Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-01-25

Dir. Mum stated that If any one in the
audience desired 10 look inside the wheels
to see that all was right there was an OPP
portunity. The universal response was
$50 ahead" Voices from all parts OF the
room could be heard indulging in such ex-
pressions as Turn the wheel. shake 'em
up mighty sudden, Turn the other way, "
! etc. After the wheel had been turned in
one direction for a few moments, some one
shouted 'Back her" in response to which
| Injunction the wheel was turned In an op-
posite direction. Messrs. Dore and Pusi-
fer then, Invested Of coats and with bare
arms, proceeded to the task before them.
INCIDENTS Is THE PROGRESS OF THE
DRAWING
! While the drawing was progressing, vari-
| Gus remarks were made By different per
/ sons in ihe audience
Amer the drawing had proceeded for some
/ time, a gentleman arose and requested that
! Mr. Mum should not pass the prize tickets
from the drawer to the reader, but that they
should be passed directly from the wheel to
! the person who announced the numbers
Mr.. AuBn said he had no interest in the
result one way or another, as he had not
siagle farthing invested in it. The an
| nouneement was received with cheers, and
Dir. Mum was requested to proceed as be-
fore, and he did 30.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE FIRST PRIZE.
When the opera house was drawn. the
announcement called out the hearty ap-
plause Of the audience and Mr. Mum, on
behalf Of the managing committee, desired
an expression. on the part q the audience.
az TO whether the drawing mad been fairly
done. Voices shouted, 4" Yes yes" from
all parts Of the room.
At the conclusion Of the drawing, Mr..
Mum said:
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN-Thaten ends the
drawing. The committee, 30 far as they
have been able to, have endeaVored to have
this thing done honestly and fairly. You
are the judges, and you should know
whether that has been our intention. We
think we are able to say that Mr.. Crosby,
in his reserved tickets, has not drawn this
house. We trust it has gone to some poor
person, who will make a good use of it.
! he committee do not know who have
drawn these numbers a. the tickets are all
locked up in the Office, sabiect to their
order. The committee return their thanks
for the courteous manner in which you
have conducted yourseivea, and trust the
whole matter is Satisfactory to you.
At the conclusion Of these remarks the |
audience dispersed.
HOW THE DUTCHBTAN WAS SOLD.
About the hour of l o'clock well -known |
wag, with a parched throat and empty |
pocket, stood on Randolph street coeitstinq |
how to make the raise Of glass Of beer. !
Suddenly a brilliant idea took possession |
OF his Uranium. The opera house was be-
ing drawn for, and opposite him was the |
saloon OF ''Boekmayer." Being on intimate
terms with the said vender of beer, he by |
some means had become advised Of the |
number Of the certificate With him TO |
think was to act, Entering the saloon, he |
exclaimed, Well, the opera house is gonep /
who's drawn itF inquired the Jolly |
Ieuton. Don't know the man." was the
answer, 'but its No -" "Donaer aget-
teT" sounded suddenly from Bockmayer's
lips 'das iSi niche munro" and a scene of
the widest excitement ensued. In the /
course of half an hour the news had spread |
70 every saloon and resort in the city, and |
by dozens and scores his German friends |
hurried to congratulate him. Pedestrians,
diggc4iAM sounded from the lips of the |
lucky q individual, and in about three
hours the concern was Cleaned ont" Also.
about this time a newsbOy with the even
ing papers made his appearance, and
Bockmayer, with a self-satisfed smile
gave the boy a quarter for the expected
graft ication Of seeing his name and num-
Der ia print. lie turned to the page and
read, Drawing of the opera house, $4,000
the lucky number" "Sacrameal, daS ist
talsi,' he exclaimed, and, breaking out into
a laugh, he explained to the crowd how
the paper had been fooled" But gradn-
ally, in spite of his possessing certain
number, he became less sanguine, and |
when new corners confirmed the statement |
of the papers, lac felt less happy, and at |
last, when the whole truth burst upon him,
he was probably the most disconsoIate
Teuton in the universe, His lamentations
were agonizing to hear: 81 gives away |
more as City parcels of goot beer and
gets nothing for it Oh, mein Colt Oh, |
mein Colt Der teutei AoH die ganse
Geschichte'' and the tears Of disappoint-
ment poured copiously down his fat cheeks.