Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1859-09-23

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New Orleans letter in the Charleston
Is. CD Courier, relates an incidcntwhich
illustrates in a striking manner tho evil
that may be produced by one lottery tick /.
It. A young man Of good family in
New Orleans, who is passionatcly fond
of gambling, was playing cards with con-
siderable i'll luck, and as u last throw,
having lost all bis money, staked lot
terry ticket. Ho lost. Aftor the game
was over, the winner having no faith in
lotteries, proposed to throw dice for it.,
at 25 cents chance A bystander, "a
poor follow who never owned hundred
dollars in his life, accepted the offer and
won the ticket. A few days afterwards
the Havana steamer arrived, and lol the
lottery ticket had drawn S25. 600. The
original owner, who had thus thrown
away fortune, on hearing the news,
was taken with an attack Of brain fever.
and is even now in sad condition il
is feared he will remain ali idiot. The
lucky drawer Of the prize Immediately
invested round sum in an assortment
of fashy jcwelry and garments, and has
been leading ever since life Of contin-
ued revelry; he has become n fast man,
and is following fast the road TO ruin
The disbclieycr in lotteries cannot for
give himself, and whenever he meets a
friend stops him and tells him the story.
II has become such mania with him
that his friends avoid him and turn the
corner as soon as they see him coming.
he has had several quarrels at the ga
ming table, where the sight Of the cards
inevitably brings the oft-told tale to his
lips This one prize in lottery has
made one man an idiot, started another
on the road to ruin, ard crazed third.
A terrible price for one prize certainly.
NEVER Do TOO MUcm AT TINE. Sir
Edward Buiwcr Lytton, in lecture re-
Gently delivered in England, gave the
following account Of his literary habits;
Many persons seeing me so much en-
gagged in active life, and as much about
the world as if | had never been stu
dent, have said to mc--"When do you
get time to write all your books? How
on earth do you contrivc TO do SO much
work p ] shall surprise you by the an
swer / make. The answer is this; /
contrivc to do 30 much by never doing
too much at a time. A man to get
through work well, must not oycrwork
himself, or if he do TO much to-day, the
reaction Of fatigue will come and he will
be obliged to do too little 10. morrow -
Now, since / began really and earnestly
to study, which was not until had left
college, and was actually in the world,
| may perhaps say that / have gone
through as large course Of general
reading as most men Of my time. /
have Travelled much, and have seen much
| have mixed much in politics, and the
various business Of lifo; and in addition
TO all this, have published somewhere
about sixty volumes, some upon subjects
requiring much research And what
time do you think, as q general rule, l
have devoted TO study--to reading and
writing? Not more than three hours a
day and when Parliament is sitting,
not always that. But thcn, during those
hours, have given my whole attention
10 what | was about.
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E1- The editor Of Tie Sandusky Pho
nccr has been presented with fine shirt
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