The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1852-04-01
LUCK TO AN UNLUGKY NAN.

ihou-lIae wise principle, In case "hefeii
, the reader should BY no means go aud d.
, likewise, we should hesitate t. publish th'
, passage below, were il not for tue two con
I Guiding sentences. Miss Milford thus re
i .ates very markable incident in the lil'
: Of her father, who, except in this instance
: was all his life unfortunate:
ain the meanwhile bis spirits returned
!, rs hnoyant as ever, and SO, now that iea
. had changed into certainty, did mine
ln the intervals Of bis professional pur
suits he walked about London with his III
! tie girl in his habd; and one day Ct was
my birthday, and | was ten years od) be
took me into not sery tempting looking
place, which was, as speedily found, Q
lottery Office. An Irish lottery was upon
. the point OF being drawn, and he desired
) me to choose one cut Of several bits O
printed paper Il did not then know thei,
sigulficance) that lay upon the connter:-
"Choose which number you like best, saic
the dear papa, sand that shall be youI
! birthday present." Immediately select.
) ed one, and put il into lis hand: No. g
22t. "Ah." said my father, examining IL
, .you must choose again. want to buy q
whole ticket; and this is oniya qaartar.-
, Choose again, my pei,'' "No, dear papa
like this enc best" .'liere is the nez'
number, . inierposed the lottery Office keep
er, "No. 2,253" "Ay," said my father
"that will do Just as well. VIII it not
Mary? Wen take that" "No,' re;urn
! ed !. obs,inately; .'that won't do. This i
, my birthday, you know, papa, and an
ten years old. Cast. up my nsmbes, ant
You'll find. that makes ten. Tho other il
,nly nine.'' My father, supersiitious, list
all spectators, strtck with MY pertirscity J
f and with the roason gave, which he like,
none the less because The ground OF prefer
ence was tolerab!y unreasonable, resisted
the attempt of the Office keeper to tempt
; me By different tickets, and we had nearly
! left the shop without purchase, when iht
clerk who had been examining different
! desks aad drawers, said to his principal: q
think, sir, the matter may be managed il
the gentleman does not mind pay ing a few
shilings more Tha, ticket, 2,22i, only
came yesterday, aud we have still all The
shares; one-half, one-quarter, one-elghth
, two-siNeenths. It will be just the same
5 if the young lady is set upon i.n Th'
Young lady was set upon it,and the share:
! we're purchased. TIE whole affair was I
{ secret between us, and my father, whenev-
? er he pot me TO himself, talked over our iu
! ture twenty thousand pounds-just likt
!. Alnaschar over his basket of eggs. Mean
: while time passed on, and, one Sunda,
morning, we we're all preparing 10 90 Il
! lchurch, when a face that | had forgotten
!. but my father had not, made its appear
r lance. Ii sthe clerk oI the lottery office
: An express had just arrived from Dublin
announcing that No. 2,22i had drawn /
prize of twenty thousand pounds, and b.
had hastened 10 communicate the goo;
: news. All, me! In less than twent,
wears what was left Of the produce Of th,
ticket SO strangely chosen! What! es
cept a Wedgwood dinner-seryice that my
father had made 10 commemorate tbs
event, with the Irish harp within the Dor
der on one side, and his family crest on The
other! That fragile and perishable ware
long out-lasted the more perisha BILE mon
, eyw
! INTERVENTION DEI CRATIC Issue
/ The Cincinnati Gazette. in its report ol
+ KossuTH's proceedings in that city. em5od
lies the remark OF a Democratic visitor (
the effect that though the present Con
gress refuse TO pronounce ia favor OF inter
yention, the next Congress will &C, differ
emily because its members shall be elected
upon that issue. Kossuih's reply was sig
f uficant:
"Ah, sir, that would do if, like Joshua,
Nigh, command the sun to stand still and
give longer day over Europe's battlefield
! If might stay the wheel Of destiny and
the course Of time; but, alas! while aaoth-
Ter Congress is assembling, my country
NAV be blotted from the nations of the
earth, and the iron heel Of Russia md Aus
Itria firmly fixed on the necks of all mF
people lfIam drowning in the waters of
that broad Ohio below us, il will not an,
swer, in reply to my frantic cries for help,
10 be told that men will be raised and sent
to the banks for tha, purpose. In:Hst be
sared By the men already there or dromn.h =
i ALL FOR CHaRIrY.--One Of the coun.
sci in the late trial of Willis VS.. Forrest,
for assault and battery; informed the jury
THAT the amount of the verdict rendered il
favor Of Willis, after paying bis four law.
yers, would be devoted TO charity. We
, lunderstand that Forrest has bought up
judgements against Willis at ten cents
on the dollar, SO that he discharges the
verdict at a cost Of only shout tro hun
drcd and fifty dollars. This is what
would be termed in Wall street shrewf
business transaciion.--N. y. Tribune.
RoGER SHERMAN AND JoHS RANDOLPH
mir. Sherman was representative IL
Congress from Connecticut; his business
had been that Of making shoes. John Ran
dolph rose, and with his usual squeaklne
sounds, said: Il should like to know what
the gentleman Gid with bis leather apron
: before he set out for Washington" Mr.
Sherman replied, initiating the sams
squeak: II cut il up, sir, to make mecca
J sins for the descendants of Pocahontas"
SPLITTING IN THE FACE By REGIMENT
, An Insult with one thousand repettions, il
/, Ithus described In letter from Vienna: