Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-10-01

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"Dividing a hair between north and north.
west sides. A distinction without a differ.
ence."
"To me it is not. | can see a very prea,
difference"
liz Granger came hurriedly into the store OF
Ellis Day. His manner was Hurried he had
a look of wild e%lalion.
thick voice. Didn't | say that | would
draw a prize?
"fou did," returned Day, camly.
Sand ] said true. I've got the twenty-five
thousand dollar prize as certain as DEATH"
"Indeed !"
''True as preachin'."
"rwenty-fve thousand dollars :"
FAYE! Twenty-Five thousand dollars =
Think Of that, friend Day ~
And lie caught the hand of his friend and
almost crushed it in a vice-like grip.
"Ain't | a lucky dog ! | always said I was
born under a fortunate star, though ! confess
that ! had to wait long before the right as
pect came. But all in good time! I've no
complaint TO make. Twenty-Five thousand
dollars! Just think of that! Won't l do
business now with a rush Won't | show
some Of the sleepy ones in the trade a speci-
men of tall walking Won't IL"
And for very want of breath the excited
young man paused.
"Wbai do you think of lotteries now 4"
he asked, after he had recovered himself a
little. "Ain't you tempted to try your
luck I"
81 think of them as l always did /; | be-
lieve | shall not try my luck. | might be so
unfortunate as to draw a prize"
"Are you crazy, Ellis Day :"
'Perhaps | am. But, seriously, | would
rather go on as | am going than draw a prize
of twenty thousand dollars. For slow and
sure will bring all out right in the end but
with twenty thousand dollars thrown sud-
denly into my lap, | might, and no doubt
would, be tempted to dash ahead at a rate so
rapid as to be thrown headlong from my
course, and be worse off than | was when |
began the world with hope, energy, indus
try, and five hundred dollars in my pocket"
"And this you predict for me !"
"Nc. | predict nothing for you. ] hope
you will be wise and prudent in the use of
the large sum of money that has come into
your hands,"
"Never fear for me. | know what | am
about. Twenty-Five thousand dollars is not
a sun large enough TO turn my brain"
1t is worthy of remark that Granger said
more about lending his friend a few
dollars, as he had proposed in anti
had drawr No, 10, hn Id carmo,ton LIZ o
nronoiso mnn,o.u" INV ao'so.en "'
which ho cOnId nsa ba ".h ""Ss ~
now rreatIy ;rcroasaJ "ani,ol UnnIjn,n H.
nreso9ted ,SamsoI"n@ ~ .dFa 49, ar 10y
bo had any,hinm ;" Snarn La toi, ,ha, ~
onora,ions III ~" sP"Ie, ~ y, '.a. ~
li,n;ts that il wnrIJ ha Jasi,obin w '"i"
When tho $50 CO. 49, J"u
ve,a na;d ~ CO. nkiot n ,lu
some weeks aItor 10 drawinn oS ,hn L,,nrn
he immed;a,oir I,; ~ ~, - ~ J lily
in tickets in ,no,bor ao,,or;nm 49, a..
,ending If ba draun onv,hinm - oon IT, .n0
mise ,o Nav wb;oh by nomS nT rs ~
weak enonnb r. moLe ua draT
about fifty dollars-reinyested that in the
way-drew blanks and gave up lotte-
ries. In this he was wiser than some men.
OF course Day did not get the promised as
distance in his business.
TWENTY-FIVE thousand dollars in cash at
once enlarged the credit of Granger from
seventy-fve thousand to a hundred thousand
dollars. All his business operations became
greatly extended, and he grew into man of
Importance, both in his own eyes and the
eyes OF others, quite rapidly.
Whenever we begin to think hichlv Of
from any cause. but especialIv
when this increased self.estimation springs
from the mere increased amount of world.
ly goods that may happen TO be possess
ed, we are almost sure 10 fall into error
The first error committed by Granger was a
most g~rievous one. When he drew the GREAT
prize he was under engagement of MARRIAGE
with the daughter of a Widow ladv named
Riker whose income was small and who was
unknown in fashionable society Ths mo,L9
er and daughter lived humbly, and all their
time was u~sefully employed. Emma Riker
had received a good education, and was in
every way the equal in mental culture of the
young man who had sought her hand.
Granger mentioned TO Emma the far, ,ba,
he had nurcbased a ,icko, al Ella ec