Evening journal., 1902-10-18
DELIGHTFUL TRIP
OF TIRED CASHIER.
Appointed to Assist In the Distribution
6fls Good.Sized Fortune.
An Advertisement the Cause of a
San Jose Mars Vacation.

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San Jose Mars Vacation.
]. A. Rea, cashier OF the California
Gamers Association, is firm believer
In angels. The reason he so firmly be-
, lieves in them Is, as he expresses It,
they have had me by the hand" The
story OF the visitation dates back near
ly six months and includes a lucky
guess, some telegrams, a good deal OF
money, trip across the continent and
long and pleasant soJourn In Boston.
1t all came about through an adver-
tisement, which shows the benefit os
patronizing the papers. But that Is
another story.
The advertisement that brought Afr
Rea such pleasant results appeared In
/ the Brown Book" of Boston and was
inserted by the publishers Of that
sheet.
The ad, stated that the proprietors
OF the paper would distribute $4,000
to the lucky guessers OF the number
OF immigrants arriving at the port OF
New York during the first six months
OF this year. The terms OF the contest
provided for the distribution OF the
prizes by a committee of five persons
to be named from among the guessers
by the proprietors OF the Brown
Book" The terms for entrance were
simple. Send three new subscribers
and record your guess as provided by
the publishers.
Appointed on Committee.
Mr.. Rea read the ad. couple Of
times. thought It looked good ana Se-
/ cured the necessary subscriptions with
/ little effort and awaited results. They
came on June 23rd in the form Of a
| telegram informing Mr.. Rea that he
had been selected as one Of the five
judges OF the competition. The dis
patch asked II he would assist in
awarding the prizes II all his expenses
and a good salary were paid him. He
was directed to reply at the FIRMS ex-
pense. Mr.. Rea Wired his acceptance
Of the proposition and the next day
another telegram reached him. This
was even more encouraging than the
/ first. In fact Il was quite substantial
/ It contained an order for $3.50 on the
! Western Union Telegraph Office here
and directed Mr.. Rea to report at the
Boston office.
Across the Continent.
The Overland Limited transported
Mr.. Rea to Chicago. The Michigan
Central performed a similar service to
Buffalo, n Y. He went to Albany
over the New York Central and the
Boston ana Albany Railroad landed
him safely at his destination.
Mr.. Rea found four ladies' had been
appointed on the Board Of Awards
with him and by the geographical posi-
ton OF their homes he figured that he
owed his appointment to the fortu-
nate circumstance OF living in Cali
fornla One lady was from Amerious.
, Georgia; another from ST. Louis. the
third from Cleveland. Ohio. and the
fourth from Cambridge. Mass
Work and Play
For four weeks Mr. Rea and the
ladies labored determining the winners
IN the guessing contest and for each
days work each OF them received So.
: Incidentally they were wined and
dlned and taken TO the theatre and
many other pleasant places without
expense to themselves. Mr.. Rea re-
turned 10 his duties at the cannery a
few days ago. Now as the whir OF
machinery penetrates his Office and
impatient fruit men present their
checks for payment he says he some
times wonders If the delightful expert
( ence were not all dream.