The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-23
DOTSCAUSE MUCH TALK
NUMEROUS QUEER LETTERS RE.
 CEIvED BY THE EDITOR.
Contest Will Close Saturday Night at 8 0'clock-A Georgia Man Compares the Dots to
 Pats Pig.

A Montgomerian who sent a copy of l The Advertiser to a Georgia friend re- ceived an interesting letter yesterday:
 Thank you for the copy of The Adver- tiser." writes his Georgia friend. Did you want to razzle dazzle me with all those spots? I tried to count them and have seen spots ever since. The trouble is they are too much like Pats pigs
 they won't stay still while you count them"
 Only four days more remain for those
 who want to submit estimates on the problem. All subscribers, or those desiring to enter the contest must make haste. The Dots will be thing of the past after o'clock Saturday night. l for the contest closes then and all esti- | mates made will pass into the hands of the judges for the final count and decisions for prizes. It is now time to hurry hurry, hurry; the time is limited. Many letters reach The Advertiser each | day from interested contestants through out the State. All contain more or less | humor or allusion to each ones experi- | encc in counting the dots
 | Here is one from Birmingham: l MT. Dot Editor,
 | Dear Sr-Here goes, sink or swim. die | dog or eat the hatchet. Its no cinch that I'm right. Still I am as near 1t as
 can get. By a peculiar method, copied | from another, l figured out the Dots." | A Selma subscriber who has aiready
 counted the Dots six times sent in St
 cents with six more, saying:
 q have since recounted the Dots, and | find l have made & slight mistake il | my former counts I therefore enclose another 90 cents with the new counts. l The most reckless case of overconfi-
 renee reached The Advertiser yesterday | in the shape of remittance of 50 cents
 with only one estimate with the accom- paying letter from Cotton Hill, Ala, | signed by a young woman. She says: Il have counted the Dots and feel per | fectly safe in saying I am correct, there | fore what is the need of making three | more estimates? (you can send me the Il dress pattern, I don't care for the, other lfprizes)."
 A Troy mother makes a final declara' | ton for peace with the Dot Editor, she l writes:
 "Dear Dot Editor-This Is the last count you will get from me. It makes l seven. The children are crazy over the l Dots, and would give me no peace till | all had counted We are in hopes of
 winning one prize at least, but tell them not to be too sure. because there must be a great many answers received. II correspondent in the southern part Il of the State sends in the following:
 Dots! Dots. Dots! They are still a staple subject for conversation. Whether | the inventor of this absorbing conum- | drum deserves execration or commenda- ton is a matter more debatable than tho | subject of primaries. In fact the latter Il subject has had to take back seat. AS
 A test of skill and patience the problem
 is good one. Patience is a virtue-wher it holds out. When 1t doesnt-and thai occurs every time you miss count in the
 middle of that labyrinth Gas an English
 man put iD of 'blawsted specks'-it as'
 sumes a phase which words won't des' l cribe or do justice to-"