Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1861-01-09

but the old saw bt "a new fool was
born every day. ems to be the motto
of the lottery swlp lers, for they thrive
aud grow rich ii lls face of every OBJ.
stacle. After tltAliug and disgusting
one customer, 4Aher springs up and
takes bis place.
It is now shannon thing for lottery
ticket yendes Wgite letters to their
victims cona, with them on their
it5s,s, and PT5tzss 4 tainsuya qoc5 luck
If additional sum is sent. We rmder
stand that over twenty men arc en-.
ployed by enc house in this city, copy.
ing these letters to send of in TIE mails
to different ticket purchasers. The let
ters are mailed at Wilmington, Dele
ware, but the 3annng idea wot coucoct-
cd and the letters are writtoa in New
York. These letters guarantee at least
one thousand dollars, in default Of which
new lottery tickets will be given gratis.
As it costs Only the printing of them,
the reader can Judge Of IT, value Of the
guaranty We have betre US three Of
these letters sent from Gifereut specula-
tors, to customer ofor5, who was fool
ish enough to buy a lttery ticket two
years ago, the only o,o he ever bought
in his life He tells US that he has had
over sixty different .rculars sent to him
since the purchase f that ticket, but he
never suffered hiwelf to be swindled a
second time.
Let us once ME assure our readers
that the lotteries f the present day arc
without oxceptio, miserable deceptious
that no high ,izos arc ever distribu.
ted, and that til lesser ones are given
out in Just sucl members as nav suit
the interests oftle managers. We often
hear that certail men have drawn ten
or twenty thous.ad dollars in the lotto.
ry; but no insince has come to our
knowledge wher such prize was actu-
ally realized, About a year ago, it was
stated in the piJers that certain per-
son in New Yeyk, whose name and ad-
dress were given, had drawn twenty
thousand dollars in the Delcware Lotto.
ry. We took a good deal of pains to
look up this genius who had so suddenly
made his fortune and found him living
ID iow fvL hole, anu Wt.i.ss1 =. 81,
trade for trifle over a dollar day. He
had, he said, not yet realized his twenty
thousand, but would get paid in a few
days Whether the few days ever ex-
pircd, or not, we did not take the trouble
to inquire, a. we were convinced, in two
minutes conversation with him, that the
story of the Prize was all bosh. He was
in the emplo of an intimate acquaint-
ance and broher politician Of one Of the
very men wio owned the lottery in
which the prize was said to have been
drawn.
We think Y c may safely assure our
readers that all announcements Of the
distribution Of prizes Of any considerable
amount are fotions. The most inyete-
rate buyer oil tickets cannot say that he
has ever seen any person with as much
as Ava thousand dollars, cash in hand,
that he drew as a prize in tho lottery,
though doubtless many lave declared
that they bad drawn prizes aud were
paid well for making such declaration.
In country towns it is necessary for
somebody to draw a prize occasionally
to keep up the courage Of the ticket
buyers; but the fortunate individual
must first serve an apprentice in buying
and selling tickets himself, and then.
like a practicod gambler, perhaps lie may
be initiated into the mysteries Of the way
in which tho thing is done.
In conclusion we warn everybody
that all the o,erics Of the present day,
whether State or bogus institutions, are
swindling concerns. Every cert paid
out for lottery ticket is 50 much mouoy
given to rich rogues, and goes to en-
courage fraud and swindling.