The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1820-02-23

A LETTER FROM a SucCESsll'L l.
ADvENTUfER ~ THE LOTTERY

luck in the lottery; but you will stare
when | further tell ,ou, il is because un-
luckily have gtA considerable psize
It. freceiycd the slsd i.lings.oi MY
misfortune last Saturday nieh from eur
Chronicle, when, oii iooknk over tie list
ct tlN prizes, as Was 20, behind NY
pipe at lhe club, II iould that my ticket
WIS come up . 2o0ol. IN the pride as
wes as Joy ot my heart, could not help
proclain.rg 10 the company my good
luck, as ] then toolishy thought il, md
as The compan. thought it too. by insist.
ing that ! should treat Them that evening.
Friends arc never SO mary, OF stay long
er, than when they have ntahing to pa, /:
they never capc TOO how cxuayagant they
arc on such all occasion. Bottle alter
bottle was therefore called for, aud that
too of caret, though not one OF us, ! be.
iicvc, hht had rather had port. In short,
] lreeled home as we'll as | could about
tour in the morning; when thinking 10
pacif, my wife, who began to rate me
las usual for sta, ing out so lorg, ,uld
her tho occasion OF il; burt instead of re-
joicing, rs ] thought she would, she cried
-" Pish, cNLr two thousand pounds !"
However, she was at last reoonciled toits
taking care To remind me that size had
chosen the ticket herself, and she was Ill
along sure il would come up prize, be-
cause tho number was anudd one Nc
nciiherN sgota a wink Of slcrp. thought I
was heartily Inclined to it; for my uilc
kept me awake--by telling ae OF this.
thst, and t'olher thing which she wanted,
and which She would now purchase. az
we could afford il.
know not how the news Of my s,ie,
cess spread ~ soon among my other ac-
quaintancc, Except that my wife told it TO
every. clrr she knew. Or NOT knew. ae
church The consequence was, thlt l
hadno less than seven very hearty frienels
came to dine with us by way oi w'<,ilg
a, Joy; and the number Of these hearty
friends was increased 10 above doze.,
by supper-time. Ii is kind in ON, g
friends 10 bc wiling to parlake If ones
success; they mode themselves very
merry Iiterslly at my expence; and. at
parting, told me they would bring some
more friends, I'D have another jolly tvtn-
Ing with me Oh this happy occssion.
When they were gone, made shift 10
get liI,:e rest, though l was often dis
tutbed by MY wife taking in her sleep.
Her head, it seems, literally ram upon
wheels, that is, the lottery wheels. She
frequently called out that she had got the
ten thousand pounds, she mntte,ed sew
eral Wild and incohc,cnt Expressions a.
bout gowns, and rufflcs, and earrings,
lid necklaces; and | once heard her mem
ton the word coach. In the morning,
wkn ! got up, how was I surprised to
find my good fortune published TO all the
worldin the newspaper thought coud
not but s.: - land madam was greatly
pieascd) at the printers exalting me 10
the dignity Of Esquire, having been roth.
ing but plain MIR. all my life before.
And now The misloruDs arising from
my good fortune began to poor in ti,lck
upon me. In consequence of the infor.
nation given in the newspaper, we were
no sooner sat down to break fast thanl We
we're con,pIimented with rata tatoo
from the drums, as If We had been just
married: after tlNse had been siierced
by the usual method. another band Of
music Saiutgd us with peal from the
marrow bones and cleavers to the same
iune. l was harassed the whole day
- n petitions from the hospital boys that
Jrew the ticket, the commissioners clerks
lat wrote down the ticket, and the clerks
Sf the Office where bought the ticket,
al Of them praying. THAT my Hon,ur
would consider ,hem." ! should he
glad you would inform me what these
Jwople would have given INC II ] had had
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