The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-10-16
LIGHT WORK FOR NYE.
He Advertises for Employment
With Poor Results.
A LETTER FROM VANCOUVER
Bill Gives Advice to . Prune Grover
who Wants Wife Tho
Matrimonial Paper.
copyright, 1892, by Edgar ". Nyel

FLETCHER L. o., y. c., Oct. To- Special
Correspondence. 1T has been such a
long, restful summer here in the clades
and canyons. the ferny moor and the
breezy mesa of this most blessed land of
recuperation, filled as it is with tonicitv
T, and keen desire to cook and eat every
thing one can overtake, that shortly an
terror to the writing of this letter wild
ambition seized upon me to engage in
some light occupation between having and
harvest by which L could add more means
! to my little red savings bank at home and
De In position to purchase a pale green
plush album for the glad yuletde.
Looking over our home paper found a
column of advertisements offering en-
ployment at ones own home, and stating
without equlvocation that from SIS to
sZS.5o per day would be paid to willing and
intelligent young men. | was willing
nave always been so regarded-and intel
hgent-even ten years ago, with no ad-
vantages at all, | was intelligent-and so I
wrote to number of these men. Thew
SAID that l could easily make from 500
to $500 per month without publicity. and
some advertised to pay that amount any
way.
These m en- lied
Most OF them said they would place a
large fortune at the disposal of most any
young man of good habits. Ny habits are
gooc enough for me. and so penciled off
d letter to ten or dozen OF these men who
wanted to do good.
One man sent me a printed letter and
pictures of scroll saw with which was
to make $40 per day at my own house. and
, as already had piece in my scrapbook
telling how to live on Q cents week felt
sure that l could accumulate considerable
means by Christmas, but | had to send
to New York for designs-several of these
We're designs this man had on the public
and then had to buy lumber. Then when
got at 1t there We're days and DAYS that |
did not make over SIS. | made holly
whatnot and tried to sell it, but all nv
near neighbors have all the whatnots-or
what's not rather-that they require, and
so had to go some distance from home;
put money was scarce, and so at last had
TO exchange 1t for a nights lodging among
the peasantry east of Potato hill.
Some of the propositions made me by
these men were scandaous. Most of them
lived In New York. One man wanted me
to take hold of sleight-of-hand outfit he
had and sell it among the yeomanry of
Buncombe county; also to handle a false
AAiuSsoShC GIN q SupSLIlptiOli DoDh py
man who was his own worst enemy.
Two hundred dollars per week at your own
home; light employment; no publicity. For
tunes made In few years. Write for parsicu-
lars. No capital required.
This was one of the advertisements that
| answered, Enclosing 81 for instructions
got circular saying that the above
wages would be paid to good, active, con-
scientious man who would be willing to
give massage treatment to plumbers who
need artificial exercise. Much suffering"
said the circular, lis noted in the abodes
of wealth among plumbers who will not
take exercise. They are willing to nay
almost any price rather than exert them
selves. You can practically name your
own figures"
One man wanted me to introduce po-
tato bug destroyer which ''cost very little,
never failed and required very little CAPT