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Another lottery humbug -- Two hundred and fifty recipes -- Vile books -- "Advantage-cards" -- A package for you; Please send the money -- Peddling in western New York.
The readiness with which people will send off their money to a swindler is perfectly astounding. It does really seem as if an independent fortune could be made simply by putting forth circulars and advertisements, requesting the receiver to send five dollars to the advertiser, and saying that "it will be all right."