Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-08-15
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s,e best pspess 'as, p,bssshed. The IS y.
ss.e vss peculiar, sal conveyed to me ne
impression thak II 2 sfi..ss was 81 cid mai.
10 give IRE infosma On called fos woead
involve much labor. and veil knew = {
the majority Of persons who write srcn
lel.ers do mos have in mid sxpsnclng more
than . hundred dollss or 20. Soma insof-
NATION vas sent, however, and plan vss
marked out for q mode-stsd sncant Of
sdvers ssirx. Inmeeiass, = zee came back
. state meat that this uas not af AL what
had been asksd for. BE wanted al the
good raps,s and nothing less- NJ. Allen
IT shss tine had no rating in sae mefcan.
lille agencies and we were in possession Of
no irfot ma on about him vhatevef. The
advss isement sas for sgenfs and Of sort
for wtich credit 10 rot usually gwen MI.
Allen was therefore informed by nal that
il be w.shsd to do - s1.snsive sdve- b
ing ~ he bad s..ed in lis lie. n ne
mater was Of o. ticient importance for q
personal interview, and that Il he va &C.
trslly in essness ard could not come to
New York / promised to 90 and see him,
On receipt of an order for 10 advef. sing,
for which an es mate had already been
gwen, snd Q check covering Ne amount 81
. proof Of good II "a. Tue es.rass 81.
ready sent amounted to 9lSt }. %
By re.prn msil . check came, End 'ls'
Ugh, sta. ed for Angus =, s',g ,e prs
c-ation to stop in Boston for the Pr Dots
OF having the check, which WAS on Bos
ton bark, Gel aed before proceei .ns
flu her. Before reaching Aus asia \ 1. eat
snov storm spread over ne conn. ,. = ID
-,ere was mucl delay. However, lived
there fnally, and, hasirg proof ed breac-
fast 1t RE hotel, SITS led out ID fad NJ.
Aliens oHce.
He had single room in Al OFF .e block.
Several lis were ~.iiilg at desks, ID 81
& table rat NJ. Allen, who greeted me
., fly, and remons sated upon TIE d f,l y
he had IN m. -;lg me riders nd HAT be
knew u hat he W. lted, ID &C 'ra'ly did want
what he ssid. To my surprise found r nj
not an old ms I, bus boy Of about eigu-
teen. He essmed to fully ,defs I'D him.
self, and to be vea much in earnest.
saw ttis a ence, rnd going I, he hotel
devoted eight 90 ID no, = to 'he pferera On
Of he list Of papers snd p..ces wi 'ch NJ.
Allen wanted. His advef sement was small
End was to sppelr but for = zee mol rs.
The figures, when lived at. showed
that the cost would be SLIGO. Thst even
iog the es' MAJ was exhibited to him, sul
some hor-s we're devoted = its eyin'n5
ton. He was ;1formed at in ADDITION @
The $3.50 already paid, he must put a.
So20o more, I'd en-, sr ITO an a. eeement
:, send ESQ week for u weeks. Tn,
was late at light.
Next mo. ing he intact W. I. t1el
discussed aad Mr.. Allen went out to have
an interview WITH ''ia cashier O., bank
He re.lrned a few moments later
giving me he required caeca
for $500. came away znr
Angus. VIII the imp egsion that he sdye-
tisipg | was to place would be the fnGn-.
ruin of Ibis yor1g man. What he I'd
sell was recipe for making . wssl. .
compound, and he sought agents to sell Ia
recipe; ne retsil price being one doiisi
and he selling - rs agent at various Pre-
rang ng from q ~ cents for q single one
down to % low as one b., ldred dollf-s for s
thousand. The agent in purchasing We.
assumed 10 have promised not to d.vulge -
S cret, and was allowed genera y such ta
,.,o,y as he asked for. The n, able "A, q
sbont it was hat recipe could be prints,
for penny a thousand, fld the cost
ghat he sold was therefore literally neAg q
70 hing.
One Of the most noticeable thing a the
office st the Time of my interview ws5 {
corner boarded four or FIVE feet ..oE
floor, and behind this psr on were lie er.
That had been opened and a..s1ded to e
number Of tens of house 1ds. There mu
have been hundred bushels of zen.
The advel .sement WAS Forwarded. j
appeared in the papers and the remitGsn -
came ss promised. 1t was . circums' nee
to be remarked lat they always came az
dsy before they were due. They were
made up Of the postal currency thea (
vogue--fve. ten end twenty-five cen
pieces, much scied and tor l; bu. they hst
been carefully counted snd put 10 in PACE
ages, ard he New York bank received seu
on deposit.
Tne transaction hsd been closed, and
when thought about it at oil It wac :, tn 8
decided impression that it would be this
last of this young man. In this ] was i. is
taken, for one day ne Me-. autumn ne
came into my office, have slightly differ
ent advei .isement, wrich he said he wished
to have appear for three mon'ls in every
paper in the Usited States, and wanted te
know what the cost would be.
had learned to know the yorng mS By
this time, that he might be relied on to be
in earnest. He had surely t'lought cTo-
what he proposed and would sppreci ats
promp. less. The number Of newspaper
then published was abou. COL }, and / told
him finland at iuid insert bis adver.
tsement 4 zee months in than oil for O.
apiece. Some would refuse 10 irser
it on sccount Of he vasuelesl
of the wording, but I said fat he
must pay me ten lousand dollars in hand
and serd me thousand dollars week IN
Ill should say that had received enougb
He accepted lie PROPOSE on sbou. pt
promptly as it Was made and The order va
for~srded. To procr-e the inse. on r.
that sdve. isement in ne VI ious edition.
Of the Times. I. .bune, Herald and some
other pspers in New York ci ! cost no lest
than $500 for each Office and yet ,e
average price o: biz dol'srs for each paper
really did cover the cos. of placing it in 81
and left percer .ge for profit.
The rsmI. -sncss in Payment for '''s con.
tract came with the ssme precision that dis.
Gngu shed rae former order, and at the me
Of adjue .ng The account it was fou I'd t1a'
Mr.. Allen had overpsid and was en- tied to
receive back some; Sing IKE . thousand
dollars.
Many other snsac' ons were hid II
him at lstef date, and have often s. d i
spssking Of I'm .i-t never in my ezpel !.
snce have met business msu who Wa.
go cetts'n to cafly out his plans, and who
might be so implicitly relied upon to dc
exactly what he said he would do, a. Mr.
E. c. Allen, Of Aus ista, Msine.
Mr.. Allen Did Lexvs Special 'sti1o