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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 17, 1868

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 32, No. 21.

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Humbugs.

By JOS. CLARKE.

A PEDDLER called to sell me a Fountain Pen, and Ink Eraser. He magnified the virtues of his wares. I told him to try his Ink Eraser upon some paper, upon which was some old writing; he commenced erasing. I took my penknife and went to work on another piece of paper; I could erase better, smoother, and faster than he. I tried his pen; it would not compare with Gillett's nor Spencer's. His comrade next offered a picture of Christ, done in flaming style. I pronounced it sensuous, and wholly unlike such a face as I believed Jesus possessed, and not at all worthy of the name.
I propose to test such articles in the light of reason and common sense; and if a man offers me a valuable commodity, I will not condemn it; but will do all in my power to discourage humbugs.
JOS. CLARKE.