The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-01-28


exclusive state right. Now, should you wish to
do business with me you must obey tho follow.
ing instructions and do only as tell you.
~First-Don't. as long es you live, ever write o
letter TO me until I give you permission. X
you do. II stli be refused. Seer li1ean exacs-
" what say. and furthermore. Gi business re-
latfons between US will end
"S4conc-n you wish to ccrlc on here and
see me, send the following telegram (rcmora.
Der telegrnms only will be rcccived), and
simply say; Send Instructions Then sign
your na,nc as per password and number
given you.
"Third-On receipt Of Jour telegram will send
you full INSTRUCTIONS how to moct mo and
where to stop. Then no mistake will be made
In finding one another. In conclusion wish TO
say u you cannot como on hero, or have not $500
TO invest. simply let tho matter drop until you
hear from rro again. This will certainly occur
before the expiration Of thirty days Now,
kindly allow rlc to caution you again not to
write letters. BE patient and wait until you
hear from mo. You must be guided by my I'D.
vice. II you do, you are bound to succeed. No
such thing Us fail. Act square. BE truo and
honorable. DO me no harm and you will never
regret 1t rs long as you live. You can make
money faster and easier by dealing in my
goods than you ever dreamed OF before In your
life. Won't you try III
"Caution-No other person ia now authorized
by me to correspond en- the subject. Do not be
owner and proprietor of the genuine formula
Communications from others offering similar
goods are absolutely unreliable AID positively
worthless. Pay no attention to them. Nufced."
Yours very sincerely. You KNOW"
Zedcliah stood for whole hour
turning the letter and circular over.
His elbows were planted on his desk,
his brow was puckered thoughtfully
The letter was very startling. Who
was this Wilson who suddenly started
out of the ground Offering unlimited
gold?
The deacon was fifty years of age.
The world, the flesh and the devil had
long lost attractivencss and pow
er to tempt him, SO he firmly believed,
but now all the ungratifed ambitions
and aspirations of his life rose up,
though some of them had been dead for
thirty years. There's no reason why
you should be slave and toll all your
life for nothing" said Wilson. The
deacon had never observed before that
he was n slave, but now that his atten-
tion was called to it it seemed true
enough
When night came and Zcdck.ah sent
up his pious petition Mr.. Wilson's pro-
posal was remembered by the inser-
ton of these words:
And permit Thy servant to do bust
ness with this man. For Thou knowest
the unreGcrcratc of misplace, that
they would net consult Thee. There
fore withhold not Thy servant, who
would make good use of wealth"
Zedckiah tossed all night, uneasy in
,l-F,,r l,,,
short answers to his wife und was
short with the children. After he ar
rived at the store he wrote this letter:
"CLAMvlLLE L. l., May ., 1891. - Dir.
charles WILSON - Dear Sir: Your letter re
ceived and contents noted. don't know who
recommended mo to YOU. but he cannot have
mentioned the fact that nrn deacon Of the
Granville church. AS business man thank
you for your generous offer. AS u deacon ]
have 10 be convinced that there is nothing
| wrong in this matter. I am, sir, your very
| humble servant, ZEDEkIAu SALrETa-
| "P. ST. hope to hccr from you Soon"
For two days after he had dispatched
the letter the deacon went about like q
man distracted. At the end of the third
day there came letter addressed to
him in the bold round hand of the mys-
! tcrious Wilson. 1t was opened in a Sec
IL
behind q pile of boxes, regardless of
the customers waiting for him.
If he had expected Wilson to argue
with him the moral questions involved
In their proposed scheme be was great
| ly mistaken. There were three in
closures-a letter, q newspaper clip
| ping and y two-dollar bill. Here is
what the letter said:
| DEAR SIR: In sending you sample of my
| goods am breaking one OF the st"ictCSt rules
| of my business but do it this time because
| think that you mean business and because I
| am satisfied that you vii! be true to me; now,
| If you arc writing out Ct curiosity this sample
will not satisfy you, but if you moan business
| you can Judge paper, printing engraving. etc,
| just Cs well from tai5 as from nvo
| hundred samples; all my stock IS exactly like
sample, and when you come here, IL you find
any difference ut al, then you need not buy
orc dollars worth and will pay all your oI,
penscs and Givo yon 5000 IN gold for your
trouble. Mako up your mind to enter into this
| and swear to you that will assist you to
make n safe fortune. Hoping you Gnd l will
soon meet, remain
Yours in confidence.
Return sample"
The deacon took n tv-o-dollcr bill Of
the same issue from his til and COM
pared it with the countcrfciter's sam.
pie while the boy ran the store. After
time he procured Il microscope. There
was not the least difference observa-
bic. After time he read the ncwspa-
per clipping and this explained all. 1t
related to the arrest Of an alleged coun-
terfeiter named Wilson in New York
and his acquittal in the First district
court after the one hundred thousand
dollars he carried in his travelling bag
had been examined by government ex-
perts, who had boon summoned from
Washington for the purpose. The cx-
perts said:
- We ind that tho United States
Treasury notes, which we have examined were
| printed from genuine plates used by former
workmen in tho printing bureau. 1t may also
not be amiss to inform the court that the secre,
scrvico department has long been aware that
some persons had possession OF set Of gcnu
inc plates supposed to hGyc been furnished b.