Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-03-17

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case by proving false pretenses
One Of the most bitter lawsuits that
/ ever knew OF, and which at last re-
suited in the murder of one of the par
ties, came about in this way: There
was wealthy old lady who had two
sons-in-law. They were exceedingly
jealous of each other After her death
one Of them produced what he declared
TO be her will, giving him and his wife
superior advantages. The signature
was declared to be genuine by her
banker and all the business men in
town familiar with her handwriting
After bitter contest in court, the SON
in-law least favored in the will was
shot and killed by the other. Then in
few years the murderer came to die
and confessed that he had written the
will himself, without ner knowledge or
dictation, just above her signature,
which he had found written on the
bottom of paper There have been
many orders for goods forged in just
the same way. Do not get into the
habit of scratching your name on
pieces of paper and throwing them
around. When you sign your name 10 a
letter, write it close up to the prece ling
lines so there will be no room for any
one to forge anything against you
One of the postal regulations pro
vides that when letter is no delivered
to the parties to whom it is addressed.
it may be returned without opening to
the sender, If his or her address is writ
ten in corner of envelope. Not long
ago heard of case that ought to be a
warning to letter-writers A lady was
visiting friend. and becoming wearied
with the stay, she wrote to her hus-
band to send money for her return.
She said some uncomplimentary things
about the folks at whose house she was
staying. For some reason the letter
failed to reach her husband and in due
time the post master forwarded it to
the printed address in the corner of the
envelope. 1t was the stationary used
by the host, who was a lawyer. He
opened the letter, which he had a per-
feet right TO do not thinking, perhaps,
of having given their visitor the paper
and envelope a few weeks before. The
disclosures of course were extremely
notifying to both parties, and brought
about an arrangement. Now, if you
can not avoid using an envelope with
printed address on it, scratch it out and
write your own in the place of it, or
not, just as you may prefer. Then in
case of non-deIivery, you letter will not
be sent to the wrong parties
Never go into bank and ask if GER
tain people will be accepted as en-
dorsers of a note. This places the Off
Gals under the necessity of exposing
the financial credit of parties, which
they always would prefer not to do,
unless made necessary in the transac-
ton of business 1t may be that you
will get the cashier to pass Judgment
on people. and then you will find out
that they could not endorse for you
anyway. The proper thing to do is 10
have the note drawn up signed your
self and endorsed. Then present it at
the bank and the cashier can accept it
or reject it, as he sees fit.
When a woman enters business she
ought to make up her mind not to expect
any favors or ask for any indulgences
just because she is woman. There is
no earthly use inwriting to a firm beg
ging to be allowed a reduction in price
or any other favor on the ground that
you are a woman. No attention will be
paid to any such plea. There is no senti-
ment whatever in business You must
make up your mind to be just as punct-
ual and just as exact as a man in the
conduct of your affairs. If you labor
under the impression that you will be
allowed any indulgences on account of
your sex, the sooner you get rid of such
mistaken idea the better.-R Tewu-
ant, liz Old Homestead