Comical account of John -----, the Glasgow cobbler, who bought a share of a lottery ticket, and who received an anonymous letter that it was drawn a prize of twenty thousand pounds - John, so overjoyed at hearing this news, flung his whole kit into the Gallowgate Burn; determined to act a gentleman, he invited his acquaintance to a supper which cost 5l. and which he was to pay to the landlord when he received the share of his prize ; in a few days after, John found out the letter was a forgery, and he was seen, with his breeches off, searching the burn for what of his kit he could find, amidst a shower of dead cats, rats, and what filth the boys could collect, to the great mortification of John for his kit, and the landlord for his supper.
[Glasgow] : W. Carse, printer, Glasgow,
[ca. 1825]
Dated from examination of text and style.
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Scotland Glasgow.