Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-05-16

so Won are an editorf' said one, a bright,
enrrgetlc-lonkiRg young fellow who looked
for all the world like a rising young mer-
chant or broker Well, | made quite
hItrr pile out of your brethren of the pen last
summer | WAS strulling up Fulton street
one day when ! chanced to spy one of those
toy ", ,ewriters in a window Ii was sim
ply a wire with an alphabet Of rubber letters
strung on it and retailed for 81 An idea
struck ME and | went into the place and
made "A bargain with the man 10 buy 100 Of
tn m for so, paid SlU deposit, and took one
OF the machine, home to play with Ii struck
me that the average editor considers himself
particularly well posted and would, there
fore, be unwary and good game. had a lot
of circulars printed stating that, The Type
wIit.r Exchange and Repairing company
made spec atty Of dealing in second hand
twp writers. and that it now had On hand a
large number Of machines more or less
us,-i hut all in good condition. These put
down III three CLASSES, at S25. $40 AMI Sdh, re
sIs,'tlvely, and wound up with a glowing
ouIo-y upon the merits of the typewriter as Il
ialnr saving device | took these circulars
and mailed them to a carefully selected list
of papers, each with a letter TO the editor,
telling how charmed / was with his partiCu-
lar paper, how | apprec lated its value as an
advertising medium, and Offering a type
writer of any of the three classes for half
cash and half advertising. II was not long
l-'fure the answers began TO come in, and
nm,-trnths of the letters contained cash To
MAKE. a long story short, in less than three
weeks ! sold my 100 tyPewriters, which cost
me Gn cents each, at an average of $50 apiece,
and all to editors. But then now the abusive
letters began TO puur in. They were posi-
lively tITesome, except one man, who wrote
that | was an Internal swindler, but that If
! q send a circular Ia the editor of the rival
paper in the next town, d catch him, an |
the writer ould call things square ! sent
the circular and cau-ht tue editor" The
Young man paused, and one of the company
hrukc in with;
That is like Bob's old game of advertising
fin" ste-,l engravings Of Washing on, Frank
lin AMI Garfield for fifty cents each and send
ing one three and five cent postage stamps
m reply
advertising paws" commented a hand
some young fellow, with drawl in his voice
and a dropping blonde mustache Last
spring had nothing TO do and only about
$.au In NV pockets. | knew if | stayed in
New York | should blow it in at faro 50 ]
decided tn take a run up to Poughkeepsie,
provided myself before going with a lot OF
photographs Of good looking girls and put up
at the h,-st hotel in the place. Then ! sent a
PERSONAL advertisement to big newspaper
in New York, Philadelphia and Boston:
A NUj Nc LADY. RECENTLY GRADUATED FROM
A N.,,ar ras,,.,sing decided dramatic. ability GuT
mon, Y. wishes tn meet a liberal, honorable gen
tlrnau VIII" viii assist her IN hitting for stage
Address VIOLA. i'"N ~ fUughkerpsie =. o.
The answers came i'll perfect stacks | did
not know there were 50 many enthusiastic
r,atrun> of the drama | carefully selected
tie list ami opened correspondence can
write a ladys hand After | had hooked my
fish | sent on a photograph Then | eX
l,luined that | would need from S45 TO SIU
10 get to New York Boston or Philadelphia
as tue case might L., and as | thought my
victim would stand. and the notes began u
come in ] cleared over 81 loo in two weeks
and concluded To close things up | wrote u
MA New York admirers that would come
10 town 10y a certain train, and asked each tC
meet me at the Grand Central depot with !
red rose in his left buttOnhOle, for identified
ton As walked down the platform | wa,
greeted by tn. comical sight of no less than
forty well-dreSsed men with red roses ii
their left but.onhules, each trying 10 lOol
umconcernel and each suspeCting all thS
Oth.Ca'
"Very clever" commented one OF the
group. -and served the old rascals right, too.
But think Archie's picture trick was about
a. neat as anv-"