A Valuable Catechism

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 30, 1862

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 20, No. 18.

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A Valuable Catechism.

THE following catechism appeared in the St. Louis Advertiser. Let it be carefully studied by our patrons:

Question 1. What is the first thing to be done when you write to an editor on business?

Answer. Give the name of your post-office and State.

Question 2. What rule is to be observed in sending the names of new subscribers?

Answer. Give the post-office of each one, with the county in which it is situated, and State.

Question 3. What else should be observed?

Answer. Give the name of each subscriber in full.

Question 4. Is the same rule to be observed in sending money for old subscribers?

Answer. Yes. The post-office, State, and name in full of each one should be given.

Question 5. How do agents sometimes cause trouble and confusion in keeping accounts?

Answer. They receive money from some member of a family other than the one in whose name the paper is sent, ordering it to be credited to the person from whom they receive it.

Question 6. What should you do when you wish a paper changed?

Answer. Give the post-office and State to which it now goes, and then the post-office and State to which you wish it sent.

Question 7. What should subscribers do when the agent from any cause fails to call upon them for the amount of their subscription?

Answer. Send it themselves at the risk of the office.