The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-02-23
Lottery Circulars.

= A-ottery Circulars.
About half the newspaper editors in the
, country have written AS funny as the,
can to ridicuie those lottery circulars, O.
which every body has received more OF
less, pomising g bunch OF tickets sure tc
draw large prize, on the receiver forward
ing twenty dollars, &C The best tax
OFT Of the Kind we have yet seen, however
is that of the Tyrone, Pa, Star, as follows
How TO GIT Rich WITHOUT OEKISG.-
We are pleased 10 be able to say to oul
readers that we have struck a vein O
amazing richness, and, as We are entirely
unseiiish in our nature, we are willing thai
our subscribers shall have tho benefit of il
that is such as pay for the paper in ad
vance. We have an astonishing proposi
ton to make which, in point Of liberality
has never been squalled 10y any newspaper
publisher, heretofore.
We have lately been the favored recipi-
snt of two letters, each from a different
source, and each promising us large sum
1 OF money in return for the trihing outlay
Of ten dollars. They both purport to be
written and mailed at Wilmington. Della
ware One Of them, dated Dec ODD, and
+ signed "Gootee IL Co" informs US that
aee have been individually selected AS the
| party to whom they will send Mou:and
dod}ar prize upon the receipt OF only ten
dollars from US, and that we are go fortu-
nate Is to be thus selected from amongst
all our neighbors (nons Of whom received
a similar prosition,) because Gooteee d
! Co, are anxious 10 sell prize in our 10
cality, and create q sensation, which is a
! modest Intiulation that We are better
! calculated to create q sensation" than
any one else in this locality. The ether
/ letter comes from j. Marshall & Co, +"
and is dated Dec 20th. For the same
laudable reasons. aud IN the ZANE disInter
ested manner, Nes-rs. } Marshall i 90
Ciier Us prize Of SIC M0usond dollars, If
we Will only send them ten dollars where
with to purchase "a full Package OF Six
teen.hs OF Tick cts i'll tho Grand Lottery
/ 10 be drawn GU the 9th OF january
: 1901
/ We are thus under deep personal obi
( cations 20 Messrs Goctec 4 e. and under
! s;x times deeper personal obligations to
Mess:s. j. Marshall Il Co, and il they
viii honor Us with visit to Central Penn
sy!yauIa, we Will get our friend William
I Act tau!!y, 0. Logan township, 10 shake
hands ior Us with both firms iIIdiyiduily
! collectively, aud all round, tEat We may
the better show the extent Of our feelings.
I We consider our -elf, personally, entirely
incompetent TO the task. A. i, IL, meta
phoricaily We take of our hat and bow in
the IrOiouIdsst nIsnuer-onc. 10 Ges,rs
/ GoStse y Co, and SIX times to Iessrs. j.
Marshal! / 20.
Bat what would lrc do with six ihous-
and. or one thousand dollars? Not Know
ins, We az. Reluctantly compelled TO de-
} cline both OF these AIu1.t.Cent offers
Bat, partly III order 10 let every body
know that We alone have teeu honoTed
with 20 delicate . compliment on the part
3 ct these Gisint-rssted chickens Of the Old
. Blue lien ana partly with the desire OF
AUl WCunuilL their tender sen-ibii.iies bv
an unqualified refusal of Their gcuci Gus
otter, AID partly that they may create ?
sensation IN this locality a. Nc,sT.
Ecotee \ 20. wish and further with the
/ -tlutv-t possible nope That We may induce
/ some delinquent sLb-llIb.r 10 FORK over.
. We make TINS astonishing propo- ion
} % any one that will pay one years sub
scripilon 10 the .Star, in advance. we will
assigu ali our right, title, and interest IN
and 10 both tirv-- rrr-v.-ia.-A,.A ..li.zIs And
I lcf-n the one thousand and six thousand Il
. dollar prizes are paid over, We VIII give a
public exhibition for the beHe:it Of poor
cLLs-.-AC4s ~ 40 tGll4Sl LAY iht tIEtLkSl-
during vhich we will swallow our own
head, sud turn double somcrsaut back
wards over tho moon. with sundry other
novel ie&ls; and to th.. exhibition A!essrs.
tUcleo y Co. aEd Ne>.ra Marshall x Co.
shall have iIre tickets, including mint
sticks aii round for the little Go0tec.
/ And further. We vi! give the free Use Of
the >..r, Tor one year. TO publish IL large
lccyeT- the name OF the lucky man that
gets Tie prizes and, 10 make il the more
attractive. Lhe entire paper shall bc pub
l!shed upside down.
Men Ike Eessgs, Gootee / Cc and J
Marshall q 60. who. Tor the trlHng suu
OF ten dollars, are willing 10 generously
give away SO many thousand dollars
which they might just AS essily vu: int
thsir own pockets, are rare III this land q
bsi christians. and II is with beartiri
pleasure that We are enabled to give then
this first class notice yr4,.s.