St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-03-12
A GRANVILLE TRAGEDY,

A GRANVILLE TRAGEDY
How Green Goods Men Work I,
tho Rural Districts.
a Portentous Loohing Document Witt
Surprised the Rsoslvee-rhs AAve~.
lures Of . Leag IslaaA Dsacsa
with . Sawdast Cans.
Zedekiah Salter kept . genera
store in the village Of Granville, way
down on Long Island. He was !,
deacon of the little wooden church
witfth squat red steeple, and on ont
occasion, many years ago, there wa.
talk of running him for supervisor. s.
Zedekiah was quite . parsonage.
It was one day in early May. whG
everything was green and hopeful, tina
the worthy deacon received . letter
in q strange handwriting. He va.
sitting 1t his desk 1t the furthest enc
OF the counter; there were no custom
ers in the store and he was casting hi
eyes over some accounts when the boy
brought the morning mail The letter
with the strange handwriting seemed
to protrude itself from the bundle and
Zedekiah found himself puzxling owe,
the bold. round hand
1t was . portentous looking letter;
maybe . summons to court There
was . frowr on Zedekiah's face q he
opened the envelope.
There were two inclosureA First Z
circular neatly printed on heavy paper,
and wrapped around that . neat type.
written letter. Both circular and let
ter spoke direct to the deacon's heart
Here is what the circular said:
LONG ISLAND CRY. L. l.. May 10. 1901. n
Zdskiah lSaitsr, Esg.-Dear Sir: Judging you
to be q man Of business capacity in whom can
place confidence and also In . position TO
handle my goods In safety. / have Concluded 70
write to you. II have made mistake let
matters drop. Ny principle is: Never wrong
. man who il willing to prove himself friend :
This business can be carried On By anyone who
will devote little time and attention TO IL and
i guarantee that II you enter into this
one, you will never regret II - long - you live
Ny stock is in different sizes, ones twos. nves
and tens, and are ~ perfect - human skin can
make them. and can be easily disposed Of; II
you conclude to answer this letter and when
know you mean business. will thcn send you
full terms and particulars and will endeavor
70 satisfy you on every point that II you are
my friend. will prove true and lasting one
to you Do you understands Remember
want simply to convince you that I'm just ~
say. friend TO friend When you write be
sure and send me your name and post once ID
dress. rs might lose the one now have be.
fore hearing from you again- can anu VIII
hal mt NJ fRsnyn
be in, and NO one ON the face Of the earth need
be the wiser unless you betray me- Remem-
ber, do not ask one single dollar Of you until
you have seen my whole stdek; pick out what
you want and have the goods In your posses
sion. then you can pay me. I alone manufac-
ture these goods.
Trusting that you viii take no oaeose from
the above and that We will become better 70
Quainted, remain, Yours coundentially,
CHARLES WuSoM
up. S-Please answer promptly"
The letter went into interesting de-
tails:
DEAR SIR am DESTROYS OF obtaining .
good, sbrewd agent IN your locality 70 handle
my medicine The Enclosure herewith gives
oil the information that could Be desired and
explains itself. It's . sure cure fer the blues
Tread on). An opportunity TO make n indie
pendent fortune like this has never crossed
your path before. and, In all probability
never will again as long as you live. There's
no reason why you should b Z slave and toll
NIL Of your life for nothing. II you are foolish
enough to let . golden chance like this pass
you by-an well and good. II you are niser
able and in want OF financial sssistance-now
Or never Is your time In years 70 come. should
you ever md yourself sadly in need Of coin in |
order to keep body and soul together. you will
have NO one to blame for your wretched exist
epce but yourself! This Is serious and highly
important food fer thought: Your sober and |
earnest attention should b given to every
word in this letter. A person without the uni |
versal rudder-the almighty dollar-is thought |
but little on and il looked upon - Of no i'm /
portance to the world. Isn't this trues know /
whereof speak; in former years ! have drank /
rom the bitter cup myself "A hint TO the /
wise Is SUFFICIENT
III you have not the money 70 buy my goodAI /
would consent to your tax nx some confidential /
friend In with you who has, provided. oe course
he is trustworthy and could keep the secret
rou could both then come On together and
make the deal However. You would Be very
oolish to take anyone IN with you IL you could
aise enough money yourself
IF INV business should suit you, e will be ab-
olutely necessary for you to come On here and
zee me in person. only deal face to face with
ny customers. Experience has taught me that
his is the safest and most satisfactory way for
10Th. BY your coming ON here you see what
GU are buying, and I see who I an dealing
rith. Consequently you buy no cat in . bag
md we both feel better satisfied
II know il il quite . journey for You 70 make,
ut think OF the tremendous profits to be made
nth no risk. comparatively speaking. what
yer. And. - far rs the expense h concerned
always make liberal allowance to cover the
anne Make up your mind TO come an know
on will ALWAYS be thankful for your visit to
ne. You will ind ne . square and honorable
rhite man in every particular. When you ~ 4
i've here. l will show you my entire stock,
rom which you can mako your own selections
hen, IL my goods are not all that claim Tor
peaks Of, I will make you . present OF ei.OO l
4 gold, and also checrfully pay Ill cxpendi-
ures incurred upon your journey. That's fair
nough isn't il. Nv prices are ~ follows:
100 gets 1900 600 gets ohO0. eo60 Gets SOON
100 gets eO.0O1. The more you invest the
heapcr you get the goods The sizes run fro0
to 30 Three hundred dollars worth OF my
Gods Is positively the very smallest amount
ill sell under any circumstances. II you VIII
nvest 1850 or more will agree 70 give you the
xcluSiye state right. Now. should you wish 70
o business with me you must obey the follow
ng instructions and do only y tell you-
'.First-Don't as long n you live. ever write
stter to me until 1 give you permission
on do. IL viii be refused Sect mean exact
: what ssy and Furthermore, Ill 01siness -
atoms between ~ will end IL
.-Second-R yoa wish to come % here a.
ee me, send the following Telegram treDem-
er kilograms only viii Be rocetveds. ana |
imply say: Send Instruction. Then sign
our name - per password and number
iven you.
"Third-On receipt Of your Telegram Iwill send
gu full instructions how 70 meet ne ana
here to stop. Then no mistake viii b 0a0o
D finding one another. In c00clusaon I wish 70
~ II you cannot come q here. or have noe go
0 invest simply let the mattee drop until goa
ear from me again. TAls will certainly occur ,
efore the expiration OF thirty days Nov.
indy allow nc 70 caution you again not 70
rite lcttcrA Be patient and wait until yoa {
ear from NJ You must b guided ~ NJ ID
ice. II Sou d you are bound 70 succeed No
uch thing as6ail Act square. Be true and
onorable. Do me 10 harm aal yoa viii never
eggst q = loao - yoa i've. yea 60 oehs