up with illness that
compels them to keep their bed for
some time will grow from two to
four inches. Thirdly, it is also a we'll
known fact that every person On rising
i'll the morning is taller than when re-
firing to rest III the evening.
Fourthly, it is most important that all
persons, to fully succeed, must carry
out in every particular the rules laid
down. and the result is certain. Last
ly, OF all and every occasion that pre-
sents itself, patients must avail them
selves of every opportunity of resting
and reclining. or even lying down as
much as possible"
Lucre, however, is not the only bait
which these ingenious scamps hold out
to the unwary. A much more tempt
ing offer is made in the following adj
vertiscment:
"MATRIMoSy ApE EASY, OR How TO WIN
ALovEK.-Mmc. Ne continues to send free
TO any address, on receipt of twenty live
ys.opc, plain directions to enable ladies and
gentlemen to win the devoted affections of
Amaux ct the nnnOSite snx AZ their hanrfa