Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-05-07
$4,000 GIFTS FOR THE PEOPLE.

$4,000 GIFTS FOR THE PEOPLE.
JOSIAH PIE III A III Proprietor of the famous
y SEVEN MILE MIRROR, begs leave to propose
distributing to the citizens of Philadelphia, Baltimore
and New York, and adjoining places, number of
VALUABLE and COSTLY GIFTS, including the
MAG NIFICE NTPA NORAMA
REPRESENTING AN
Ocean Voyage to California;!
Now drawing crowded houses at the Assembly Build
ings, Philadelphia,
The exhibition of which has realized to its owners
within the last three years clear profit of $12 900.
Satisfactory proof of this be obtained at the Office
of the Assembly Buildings.
The plan upon which it is proposed to present some
$1,000 worth of articles is by the sale Of
$4,000 Tickets at One Dollar each,
each ticket to ADMIT FOUR PERSONS to the PIANO.
raua, at any exhibition, thus giving to each purcha.
the worth of bis money besides affording him an
opportunity to obtain Of the following articles
PANORAMA valued $4,000
PIANO, Observation-Disclosures. $40
which be at Ferrett's Music Store, 80 South
Teeth street. Assembly Building, Philadelphia.
GOLD WATCH ............ 100
3GOLD OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. $50
10 SETS SILVER TEA SPOONS ....."...... so
80 GOLD PENS AND CASES at SIS each ..... $50
600 GOLD PENCILS, at So each............ l.SOO
The Gold Watches, Gold Pens and Cases, Gold Pen
cils &c, be at the Art Union Building 2lO
Chestnut street, Philadelphia
1881 STEEL ENGkAVINGS. at 25 cents 1888
To assure the public that everything will be done
Fairly and Honestly.
the following named gentlemen have been selected as
a Committee, viz
GEORGE w. DEWEY, Secretary Art Union, 21O Ches-
nut street.
F. D. B. RICHARDS, Daguerreotypst, 179 Chestnut
street.
F. A. HoYT, Merchant Tailor, corner of Tenth and
Chestnut streets.
THOMAS A. FITZGERALD, Proprietor of the City
Item. Us
WILLIAM H. SICKELLs, Proprietor of the Daily Reg.
lister.
JAMES S. WALLACE. Editor of the Daily SUM-
2. A. CREGAR, Principal of South East Grammar
School. ....
Under whose supervision the gifts will be distrbu-
ted in the following manner:
On THURSDAY, the Goth day of May,
The Committee will seal up H. 900 orders upon one
kind of Note Paper for the 1900 Gifts abovenamed
These orders, when folded shall all present precise
They shall then be securely sealed up in 1000 buff
envelopes, all of the most berfect similarity each of
which, sealed, shall be deposited in secure
box, with single opening large enough only t. adj
NIT letters. The box will then be agitated as to
insure perfectly undistin gushable mass of enve-
lopes The box shall then lie presented by to Mr..
JAMES Ii. FARRAND, who will not have been pres
ent at the ceremony.
MIR. Fa rand will thereupon open the box, and i'm
mediately commence the lndiscrminate delivery of
the 600 sealed envelopes-one envelope for every
check surrendered
ESr Tickets for sale at the Assembly Buildings,
Philadelphia. Also, in Baltimore, by JOHN S. Sell
BY, Maryland Institute, and ut Barnum's Hotel.
In Washington, at the National Hotel, and by E.
A. RYTHER.
Sc MIR. Perham is arranging for an EXCURSION
TRIP, to afford the Citizens of Baltimore and Wash
ington opportunity to visit Philadelphia about the
time for di ~tribution st 1Qw fare. may 4