Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-04-27
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MAGNIFICENT SCHEME!
no RE pRAwN EACn sATrRDAY lN MAY.
APPROXIMATION PRIZES.
5,4Sj Prizes amounting TO. T}2OUOt
Whole Tickets $40: Halves IS: Quarters ~ 50

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| Whole Tickets $50: Halves So Quarters ~ SO.
PLAN or THE LOTTERY.
! The Numbers from TO 10000, corresponding
with those Numbers on the Tickets printed on
separate slips OF paper, are encircled with small
tin tubes and placed in one wheel
/ The first l57 Prizes, similarly printed a"d en-
( circled, are placed in another wheel.
/ The wheels are then revolyed and a number
/ is drawn from the wheel OF Mum bers, and at the
same time Prize is drawn from the other
wheel. The Number and Prize drawn out ara
/ opened and exhibited TO the audience. and regis
/ tered by the Commissioners. the Prize being
! placed against the number drawn. This opera
ton is repeated until all the Prizes are drawn out.
APPROXIMATION PRIzEs-The two preceding
and the two succeeding Numbers 10 those draw
! Ing the first P-Izes, viii be entitled 10 the rs
! Approximation Prizes.
! For example: if Ticket No li2JO draws the
$4,000 Prize, those Tickets numbered ll24s,
! ll24g, ll2Jl, 1882 will eacn be entitled 10
$500 If Ticket No. $50 draws the $4,000
! Prize those Tickets numbered J4S, sag SOL,
/ 5j2, will each be entitled 10 $500, and so on aC-
cordng TO the above scheme.
! The 5000 Prizes OF $50 will be determined
/ by the last figure OF the Number that draws the
10000 prize. For example, II the Number
/ drawing the $1,000 Prize erds with No. /, then
all the Tickets where the number ends III ! vii!
be entitled 10 $50. 1.-THE Number ends with 10.
2, then all the Tickets where the Number ends
! III will be entitled TO $50. and 50 on TO o.
! Certificates OF Packages will be sold at the
following rates. which is the risk:
Certificates Of Packages, ~ vile. tickets, $50 90
Do do do 10 halt do 40 90
Do do do ~ quarter do 1000
DO do do 10 eighth do 1000
IN ORDERING TICKETS OK CERTIFICATES
! Enclose the money to our address Tor the
Tickets ordered, on receipt OF which they will
( be forwarded by first mail
/ Purchasers can have Tickets ending in am
/ figure they may designate.
/ The list OF dawn Numbers and Prizes will be
sent to purchasers Immediately after the drawing
/ IL Purchasers will please write their sigma
lures plain, and give their Post Office, County
and State
IL Remember thatevery prize is drawn, and
PAYABLE in full without deduction.
IY All prizes of x 900 and under, paid i'm.
meilately after the drawing-other prizes at the
usual time oithirty days.
Al communications strictly confidential.
Address orders for tickets or certificates 10
s SWAN x co. Augusta. Ga.
u Persons residing near Montgomery Ala,
or Atlanta. Ga, can have then orders filled. and
save time. by addressing ). SWAN n CO., at
either OF those cities
lY' A list OF the numbers that are drawn
from the wheel with the amount OF the prze
that each one is entitled to will be published
alter every drawing, in the following papers
Augusta, (GeorgIa) ConstItutionaist New
Orleans Delta, Mobile Register. Charleston
Standard. Nashville Gazette Atlanta lnteIIigen
Ger. New York Weekly Day Book Savannah
Morning News, Richmond Dispatch, New York
Dispatch, and Pauding (Mlss) Clarion, and
Little Rock (Ark) True Democrat.
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