Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-10-11
OSTEOPATHIC MEETING.
FAKE ADVERTISEMENTS.
The spider Is Always after the FL!
Snys the National Advertiser.

Says the National Advertiser.
The National Advertiser tells how pub
fishers and readers are deceived by adver-
tisements that read we'll on the face bat
which are really traps for the unwary
We print three of these advertisements
below:
WANTED-Young men to do copying ut
home Must be good writer's. Apply Box
2S.6l3, Philadelphia
The Good Thing answered. Back came a
letter from the Universal Circular Letter
company. The T.. C. l.. company had just
dt appeaIs) received an order for half a
million hand-written circular letters from
the makers of Oh-my! the new lunch food.
The L. c. L. company would pay $50 n
thousand for these letters selling them
at n.slight advance to the makers uf
Oh-my! There was required of course, a
nominal deposit Of 81 to cover the value
Of the stationery. and upon receipt Of this
amount the L. c. L. company would send
the first supply of letterheads to the APP
plicant. The circular letters were short
about $50 words each--no unusually long
words, and copies of references were en-
closed
The Good Thing sent his Two. He re-
Oh-my. company and copy of the letter
to be copied. 7 he Good Thing copied two
letters. He was a good writer and could
| put on paper 10 words a minute. But II
took him one hour and five minutes Tn
write those first two letters. The Good
Thing paused. He stopped at last to con-
slider
Working eight hours a day II would
| =; Aav
letters.
One thousand letters Of 40 words each
amounted to $4,000 words. At $50 this
words.
David Copperfeld'' only contains Spoon
words. Would he (the Good Thing asked
HIMSELF copy that book for sl4?
The Light That Failed" contains so,@C
words. Would $3.50 be enough to copy IT.
The Good Thing kicked his copying be-
hind the stove and lost his Two.
NEAT LETTERERS WANTED for sigr
work Have you any talent for lettering
You can earn SIP a week by evening work
Saw one youth in 10 is n great letterer
Ten million youths in the land. one mil
lion neat letterers. Headquarters i
N'N'
of the first. second and third class, on'
barrel Of water. two drops Of lime waite
and 10000. 900 Asiatics with sore eyes. Mil
lions in II.
Those neat letterers who respond receiv
an epistle from the Bronze Paint Sig
COMPANY. This company $50 it seems) ha
lust received large order for 10000 card
"a for g." Look Al This and sundry
, | Aa Late IN
paint. which cost 50 a bottle. one bottl
qua ranteed to be enough for 800 card'
The said company Ia willing to contrat
with the Neat Letteror at the rate OF
! cents per card. Paint to be bought froI
the Bronze Paint Sign company, to L
: mixed according to instructions and tn
u cards to be forwarded TO the b, +.
company when dry. The popularity :
i the affair Is that the bronze paint fu
? nlshed never dries. and when the Bronze
Paint people are twitted about this the
g swear in husky numbers that it WASH
: mixed according to instructions.
WE LEND MONEY by mail on GOO
: security. Second or third mortgage. Ho
much do you want! Cresus cohPah
Milk street. Boston.
s. The Tickle Me Quick writes The CIR
u sus company Is most favorably impresse
d with his application and tells him s
; Moreover, II the title Is satisfactory. Il
n Cresus company will send their certin;
d check for $500 by return, A fee OF 81.
It will be necessary to pay attorneys fe
= to search the title. and does old Tickl
J; Me-Quick want his money in cashier
i draft or express order?
IS But, after all, the Cresus company
}; as conservative as they make them.
= hasn't found a title to suit them,
Father" said Little Horace, 'wh
good are hies?"
''To feed the spiders"
And what good are spiders?"
ITO catch the es"-New York Sun,