The Portland daily press., 1899-05-03

out the business and entirely severed his
connection with It even II other parties
continuing therein had carried out pre-
ciseiy the same arrangement Terry wouid
not be responsible.
Cross examination OF Miss Mari.
Mr. Haines-"You resolved this letter
and circular on what dayF"
Miss Marr-"I didn't say what day L
received 1t. l don't remember"
Mr.. Haines-"Did you receive this
contract before you sent your 80 centsY'
handing her a paper.
Miss Marr-''I did"
MIR. Haincs-"D Did you fill 1t out and
return II when you sent your ~ nentsT
Miss Marr-"I did" =.
Mr.. Haines-"And did you read IL
carefully and thoroughly understand this
contract before you filled IL outY"
Miss MART did :"
This paper which MIR. Haines handed
Miss Mari to identify as one she hau re-
ceived with the company's letter asking
for the 32 cents and which she sa1n sne
read and filled out and returned 70 tne
company and on which she 1dentlneu ner
signature was headed "A Request Tor Sso
Instructions Free"
Following were many questions. some
OF which were: Name. age, nationallty,
give name and address of some person
who knows you to be honest and at the
bottom the following: "You are request
ed to I'LL out the above and send 10 W
with 81 cents in stamps. his amount Is
what we estimate as the proportlonate
cost of advertising and correspondence.
We sfaIl then send you our S25 course of
instructions at::once We promise that II
after getting started, you are not satisueo
or wish to stop working, you iuay nave
this 32 cents returned Whatever
postage you have incur q, 'H mere re-
quest. However, ytl POSI- ally must
send us 80 cents (in "a TINS OF
it will be thrown in ouI uasset.
MIR. King was reoalleo b! The district
attorney. Mr.. King said that Terry had
told him the Fairfield Floral company
had advertised In the three papers pup
lished by the Sawyer Publishing COM
pany.
on cross-exsmination by Mr.. Haines
Mr.. King said that the office OF the falr.
field + oral company in Fairfield Is low
one .storied building, formerly used as
bowling alley. On cross-examinatlon
Mr.. King said that they had two or
three buildings Tie bowling alley was
perhaps 125 feet long.
Miss Flora b. M0oers OF Bath was tne
next witness. She had had dealings with
the Fairfield Floralc ompany and nad
seen one OF their advertisements. she had
sent them two two cent stamps and got
ono OF the circular letters In reply. These
circulars printed on pink and green
paper were offered as evidence by the dis
tric5 attorney.
Mr.. Dyer also.offered rs evidence an ad-
veftisement printed in THE Hearth
Stone" one of the publications OF the
Sawyer Publishing company. This was
"a most alluring ad vertisement 1t went
on to state that from IS to tlo coula oe
made right at home by any person WIN
two hands That the Fairfield Floral
company had capital of 100000 and
t,l H.vuA for yUhnIQAIP
and retail trade. "Our flowers are such
as women wear on their hats and bonnets
and such as are used for decorative
purposes ~ This advertisement went on
to tell how marvelousIy the business OF
this company had increased. This was
due to the Dinghy tariff bill which kept
ont of the country the artificial flowers
the American industry chance and IL
also stated that the laws Iassed In some
states prohibiting women from wearing
birds or feathers on their hats mad also
increased their business. The advertise
ment went on to state that S25 worth OF
instructions were guaranteed absolutely
free and that the company would pay lib.
ernlly for all flowers made for them. 1t
referred the reader to the First National
bank of Fairfield, Maine, a bank which
does not exist There were also testimo-
malls from women who had earned all
the way from 500 to $500 In rev months
ana were more than pleased with their
treatment by the Fairfield Floral COM
pany. The adver tsemsnt went on to say
That "our establishment Is in Fairfield,
Maine, which is not a oity but enabled
the company to operate at less expense.
Miss Mooers was now asked II she had
read this advertisement and answered 1t.
She said she had and had received a let
ter and AN inclosed circular back. On
cross { xamination she said that she had
signed and sent to the company circular
similar to the one signed by Miss Mari.
Miss Bertha NJ. Rounds of Saco also
tes;i flied to receiving letter from the
Fairfield Floral company and she also had
signed and returned to the company, to-
gether with 32 cents, circular similar
to those signed by Miss Mari and Miss
Mooers.
At this point the court adjourned until
ten o'clock this morning.