The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Olden Time Series, Vol. 1: Curiosities of the Old Lottery, by Henry M. Brooks This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: The Olden Time Series, Vol. 1: Curiosities of the Old Lottery Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts Author: Henry M. Brooks Release Date: March 12, 2006 [EBook #17970] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE OLDEN TIME SERIES, VOL. *** Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Christine D. and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net TABLE OF CONTENTS CURIOSITIES OF THE OLD LOTTERY A LIST OF BOOKS PUBLISHED BY TICKNOR AND COMPANY Cover THE OLDEN-TIME SERIES. 16mo. Per vol., 50 cents. There appears to be, from year to year, a growing popular taste for quaint and curious reminiscences of "Ye Olden Time," and to meet this, Mr. Henry M. Brooks has prepared a series of interesting handbooks. The materials have been gleaned chiefly from old newspapers of Boston and Salem, sources not easily accessible, and while not professing to be history, the volumes contain much material for history, so combined and presented as to be both amusing and instructive. The titles of some of the volumes indicate their scope and their promise of entertainment:— Curiosities of the Old Lottery. Days of the Spinning-Wheel. Some Strange and Curious Punishments. Quaint and Curious Advertisements. Literary Curiosities. New-England Sunday, etc. "It has been the good fortune of the writer to be allowed a peep at the manuscript for this series and he can assure the lovers of the historical and the quaint in literature that something both valuable and pleasant is in store for them. In the specialties treated of in these books Mr. Brooks has been for many years a careful collector and student, and it is gratifying to learn that the material is to be committed to book form."—Salem Gazette. For sale by all Booksellers. Sent, post-paid, upon receipt of price. Catalogues of our books mailed free. TICKNOR & CO., Boston. THE OLDEN TIME SERIES CURIOSITIES OF THE OLD LOTTERY "There is some soul of goodness in things evil, Would men observingly distil it out." Shakspeare, King Henry V. "The earth hath bubbles, as the water has, And these are of them." Shakspeare, Macbeth. "How widely its agencies vary,— To save, to ruin, to curse, to bless." Thomas Hood. THE OLDEN TIME SERIES GLEANINGS CHIEFLY FROM OLD NEWSPAPERS OF BOSTON AND SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS SELECTED AND ARRANGED, WITH BRIEF COMMENTS BY HENRY M. BROOKS Curiosities of the Old Lottery "Old and new make the warp and woof of every moment. There is no thread that is not a twist of these two strands. By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote."—Emerson Crest BOSTON TICKNOR AND COMPANY 1886 Copyright, 1886, By Ticknor and Company. All rights reserved. University Press: John Wilson and Son, Cambridge. INDEX OF NAMES. Page Arnold, Welcome 50 Atkins, William 10 Austin, Benjamin 14 Austin, Benjamin, Jr. 53 Barlow, Joel 56, 57 Barton, William 35 Beeman, D. 47 Beers, Elias 33 Beers, Nathan 33 Bemis, Mr. 25 Blake, William P. 22 Blodgett, Benjamin 42 Bonaparte 62, 63 Bridge & Renouf 39, 54 Bridge, Mr. 36 Brooks, Peter C. 70 Brown, John 50 Bryant, William 61 Burr, Aaron 62, 63 Cabot, Andrew 59 Cabot, George 59 [Pg 1] [Pg 2] Carlton, W. 53 Carter, Ephraim 16 Clark, Mary Ann 62, 63 Colman, George 44 Connor, Benjamin 38 Cooper, Samuel 53 Cushing & Appleton 17, 42, 44, 46, 61, 63 Cushing & Carlton 38 Cushing, Caleb 10 Cushing, Thomas 14 Cushing, Thomas C. 8 Dabney, John 8, 53 Daggett, Henry 33 Dana & Fenno 65 Dutch, John 51 Edes & Gill 15 Ellsler, Fanny 8 Esty, Edward 35 Everett, Edward 70 Farnham, Daniel 10 Fisk, General 19 Franklin, Benjamin 43 Freeman, Jonathan 38 Gerrish, Joseph 10 Gilbert & Dean 30, 48 Giles, William B. 62, 63 Gould & Company 12 Green & Russell 12, 15 Hamilton, Alexander 62, 63 Hancock, John 70 Hardcastle, Samuel 61 Hathorne, John 8, 53 Heard, Edmund 16 Hewes, Samuel 14 Higginson, Henry 59 Hilldrup, Thomas 33, 65 Hillhouse, James 62, 63 Huntington, Ralph 28 Ives, John P. 50 Jackson, William and James 12 Jefferson, Thomas 62, 63 Jenks, Daniel 8, 53 Jenks, John 8, 38, 53 Johnson, Oliver 35 Jones, Timothy 33 Kelley, Daniel 35 Kent, William A. 41 Kent, William J. 38 Kidder & Co. 28 Kidder, W. & T. 30 King George III. 62, 63 King James I. 72 Kneeland, John 36, 53 Larkin, E. & S. 47 Larkin, Ebenezer 22 Leach & Fosdick 25 Lewis, Ezekiel 14 Luther, Martin 35 Lyon, William 33 Macomber, Ebenezer 22 Madison, James 62, 63 Martin, Luther 42 Mason, John 50 McIntosh, William 33 Minot, George R. 53 Napoleon 63 Nauche, Dr. 43 Newell, Timothy 12 Payson, E.H. 8, 65 Pickering, Timothy 62, 63 Phillips, Margaret 25 Randal, Stephen 22 Russell, Benjamin 53 Russell, John 8, 16, 17, 22, 23 Russell, William 50 Sampson, Ezra 59 Savage, Samuel Phillips 14 Scollay, John 14 Sewall, Samuel 14 Sharplys, Thomas 72 Sheldon, Pardon 64 Sigourney, Andrew 41 Simpson & Caldwell 39 Smith, Robert 63 Sprague, Joseph 19 Stone, E.M. 59 Storer & Son, Ebenezer 12 Thorndike, Israel 59 Thurber, Samuel, Jr. 22, 51 Tracy, Patrick 10 Turpin, Benjamin 22 Warren, Henry 53 Washington, George 31, 59, 62, 63 Weld, Benjamin 41 Whipple, Henry 8, 39, 45 Whipple, John 51 Williams, George 19 LOTTERIES MENTIONED. Page Amoskeag 16, 17 Amoskeag Canal 68 Baltimore Hospital 42 Bible Supply 61, 62 Bunker Hill Monument 7 Charlestown 68 Cologne Cathedral 72 Congregational Churches 7 Connecticut Manufactory 32, 33 Continental Congress 18 Dartmouth College 36, 37, 68 Eastern Stage Road 65 English Colonies in Virginia 72 Episcopal Churches 7 Faneuil Hall 7, 13, 14, 15 Gloucester Road 68 Harvard College 7, 23, 38, 42, 44, 45, 46, 47, 51, 52, 53, 57, 64, 70 Hatfield Bridge 17, 23, 68 Kennebec 68 Kennebec Bridge 28 Land Bank 15, 68 Leicester Academy, Lancaster 16 Marblehead 42 Massachusetts State 7, 20, 25, 29, 36, 41, 42, 58, 59, 64 Matrimonial 66, 67, 68 Milton Paper Mill 15 Newport Congregational Church 19 New York 41 New York Literature 65 North and South Rivers, Salem 19 North Carolina 64 Pavement on Boston Neck 68 Philanthropic 68 Plymouth Beach 44, 54, 55, 61, 68 Providence Episcopal Church 47 Providence Street 20, 21, 22 Rhode Island 64 [Pg 3] Rhode Island College 7, 49, 50, 51 Rhode Island Lottery for Advancement of Religion 34 River Parker Bridge 7, 9, 10, 11 South Hadley Canal 48, 68 Stonington Point Meeting-House 65, 66 Sudbury 61, 68 Taunton Great River 12 Union Canal 31, 40, 41 Washington Monument 39 Williamstown Free School 7, 20, 25, 42, 43 Border INTRODUCTION. While this work does not pretend to be a history, it will yet present many historical facts. Its object is to show from old newspapers, which are not accessible to all, such items and comments upon a variety of subjects as might be supposed to amuse or instruct both old and young. It is not the easy thing that many imagine to examine, read, and select from a vast number of newspapers such matter as is believed to be worth reproducing. Possibly to some it would seem to be a stupid and an uninteresting work. The Compiler, however, has found it a source of pleasure to make and arrange these selections; and the value of his work will be greatly enhanced if these volumes should prove of interest to any considerable number of persons. There appears to be from year to year a growing taste among the most cultivated people for quaint and curious reminiscences of the Olden Time; and as these volumes will be of a handy size for the pocket or carpetbag, it is hoped that they will be welcomed by many who would not undertake to read a more pretentious or cumbersome work on similar topics. Salem, Mass., April, 1885. Decoration Border CURIOSITIES OF THE OLD LOTTERY. People of the present generation who look over files of old newspapers are filled with astonishment to see the great number of lotteries which are advertised, for many years, down to as late a period as the year 1826. The Faneuil Hall Lottery, the Harvard College Lottery, the Rhode Island College Lottery, the Massachusetts State Lottery, and lotteries for a bridge over the River Parker, for Marblehead, for the Williamstown Free-school, for Episcopal and Congregational Churches, were all advertised, with numerous other projects. A lottery was proposed for the purpose of finishing Bunker Hill Monument, although the scheme was not carried out. It is perhaps not generally remembered that this monument was at length completed by means furnished by a Ladies' Fair, in 1840, and handsome contributions by several individuals. Among other contributors was the celebrated danseuse Fanny Ellsler, who was at that time giving performances in Boston. Some of the best men in the community were interested in recommending the various schemes, and members of churches, men in high repute, bought and sold the tickets. In Salem, Mass., such well-known and esteemed citizens as John Jenks, Daniel Jenks, Thomas C. Cushing, of the "Gazette," John Dabney, the postmaster, [Pg 4] [Pg 5] [Pg 6] [Pg 7] [Pg 8] Colonel John Russell, and the now venerable and respected Edward H. Payson—who, at the age of eighty, is still cashier of the First National (formerly the Commercial) Bank, to which office he was elected in 1826—sold tickets; so did Colonel John Hathorne. Colonel Henry Whipple, who is remembered as one of our best citizens, kept, in connection with his bookstore, a "Fortunate Lottery Office." Other names might be mentioned, but we think we have given enough to show the respectability of the calling. The better the man, the better the agent. Indeed, it was generally thought to be just as respectable to sell lottery-tickets as to sell Bibles; and we have seen them classed together in the same advertisement. Our observations have been confined chiefly to Boston and Salem prints, but we have no doubt that similar matter could be found in other papers. We propose now to give liberal extracts from some of the old advertisements of the different schemes, which will, we think, confirm what we have already said on the subject. Let us take first from the "Boston Gazette" of May 19, 1760, the lottery to raise $1,000 towards building a bridge over the River Parker, in Newbury. The managers were the first men in the place, and the tickets were sold by men of excellent standing in Boston. Bridge NEWBURY, May 17, 1760. SCHEME of a LOTTERY, FOR raiſing a Sum of Money for the building and maintaining a Bridge over the River Parker, in the Town of Newbury, at the Place called Old Town Ferry (in purſuance of an Act of the General Court, paſſed in April 1760) Wherein Daniel Farnham, Caleb Cuſhing, Joſeph Gerriſh, William Atkins, Eſq., and Mr. Patrick Tracy, Merchant, (or any Three of them) are appointed Managers. The acting Managers are ſworn to the faithful Performance of their Truſt. Newbury-Lottery Number Four, conſiſts of 5000 Tickets, at Two Dollars each; 1655 of which are Benefit Tickets of the following Value. 1 of 500 Dollars, is 500 Dollars. 4 of 100 are 400 5 of 50 are 250 6 of 40 are 240 10 of 30 are 300 14 of 20 are 280 45 of 10 are 450 75 of 8 are 600 1495 of 4 are 5980 —— —— 1655 Prizes, amounting to — 9000 Dollars. 3345 Blanks. —— 5000 Tickets, at Two Dollars each 10 000 To be paid in Prizes, 9000 —— 1000 Dollars. Remains to be applied for the Purpoſe aforeſaid. Two Blanks only to one PRIZE. THE Bridge aforeſaid is already built, and upon a Settlement of the Accounts, and Demands relative thereto, the Managers of the former Lottery for that Purpoſe, were found to be greatly in Debt: The Charges of building the Bridge, and proſecuting the Lottery, amounting to much [Pg 9] [Pg 10] [Pg 11] more than what was allowed to be raiſed by the former Act of the General Court—therefore the preſent Lottery is allowed. AND ſince the ſaid Bridge ſo well anſwers the Expectation of the Public, and the Travelling that Way thereby is rendered much more eaſy and pleaſant; the Managers doubt not there will be a great Demand of the Tickets, from a Principle of encouraging and promoting a Work of ſuch general Utility, if there were no other Inducement. But when they conſider how much this Scheme is calculated in Favour of the Adventurers, there being many Prizes of great Value, and but two Blanks to a Prize; they doubt not of a very ſpeedy Sale of the Tickets. Tickets purchas'd at Boſton, if fortunate, will be paid off there. Public Notice will be given of the Time and Place of Drawing; and as ſoon as finiſhed, the Prizes will be publiſhed in the Boſton Gazette and Country Journal. Gold as well as Silver will be received for Tickets; and the Prizes paid off accordingly. Prizes not demanded in Twelve Months after Drawing, will be conſidered as given to the common Stock for building and maintaining the ſaid Bridge, and will be ſo applied. Tickets are to be Sold by the Managers in Newbury, by Ebenezer Storer, Eſq., and Son; Mr. Timothy Newell; William & James Jackſon, and the Printers hereof in Boſton. The town of Taunton, Mass., was favored by a lottery grant in 1761 to aid in clearing the Great River. Taunton, March 16. 1761. PUBLICK NOTICE is hereby given to all Perſons who are ſo diſpoſed to encourage the Clearing of Taunton Great-River, (ſo beneficial to the Trade of this Province) by adventuring in the LOTTERY granted for that Purpoſe, That the Managers of ſaid Lottery have determined to begin to draw the Firſt Claſs on Tueſday the 27th Day of April next; the Town of Taunton having voted to take off all the Tickets that ſhall remain unſold at that Day;—And all Perſons who have taken Tickets to diſpoſe of, are deſired to return them, or the Money for them, by the Firſt Day of ſaid April. ☞ Tickets are yet to be had of Meſſir's Gould and Company, and of Green & Ruſſell, Printers in Queen Street, Boſton.—As alſo of the Managers at their reſpective Dwellings in Taunton. Next we will take from the "Boston Post Boy" of November, 1762, the scheme to raise money to rebuild Faneuil Hall, after the fire of 1761. It will be noticed how small an amount was reserved for the purpose for which the Lottery was granted,—only $1,200. It seems as if a very small sum subscribed by every freeholder would have produced more money. If the population of Boston at that time was, say, twenty thousand, or three thousand families, fifty cents for every head of a family would have raised a larger sum than could possibly have been raised by the expensive and questionable process resorted to. At first sight it may seem strange to us that this was not thought of at the time; but when we reflect that even in our enlightened times people are quite as thoughtless about the processes of raising money for charitable or public purposes,—witness the numerous fairs and raffles which are constantly taking place,—we are not so much amazed at these old financial operations, nor do we think we can boast much of our superior morality when we look around and see how some things are managed nowadays. BOSTON, November 1, 1762. SCHEME Of a LOTTERY, For Raiſing a Sum of Money for Re-building Faneuil Hall; agreeable to an Act of the General Court, wherein Meſſieurs Thomas Cuſhing, Samuel Hewes, John Scollay, Benjamin Auſtin, Samuel Sewall, Samuel Phillips Savage, and Ezekiel Lewis, or any Three of them, are appointed Managers, who are Sworn to the faithful Diſcharge of their Truſt. Faneuil-Hall Lottery, No. One, Conſiſts of 6000 Tickets, at Two Dollars each, 1486 of which are Benefit Tickets of the following Value, viz. Dollars. 1 Prize of 1000 Dollars, is 1000 1 of 500 is 500 2 of 200 are 400 12 of 100 are 1200 20 of 50 are 1000 [Pg 12] [Pg 13] [Pg 14] 20 of 20 are 400 30 of 10 are 300 200 of 6 are 1200 1200 of 4 are 4800 —— —— 1486 Prizes, 10800 Dollars. 4514 Blanks. —— 6000 Tickets at 2 Dollars each, is 12,000 Dollars. To be paid in Prizes, 10,800 —— Remains 1200 Dollars, to be applied to the Purpoſe aforeſaid. The Neceſſity of a large and convenient Hall in ſuch a Town as this, upon all Public Occaſions, can't be diſputed. The Rebuilding Faneuil-Hall has therefore been generally approved of; and the Encouragement it will meet with from the Public, will, we doubt not, be in ſome Meaſure proportionable to its Importance: We promiſe ourſelves therefore a ſpeedy Sale of the Tickets; and hope we ſhall ſoon be able to draw. Public Notice will be given of the Time and Place of Drawing; and as ſoon as the Drawing is finiſhed, a Liſt of the Prizes will be publiſhed in Edes and Gill's Boſton Gazette, &c. and the Money paid to the Poſſeſſors of the Benefit Tickets, in Twenty Days. Gold as well as Silver will be received for the Tickets, and the Prizes paid off in like Manner. Prizes not demanded within Twelve Months after Drawing, will be deem'd as generouſly given for the Purpoſe aforeſaid, and will be applied accordingly. ☞ Tickets may be had of the Managers, or of Green & Ruſſell, in Queen-ſtreet, who will receive Prize Tickets in Land-Bank LOTTERY. In 1782 the State of Massachusetts granted a lottery for the benefit of the paper-mill at Milton. The Clergy were often asked to use their influence to promote special schemes. For instance, the Leicester Academy at Lancaster, Mass., wishing to raise about $800, advertised on June 28, 1790, a lottery, the scheme comprising three thousand tickets at $2.00; and the managers, Edmund Heard and Ephraim Carter, say, "As the deſign of this Lottery is for promoting Piety, Virtue, and ſuch of the liberal Arts and Sciences as may qualify the Youth to become uſeful Members of Society, the Managers wiſh for and expect the aid of the Gentlemen Truſtees of the Academy, the Reverend Clergy, and all perſons who have a taſte for encouraging ſaid Seminary of Learning." Comment on this is unnecessary. As unscrupulous persons often sold drawn tickets,—for it seems there were irregularities even in those days,—the following advertisement warrants the tickets undrawn,— Wheels very rich! A FEW undrawn Tickets in Amoskeag Lottery for sale by John Russell. ☞ The highest prize being so fixed as to come out whenever Chance shall direct it, it stands purchasers in hand to be seasonable in their applications. July 24, 1807. Lottery Price Current.—In Boston, Amoskeag Tickets, warranted undrawn, 6 dolls. In Salem, at Russell's 5.50—at Cushing and Appleton's, not warranted, 5. Further Information.—The Amoskeag highest prize, of Eight Thousand Dollars, is still undrawn, and the wheels are extraordinarily rich, having gained, since the drawing began, upwards of Six Thousand Dollars. There is therefore every probability that the scrip will soon rise. Those who intend to purchase for the sake of a chance for the highest prize, are advised to do it before it is drawn out of the wheel, which may be to-morrow. Those who purchase for the sake of a cheap ticket, would do well to wait till afterwards. July 24, 1807. *** If any body wants [Pg 15] [Pg 16] [Pg 17] TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS, they are requested to call on JOHN RUSSELL, who will, for a trifling consideration, put them in a way to realize that, or another sum of less magnitude, in the course of September next, when the rich Wheels of Hatfield Bridge Lottery will begin to move. ☞ Tickets will rise on the first of September to 5.50—Prize Tickets exchanged. (1807) In 1776 the Continental Congress endeavored to raise a large sum by means of a lottery. On the first of November of that year the following Resolve was passed,—"That a sum of money be raised by way of lottery, to be drawn at Philadelphia." A committee was then empowered to manage this lottery, and agents were appointed in the several States to sell the tickets. From causes difficult now to explain, the drawing, which was to have taken place in 1777, was postponed from time to time, until finally, it is said, the whole scheme proved a failure. Many of the adventurers being large losers, much bad feeling was produced towards the Government. The design was to raise the money in the way of a loan. There were four classes of tickets, a hundred thousand in each,—$10, $20, $30, and $40; in all $10,000,000. In Lossing's "Field-Book of the Revolution," from which we derive this account, may be seen a copy of one of these lottery tickets. Probably the people were too poor at that time to furnish the requisite sum of money, and so the tickets did not sell readily; or the lottery may have been badly managed. Congregational Churches used to raise money by lottery, as appears by the following advertisement in the "Columbian Centinel," May 5, 1792,— NEWPORT LOTTERY TICKETS. ☞ A few TICKETS, in the Newport Congregational Church Lottery, which commences drawing the 10th inſtant, may be had at No. 61 Long-Wharf if applied for immediately. May 5. At a town meeting held in Salem, Mass., on Dec. 28, 1789, "George Williams, Esq., General Fisk, and Joseph Sprague, Esq., were chosen a Committee to estimate the expense of clearing out the Channels in the North and South rivers; and to prefer a petition to the General Court for the grant of a Lottery to aid the town in so beneficial an undertaking." We believe this project was never carried through; but we are of opinion that some residents of Salem would now welcome even a raffle, if in that way their North River could be purified, as at present no other method seems so likely to succeed, judging from the controversy which has been going on in that city for several years without effecting any result. The "Massachusetts Centinel," May 22, 1790, notifies the "Friends of Science" that "a few ... Williamstown Free- school Lottery Tickets ... may be had of the Printer." MARBLEHEAD, APRIL 3. The higheſt Prize in the State Lottery was drawn by a number of Females: About thirty were joint poſſeſſors of that fortunate number and five others: The higheſt ſhare in them did not exceed one dollar, and the loweſt was nine pence, expreſſive of the different abilities of the concerned; by which circumſtance, the property of the prize is moſt agreeably divided: It has excited a ſmile in the cheek of poverty, nor diminiſhed the pleaſure of thoſe in eaſy circumſtances. Massachusetts Gazette, 1786. Providence Street-Lottery. CLASS 3d. THE Managers preſent the public with the following SCHEME of a LOTTERY, granted by the Hon. General Aſſembly of this State, at their January Seſſion, A.D. 1795, for raiſing a Sum of Money to defray the Expences of Finiſhing, in a durable Manner, a Street at the North End of this Town. This being the great Continental Thoroughfare and Poſt Road, and much frequented at all Seaſons by Perſons on Foot and Horſe-Back, and by Teams and Carriages, merits the greateſt Attention to its Improvement from Town and Country. The old Road was crooked and inconvenient, the new Street is Streight, and ſecured in ſuch a Manner as to be paſſed in Carriages at all Times with Eaſe and Safety. The Utility and Neceſſity of this work, ſo obvious to every one, and the great Chance to Adventurers, there being only about Two Blanks to a Prize, induce the Managers to rely on the Patronage of the [Pg 18] [Pg 19] [Pg 20] [Pg 21] Public, for a rapid Sale of the Tickets. 5340 Tickets, at TWO DOLLARS each, are 10,680 Dollars, to be paid in the following Prizes, ſubject to no Deduction. Dolls. Dolls. 1 Prize of 1000 is 1000 1 300 300 1 200 200 4 100 are 400 10 50 500 20 30 600 40 20 800 50 10 500 100 6 600 1482 3 4446 —— —— 1709 Prizes, 9346 3631 Blanks, 1334 —— —— 5340 Tickets, at 2 Dolls. each, is 10680 To commence drawing the 1ſt June next. TICKETS may be had by applying to the ſubſcribers; and the Prizes paid on demand. Prizes not demanded within ſix months after the drawing, will be conſidered as generouſly given for the finiſhing the work. EBENEZER MACOMBER,} Managers. SAMUEL THURBER, jun. STEPHEN RANDAL, BENJ. TURPIN, ☞ TICKETS in the above Lottery, may be had of Eben. Larkin, of Wm. P. Blake, and at the Poſt- Office, Boſton, Feb. 21, 1795. Those who remember the late Colonel John Russell, at one time president of the Bank of General Interest in Salem, and a kindly, benevolent "gentleman of the old school," will read with interest his advertisement of "A New Dispensary," from the "Salem Gazette," March 24, 1807. A New Dispensary! NUMEROUS are the inſtances that can be cited of a leſs, a much leſs, ſum than Twenty Thouſand Dollars having reſtored to their priſtine vigor precarious circumſtances, and of making the poor become rich! Let ſtubborn prejudices be laid aſide, and an immediate reſort made to that Grand Antipoverty Corrective, CASH, which is now proffered as a ſovereign remedy for all the complaints that poverty is heir to:—in aſſerting the ſuperior efficacy of this preventive of the evils attendant on a ſtate of poverty, it is not intended to treſpaſs on truth—let it be fairly tried, when the 'majeſty of its own worth' will be manifeſt. The door is now open for the reception of ſuch as would like to try the experiment:—There is Hatfield Bridge Lottery, which commences drawing the 15th of next month; this affords a potion of Eight Thousand Dollars; if, after a fair trial here, the deſired effect is not produced, then there is the Harvard College Lottery, which commences in May, which has the highly balſamic cordial of TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, which will produce the moſt wonderful effects, by giving a ſolid tone to the regions of the pocket, and by enriching and invigorating the whole ſyſtem, as can be ſatisfactorily teſted:—Twenty Thouſand Dollars would "Cheer the heart, and make the spirits flow!" Perſeverance is highly recommended, and if the wiſhes are not gratified by the attainment of the deſired object, the conſoling reflection will recur, that—"there are not quite two blanks to a [Pg 22] [Pg 23] prize"—which is more than can be ſaid of quackery in general. Tickets and Quarters for ſale by John Russell. ☞ To-Morrow the price of Tickets rise—purchasers can be accommodated until 9 o'clock, this evening. ☞ A handsome Premium given for Essex County Money. The Boston "Herald of Freedom," in December, 1789, advocates a lottery for that town for the benefit of the poor, among other things, and to supply the town with lamps to light occasionally for the "safety of the citizens," etc. A citizen would wiſh to know why among the many lotteries now in being, there is not one for the benefit of this town? Can it be ſaid we have no need of any?—Sure there are many uſes the net proceeds of a lottery may be converted to, for this town's benefit: Though he means not to dictate, yet would ſuggeſt the following;—that a granary might thereby be opened, and the poor ſupplied with different kinds of grain, at a reduced price;—that ſeveral parts of the town might be paved; which would ſerve to employ many of the induſtrious poor among us;—and that the town might be ſupplied with Lamps, which by being occaſionally lighted would tend to the ſafety of the citizens. From theſe, among other beneficial effects, he hopes the town will have a meeting, and petition the General Aſſembly at their approaching ſeſſion for leave to eſtabliſh a lottery for the above, and other, uſeful purpoſes. From the "Salem Gazette," May 10, 1791. No. 17221, which drew 2000 dollars in the Semi-annual State lottery, was paid on Friday laſt, by Meſſrs. Leach and Foſdick, in Boſton. The proprietors were four Africans belonging to Newport. From the "Columbian Centinel," June 5, 1790. Two apprentices belonging to Mr. Bemis, Paper-Maker, in Watertown drew the 1000 dollar prize in Williamſtown Lottery. Advertisement Columbian Centinel, April 28, 1790. Lines on the prizes drawn by the poor widows of Marblehead. From the "Columbian Centinel," April 24, 1790. CASTALIAN FOUNT. FOR THE CENTINEL. LINES, On the Prize of FIFTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS being drawn by the poor Widows of Marblehead, written there. WHENCE this increaſe of wealth? What bounteous hand Grants more than ſanguine Hope could e'en demand? Nor Chance nor Fortune ſhall the merit claim, Thoſe fancied forms to Folly owe their name: Such airy phantoms ill deſerve our lays; A nobler object calls forth all our praiſe. That Pow'r Supreme, who knows no great or ſmall, But looks unchang'd with equal eye on all— Who lifts the poor from their unnoted ſtate, [Pg 24] [Pg 25] [Pg 26] And humbles at his will th' aſpiring great— Whoſe hand divine hath held us in its ſpan, And fed, and cloth'd us ſince our lives began— Hath, ſure, this last rich gift in kindneſs ſent, To be improv'd, and not in riot ſpent; A further proof of Heav'n's indulgent care, In which our poorer neighbours ought to ſhare. Accept, Great God, what thankful hearts can give, For life and health, and all the means to live! Much thou haſt added to our former ſtore; O keep us ſtill as humble as before! What thou haſt lent, direct us how to uſe, And teach us when to give, and when refuſe. To others freely let our bounty flow, But not beyond Diſcretion's limits go. Then let us live as uſeful as we can— Grateful to God—beneficent to man— Poſſeſs obſcure the bliſs of doing good, Never ſo well explain'd as underſtood. Fortune 20,000!! 5,000!! 1000!!! Dollars. WHO is there that would not give 6 dols. 50 for one of the above sums, or 1 dollar 75 cts. for a quarter of one of them. Chances to gain one are now selling at the above prices, at KIDDER & CO's, Lottery, Insurance on Tickets, and Intelligence Office, No. 9, Market-square. Tickets and Quarters will be insured during the drawing of the Lottery, which presents an excellent chance for saving the cost of Tickets!! Adventurers will do well to call!!! Boston Palladium, June 9, 1807. ☞ LUCK INDEED!! YESTERDAY No. 2159 in the Kennebec Bridge Lottery, came up the valuable Prize of ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS!! and as usual was sold, at the most fortunate and truly lucky Office of RALPH HUNTINGTON, No. 14, Exchange-street, 3 doors from State-street. This is the 5th Capital Prize in the Kennebec Lottery, sold by RALPH HUNTINGTON. The highest Prize of $25,000 will be drawn this afternoon, at 3 o'clock. R.H. has for sale, a few shares in a Company of 100 Tickets, and a few Quarters. Jan. 19. [Pg 27] [Pg 28] Boston Palladium, 1819. No. 4072, the moſt fortunate number, in the State Lottery, ſold at the Printing-Office, in Salem, we hear is the property of upwards of a dozen poor widows belonging to Marblehead. Columbian Centinel, April 10, 1790. Anglers FORTUNE'S ANGLERS: A NEW LOTTERY SONG. TUNE—"There are sweepers in high life as well as in low." In the fish pond of fortune men angle always, Some angle for titles, some angle for praise, Some angle for favor, some angle for wives, And some angle for nought all the days of their lives: Ye who'd angle for Wealth, and would Fortunes obtain, Get your hooks baited by Kidder, Gilbert & Dean. Some angle for pleasure, some angle for pain, Some angle for trifles, some angle for gain, Some angle for glory, some angle for strife, Some angle to make themselves happy for life: Ye who'd angle, &c. Some angle for wit, and some angle for fame, Some angle for nonsense, and some e'en for shame, Some angle for horses, some angle for hounds, For angling's infinite, it never new bounds: Ye who'd angle, &c. G. & D. and W. & T.K. for the accommodation of those who purchase Tickets of them, keep Daily Lists of Prizes and Blanks, and a complete statement of the wheels, which can be examined at the close of each day's drawing, free of expense. And for the convenience of their country-customers publish in every paper, while any lottery is drawing, the numbers of all prizes over seven dollars, state of the lottery, &c. &c. ☞ Persons at a distance may be assured, that the most punctual and strict attention will be given their orders for tickets, (post paid) enclosing cash or prize tickets, addressed to Gilbert & Dean, 79, State street, or W. & T. Kidder, 9, Market-square, and the earliest information sent them respecting the fate of their numbers. *** Prize Tickets in all the Lotteries taken in pay for other tickets. March 24 Boston Repertory, March 24, 1809. ☞ Washington's Birth Day. IT is a little remarkable, that the great [Pg 29] [Pg 30] [Pg 31]