Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-12-30
THE GREEN GOODS. "
How The SCheming Cir
CuIar Reads.
BUSINESS MEN GET THEM,
A Farmer Who Gave $500 For an Or
dinary Brick.

The following Is copy OF a green
goods circular that was received during
the past week by a we'll known business
man OF this city. Many of these "conh-
Dental" letters have been sent to men of
means in this city and several have re-
ported the matter TO Detective Haberlin,
" ho, OF course, can do nothing in the
case, but warn the man who is wanted as
an agent"
CONFIDENTIAL
Dear Sir Kindly excuse the liberty
have taken I'm addressing these lines to
you, but | mean 10 aid YOU financially
and TO introduce my goods In your vi
cinty. | might have written 10 others In
your town, but for good reasons chose
YOU for my agent. / have a superior ar
ticle Of the kind, in fact, the best ever
issued or put on the market. The sizes
run from one to twenty.
! warrant each and every note TO be per
feet as to paper, colorlng, Vignette, print
ing, engraving and signatures. When
made To appear To have been handled
much, | defy the best bank clerk or ex-
pert To tell them from the genuine. II
cost me a great deal OF time and money to
perfect these goods and have at last sue
ceeded where many others tailed, in pro-
ducing he genuine tibre paper.
This article will give you net profit Of
from ten TO twelve hundred per cent ac-
cording TO the amount YOU buy. These
goods cannot be detected only at the
Treasury at Washington, through the
duplication of numbers and not then II
The genuine bill of the Same number IL ia
circulation. They are as good as gold
Now my friend lfor will take the liberty
of calling you SUCH in order To handle
these goods you must see me and you Will
Aah ma kkh m m "A m
dealings. Experience has taught me that
we must do this business "face To face
and then II you should become my perma-
nent agent, other arrangements can be
made. will not send goods by mail or
express. II is not safe. Remember | do
not ask one cent until you have tested the
goods and have them In your possession.
Now my friend do not hesitate too long.
II Is better to be among the first for such
a business cannot last forever. II you
come at once | guarantee you a clear field
and liberal inducements to take the state
agency and make you special rate for
any deal over $4,000. You can make
money faster and easier by handling my
goods than you ever dreamed OF before In
your life.
Wealt b aud good things are too uneven
| ly distributed. Ii was never meant that
| one man should have millions and Others
none. This opportunity should not bt
| TtltCItu IOE COnhCltnllOuS stTuDltbs ftT
! haps you have seen some person in your
neighborhood who has risen quickly tC
worldly possessions without any apparent
cause and st i'll no one would imagine that
| he might have engaged in business sim
| liar to the one ] am speaking Of.
My terms are: Five hundred dollars
buys seven thousand, Six hundred and
fifty dollars buys ten thousand, and one
thousand dollars buys twenty thousand.
Seven thousand is the smallest amount
will sell. / will give you the "Stste
Right" IL you invest six hundred and If
ty or upwards. On all after deals which
surely follow, ! charge % cents on the
dollar
Do not as long ss you live write me a
letter. When ready TO come send me q
| telegraph dispatch and be positive to word
and number il as on enclosed slip. (Op
| this slip referred to are the name and ad-
| dress, John Howell, Elizabeth, \. }. The
word" was "machlnery' ana the "num'
ber" 1859 On receipt OF your Telegram
| send you simple directions how tC
! know me and appoint a meeting plac,
! within 50 miles OF this city.
II Is said that farmer in the south part
OF this State was caught by the swlndlers
When he returned from New York, in
stead of the green goods" he paid $50
for, he found brick in his valise.