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concocted, find that there is a great difference in 
their duration. Some make their appearance with 
a great flourish of promises, but subside as sud¬ 
denly as they arose, having been “too promising ” 
to live, and are heard of no more. Others, again, 
have a long life, and are now much as they were a 
score of years ago, still finding new victims, as new 
generations furnish them material. Of these are 
the “ Bogus Brokers ” schemes, the “ Counterfeit 
Money” swindle,” and the like, concerning which 
we have letters daily.... .Just 
now there is a flood of large 
circulars sent out by a Mas¬ 
sachusetts concern, who claim 
to have an invention by which 
their agents can make 
A Dollar an Hour. 
lington “ Hawkeye,” which exposes a swindle of 
large dimensions, carried on a* St. Stephen, N. B., 
called the “ Royal New Brunswick Lottery.” I 
also inclose circulars and tickets of this institution, 
and in addition will say that N. S. Read, the present 
manager of the concern, does not hail from New 
Fork City, as stated in the “ Hawkeye ” corres¬ 
pondence, but from Philadelphia, Pa. 
Under the existing postal treaty between the 
United States and the Dominion of Canada, there 
6eems to be no way to prevent this set of scoundrels 
from plundering the people of the United States by 
fraudulent devices, and this evil can apparently not 
be rooted out, unless the American press will make 
some efforts in warning the people against it. 
I notice from letters of inquiry received, that 
these swindlers are trying to push the field of their 
operations to the Southern and Western States and 
Territories of the United States, and I hope that a 
due warning in the column of “ Sundry Humbugs” 
of the AmericanAgriculturist, will be thankfully re¬ 
ceived by the people of these regions. 
Tours, respectfully, 
Paul Lange. 
The article from the “ Hawkeye ” to which Mr. 
Lange refers is from his own pen, and is a loud note 
of warning to those who are likely to be victimized 
NO. 37623 Mar. 15th, >83 
Jfame ____ 
Town ___ 
As the large circular, closely 
printed on both sides, gives no 
hint as to the kind of business, 
we, not being in the confidence 
of the senders, are unable to 
tell our friends any more than 
appears. Two points are evi¬ 
dent ; one, that the concern 
wish to get 25 cts. from as 
many as will send it; the 
ether, that the circulars, being of unusually 
large size, have a special value for those who sell 
waste paper, as they are “very fillin’.” 
Beware of This I 
The two illustrations given on this page reveal 
the methods of a lottery scheme that has hereto¬ 
fore been exposed in these columns, and which i3 
again engaged in flooding the country with tickets 
and coupons. Fig. 1 represents the ticket sent to 
the intended victim, while fig. 2 is the coupon he 
is invited to return to the friends who are so 
solicitous for his welfare. This concern is located 
at St. Stephen, New Brunswick, and does business 
•only in the United States. It would be quickly 
“ routed out ” if it violated Canadian law. It is 
Beyond the reads of our Dost 
Office Authorities, 
because the postal treaty provides that pre-paid mail 
matter in either country, Canada or the United 
States, must be delivered in the other. Mr. Lange, 
the American Consul at St. Stephen, writes us the 
following letter concerning this lottery: 
St. Stephen, N. B., Feb. 24th, 1883. 
To the Editor of the American Agriculturist: 
Dear Sib—T our valuable paper has been doing 
State ..—.—-- 
By.returning,this duplicate number to us with $5, we will send 
you, by return mail 10 tieketa (halves) which you. can sell at SO 
cents each, or keep them yourself, and thus get this ticket free. 
aSach pack of 10 tickets (halves) is Bure to 'Hrin. onefpriza-'nnd 
anay'winthe Capital Prize, $5"0,000» 
(feder Tickets hefora it is ho late. 
Fig. 2.— THE RETURN coupon. 
by this concern. The circular requests the person 
who receives it to send by mail or express, $5 for 
ten tickets, which are “ sure to win one prize,” and 
not to send a money order or registered letter. Mr. 
Lange says that 
“ >o Money was ever Paid 
to any purchaser of a ticket,” and many drafts sent 
to the St. Stephen banks “ were not honored when 
presented.” The managerhas made himself popu¬ 
lar in St. Stephen by contributing to various worthy 
objects, religious, secular, and charitable. Mr. 
Lange is quite right in appealing to the American 
Agriculturist for assistance in this warfare against 
wrong doers. We have ample evidence that this 
“Royal New Brunswick Cash Distribution” is 
working over a wide field. We are in daily receipt 
of letters from our subscribers to whom the circu¬ 
lars of this lottery have been sent, and who are 
begged to purchase tickets. Our former warnings 
have been heeded. One subscriber in Catawissa, 
Pa., sends a circular and tickets. He says the 
“ Royal Gift ” enterprise has “ caught the wrong 
chap this time,” and adds that our “Humbug” 
column has saved our subscribers “ a great deal of 
money.” 
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NEW BRUNSWICK 
Cash Gift Distribution. 
Draws Search 95th, 9883. 
^GKEUSTTS TICKET. 
This Ticket entitles the owner to the Gift 
or share drawn by its number,) Every Ticket 
wins a/ Prize. 
W. D. SIMPSON & GO. 
HALF. St. Stephen, X B. Canada. 
Fig. 1.— lottery ticket.— “A Swindle of Large Dimensions.’* 
Proscribed by the Government, 
Since the last publication in the American Agri- 
a great deal of good in warning the people against 
the many swindles which are invented daily to 
cheat and defraud the ignorant, trusting, and un¬ 
wary, among a certain class of our fellow-citizens. 
I therefore inclose a correspondence from the Bur- 
culturist of the official list of persons, firms, and 
concerns, to whom the payment of money orders 
and the delivery of registered letters have been 
prohibited by the order of the Postmaster General, 
the list has been very greatly enlarged, and we give 
in this number a selection of the most important 
fraudulent lotteries and other schemes, which ap¬ 
pear in the Government Postal Guide to date. 
Among the schemes that have recently been placed 
under a ban are more than a hundred of those 
“Bridal,” “Natal” and “Marital” Associations, 
which flourished in the Southern States, and 
against which the American Agriculturist has often 
warned its readers. We advise those who read the 
following list, to keep it for reference, and compare 
with it such circulars as they may receive. These 
serpents are not always “killed;” often they are 
only “ scotched.” 
Acme Importing Co..Athens, 
Ga. 
American Manufacturing 
Co., 79 Milk St., Boston, 
Mass. 
American News Exchange 
and Mutual Press Associa¬ 
tion, 251 and 258 W. Fifth 
Street, Cincinnati, Ohio. 
Arnold, A. S. & Co., alias F. 
Cornish & Co., New York, 
N. Y. 
Bacco, B. B. & Co., New 
York, N. Y. 
British Cutlery Association, 
20 Devonshire St., Boston, 
Mass. 
Bunell, Holtzman & Co., Chi¬ 
cago, Ill. 
Bunin, Prof. F. K„ 210 W. 
Fourth Street, New York, 
N. Y. 
Carlile, M. J. & Co., Brook¬ 
lyn, N. Y. 
Collins, Clias. A., Niles, Mich. 
Columbia Manufacturing 
Co., 202 East Columbia St., 
Detroit, Mich. 
Copper Patch Plate Co. See 
Geo. S. Stickle & Co., 
Madison, IVis. 
Cornish, F. & Co., alias A. S. 
Arnold & Co., New York, 
N. Y. 
Correspondents’ Handbook. 
See Jno. J. McGinniss, 
Lock Box 48, Sandwich, 
Ill. 
Domestic Manufacturing Co. 
3 Trcniont How, Boston, 
Mass. 
Ellsworth, E., alias Jay 
Williams & Co., Detroir, 
Mich. 
Fleming & Sherman, Chi¬ 
cago, Ill. 
Fox, Win., Fulton ville.N.Y. 
Gazzano & Co., New York, 
N. Y. 
Gilmore & Gilmore, Wash¬ 
ington. D. C. 
Goddard & Co., 9 Murray 
Street, New York, N. Y r . 
Graham & Co., Walnut Hill, 
Mass. 
Great Southern Colored Aid 
Association, Clehurne.Tex. 
Hammond & Co.,New York, 
N. Y. 
Hammond & Co, D. W„ 53 
Cedar St., New York. N.Y. 
Henri & Co., Chicago, Ill. 
Horton, C. G. & Hobt. H. 
West, New Y'ork, N. Y. 
Horton, C. G. & Co., New 
York, N. Y. 
Illustrated Monthly Miscel¬ 
lany, 79 Milk St., Boston, 
Ingraham, G. W. & Co., 17 
Battery March St., Boston. 
Mass. 
Institution for Feeble-mind¬ 
ed Children, Englewood, 
Ill. 
Kendall. It. E. & Co., Chi¬ 
cago, Ill. 
Lee, D. W. & Co., alias J. A. 
Vail. Philadelphia, Pa. 
Lee, H., P. O. Box 393, South 
Framington. Mass. 
McGinniss, Jno. J., alias 
Correspondents’ Hand¬ 
book, Maginniss Depart¬ 
ment and Store, Sandwich 
Correspondence Club, 
Lock Box 43, Sandwich, 
Ill; Branch Office, Magin¬ 
niss Department and Store, 
Eau Claire, Wis. 
Magnetic Watch Co., New¬ 
ton, Mass. 
Martiudale, B. G., Chicago, 
111 . 
Mayo, Geo. S., alias G. 9. 
Mayo & Co., M. G. Sanford, 
M. G. Sanford & Co., De¬ 
troit, Mich. 
Miscellany Publishing Co., 
79 Milk St, Boston, Mass. 
Osborne, H. E, 55 Cedar St, 
New York. N. Y. 
P. O. Box 3415, Boston, Mass. 
P. O. Box 3030, Boston, Ma-s. 
Ply, B. D, Boody, III, and 
Ramsay, Ill. 
Robinson. C. A. & Co., Chi¬ 
cago, Ill. 
Rothschild, W. H. & Co.. 
Broadway and Eighth St, 
New York, N. Y. 
Sanderson & Co, Readvllle, 
Sanford, M. G„ alias M. G. 
Sanford & Co, Detroit, 
Mich. 
Seldner, D. Z, Butler, Pa. 
Sheffield Knife Co, 45 Milk 
St, Boston, Mass. 
Smyth, H. B. & Co, 6 Wall 
Street, New York, N.Y. 
Star Publishing Co, New 
Haven, Conn. 
Stickle, Geo. S. & Co, alias 
Agents’ Supply Co,Copper 
Plate Patch Co, Nonsuch 
Washing Compound, TJ. 9. 
Tea Co, Western Manufac¬ 
turing Co, Madison, Wis. 
Strong, C. L, alias Rubber 
Type Co, Buffalo, N. Y. 
The Trinity,Nasliville, Tenn. 
Tracy & Co, 283 Washington 
St, Boston, Mass. 
Tremont Jewelry Co, P. O. 
Box 3630, Boston, Mass. 
Tremont Spoon Co, P. O. 
Box3630, Boston, Mass. 
Union Trust Co., Gland Rap- 
ids, Mich. 
Vail, J. A, alias D. W. Lea 
& Co, and D. Vandergraw, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
Vandergraw, D, alias J. A. 
Vail. Philadelphia, Pa. 
Van Derveer, H. C. & Son, 
Whitehouse, N. J. 
Vane, A. W„ P. O. Box 3415, 
Boston, Mass. 
Vasco, Oliver B, 35 Cedar 
St, New York, N. Y. 
Vaughn, A. Willshorough, N. 
Ward & Co, 53 Exchange 
Place, New York, N. Y. 
West, Kobe. H, & C. G. Hor¬ 
ton, alias Burton & Co, 
Hale, Owen & Co, Ham¬ 
mond & Co,Horton,C. G. & 
Co, Wallace, F.E. & Co, 
West, R. H. & Co, New 
York, N. Y. 
West, It. H. & Co. See above. 
New York, N. Y. 
Wildes & Co, P. O. Box 
3630, Boston, Mass. 
Williams, H. T. & Co, alias 
Cottage Library, Ashland, 
Mass, Magnetic Walch 
Co, Newton, Mass, Bos¬ 
ton and Newion, Mass. 
Williams, Jay & Co.,Detroit, 
Mich. 
Wynkoop. & Harper, New 
York, N, Y. 
The tree canvassers are in Green Co., Pa., taking 
Orders tor Russian Apples. 
A correspondent, who wishes to plant an orchard 
of the best varieties for market, sends us a list of 
these Russian kinds, and asks us to indicate which 
are the best for market purposes. Russian apples, 
as a rule, are small and poor, being very hardy, and 
better than no apples at all. They are useful in 
localities where the winters are so severe as to kill 
other varieties. Being unknown in the market, 
they would, even if of good quality, bring the low¬ 
est rates. Our advice to our Green Co. friends is, 
to let the Russian apples alone. These same agents 
offer, as companion to the Russian apples, 
“The Sand Pear,” 
as a desirable hardy kind. The “ Sand Pear ” is a 
very old ornamental tree, which bears an abundance 
of hard, worthless fruit, which can barely be made 
edible by preserving it. 
