The Olden Time Series, Vol. 1: Curiosities of the Old Lottery | Page 6

the drawing, will be considered as generously given for the finishing the work.
EBENEZER MACOMBER, } SAMUEL THURBER, jun. } Managers. 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.
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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 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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STATE LOTTERY TICKETS.
TICKETS in the State Lottery may be had at MARGARET PHILLIPS's Shop, CORNHILL, Boston. Also, TICKETS in the 7th Class of Williamstown Free-School Lottery. April 28.
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, And humbles at his