Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-11-30
Yours truly, NICE < co.

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 The postscripts to these letters are the best part of them. Gilbert & Co. say "this is confidential" when the same sort of letter was sent to thousands, for each of whom that lucky package had been se- lected. Nyce & Co.,, more business like, say "please write early" taking it for granted that the to-be-victim will write. 1 Hundreds of such letters were received here, but whether any gudgeons were caught, we have not learned. The published accounts of prizes drawn in lottery are all very | pleasant Actions and in two-thirds of the cases there are no such lotteries as those ad- vertised The whole thing is got up by two or three confidence men, who, with an outlay of few dollars for printing and postage stamps, succeed in gulling the un- suspecting out of thousands. If 1t was a real lottery, if the tickets were part of a regular plan and those who issue them re- sponsibe and willing to pay all prizes drawn, still the chances are so slim that it would be folly to risk them. If the gen tleman who sent us the letter has another friend disposed to invest ga ten" in a simi- lar way, we beg him to call upon and talk to him in this wise If you bet against the tiger, and have nerve you may sometimes win, but the probability is you will lose- In that case you have the melancholy satisfaction of knowing where your money went. But when you inclose your money in letter directed to these lottery men, you may bid 1t an eternal farewell It is then, as Hndman said of his little snap resou- tions in the caucus, "lost, forever lost" gone like some of his imported editors, never to return. The dead, we may hope to see again in another world, material things may be resolved into their clements and meet again in another shape, things mislaid or misplaced may unexpectedly be recovered, but money, so sent, never more returns. Let a wild bird loose, release mouse from trap, pour water on the sand and look for them again, but for the cash sent for lottery tickets never look more- As for trying your luck there is no game at which you would not stand a better chance save perhaps one. That is called the game of "open and shut" Your opponent stands facing you and you guess whether his hand is open or shut. Should you guess his hand is shut and he brings itaround before him open, or you guess it is open and he produces the fist clinchel, you lose. If you are determined to sport, try that awhile. It has this advantage over lotteries-when you lose your money you know it is not taken out of the State, while if you send it for lottery tickets, so much available ca pital is lost to the community. But, the better plan is never to bet against man at his own game. If thimble rigger offers to bet you five dollars you can't tell under which cup the little joker is, don't you do it. If the sleek tiger, sheathing his claws and purring gently invites you to risk little, don't you do it. If plausible gentleman offers to give you chance to draw farm, or some valuable thing upon payment of few dollars, don't you do it. If fellow pro- poses to se'4d you valuable receipe upon the receipt of letter containing one dol lar and you feel disposed to try your luck, don't you do it. If anybody asks you to play game of open and shut, you to do the guessing, don't you do it. And when you receive confidential letter stating that the lucky package has been selected ex- pressly for you and requesting you to remit ten dollars therefor, don't, oh, don't do 1t. But if you have ten dollars to spare inclose two dollars for years subscription to the True Democrat, subscribe also to a good agricultural paper, and devote the rest to charitable purposes. Your bread, thus cast upon the water, will return to you after and for many days.