Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-01-05

1t should certainly appear that all who
escaped being devoured by the cows in
the late dry time, would have common
sense enough to see that these schemes are
all most dclusive and bare faced frauds on
their face If Prof Goodfcllow has half
the property he claims, he would not wish
to engage in such speculation. If he bad
the property, moreover, and every ticket
draws something, his 100000 received
for tickets are gone, and he has his pains,
expenses, risk and trouble for nothing!
But, in nine cases ont Of ten, the Gift
gentlemen are desperate characters, ,as bank
rupt in purse as in honesty, who. without
clear dollar in the world, are "bound to
make raise somehow" and take this
means of bleeding the gullible public, as
readiest and least. expensive. No doubt
their concerts" ,cW come off, and JENNY
LIND and JULIEN ,cW sing and play, and
the Mint cW be bought, and the Jews
harps wW be ready, WHEN the 100000
is procured-and no doubt that wiW be
SOON.
Occasionally, nest of these sharpers
is routed from our cities-but another is
soon started, the public forget, easy editors
advertise some new form of the same old
fraud, and thin-pated greenies-sapient
simpletons-are found, all over the coun.
try who viii "risk dollar, anyhow" and
the hundreds and sometimes thousands
that this way flow into the pockets of
laughing "operators in the Cities, each
prove the old adage true, "a fool and bis
money are soon parted"
Since writing the above, our eye fell
upon the following speaking paragraph
from the .Uuuch Chunk Democrat Of the
10th ult:
'Thc last IIunlbug
Has terminated in a grand humbug. The
great CdtdsGgua GIFT Lottery, has come TO a
close and the ticket holders get nothing for thei,
dollars invested The whole thing has ..busted,' >
and we are informed the cunning chaps who
got il up walk of with about $4,000"
Scores of beings who common charity
invests with brains, will read the above
and the next month will be caught
mouth open-in another trap Of the same
sort . o intelltyent public. o keen
sighted " Young America" o wiseacre'
who send your money secreiy (some Of you
owing for honest debts, and others suffer.
ing for necessarics of life)-what gullible
specimens ye are =" No doubt ye are the
people, and wisdom will die with you"
-" But, Mr.. Editor, don't you approve
of the fine arts?" Aye, aye, Sir-but
this wholesale swindling is little too .fne
for common honesty and good morals.
The Supreme Court of New York declared
the celebrated American Art Union
itself illegal, because it did, in manner
truly honest and above board, distribute
some of its productions or purchases BY
chance or lottery Its Managers arere hon.
orable men, real patrons Of the fine arts,
No other portion of the system was obnox-
ious to law or to the general welfare.
But, the same good can be accomplished,
by annual distributions Of splendid pic
lures and b1sts to all subscribers, and the
sale Of large works privately or by auction.
The deceitful and demoralizing attraction
of CHANCE, is not benefit to the fine arts
in the long run, however it may subserve
special interests, in times Of need, at the
cost of public morals. The standard
should be elevated by maintaining the gen.
eral interests Of community, and not low
cred by stimulating the sordid and the
sensual to compete for IIebc, or an Am
azon, or Horse, as they would rattle for
turkey or pitch ccppers for drink. In
short, any mode of gaining property BY
chance or lottery, is wrong in itse!f and
dcleterious in its influences, and should be
prevented by the strong arm of law. W.
What to Eat, and how to Cook it.
We find some suggestions in the Tribune