A Caution To Farmers And Others

During the year 1891, the pioneers ; of Washtenaw county were callod upcxn by three agenta oí a biographical publishing company of Chicago, 111. Farmers oannot communioate nor see daily papers so readüy as the City er tovnspople, to be informeel of ■what is goimg om and are more apt to be deceived, or got to subscribe to ■wliat many of them inay regret to ihcir sorrow, by these piausable and silvery tomgued agente, who are workiiag nojore lor thcir oini or other's intereste, thian yows. It is quite easy When vou are engaged at your v.-ork to be oalled upon by one of these agent. He win cxnly detain you a few minutes, and after he lia.s got you Interes: ed in to his many r&pid queetione of your early Hfe, ancéstors, etc., and anytJiing of especial note; aud ín,ay be with your braln or iierves overtaxed he uoexpectedly, itli pencü in hand, persuades you to subscribe for a woík, whereas, had you luwwn his real intent at first,' you would hare refusei!. Then comes the seeond ageni to read and correct the proof, and with photoe of noted onos and some of your nors, and specimene of thelr work, ' .'i poeeiWe to get yours, to complete the ■-.vori;. The more portraits, the more valuable the book. Gemtlennen, these ' agenta are 110 fooLs, and with much practdee they know how to win. In ! subscribing you may have done it to lielp them, as you would to help eome " pubdic ohumable work. But wliesn the third agent comes to collect your contract (as though you mdght be mnkfoig money out of the scheme) snany find out their mistake and regret it, or they would not make the romarke that some have, to me in fhis county: Wh&t foote we were for subecribing," Af ter I payed for mane I ofltered to sell it to the agent ior half tire price. Another: "I conswJerita SToat im.position." nother toid much worse, and I wiU not repeat One, mistaken about the wort eoimterraandd the order. -Vnother ÖJsappomted, expected the book would ontam all or most of the pioneers or oldioet Inhabdtasrts of the county mstead of those only who subscribed' Othere said the portraita were not Bood, "scarcely recognizable." Then what value are the 25 portraits (costing $50 eaeH) to give to your frieods ? To some only worthless. These are the j-emiarks of such only as I have nvet or come across. We are warned to be aware of wohw in aheep's clothIng. Therefore is it not just and charItable to warn other eounties not yet vauvased, of their daog, and whom to te aware of ? The book is offered lor $15 or les. Hut those who have Piren their time, thought, and helped them by subscribid, are charged or taxed from $15 to $G5. A great price for o-ne book, etc, and that compacte, i have no deelre to ámgarage the work, or book; let it eell ants own mierite, but as so manv are s.afKfied with it in thls county, J do Uunk it the duty of om one to to 11 tlio. u-ho are in debt, or caníiot afford it, refu.sc it at once aud Have aothing to do with it By iso totog yon wiii BaTO many rgre and toe so moieh money i„i in.stead of out of your pocket, and feeJ thankfu] for the waraing. Yours SLDcerely